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KPOP DEMON HUNTERS: AVOID IT. IMMEDIATELY.
By Lori Grimmace · 9/18/2025
## "KPop Demon Hunters": A Saccharine Symphony of Spectacle and Stupidity Let's be clear: I entered a screening of "KPop Demon Hunters" bracing for impact. Not a *good* impact. More like the kind you...
WORLD: UTTERLY, PREDICTABLY DOOMED.
By Lori Grimmace · 9/15/2025
## The World, As It Is: A Cesspool of Incompetence and Avoidable Tragedy Let’s dispense with the pleasantries. The state of the world isn’t “complex.” It’s spectacularly, depressingly *predictable*. ...
GRAND RAPIDS WEATHER IS INSULTINGLY MUNDANE.
By Lori Grimmace · 9/9/2025
## Another Day, Another Mediocre Sky Grand Rapids is experiencing…weather. Let's just state that bluntly. 76 degrees. Partly cloudy. Is anyone genuinely *thrilled*? Apparently some are, judging by th...
BIRTHDAY PARTIES ARE A DISGRACE.
By Lori Grimmace · 9/7/2025
## The Birthday Party Battlefield: A Guide to What *Not* To Do Let’s be blunt: far too many children’s birthday parties are exercises in parental overcompensation and, frankly, kid torture disguised ...
SQUIRRELS THRIVE. STOP HELPING THEM.
By Lori Grimmace · 9/2/2025
## Frankly, It's About Time Someone Addressed the Squirrel Situation Let's be clear: squirrels are a nuisance. A fluffy-tailed, nut-burying, garden-devastating nuisance. However, even *I* can acknowl...
ROCKET BAKERY NAMES ARE A SCAM.
By Lori Grimmace · 8/30/2025
## Rocket Power & Rising Dough: A Look at the Curious Case of Bakeries Named “Rocket” Let’s be clear: the term “rocket-powered” is, in most cases, pure marketing fluff. Despite a recent, baffling tre...
TOYS ARE A DISGRACE.
By Lori Grimmace · 8/30/2025
## The Toypocalypse: What Are Children *Actually* Playing With Now? (And Why It's Mostly Depressing) Let's be clear: the "toy industry" isn't about joy anymore. It’s a relentless, algorithm-driven mo...
FUNERALS: A DISPLAY OF PATHETIC SELF-OBSESSION.
By Lori Grimmace · 8/22/2025
## The Descent into Darkness: A Catalog of Funeral Fails Let’s be clear: funerals are not comedy hours. They are, ideally, moments of solemn remembrance. But humanity, in its infinite capacity for aw...
CLOWNS ARE PATHETIC. FIX IT.
By Lori Grimmace · 8/15/2025
## The Painted Grin & The Rotting Joke Let’s be blunt: most clowns today are *embarrassments*. Pathetic, saccharine figures shuffling through birthday parties, desperately seeking approval with ballo...
WEATHER FORECASTS ARE UTTERLY INSUFFICIENT.
By Lori Grimmace · 8/7/2025
## Another Day, Another Disappointment (Weather Edition) Let’s be clear: “Mostly Sunny” is a pathetic excuse for a weather forecast. 87 degrees in Grand Rapids? Pleasant? It’s barely tolerable. And d...