From the AP: SYDNEY, Australia The publisher Penguin Group of Australia has come under fire recently for a curious typo that may be subliminal racism, a mistake, or a combination of the two. In a recipe that called for "ground black pepper," the text instead read "ground black people." Many in the anti-cookbook community are [...]
Given all the press that the word "nigger" has been receiving lately, what with books about it and white comedians blurting it out uncontrollably, we at Unfettered Letters thought it a good time to look more closely at the history of another racially charged word: the much beloved and lamented "honky." Popularized in the 1970s [...]
The front page news was particularly exciting for aficionados of 70s television this morning, as they no doubt read the headline “Journal of American Medicine Association Announces Stuttering Gene Found” in the early edition with relief and gratitude. Not as well known to today’s generation, Stuttering Gene was a beloved household name for a brief [...]
Hi, Assistant Editor Simon Augustine ("The Saint") here. Melfy Nazrahad, of our column "Melfy and Me," my nemesis in film criticism, the dark angel himself, my strange pen-pal going way back, has just weighed in on the short film "Night Sticks" which debuted here recently on The Unfettered Letters, as our first original production. Melfy [...]
Tabitha King, the famous author’s wife, issues a statement to Book Sellers of America Assoc. that "selling more than Shakespeare but less than the Bible is just not enough." More on this soon…
Choose ladies: A. Joey D B. Chauncy C. “Chooch” D. Rama E. Charley Buke.
ITEM! The Third Part of Our In-House Sociological Experiment Department: Continuing with a genuine dating profile from one of our gifted editors, Simon Augustine, which has stunned a litany of relationship and love experts with its incompetence, misguided aims, frightening self-revelation, and twisted concepts of romance: Also, One thing that I like to get out [...]
Editoriam de Moratorium Simon Augustine’s shameful dating profile, actually posted at various times and in various stages on the Official Internet, continued without ado from Part I: I usually like to do real classy stuff on a first date, like play a few holes of miniature golf or go to a carnival where they have [...]
The first section of an authentic and original dating profile used on real sites by one of our assistant editors, a profile which is alas not in circulation anymore, but is highly amusing and we are told usually failed majestically in its romantic aims.
An hot ‘n’ heavy online chat takes an unexpected turn. Roald Dahl and Guy De Maupassant are so freakin’ jealous.
I Want To Eat You, Earthling and Other Recent Cookbook Outrages
Honky, We Hardly Knew Ye
Misunderstood Headlines: “Stuttering Gene Found”
Melfy on Night Sticks: “Never Has One Man Done So Little With So Much”
Stephen King’s Wife Tells Him, “Don’t You Think It’s About Time To Give Up On This Crazy Dream?!”
Another Disastrous Dating Profile, Part IV: Who Am I? In All Probability, I Am One of The Following Personas
Bravery
Freedom
Lust
Whimsy
