It's been quite a summer. Murder has been legalized in the state of Florida. Bradley Manning has been found guilty and faces 100 years+ in prison for telling the truth and "Under the Dome" has been renewed for a second season. Quite a summer indeed, a cruel summer in fact. A "cruel cruel summer." Sometimes the ridiculousness of life stops being amusing and the parody of reality we dance through each and every day takes its toll. It beats down on us like a mid-summer's sun shining down on a half-consumed rocket pop left and forgotten on a picnic bench...

What do "Star" Wars" and St. Patrick's Day have in common? The answer: Nothing. As ridiculous as that is, in keeping with the festive traditions of St. Patrick's Day - which soon doth approach and our contemporary culture's complete and entirely justified obsession with "Star Wars" here presented are some fun shot games to play while watching the original and/or the second "Star Wars" trilogies. Every time a bad guy shoots his laser and misses in either trilogy, take a shot. Every time there's a scene involving two or more characters sitting and talking on furniture in the second trilogy,...