Category: Humor

I may have my disagreements with Pres. Obama…

I may have my disagreements with Pres. Obama…

| January 26, 2009 | 1 Reply

…but even I don’t think he deserves this: The website says this is the “determined pose”. The George W. Bush Chia Pet appears to have been discontinued.  ..bruce w..

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Goat Detained Over Armed Robbery

Goat Detained Over Armed Robbery

| January 25, 2009 | Reply

This reminds me of a series of riots in Lagos some time ago where there were “black sorcerers” that were stealing men’s genitals. It seems that blaming some evil magic is a viable explanation for almost anything. Ah Nigeria! LAGOS (Reuters) – Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. […]

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Resonate your water for just $495!

Resonate your water for just $495!

| January 18, 2009 | Reply

Courtesy of the “Weird Earl’s” section of The Straight Dope comes this wondrous device to, well, resonate your water or other beverages. I can do no better than to quote the product site itself: The WATER RESONATOR is the original water balancing technology used by Tibetan and Buddhist monks for hundreds of years. Each one […]

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Advances from Apple: Macworld coverage

Advances from Apple: Macworld coverage

| January 6, 2009 | 1 Reply

Here’s the latest product announcement from Apple: Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard Did I mention that this was from The Onion? I suspect this is an older video, but I hadn’t seen it before. ..bruce w..

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Video for the New Year

Video for the New Year

| January 1, 2009 | Reply

I ran across this some months back and just found a link to it again. Some how appropriate for New Year’s Day (though it might have been more appropriate for New Year’s Eve): The time it took to put this together is a bit staggering. But impressive. ..bruce w..

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Dave Barry’s annual review

Dave Barry’s annual review

| December 26, 2008 | Reply

Back when Dave Barry still wrote a weekly column, Sandra and I had a Sunday morning tradition where I’d read the column out loud to her while she was getting ready for church. The highlight of each year was Dave’s annual recounting of the events of that year, in his own style. Well, he stopped […]

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The Star Wars Holiday Special! (1978)

The Star Wars Holiday Special! (1978)

| December 22, 2008 | Reply

Courtesy of Ace of Spades comes the most reviled, most wretched “holiday special” ever produced. First, here’s the Vanity Fair article to give you the entire ugly background: In the summer of 1978, Bruce Vilanch had a bad feeling about the Star Wars television special he’d been hired to write. A veteran of the comedy […]

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Favorite photo o’ the day

Favorite photo o’ the day

| December 21, 2008 | Reply

From Jules Crittenden: Heh.  ..bruce w..

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Some seasonal cheer for you

Some seasonal cheer for you

| December 18, 2008 | Reply

Courtesy of The Daily Bayonet, who got it from Jammie Wearing Fool: Heh. UPDATE: And here, courtesy of Dave Barry, is striking scientific proof that white people — particularly Southern white people — are inherently rhythmically challenged: ..bruce w..

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Truth set to music

Truth set to music

| December 16, 2008 | Reply

One of the proudest accomplishments of my adult professional life is that I actually supported myself and my family for a few years solely by writing. That was back in the late 1980s, when it wasn’t quite as easy as it had been in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. However, it was much easier to […]

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