Category: Humor

“Bloom County” is back!

“Bloom County” is back!

| November 4, 2009 | Reply

OK, not “back” as in “all new strips”. “Back” as in the complete collection of strips in a series of hardbound volumes (just like “Calvin and Hobbes” and “The Far Side“). I always liked “Bloom County” better than “Doonesbury”; both strips had liberal sensibilities, but Breathed never took himself or his strip as seriously as […]

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Paranormal (legislative) activity

Paranormal (legislative) activity

| October 30, 2009 | Reply

Yeah, the process scares me as well. Hat tip to Mark Tapscott at the Washington Examiner.  ..bruce w..

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Sunday morning comic

Sunday morning comic

| October 25, 2009 | Reply

For those of you who only know of this 1978 TV show from vague rumors, here’s some more background information. I tried watching the special all the way through about a year ago and couldn’t do it. I have wondered if the original Japanese novelist for “The Ring” (you watch a specific video tape and […]

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This just in . . .

This just in . . .

| October 21, 2009 | Reply

Headline: Obama’s War on Fox News Becomes a Quagmire THE WHITE HOUSE – Despite the President’s promise of a swift and decisive victory, Obama’s War on Fox News has developed all signs of an unwinnable quagmire, making the White House even more isolated in its unilateral attempts to crush the growing media insurgency. As the […]

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Yep, that makes more sense

Yep, that makes more sense

| October 21, 2009 | Reply

xkcd hits it again.  Click on the comic to see the original (larger) version.  ..bruce w..

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A thought on healthcare reform . . .

A thought on healthcare reform . . .

| October 13, 2009 | Reply

. . . from Indexed.  ..bruce w..

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‘Tis the season . . .

‘Tis the season . . .

| October 12, 2009 | Reply

. . . except it’s getting harder and harder to tell just what season it is. Hat tip to The Consumerist.  ..bruce w..

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Breaking news!

Breaking news!

| October 9, 2009 | Reply

Hat tip to American Digest. IMPORTANT UPDATE! You can help Pres. Obama to get an actual vote for the Heisman Award! Vote early and vote often!  ..bruce w..

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Thursday, Thursday

Thursday, Thursday

| October 8, 2009 | Reply

ITEM: Y’all remember the “United Breaks Guitars” music video? Well, here’s a Downfall mashup (above) — possibly one of the best I’ve seen in a while. ITEM: Coming out of the Bryon White Courthouse in downtown Denver this afternoon, I saw this protest going on in front of the Federal Building across the street: In […]

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Why I love Texas

Why I love Texas

| October 3, 2009 | Reply

Paula Ollie, a 27-year-old resident of a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, heard someone trying to break into her house the other night. Her response was both inventive and very direct (emphasis mine): The 27-year-old mother collected several pool balls and placed them in her son’s bicycle helmet. “The pool balls just looked like the […]

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