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12.04.2008
Of Flatscreens and Lingonberries
Greg Allen on Costco:
Seriously not needing anymore flatscreens, and being of such an age and technological sophistication that I only buy flatscreens that pass the, "But how does it look if I drop 250,000 rubber balls down a San Francisco hill?" test, I decide I'm not going to spend a thousand dollars on three flatscreens from Kirkland or whoever, we go buy an entire office partyful of Brie instead, a 550g wheel which, embarrassingly, is almost gone not 4.5 days later.[greg.org] (via kottke) 7.21.2008
O RLY?
In the category of "News Flash! Water is Wet; You Can Breathe Oxygen!": French researchers say blasting tunes makes patrons down more alcohol in less timeGlad to see that the French are, as ever, on top of things. 2.12.2008
The Classics
Fitting that this comes in Oscar month: the cast of SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS dub classic movies:
[via waxy] 1.29.2008
Dance Dance Bear
I was just going to let this clip from a student who was dissatisfied with the level of his animation instruction slide by the first time I saw it a couple of weeks ago, but Andy Baio linked to it again and I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING AT IT. Hit the link for the context and interview with the animator. Labels: animation, funny, video games 1.23.2008
Two Cheap Jokes for the Price of One
 Forwarded to me from one of the several OU lists I'm on. No idea of the veracity of it or not, but it sure doesn't look like it's been Photoshopped... (original source?) 1.06.2008
Sabotage!
The writers' strike has certainly not made for great TV over the last two months, but it at least gave us this:
Which is AWESOME. Labels: conan o'brien, funny, tv 12.03.2007
By Way of Explanation
The 2007 BCS selection process for the national championship (which now pits my 11-1 OSU Buckeyes, who haven't played a game in the last two weeks, against preseason pre-ordained King of the Mountain 11-2 LSU) is explained in this short audio clip by our friends at the firm of Stantz, Spengler, Venkman & Zeddemore.
Labels: chaos, football, funny 10.17.2007
Carl's Song of the Day: Tiny Turtle
Beginning a new semi-regular feature for the dc: Carl's Song of the Day.
Today's entry is a piece that Carl says he sings every day at school. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this claim. I present to you: Tiny Turtle. Ladies and gentlemen, Carl Dahlberg. Labels: carl, funny, music, song of the day 8.28.2007
Thanks, But No
Fresh from my inbox:
From: Ticketmaster ...thanks, but no. 8.01.2007
Bush's LOLCATS
BEST.
LOLCAT. EVAR.  (Click the kitty for to make with laughing now.) (static shot shamelessly ganked from Swampland, where I found this in the first place...) Labels: funny, lolcats, politics That's Not Him
http://comics.com/wash/opus/archive/opus-20070708.html
I miss BLOOM COUNTY so, so much. Labels: comics, funny, politics 5.18.2007
This is the Tongue of a Thirty-Year-Old Woman
5.10.2007
Interview
Looks like Bill Richardson's been taking lessons from last year's Ned Lamont campaign when thinking about advertising:
Via Matthew Yglesias. WASHINGTON MONTHLY's Kevin Drum isn't as keen on them, however (and yeah, he's got the NYT/"new media" thing exactly right, doesn't he?) Labels: advertising, funny, politics 5.03.2007
Aluminum Falcon
Forwarded to me by pal Wiswell: a trailer for the STAR WARS: ROBOT CHICKEN special airing in June on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block.
Labels: animation, funny, star wars, video 4.04.2007
Boob Tube
3.29.2007
Rated PG?
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