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Dr. Horrible: An oral history

Posted by Deana in Blog, Culture, Events, Film, Fun, Humor, Music, Plain foolishness, Science fiction, That which is awesome on July 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is just about right:

Yes.

Posted by Chris in Fun, Humor, Philosophy on May 8th, 2008 | No Comments »

The new endeavor, named Virgle, has been written up on the Google blog by Sir Richard Branson.
Radcliffs, get your rockets ready!

Posted by Deana in April Foolishness, Blog, Business, Fun, Humor, News, Oddly Enough, Science, Space, Travel, You have got to be kidding on April 1st, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Now, here’s something you don’t see everyday: Flushed Bra Causes Sewer Collapse. This was just so rich I had to quote the article here:

The bra was recovered from the sewer by engineers

A bra and a pair of knickers have been blamed for a flood and road collapse in County Durham.
Northumbrian [...]

Posted by Deb in Crime, Humor, Kitchen Sink, Oddly Enough, Plain foolishness, You have got to be kidding on June 19th, 2007 | No Comments »

This will make you laugh, then laugh some more, then cry because you miss Clinton so much:  Bill Clinton’s Last Days.  It’s online video, but so very worth watching.
Oh how I miss a president capable of this kind of humor.  “I wanna buy smoked ham.”

Posted by Chris in Government, Humor on May 14th, 2007 | No Comments »

Those of you with an interest in things Chinese and para-Chinese (I’m looking at you. Ahem.) might be interested in reading the blog that anthropologist David K. Jordan has been maintaining while spending a semester teaching in Asia. It’s chock full of linguistic and religious observations, all with that pleasant snarkiness that DKJ has mastered.

Posted by Deana in Academia, Blog, Culture, Fun, Humor, Language, Religion, Travel on April 26th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

This, like many Agnes cartoons, amuses the heck out of me:

Posted by Deana in April Foolishness, Holiday! Celebrate!, Humor on April 1st, 2007 | No Comments »

Once again, the best. webcomic. ever. expresses beautifully something that I didn’t even know I wanted to express:

See the rest of this comic. (I tried to link the panel above, but it just refused…)

Posted by Chris in Fun, Humor, Technology on January 10th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I love The Onion: The Voice of God Revealed to be . . .

Posted by Deb in April Foolishness, Fun, Government, Humor, You have got to be kidding on January 4th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

As Jaime would say, “Sweet Nantes!”
Hundreds of protesters in France have rung in the New Year by holding a light-hearted march against it.
Parodying the French readiness to say “non”, the demonstrators in the western city of Nantes waved banners reading: “No to 2007″ and “Now is better!”
The marchers called on governments and the UN to [...]

Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Humor, Oddly Enough, World on January 1st, 2007 | 2 Comments »