Archive for 'Funny' Category
“Here’s my favorite trick at the grocery store. We’re in the produce section and I start…”
“Here’s my favorite trick at the grocery store. We’re in the produce section and I start sorting through the watermelons and act like I’m trying to find one that’s ripe. At some point I ask [my wife] to hold a really big one for me while I get the one under it. She puts her purse down, struggles to get a handle on the watermelon and I just grab the cart and walk away. She’s standing there in the aisle holding this damn watermelon and I’m nowhere to be found. She falls for at least twice/year. I never stop laughing!”
– Quote from my former manager on Facebook.
the ghost writer, the good guy, and terribly happy reviews
Nerdfighter Collective’s Performance Art
There is the premise that if you have to explain a performance art piece it loses its value. However, much like an old movie with a clever twist, if you haven’t seen it by now you can’t blame someone else for telling you that Bruce Willis’s character is a ghost — enough time has passed […]
MYO Eye Chart
Screw haiku, challenge yourself to create a phrase that fits on an eye chart.
Leaving Las Vegas
I’m in the Denver airport, on my way back to Austin. I think I came out $100 ahead, speaking from a gambling perspective, but it’s hard to tell because I didn’t keep my spending money separate from my wagering money. This picture (taken on the layover before our flight into Vegas) is little consolation for […]
The Best Vegas Has To Offer
I’m gearing up for a weekend in Vegas, googling and planning, coming up with ideas. I came upon a readers poll of the 2009 Best of Vegas from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. You can probably guess the punchline to this question, but you’ll be flummoxed at the follow-up. According to the readers of the Las […]
David Cross and H Jon Benjamin, at “The Room” NYC April 24th
For those of you who have seen “The Room” including a Q&A with Tommy Wiseau…as I did with several people at Alamo Drafthouse tonight.
1997 – The Real Internet
Dear YouTube Generation- All the way back in 1997, I hosted a page of videos on my web site created using cutting edge technology. They were about 1% the size of the 3-4 minute vlogs we love today, and I was only able to afford hosting them because I was friends with the guy who […]
what he said
Please, re-blog this. thegurglingcod: I never entirely bought into the idea of blog years, but I’m not sure what else explains the nostalgia I feel for the pre-Tumblr era. At the risk of sounding as if I am pining for some discursive never-never land, like I was some Frankfurt School refugee who wound up beached […]
Making Fun of Portugese
Now for your reading pleasure I will do two translations of a joke told to me by a native Brazilian about the Portugese, translated into Texan and Louisanan. For Texans For Louisianans An aggie had to move to Dallas and he left his prize bull with his best friend. A few weeks after being in […]
Miscellaneous Foodstuffs – Summer 2008
On the way out from State College I made a stop at a vending machine — it beckoned to me as the siren call of all vending machines, particularly ones in unfamiliar places, do. The Mallo Cup was good, but it was only a couple weeks ago that I tried it so it definitely passes […]
Meet Close Call
Several of us had a near-death experience Sunday, but I wanted you all to know that we’re just fine and explain what happened. Becky, Sandy and I decided to go see the new Batman movie — awesowe, btw — and we got a call from Mike and Kelly that they were going to the same […]
Wash Before Drinking
And now for something completely different… I have more Central Pennsylvania posting coming up, but I came across this video of our cat, Dani, drinking from the water fountain. Always makes me go “Awww…”
Scam School
FOAF Brian Bushwood is host of a new media web launch and, typically for him, it’s not the most well-behaved of concepts. I’ll let him describe it. Ever wanted to learn a trick that would absolutely explode your friend’s brains? Want the secrets to scamming free drinks when you’re at the bar? Ever just want […]
Sorry, Brian, Free Is Not Always Better
Consider this a public (in so many ways) bookmark. I heard the tail end of this story on NPR a while back. I was suddenly reminded to go look it up by today’s Dilbert. The interesting thing is that many times, free things are good but the question is, what happens when free actually has […]