A Regular Stand-Up Kinda Goy
Over the course of a Seder dinner, an event filled with history, solemnity and a good deal of tradition, have you ever inadvertently: Almost choked to death on a sip of grape juice? Brought your 18 month old son to…
Category Humor
Fun Wif Da Vidyos
I’m a slacker, for certain, as I’ve been doing real work all day (meetings, meetings, meetings!) and haven’t had a second to spare. In lieu of actual content, please accept the offering of the single most incredible Quake3 trick jumping…
Once Again, Lehigh Disappoints
The MPAA has released their “dishonor roll”, a list of the top 25 college and university campuses (campii? campusi? I give up!) with the highest number of “confirmed” “illegal” file sharers and, sadly, my alma mater once again failed to…
Translation: CNN Headlines To English
I have noticed that CNN/CNN Headline News have begun “tagging” all of their news with helpful chronological crawler/ticker headline messages. These tags allow one to, at a glance, determine approximately how old the news they are being presented with is.…
“What We Call The News”
Those JibJab cats (the ones that brought you the memorable This Land Is Your Land spoof during the ’04 elections) are back with another catchy video called “What We Call The News“. Check it out:
Making Lord Of The Rings Accessible To All Literary Palates
I recently stumbled across a wonderful thread on the Straight Dope message board posing the following question: What if Lord of the Rings Had Been Written By Someone Else? Some quick examples, starting with an adaptation that would make Theodor…
First-Rate Geeky Command Line Head-Smackage
WARNING: GEEKY CONTENT AHEAD If you have no desire to read about login shells, Linux, source code management or other similarly geeky content, you’d best be skipping this one. -ed. Have you ever allowed a nuisance to go on for…
Watch What You’re Doing With Your Hands There, Mister!
And you thought Jessica Rabbit’s underthings were something to get agitated about. Oops: TV favourite Mr Tumble is greeting toddlers by saying “I’m f****** you” in sign language. The CBeebies character says the gestures mean “I’m happy to see you”.…
A Tip For Unmarried Men
If your fiance suggests walking down the aisle in a Disney Princess wedding gown, run, do not walk, away from her as fast as humanly possible. Just a hint.
The Unbearable Whiteness Of Being
Growing up as the son of a Presbyterian minister had its more interesting moments, I can assure you, but one thing that much of my upbringing lacked was an experience in racially diverse congregations. Presbyterians, not known to be a…
