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Tag Archives: humor
Best… xkcd… evah!
Soooo true (click to embiggen): If I had a thicker skin, I suppose the best revenge would be to actually SEND such losers naked pics of me. But, um, not even I want to see those…
A funny guide to labor and delivery…
I came across Brian Sack’s “A Gentleman’s Guide to Labor and Delivery” today – it’s hilarious. I laughed out loud. (Note to evil husband: be sure to read this )
Better than “a time sex thing”…
Today’s Language Log cracked me up – there have been a few very good posts of late which display some of the excellent mistranslations found in translations from Chinese to English (the phrase in this post’s title is referenced in … Continue reading
The case against invading Iraq – by Dick Cheney (?!?!!?)
I saw this a couple of days ago via an e-mail, and it was parodied last night on the Daily Show. If it weren’t so disgusting, it’d be hilarious. Ok, so it’s morbidly hilarious too. May I present to you… … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Cheney, humor, idiots, Iraq, Middle East, responsible journalism, scary stuff
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The long reach of advertising…
When I was teaching at Purdue, I was always annoyed by advertisers who’d write stuff on my chalkboard with a big “Do Not Erase!” (DNE) next to it. Sometimes half of one of the two chalkboards was covered with book … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, corporate bullshit, humor, media, Purdue, students, teaching
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Ancient security secret, huh?
It’s amazing how silly people are – everyone’s obsessed with “security” (in quotes on purpose here), yet the most obvious things slip by them. All this security theater, and yet you can drive an actual Trojan Horse through the gates … Continue reading
Need an air conditioner? Consider Harry Potter as an alternative!
So, obsessed as I am with the heat lately, I was just curious if there was an affordable room air conditioner that would fit our windows. As usual, I poked around various places online, including Amazon. I often go on … Continue reading
Geek humor for today…
I love xkcd – of course, my enjoyment of said comic paints a huge “übergeek” sign on my forehead, but eh, I like it. And today’s really made me laugh (click to make big and pretty): It almost makes algorithms … Continue reading
A hilarious political fact…
(Fact courtesy of Keith Olbermann this evening…) So the right-wingers are all busy invoking Clinton’s last-minute pardon of Marc Rich as a way of obscuring the truth about Scooter Libby’s “pardon”. I’ve already mentioned that and am not going to … Continue reading
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My favorite query for this blog this month, at the very least…
Better than all of those people who are quite clearly looking for ways to hack into other people’s DSL modems… Better than “CAN I DRINK MILK IF IM PREGNANT” (in all caps, because we all know that in addition to … Continue reading
