October 2009
9 posts
riga marole
Judging from the placement of this Barack Obama nesting doll, I think it’s pretty clear where the people of Latvia stand on the whole Barack Obama-is-a-communist issue.
my hans are small, i know. but they're not yours,...
This is a restaurant called Peppersack. When we first saw it, Beth said, “oh I think I read about that place. They put a ton of pepper on EVERYTHING.”
Turns out that was wrong. It’s just named after a guy named Hans Peppersack.
September 2009
2 posts
“The Beatles: Rock Band is nothing less than a cultural watershed, one that may...”
– i’m also looking forward to butchering some three-part harmonies, but I think the paper of record might want to step it back a little bit.
July 2009
4 posts
June 2009
1 post
May 2009
1 post
April 2009
2 posts
“I have on many occasions or a number of occasions when things were becoming...”
– Clarence Thomas, though really… if Clarence Thomas is “feeling down” and he heads down to his basement to watch a movie, I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts that it isn’t Saving Prviate Ryan
March 2009
5 posts
“There is a destiny. It’s like a girl you said goodbye to, and then you...”
– Ichiro, after Korea beat Japan for the sixth time in eight games (at the World Baseball Classics and the 2008 Olympics)
Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader from... →
Approx. $13.2 million has been appropriated to hire a staff that will work around the clock to shine Sen. McConnell’s giant brass balls.
February 2009
7 posts
Cracking the poison processed peanuts case | Group... →
Organizational Naming Meeting - August 8, 2007
[in medias res]
CHAIRMAN: So, that’s four votes for “The Active Bacteria Activists,” four votes for “The Health Ledger,” four votes for “An Eye for E. Coli” and one vote for “Salmonella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh.” I’m guessing that’s you, Sam?
SAM [from the back of the room]: Guilty!
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There is a limit of one plenary indulgence per... →
For today, the 9th of February, might I suggest… kicking a small animal?
“By law, the only person who would have been able to become ‘the new Ann...”
– advice columnist Margo Howard, daughter of Eppie Lederer, the second Ann Landers
January 2009
3 posts
my voice is my passport
Based on a conversation I had with Will about people who look exactly like their voice, here’s an assessment of some NPR personalities:
People who look like they sound:
Clockwise from top left: Bob Boilen, Carl Kasell, Ira Flatow, Kai Ryssdal, Terry Gross, Michele Norris, Liane Hansen, Ken Rudin
In retrospect, Terry Gross should be in her own category (“Could not possibly look...
December 2008
21 posts
The awkward charm of NBC's NewsRadio. →
Weird! I’ve been watching a lot of NewsRadio lately!
It’s particularly great to watch if you want to ignore the chatty cathy sitting next to you on your flight.
The Explainer questions we never answered in 2008 →
It’s kind of a busy day at work, but I’ll see if I can’t bang out answers for five or six of these:
• Why do all of the deli guys and food cart guys call me “Boss” (well, me and everyone else)?
They don’t know your name, chief. Introduce yourself next time!
• I am an 11-year-old boy and girls in my class harass me constantly and I want to file a restraining...
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Aaron: “Of 4,814 DI men’s basketball players in 2006-07, there were 19 Asian Americans, according to the most recent NCAA Student-Athlete Race and Ethnicity Report.” represent! me: reaching for that rainbow Aaron: i wouldn’t expect there to be an asian majority, but 19? that’s surprising me: i mean, is it? [five minutes later] me: FOUND ONE Aaron: ain’t nothin...
“I can’t stand to watch Obama. He looks so deceitful. I feel like...”
– Ruth Mizell, the widow of former North Carolina Rep. Wilmer “Vinegar Bend” Mizell, is apparently immune to “witchcrafting”
a field guide to the 2009 inaugural balls →
H.O.P.E. Inaugural Youth Ball A family-friendly inauguration celebration. Family-friendly? I think I speak for everybody when I say that I want my balls teeming with debauchery. National Association of Minority Government Contractors Pre-Inaugural Kick-Off An open bar and Marion Barry. Getting closer. History in the Making: “A Dream & A Change” Inaugural Ball The Babyboomer Professionals...
what do you tell a woman with two black angus...
itsbedtime:
So I found this ludicrous story about a guy hitting a girl with a cheeseburger. Radar came up with a pretty decent headline “You Want Fries With That?” lets see if anyone can come up with something better. Reblog or leave a comment with what you would of titled it.
I’m going with “assaualt with a trans fatty weapon” Okay so I lost.
the key is to make the joke about domestic...
