Posts with the tag "humor"

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A $3 Trillion Shopping Spree


We all love to splurge a little once in a while. Save up some money and do something nice with it, really go a little beyond our normal spending - maybe it's a vacation, maybe it's a nice gift for a friend, or maybe it's buying universal healthcare for 300 million Americans.
Huh?
Oh yeah, universal [...]

Using Stock Photos to Show You Care


One of the funniest parts of browsing the Internets is when I come across the funny stock photos of professional people in various professional settings, used by site owners to put a "human face" on their web presence in the most generic way possible. It began with using the headshot of the attentive [...]

Creature of habit


To be a creature of habit as I am is to check for the chapstick in your Left pocket where it always is and should be, to not find it there, and to then proceed up and down stairs, in and out of various rooms, checking the left pocket of every other pair of pants [...]

All online data lost after Internet crashes


Sometimes when people call us for technical support at Summersault, they tell us that in trying to troubleshoot a problem on their desktop computer, they have "deleted the Internet." It's always tempting to feign shock and horror, saying "that was YOU!?" and ask them to "get it back, oh dear God, get it back [...]

Is Michael there? Are you sure?


My day started at 4 in the morning today. I was having a dream about someone knocking on the door to wherever I was, and then I realized that the knocking was in fact real, and that someone was pounding on the front door of my house and ringing the door bell over and [...]

Everything you need to know about Cops


For the last several weeks I have been participating in a broad stroke study of law enforcement practices on city streets across America. I have done ride-alongs with police officers from coast to coast - Portland, Oregon to Austin, Texas to Cincinnati, Ohio to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These ride-alongs are usually in the form [...]

The Politics of Villains and Superheroes


It is somewhat comforting to know that Mumm-Ra supports the Workers World Party, especially given that Batman is a registered Republican. I'd be curious how the Voltron folks are registered though - Keith remains something of a childhood idol for me. Let's go Voltron Force!

Public Radio Fundraising == Hell


Well, it's that time of year again, when public radio stations completely abandon any pretense of professionalism and dignity, and begin soliciting their listeners for money.

Announcer #1: Well, we're sorry to break in to this news story about critical current events, but we've got a great jello recipe that can be yours for a pledge [...]

Church Sign Generator


For some strange reason, the Church Sign Generator fascinates me to no end. I guess that, living in the midwest where there are seemingly church signs every block but where I dare not dream of having my own church sign, this new found power is intoxicating. Thanks be to...people with too much time [...]

I shouldn't have eaten that whole bag of shrooms


From the "you can't make this stuff up" department: A Delaware college student ate a bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms and drove around in a pair of stolen cars before arriving, confused, on a mountain in northwest Connecticut, police said.
Oh how I long for those crazy college days where one might wake up and say "I [...]

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