Archive for the ‘humor’ Category
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
My friend Andrew brought this two-part episode to my attention. Perhaps because is a create satire on the whole Mohammed cartoon issue and a defense of the freedom of expression and standing up to those whose religion have taken over their rational faculties. Or, it was because of South Park's ...
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Sunday, April 9th, 2006
Last night I saw a few acts in the 2nd annual DC Comedy Fest. One set included three stand-up acts, and two of them were actually good, which was a pleasant surprise, as stand-up is pretty tough compared to other forms of entertainment. For example, I can enjoy a local ...
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Sunday, June 19th, 2005
I saw him speak last week at the Boulder Bookstore. I didn't know he was known more for his humor than for his fiction writing. I enjoy hearing him much more than reading him, as so much of humor is in the delivery and tonality. He read a story recently ...
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Friday, March 4th, 2005
until now. I don't drink coffee, and consider corporations innocent until proven guilty. Still, I don't go to Starbucks, as I prefer the atmosphere of other places, but I don't get self-righteous about it. Certainly there are more important things to get self-righteous about, like punctuation (Ironically, ...
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Monday, January 3rd, 2005
I heard this story on NPR's This American life. A good one. I was also pleased to hear a funny bit on A Prairie Home Companion from the Ketchup Advisory Board.". This link even has the audio. Is the Internet great, or what? Anyway, it was ...
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Friday, November 5th, 2004
This is Stick-Figure Warning Sign Gallery is the funniest thing I've seen all week, except for South Park's epsiode on the absurdity of democracy worship.
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2004
I don't want to say much on the Presidential Election, as if if anyone is really listening, but doing so would seem to dignify it. And I've said my peace already in my article, Power to the People, Not to Bureaucrats. Still, an article at Reason.com caught my ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2004
I have yet to find a review article about social psychology experiments testing people's impressions of men with facial hair. I found some academic studies on WebofScience.com, and this humor site about the "evil goatee." There's also a book called One Thousand Beards. Surely Desomd Morris has ...
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2004
Finally, finally, I saw an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm with a happy ending: Season 3: The Grand Opening. Things were looking pretty grim for the opening of Larry David's restaurant, as the chef had Tourette syndrome, he was visible and in ear-shot of the the dining area. ...
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Friday, December 5th, 2003
The local FOX affiliate reported this story about a woman who bites off a piece of her boyfriend's tongue. The newscasters Libby(?) Weaver and Frank(?) Zappolo (no, dummy, "Ron"! "Frank"?! ha ha) were doing the show, and after the report, the camera is on Zappolo, ...
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