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Carnival of Satire (#102)

By on July 3, 2008 in Carnival of Satire

Carnival of Satire (#102) -- Darth Vader on dirt bikeWe have a good one this week folks! Thanks to everyone for listening to my pleas and sending actual satire. Now, if we could get everyone represented below could link to the carnival as well, we’d really have something! (I will be paying attention.)

Satirepatch has a report that Marilyn Manson Is Going Country. Will this radical career shift work? The lyrics say it all:

I guess I was a little high.
I guess you are a little dead.
Sorry that I did some acid
And drove the John Deere over your head.

Allen in Fort Worth found this ancient sacred text while rummaging through a trash heap behind Al Gore’s ridiculously large Tennessee mansion : The Creation According To Saint Albert

In related news, Kevin Colby has learned the Government plans to mandate breathing mask to stop release of CO2.

Did you know peak oil is killing NASA too? The Free-Ass. Press has the story: Astronauts Hardest Hit By High Gas Prices.

lordsomber has this disturbing take on “lifestyle products”: Service, Commitment, Sacrifice: The SetUp™.

James Logan relates his adventure at the Californian DMV .

Madame X has this look at the publishing industry and a Sneak Peek at Future Book Projects .

Homework. Dinner. Life. is less than impressed with the manly art of grilling.

And in the one single, grudgingly allowed non-satire slot, Matthew Boyd reviews a satirical video game: Sailing away with “Harpooned.” Nicely finessed Matthew!

And that’s it for the 102nd edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too. Thanks to the DogfromSpace for the pic.

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Carnival of Satire (#101)

By on June 19, 2008 in Carnival of Satire

Video Games

Greg Merrick has discovered the negative effects of video games are quite unambiguous: Video Games Causing Many Older Americans to Think They’re Wizards, Fairies

Madeleine Begun Kane wonders (in limerick form) Is Olbermann Turning Into O?Reilly?

Sammy Benoit relates the news that CONDI RICE Announced a Mid-East Peace Solution: NO SEX FOR JEWS !

Is it time for a Bloggers Bill of Rights? Kevin Brink makes the case.

sweetpea presents Sex and the City Weekend.

AJ has alarming news buried in this article: Breaking News: Obama Chooses Pastor for VP!.

Skip DeKades presents Clinton Pledges to Be Altruistic Autocrat.

And in the non-satire slot, Jon Rochetti has the Photo of the Week – Hillary Tees…3 for $10.

And that’s it for the 101st edition. I can’t help but note the fierce competition for that one single slot of non-satire that I include with the carnival, so my advice is to submit satire. If you’re stilll wondering what satire is, my take on it is written here. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too. A special thanks to negatendo for the humorous illustration.

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Carnival of Satire (#100)

By on May 29, 2008 in Carnival of Satire

Carnival of Satire (#100)Congratulations to Madeleine Begun Kane for being the ONLY PERSON to send someone else’s satire to this 100th edition. And it’s a great piece, by Rickey Henderson. Strap on your dusty fedora and get ready to whip up some laughter as you peruse: A Memo from the Office of Steven R. Lawlor, CPA, to Indiana Jones .

And while you’re wiping the tears out of your eyes, check out Mad’s latest satirical limerick: George Who???.

Dem reports on the more sober Today’s the Day the Teddybears Have Their Annual Company-Wide Meeting.

Chris Cameron believes the Beatles Were Just Another Hair Band. Get ready for the hate email Chris.

C. Fraser has some Canadian satire in his continuing series on Canadian Mystery: What is Burried on Oak Island?.

El Burro is amused by the CBS Purchase of Bleeding-Edge Company CNET. Is color tele-vision to follow?.

Brent Diggs has learned why so many web designers are slightly mad as he explores The Harsh Demands of Internet Explorer.

The Whited Sepulchre presents Hillary On The Night Shift .

Thad Guy presents New Zealand & The Curse of Natural Resources

Renal Failure presents Forty ounces of denounce

And in the not satire, but it’s included category, O. Daille Nation-Ashley presents Legal Thriller Style Scam Classic: The Enron Implosion O.Daille also plays well with others, and submitted someone else’s post. You can find an amusing article written by this generous soul about the paucity of gruntled lawyers here.

And that’s it for the 100th edition. A copy of The Amadeus Net will be on the way to Mad and O.Daille for being good sports. We’ll be back to the usual..ish format in two weeks with the 101st edition. Still wondering what satire is? Someone wrote something about it once, we think. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here and here if you explore a bit. A special thanks to macieklew for his hung-out-to-dry teddy bear pic.

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Call for Entries and Groovy Generational Ramblings

By on May 14, 2008 in Carnival of Satire, General Skwib

Anyone who enjoys satire, and has a source for the pure stuff, please send along a link for next week’s Carnival of Satire. Believe it or not, it will be the 100 th edition! Let me know your blog as well as the URL of the satire you’re recommending. It’s okay if it’s your own, but only those who selflessly promote someone else’s work will get a chance to win a copy of THE AMADEUS NET. (And if you’ve already bought a copy, we’ll figure something out.) You can use the form here at BlogCarnival, or just email the details to skwib@markarayner.com (please put Carnival of Satire submission in the subject line). The deadline is next Wednesday evening.

Yep, that was the 100th edition. Still, the Carnival of Satire is much younger than John McCain. This is a fun site which is both satirical and ageist, via the busy Hermenautic Circle Blog. And while you’re there, you will want to follow the link to Braniac, which has an interesting and groovy re-think on who the various generations are, and how they are different.

Or you may just want to relax with the Carnival of Insanities, humor-blogs.com, or alltop.

If none of this does the trick, then perhaps you should have some carbs.

Carnival of Satire (#99)

By on May 1, 2008 in Carnival of Satire

Carnival of Satire (#99)Happy International Worker’s Day everyone! Yep, it’s May Day, the traditional day to celebrate the worker, to dance around Maypoles, and if you’re really into it, you may even want to do some Morris Dancing. Alas, the hoopla falls on this, the 99th edition of the Carnival of Satire, but we will press forward with our cynicism anyhow:

We start with this news of recent scientific research. Dr. Tundra was very upset to read Will’s report that the Tinfoil Hat Brain Firewall Not So Secure After All.

Pipe danceNow, this busy worker isn’t dancing around a Maypole exactly, but she is very excited about something. And frankly, it’s kind of worryng. You’ll find the whole image at Fengtastic!, or click on the thumbnail.

Speaking of Maypoles, Swann has learned The Real Reason Hillary is Running.

While on the subject of poles with ears, Barbara Diamond informs us that Dick is obsessed with Nothin but Ass.

Ian Bowman has begun a promising list of defaults, starting with the default hobby for gainfully employed guys who are not in the habit of doing something even remotely interesting: photography.

Madeleine Begun Kane has nya, nya with: Hey Obama Sycophants, Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You.

Sammy Benoit piles on with his terrifying dream: Barack Obama Was At The Exodus.

Huck Finn learns how Putin will save American democracy: by sending Chastity Belts to politicians.

This submission by Michael Fowke just freaked Thag out, but it was strangely compelling: Invesco Perpetual: Neil Woodford the star manager.

Greg Merrick has more financial doings with this primer on How to Completely Ruin Your Life Trying to Start Your Own Business.

While celebrating May Day, you may want to keep this news from Bloggledoggle that the Swamp Thing Actually a Hippie. Also there are indications that Batman is psychotic and Woody Woodpecker is an instigator. You heard me, an instigator.

And to finish off with some non-satire: Davexplorer made us laugh with this list of Dog Look Alike Celebrities.

And that’s it for the 99th edition! For our 100th edition, we’d like to do something a little different. We’d like you to find an example of some great satire that is not your own, and share it with us. We’ll credit both the finders and the findees. And what is satire? Someone wrote something about it once, we think. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you dance around a bit. Warning: Alltop may cut in.

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Carnival of Satire (#98)

By on April 10, 2008 in Carnival of Satire

The carnival of satire (#98)This week we mark the passing of a great actor and showman. From the homo-erotic undertones of Ben Hur to the coolest, most ass-kicking post-apocalyptic dudes (Planet of the Apes, The Omega Man, Soylent Green), Charlton Heston’s delicious sense of irony will be missed. Speaking of Soylent Green, you should consider entering The Skwib’s “Vintage Ads of Fictional Futures” contest. There are prizes and everything.

Marvel as Rickey Tells You How To Blog!

These Commandments should be disobeyed only if you want your blog to get the “die by the word” treatment of Mr. Heston’s scenery-chewing, prop-gnawing, tablet-chucking Moses.

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To quote Mr. Snitch: “Now would be as good a time as any.”

Switching to politics — yes, that was irony — Rant Man relays a letter in: Job Application Denied .

On a related note, Madeleine Begun Kane has An Ode To Lefty Bloggers Who Hate Hillary Clinton.

Not that any of this debate is going away soon. R. Pettinger explains the economics of why American Voters (may) Prefer Shorter Elections (but will never get them).

Citing concerns over increased pressure from electronic traffic signals, Street Signs Unionize. Robotic reportage from eewestcoaster.

Libertarian Mike Billy has gone over to the dark side. He Wants Indentured Servants.

What about the poor benighted tax software? It’s a kind of indentured servant, but according to Mad Kane, it’s also a bit cheeky.

And on the topic of cheeky, how about this Kijiji ad for snow-shoveling services?

Roy Wilding presents Part I: “My Icons Have Fallen Off My Desktop, What do I do?”.

Jeremy Zongker presents a cartoon that answers the question: What if Everyone Practiced Universal Default?.

Mully presents Suburban unworking class hero expounds on food.

And in the not-exactly satire category, Charles H. Green has a prose Ode to Distrust. To be fair, this may actually be satire, but we’re so cynical, we think his salute to distrust is actually good avice.

And that’s it for this larger-than life edition! If you have some satire to share, please consider submitting next time. What is satire? Someone wrote something about it once, we think. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you dig around a bit.

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