Are you up for some Friday Neilage? You can listen to the whole album, streaming right here. (I’ve just started listening and it’s good. “Restless Consumer” is great, and “Shock and Awe” is rockin’.)
And if you can’t wait for it to come round on the album, you can find the lyrics of “Let’s Impeach the President” at (surprisingly) the Fox network.
This essay is definitely worth a look, and then you can go check up on Neil’s latest crusade.
Musical parody, sarcastic letters, and alien cultures are all par for the course at The Carnival of Satire. We hope you enjoy the 31st (really) edition:
It’s a little out of season, tune-wise, but Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables has a fun White House Shakeup Song Parody.
GrrlScientist has fake news calculated to shock you at Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) with the headline: Teacher Arrested At JFK Airport in NYC.
Ahistoricality has discovered another education-related satire with this letter: Dear search committee posted at Post-PhD Blues. Warning: anyone with an arts PhD might find this cutting a little too deep.
Remulak MoxArgon at The MoxArgon Group has a fun roundup of the MoxArgon’s Mail Sac (particularly the answer to the first letter.)
While on the topic of aliens, Elisson at Blog d’Elisson has a retelling of a story about how Superman pays the bills. And it’s only 100 words! Critical Mass. Continue reading…
One I missed the other day:
An entertaining Tangled Bank, a carnival of scientific blogging, epically hosted by The Inoculated Mind.
The festival of Grandfigian humor will continue in a moment, but first a quick note to thank the hosts of some carnivals for including The Skwib:
The Carnival of Liberty, hosted by Peter Porcupine
A special thanks to Laurence SimonThe Carnival of the Vanities, for including two posts at IMAO.
Bruce, the Human Pet, at Conservative Cat for the Funny Stuff.
New research has led me to devise a pair of glasses that gentlemen with ring fingers longer than their index fingers (go ahead, I’ll wait while you gents check) may want to purchase.
According to a BBC report, scientists found that “catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man’s decision-making skills into disarray.”
I knew it!
And it appears that men with higher levels of testosterone (the index vs ring finger check indicates an elevated level), are even more susceptible to the deleterious effects of having pretty women around while they make critical decisions. Actually, be fair, any decision. Continue reading…
Okay, just one so far, but we’ll add more later:
Welcome to the 30th Carnival of Satire, where this week the commentary has 30 percent more clichés and mixed metaphors! Enjoy.
Ahistoricality continues his quixotic search for satire and finds this lovely bit Just Say Don’t Walk! (which doesn’t need the satire warning at the start, in our opinion).
Whoah! We just discovered that Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables has a nice Pair of Limericks For A Six-Pack Of Generals.
Dean Swift at A Swiftian Rant cracks open the books and takes The Harvard 8 behind the shed.
Tommy has Mr. Cruise learning The Finger Trick.
Peace Moonbeam returns to the carnival with a demented Whale Rescue. Continue reading…
“So Buttercup, what do you think of our new team lead?”
“What, that smudge-hole Hernandez?”
“Yeah, what do you think?”
“Glory-hound. There’s no way he’ll be able to pull his weight, but he’ll take all the credit.”
“Wow. You’re bitter, dude.”
“You’ll see. Oh, and Fluffy?”
“What Buttercup?”
“I’d watch your ass around him.”
“Moo.”
[From the Toulouse Le Grandfig Necrobiblia Collection]
Thanks to the fine purveyors of bloggish treats for including The Skwib:
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