Kurt Vonnegut’s short history of human stupidity is as relevant in today’s world of climate change and genetic engineering as it was in 1963…
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Archive | September, 2010
Matrix, Dude
Yes, yes, yes! A mashup of The Big Lebowski and The Matrix:
Also on YouTube.
Alltop thinks those pills really pull the whole room together. Via The High Definite.
Things to put out of your mind on vacation
This is less of a worry than the giant pile of spam building up in my (uh, embarrassingly) several email accounts. Sorry, I should have said giant STEAMING pile of spam.
Alltop thinks there’s something sexy about the word “pile”. Go visit Rob’s site for more cartoons — you’ll be happy you did.
The Tatooine Rhapsody
I’m not sure that cutting it to 6 minutes saves the prequel trilogy to Star Wars, but setting it to Bohemian Rhapsody certainly helps.
Also at YouTube.
Alltop is a big JarJar fan.
Why we never see Superman anymore
And if he was flying lower to the ground, at really high speeds, it wouldn’t even take two minutes. Hell, just a little cloud of atomized kryptonite would do it.
[Batman would so take him.]
Alltop is a BIG fan of Aquaman. Awesome cartoon by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
Blogger ponders on things instead of musing about them
LONDON, Ontario (The Skwib) — The web is still reeling from the revelation that a blogger has been pondering things instead of musing about them.
“Yeah, I’ve spent a lot of time musing, in fact, the tagline from my blog used to be ‘muted musings from Jeff’s tasty trumpet” — clever, eh? But . . . I don’t know, it just seemed like it was time to, you know, start pondering instead,” Jeffrey Trumpeter told The Skwib in an early morning phone interview.
Trumpeter runs “Assorted Cream Fillings (pudding-like ponderings from Jeffrey’s pastry pan),” a blog devoted to his interest in cats, Boston Cream Donuts, hockey, politics and humor he describes as either “quirky” or “explosive”.
“Yeah, I’m pretty happy with the change in direction. I think I’ll keep pondering on things for a while,” Trumpeter said.
According to experts, Trumpeter is one of many bloggers who are shifting their mode of cogitation.
“We have been tracking this development with new blogging software, ThoughtCounter, and we may be reaching the tipping point away from musing,” Leslie Flapkake, PhD candidate at a “leading university”, told The Skwib.
“Musings are still the most popular form of cogitation,” Flapkake said, “but you see people pondering, reflecting, mulling, brooding and even thinking.”
Pie chart courtesy of ThoughtCounter.