It seems like all the lights are up in the neighborhood, so I thought I’d post this hilarious Christmas routine by Patton Oswalt:
Also here on youtube.
Christmas Shoes – Patton Oswalt
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A tribute to the late Sir Edward Elgar
I love how he has to struggle to get the premise out, because he knows is SO damn funny.
Alltop is a maestro of the less-popular instrument, the garden hose in knee pit.
Bob Newhart’s call from Walter Raleigh
This is great on a couple of levels. First of all, it makes you think about all the strange little things we take for granted around us. I’m sure a similar conversation happened when Thag cracked open his first oyster and slurped it down (no doubt in a fit of starvation) and then relayed how good it was to his buddy Tharg.
Secondly, it shows value of thinking obliquely. And then lighting it on fire.
Alltop misses snuff.
March of the Angry, Fuming, Vengeful Penguins
Suzie loved penguins, ever since her first trip to the zoo.
She’d tell her mother every night, “oh I wish I could see a funny, awkward, goofy penguin, again Mummy. I love them SO!”
“One day we’ll go back to the zoo,” her mother replied, “so you can mock them some more.”
And Suzie would fall asleep, thinking of how lovely it would be to see the clumsy, ridiculous, hilarious penguins.
But they were going to see her first.
Alltop is angry, funny and goofy, all at once.
Damn you autocorrect
I find my iPhone is particularly zealous with its auto-corrections, and it’s good to know I’m not the only one.
Alltop is stroganoff with humor. Strong. Strong with humor. Via BoingBoing.
Classics of Literature — Dystopias & Post-Apocalyptic Hijinks (#1)
1984
I’m not sure why everyone is so freaked out about this pretty ordinary tale about a door-to-door salesman and his quest for meaning in a brutal work environment. The love affair between Winston and Julia is touching, though I’m not sure why it’s so …more I’m not sure why everyone is so freaked out about this pretty ordinary tale about a door-to-door salesman and his quest for meaning in a brutal work environment. The love affair between Winston and Julia is touching, though I’m not sure why it’s so important that she fetishes the vacuum attachments Winston is trying to sell her on their first meeting.
I was rather impressed by Orwell’s ability to predict the invention of Creep-Vee, “The Television that Watches You!” (I’m not a big fan, though I know most of the kids really like it, especially the shows where they get to vote on who has to eat the raw goat’s anus)
I was also impressed by Orwell’s ability to predict the rise of Fox News.
The Road
You’d think an adventurous post-apocalyptic story would have more pitched sea battles and swordplay, so I was really disappointed with this book. There was only one boat, no pirates, and the violence wasn’t very romantic.
There is some baby-eating, which I found disturbing. Disturbing enough that even this effort won’t clear it from my consciousness:
I dares ya to buy it as a t-shirt.