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Carnival Catch-up

By on October 19, 2005 in General Skwib

The Skwib is a tad tardy in noting carnivals, except for today’s funny stuff at Conservative Cat.

Yesterday there was the lengthy and now two-year-old Carnival of the Capitalists, hosted at BusinessPundit, and the Carnival of Liberty, hosted at Searchlight Crusade.

You may enjoy the Carnival of Crazy at File it Under, which has some funny stuff too, including the hilarious link to a story about squirrels addicted to crack. The Carnival of the Vanities is now available at The World According to Nick, with a very funny description of The Skwib’s entry, Cheese Pirates.

The Skwib’s Top 10 Top … What-Ever … List (Edition #1)

By on October 18, 2005 in But is it art?, General Skwib, Parody & Satire

Top whatever listfor Tuesday, October 18, 2005:

Yay! Lists! We love lists! They make life so easy. So ordered. But wait, we can hear you saying, how do we know which lists we should read, and which lists we should ignore? What are the best lists of the day? Look no farther, for we have simplified your list lust.

Here they are, the top 10 lists of today:

10. Weblog Usability: Top Ten Design Mistakes. Yes, design advice from an expert who doesn’t understand the rule of thirds! (Look at his home page, and you’ll see what we mean.)

9. The Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years. Why 40 years? Cause 50 years seems kind of lame, and 100 years is too much work.

8. The Top 50 Sci-Fi Movies in the Science Fiction Film Canon. Hosted by Whatever. Seriously.

7. In this spot, we have a tie: the Top Ten Conservative Idiots, No. 218 and the Amazon.co.uk Hot 100 DIY & Tools, and only because the number one item is a chain saw. Two questions: Why would so many people want a chainsaw in Britain. It’s not like the island is still covered with forests. And, who the hell buys a chainsaw online?

6. 20 Best License-Free Official Fonts. Hmmm, this is actually kind of useful. We’re declaring this list a sarcasm-free zone.

5. Top 117 Cromulent Made-Up Words in the Simpsons. While not officially promulgated as a Top What-Ever List, this is nevertheless, heavily linked today and dare we say, unblowupable.

4. TNR Top 10 of 2005. How does one come up with a top ten list for a whole year in October? You have to be subversive and think for yourself. That said, there is some interesting stuff here.

3. Top 50 Most Unwired College Campuses. Wow, it sucks to be on this list. It’s the web equivalent of being on the Top 50 Guys Most Likely to End Up Living In His Parents’ Basement, or the Top 50 Dudes Who Will Remain Virgins Until They Pay for It lists.

2. Top 250 movies as voted by our users, from the Internet Movie Database, which is having its 15th year anniversary this week. Apparently, the formula they use for producing this list gives a true Bayesian estimate, which sounds very scientific, and somewhat naughty, and it is exactly how The Skwib produced this list.

1. The 100 Best English Language Novels from 1923 to the Present. Who thought such a list was even possible to compile? Hey, it’s easy if only two people have to agree.

Monday roundup

By on October 17, 2005 in General Skwib

Some good stuff out there this Monday morning. From the Carnival of the Godlesss, hosted by the common man (actual name of the blog) to the Best of Me Symphony at The Owner’s Manual, hosted by Sigmund Freud. If you’re only going to read one post from these collections (I mean, assuming you’ve already read The Skwib entries) then check out Dog is just “god” spelled backwards, a tail of the zen of unspeakable acts (yes, pun intended).

The Lost PowerPoint Slides (Wilde Wit Edition)

By on October 17, 2005 in The Lost PowerPoints

Oscar Wilde photoThe Picture of Dorian Gray (three slides)

  • There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
  • There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
  • The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The Importance of Being Earnest (two slides)

  • The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!
  • It is absurd to have hard and fast rules about what one should and shouldn’t read. More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn’t read.

Other Epigrams (six slides)

  • As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
  • There is no sin except stupidity.
  • America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
  • I am not young enough to know everything.
  • The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
  • The only thing I can’t resist is temptation.

Inspired by:
Oscar Wilde’s B-day, Oct. 17, 1854 | More quotes please

I read my blogroll! (Edition #1)

By on October 16, 2005 in General Skwib

I’ve been trying to point out fun and interesting stuff that I’ve read on my blogroll from time to time, but now I’d like to make it more formal. I shall be doing this on a regular basis on Sundays. Yes, the Day That Blogging Forgot.

Halloween & sartorial issues

More Halloween goodness from Mr. Snitch, including, How to Make a Head in a Jar. He give good link. Steve at The Poutine Diaries picked up on the Worst Halloween Costumes and showed us his. He one ugly woman. Archer at TunafishNews continues to amuse, with this post about Hobbits and Geroge F. Will. Heh, heh.

Oscar at The Columnist Manifesto is trying to start a new meme, with What is your oldest piece of clothing? Mine is a suit I had custom-fit when I was travelling in Thailand circa 1990. That makes it 15 years old. I can still stuff myself into the jacket, but thankfully the pants no longer fit, so I don’t wear it, though I could (thus qualifying for the meme). The damn thing makes me look like a Thai pimp. I mean, it’s shiny!

Politics

This week — a cornucopia of posts that pillory the politicians in the White House. Perhaps next week I’ll have some Canadian politcs to point at as well.

Damn! I think Jesus’ General has this whole Bush-Miers thing figured out. Laurence at IFOC News made me snarffle me Timmy’s when I read: Bush has run out of incompetent cronies to appoint. One of my favorite blogs is Mr. Sun’s and I enjoyed this bit about Cheney.

Personal notes

I was saddened to see that Budak’s travels in Canada are not going to be good for his health. And finally, Carmi made me laugh at him (in a nice way) with Batmobile loses 2 wheels.

If you’re not mentioned, don’t worry. I’m sure I enjoyed your blog this week too, but I couldn’t include everything.