Ramblings
May 26, 2008
May 15, 2008
ManBabies.com
Jeff sent me a link to ManBabies.com, thinking it would be a site I would enjoy. Now why would he think that?
Labels: humor
May 2, 2008
Tina Fey: "I can do it!"
It seems like my Ramblings has turned into just a bunch of video clips lately. Oh well, it's what's hitting me lately I guess. Anyway, here's a bit of Tina Fey's monologue from SNL; her old-fashioned movie style cracks me up.
April 27, 2008
Red Sox Batting Stances
Pretty funny video. The Mo Vaughn and the over-the-top Youkilis impressions are great..
April 2, 2008
Drunk Jeff Goldblum
Hilarious: slow down an old Apple ad with Jeff Goldblum, and he sounds drunk as hell:
And if you like Jeff, be sure to check out the Jeff GoldBluMan Group...
And if you like Jeff, be sure to check out the Jeff GoldBluMan Group...
March 12, 2008
Album Cover Meme
Jeff pointed out an album cover meme that's pretty fun: Just follow these rules to create the cover. The results can be pretty bizarre, but sometimes things oddly work out, like my cover (which, if I had to guess, would probably have a 70's folk-rock sound to it):
February 12, 2008
Pumpers Need to Pump!
One of my new favorite shows is Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! It's pretty random and absurd, but also (I think) pretty damn funny.
Anyway, they had one clip of "Pumpers" which really cracked me up, partly because it brought back childhood memories of Jon doing it.
And there's a good interview with Tim and Eric over at The Onion AV Club.
Anyway, they had one clip of "Pumpers" which really cracked me up, partly because it brought back childhood memories of Jon doing it.
And there's a good interview with Tim and Eric over at The Onion AV Club.
December 18, 2007
Mitchell Report: A Red Sox Conspiracy
Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, an unapologetic Yankee fan, thinks the Mitchell Report is just a Red Sox conspiracy...
November 6, 2007
Onion Sox Coverage
Since they broke the Curse Of Relief Pitcher Curtis Leskanic, here are a few Sox-related headlines from America's finest news source:
October 23, 2007
Halloween Costumes
With Halloween fast approaching, 5ives has some costume ideas for the ladies: Five Halloween costumes your sorority sisters are considering and Five more Halloween costumes your sorority sisters are considering.
Update: A better selection is available at Girls's Costume Warehouse (language NSFW).
Update: A better selection is available at Girls's Costume Warehouse (language NSFW).
October 16, 2007
The Best 5 Seconds on the Web
I've come across this video here and there, and it never ceases to crack me up.
Funny to see the original source clip from some Japanese TV show.
Funny to see the original source clip from some Japanese TV show.
October 12, 2007
Great "Blog"
I wasn't an English major but I am kind of a grammar snob, which is why I'm really enjoying the "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks. Unnecessary quotes really make me think twice before buying home made "soup".
And if you like that site, you may also enjoy Apostrophe Abuse.
And if you like that site, you may also enjoy Apostrophe Abuse.
Labels: humor
September 11, 2007
August 2, 2007
Polite Grouch
While talking about Sesame Street...
Amelia: Why does Oscar always tell people "Get lost"?
Me: Because he's a grouch.
Amelia: Well, he should say "Get lost, please."
Amelia: Why does Oscar always tell people "Get lost"?
Me: Because he's a grouch.
Amelia: Well, he should say "Get lost, please."
July 29, 2007
Wacky Photos
While digging around old files for this site, I came across two somewhat creepy photos of me. First is one I created years ago for reasons that escape me now, and it sorta looks like Jeremy:
The second was a creation that Jeff did, combining me and Jakob Nielsen:
(If you know me and know who Jakob is, you know why this is funny beyond just the goofy morphed photo.)
Speaking of Jakob, I somehow missed this page which is pretty funny: Jakob Nielsen’s Usability Fighting Styles.
The second was a creation that Jeff did, combining me and Jakob Nielsen:
(If you know me and know who Jakob is, you know why this is funny beyond just the goofy morphed photo.)
Speaking of Jakob, I somehow missed this page which is pretty funny: Jakob Nielsen’s Usability Fighting Styles.
July 27, 2007
Doo-Dah News Network
Quite a while back the Brunching Shuttlecocks (one of my favorite humor sites when it was alive) had an article called Twelve Actual AP Headlines Which, When Followed By 'Doo-Dah, Doo-Dah,' Can Be Sung To The Tune of 'Camptown Races' (sample: "Man in Wheelchair Killed by Train").
I guess Lore Sjöberg (the creator of the Brunching Shuttlecocks) has too much free time because he built this Doo-Dah News Network flash app: it scrolls headlines that you can sing to the tune of "Camptown Races" if you add "Doo-Dah" to the end. News has never been so much fun or musical!
I guess Lore Sjöberg (the creator of the Brunching Shuttlecocks) has too much free time because he built this Doo-Dah News Network flash app: it scrolls headlines that you can sing to the tune of "Camptown Races" if you add "Doo-Dah" to the end. News has never been so much fun or musical!
Labels: humor
June 29, 2007
Admiral Akbar Cereal
June 15, 2007
Food, Sex, or Cars?!
I still think that Food, Sex, or Cars?! was one of Saturday Night Live's best game shows. I wish the video was somewhere online, but even just reading the transcript cracks me up.
Labels: humor
April 24, 2007
Beardy Guy Powers Activate!
Lore Sjöberg used to run The Brunching Shuttlecocks (which was one of my favorite humor sites at the time) and I especially liked his ratings of random things. which are archived over at Book of Ratings. Now he's back with a video version: State Quarters Part VII.
March 29, 2007
March 9, 2007
Nerdy Dad Adds 22 Nanoseconds to Vacation
An adventure in relative time-keeping
A man outfitted his family minivan with high-precision cesium clocks to demonstrate to his kids that they gained 22 nanoseconds of vacation time on their mountain camping trip than they would have at a lower altitude. (via kottke)
I can see his kids now, rolling their eyes at their nerdy dad. Oh wait, those are my eyes that are rolling...
A man outfitted his family minivan with high-precision cesium clocks to demonstrate to his kids that they gained 22 nanoseconds of vacation time on their mountain camping trip than they would have at a lower altitude. (via kottke)
I can see his kids now, rolling their eyes at their nerdy dad. Oh wait, those are my eyes that are rolling...
Labels: humor
February 23, 2007
Conan O'Brien & 1864 Baseball
Baseball season is almost here, and I came across this video of Conan O'Brien interviewing people who play olde tyme baseball: "1864 rules, 1864 costumes. Some say a waste of time. Others say an incredible waste of time."
February 15, 2007
Dubya the Menace
Dubya the Menace is a randomized Dennis The Menace comic with real quotes, straight from George W. Bush's mouth.
December 8, 2006
December 4, 2006
September 29, 2006
David Bowie on "Extras"
I can't stop watching this video (and singing the song long after watching it)...
September 26, 2006
The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld
The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld (Slate)
Until now, the secretary's poetry has found only a small and skeptical audience: the Pentagon press corps. Every day, Rumsfeld regales reporters with his jazzy, impromptu riffs. Few of them seem to appreciate it. But we should all be listening. Rumsfeld's poetry is paradoxical: It uses playful language to address the most somber subjects.For example:
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
September 7, 2006
The Ultimate Blog Post
"Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it." -- The Ultimate Blog Post (Lore Sjöberg @ Wired)
Labels: humor
August 31, 2006
"Guntron, fire!"
From Ridiculent:
[The Perry Bible Fellowship online comic] frequently makes use of jokes that take precisely 2.5 seconds for the punchline to sink in (such as this Voltron take-off).I haven't checked out the site at all, but I found that Voltron comic hilarious.
Labels: humor
August 24, 2006
Dan Shaughnessy Watch
I can't stand Dan Shaughnessy (so why do I occasionally read his column? I don't know). His recent bit of sarcastic crap really got on my nerves, and somehow (OK, I Googled "Dan Shaughnessy is an asshole") I stumbled upon a site: Dan Shaughnessy Watch (motto: "We read him so you don't have to"). Entertaining, especially with things like pointing out that
[Shaughnessy was] the same guy on June 26, 2005 [who] wrote that the Red Sox would win the AL East in a walk; the same guy who named Josh Beckett the heir to Roger Clemens only to reverse course and practically slander him in the process; the same guy who called David Ortiz "a giant sack of you-know-what"; the same guy who on Dec. 13, 2000, wrote that the signing of Manny Ramirez boosted Dan Duquette "from doofus to genius in less than 24 hours."
July 17, 2006
Pink2o
Pink2o: "Water for women". Sexist, weird marketing, or just a re-branding of the failed "Water for communists" product?
Labels: humor
July 14, 2006
Unintentionally Scary Clowns
I love that there seems to be a Flickr group for almost any subject. Such as Unintentionally Scary Clowns.
Labels: humor
June 27, 2006
Dinkin flicka! Fleece it out!
One of my favorite scenes from the (surprisingly good) US version of The Office.
June 22, 2006
June 11, 2006
Jesus of the Week
Jesus of the Week is a site that...well, has interesting pictures of Jesus. A few of my favorites are tattoos:
- I didn't know Jesus was a Wookiee
- People, people. These things are permanent!
- Hey man, what’s on your mind?
- I didn't know Jesus was a Wookiee
- People, people. These things are permanent!
- Hey man, what’s on your mind?
Labels: humor
June 1, 2006
10 Things
This isn't exactly new, but it's too well-done not to link to it. The Ten Commandments as a teen comedy: 10 Things I Hate About Commandments:
May 23, 2006
"creditability"?
While reviewing a San Francisco restaurant site for work, I came across their tips when writing a review on their site, which included this great one:
Proof read and spell check your reviews, it adds creditability
Labels: humor
May 12, 2006
Simpsons Quotes For Everyday Use
Thanks to my brother for pointing this out to me. I had forgotten about "Aaaannnd heeerrre come the pretzels..." -- Simpsons Quotes For Everyday Use
Labels: humor
May 8, 2006
Quick update
Random updates and links:
- New websites for Amelia and Jeremy are up now.
- Everyone's seen Stephen Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner by now, but still...
- Since I rarely update the Photos section of this site, I'm trying out Flickr to see if that gets me to take more photos. (My new camera is definitely helping.)
- Crossed of my list of "things that I should have been doing a long time ago that my friends probably assumed I was already doing": joined Netflix. After way too many scratched DVDs from our local Blockbuster, we've converted to Netflix and so far we've been very happy with the service and selection. (Plus it's nice to get some non-junk mail every once in a while.)
March 3, 2006
Microsoft designs the iPod package
Microsoft designs the iPod package
I first saw this in YouTube, but it was removed from the site...perhaps by the Microsoft employee who created it? No matter -- when something is this good, once it's released onto the web, it's not going away. "It's funny because it's true."
I first saw this in YouTube, but it was removed from the site...perhaps by the Microsoft employee who created it? No matter -- when something is this good, once it's released onto the web, it's not going away. "It's funny because it's true."
February 22, 2006
Filliam H. Muffman
Stephen's Laws of Love on the Colbert Report is the only place to find out about "The Splendiferous Zeppelin Escapades of Filliam H. Muffman."
February 14, 2006
January 31, 2006
Stephen Colbert interview
Onion AV Club Interviews Stephen Colbert
"I don't know whether it's a new thing, but it's certainly a current thing, in that it doesn't seem to matter what facts are. It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty. People love the president because he's certain of his choices as a leader, even if the facts that back him up don't seem to exist. It's the fact that he's certain that is very appealing to a certain section of the country. I really feel a dichotomy in the American populace. What is important? What you want to be true, or what is true?"
Labels: humor
January 6, 2006
Nerdy New Year
I don't know what's worse: that I actually got a little laugh from this McSweeney's list of New Year's Resolutions, or the fact that it took two people to write them.
Labels: humor
December 25, 2005
David Sedaris as Billie Holiday
Sedaris and Crumpet the Elf: A Holiday Tradition
Sedaris recounted his experiences playing Crumpet the elf at Macy's in New York during the holidays.NPR's site has David Sedaris reading from his "Santaland Diaries" (originally from 1992). Very funny (as you'd expect from Sedaris), but the best part is about 4:45 into the piece, when he does his impression of Billie Holiday singing "Away in a Manger," which he does surprisingly well.
Labels: humor
December 6, 2005
Ricky Gervais podcast
Yesterday, Ricky Gervais (of The Office and Extras) started doing a free weekly podcast courtesy of the Guardian UK. It's great -- do check it out. Worth it for the spaceship with the banana dispenser discussion alone!
The only bad thing about it: I end up looking like a giggling lunatic to the other people on the train...
The only bad thing about it: I end up looking like a giggling lunatic to the other people on the train...
Labels: humor
November 1, 2005
June 25, 2005
January 25, 2005
"Boy, someone's gonna get fired for that."
Another rare occasion when McSweeney's is actually kinda funny:
Things I'd Probably Say If the Bush Administration Were Just a Weekly TV Show and I Were a Regular Viewer
Things I'd Probably Say If the Bush Administration Were Just a Weekly TV Show and I Were a Regular Viewer
December 15, 2004
It's a Wonderful Life in 30 seconds (and re-enacted by bunnies)
People are sometimes surprised to learn that I've never seen It's a Wonderful Life. Actually, since I've caught different parts of it over the years while flipping channels, I probably have seen it, just not all at once in a single sitting.Well, now I don't have to, now that I've seen It's a Wonderful Life in 30 seconds (and re-enacted by bunnies).
December 8, 2004
TV Catch Phrases That Weren't
McSweeney's is one of those humor sites that is regularly linked to by several sites I visit. The problem is, I never find the site funny. But for some reason, every time it's recommended, I check it out in the off chance that something might actually make me laugh.
Today my persistence paid off: McSweeney's presents TV Catch Phrases That Weren't.
Today my persistence paid off: McSweeney's presents TV Catch Phrases That Weren't.
November 22, 2004
DESIGNER.SITE.CHKLST
September 9, 2004
The Onion on Bush
The Onion had a great "News in Brief" story yesterday. As usual, there's probably more truth to this story than I'd like to believe.
Now somebody has taken that article and added links throughout it, citing real-life examples of what the article had predicted: check it out here.
Bush Campaign More Thought Out Than Iraq WarWhile on the topic of Onion articles about Bush, in 2001 The Onion had a great article titled Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'. The sad fact is, while it seemed funny at the time (OK, it's still funny...), a few years later most of it had come true.
WASHINGTON, DC—Military and political strategists agreed Monday that President Bush's re-election campaign has been executed with greater precision than the war in Iraq. "Judging from the initial misrepresentation of intelligence data and the ongoing crisis in Najaf, I assumed the president didn't know his ass from his elbow," said Col. Dale Henderson, a military advisor during the Reagan Administration. "But on the campaign trail, he's proven himself a master of long-term planning and unflinching determination. How else can you explain his strength in the polls given this economy?" Henderson said he regrets having characterized Bush's handling of the war as "incompetent," now that he knows the president's mind was simply otherwise occupied.
Now somebody has taken that article and added links throughout it, citing real-life examples of what the article had predicted: check it out here.
August 12, 2004
July 21, 2004
July 12, 2004
Nation's Liberals Suffering From Outrage Fatigue
Nation's Liberals Suffering From Outrage Fatigue (The Onion)
According to a study released Monday by the Hammond Political Research Group, many of the nation's liberals are suffering from a vastly diminished sense of outrage."With so many right-wing shams to choose from, it's simply too daunting for the average, left-leaning citizen to maintain a sense of anger," said Rachel Neas, the study's director. "By our estimation, roughly 70 percent of liberals are experiencing some degree of lethargy resulting from a glut of civil-liberties abuses, education funding cuts, and exorbitant military expenditures."
Labels: humor
June 24, 2004
New version of Microsoft Word
This is too funny not to share (thanks Jeff). I gotta upgrade to this version of Word...
Labels: humor
May 25, 2004
Danger: grapes!
Howard Stern has been playing a clip of a field reporter falling while squashing grapes, and it cracks me up every time I hear it. But I really wanted to see it, and it took me longer than it should've to find it on the web.I know it's not cool to laugh at other people's misfortunes, but this is damn funny -- and even funnier when they cut back to the studio and the morning news show hosts almost don't know what to do. Ah, the issues with live TV. See it for yourself...
Update: Web rumors (which of course are rarely wrong) claim she died after this fall, which turns out to be false: she's alive and well and now a meteorologist in Albany. So if you're into watching people fall and get hurt, it's OK to laugh at this...
May 3, 2004
Bill Brasky Quote Archive
"Bill Brasky is a son of a bitch!"
"Bill Brasky was a two ton man-mountain who could palm a medicine ball!"
"He drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls."
"Brasky's family crest is a picture of a barracuda eating Neil Armstrong."
"I once saw him scissor kick Angela Landsbury."
Bill Brasky Quote Archive
"Bill Brasky was a two ton man-mountain who could palm a medicine ball!"
"He drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls."
"Brasky's family crest is a picture of a barracuda eating Neil Armstrong."
"I once saw him scissor kick Angela Landsbury."
Bill Brasky Quote Archive
March 10, 2004
Putzmeister
On the way to work this morning, I passed a truck with quite possibly the worst name for a company I think I've ever seen: Putzmeister. If there's a worse-named company out there, I'd like to hear it...or perhaps I don't.
Labels: humor
February 16, 2004
I thought that The Onion was only good at predicting the future in politics, but looks like they're also pretty good at seeing the future in sports, too...
I'm trying not to let the A-Rod deal ("Yankees' greed knows no bounds") bother me. Yeah, it makes the Yankees that much better, but the 2004 Sox are still better than last year's team (which was quite good, if you remember).
Only time will tell if a Yankees team full of all-star players and all-star egos can work together. Spring training starts Friday...
I'm trying not to let the A-Rod deal ("Yankees' greed knows no bounds") bother me. Yeah, it makes the Yankees that much better, but the 2004 Sox are still better than last year's team (which was quite good, if you remember).
Only time will tell if a Yankees team full of all-star players and all-star egos can work together. Spring training starts Friday...
Labels: humor
February 4, 2004
THE PRESIDENT: I need some ribs.This just doesn't seem real -- far too Onion-y. But it must've happened if it's on the White House website, right? But why even put this transcript on the web? Weird things continue to happen in Roswell, New Mexico...
Q: Mr. President, how are you?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm hungry and I'm going to order some ribs.
Labels: humor
January 29, 2003
Steven Wright Interview (The Onion A.V. Club)
I was in the [Tonight Show] makeup room, and Johnny [Carson] came in. Here I am, at 26, I've been watching him since I was 14, and now he's standing there. Peter was on the other side, and Johnny's saying, "Peter's been telling me about you, and how much he likes you. I'm looking forward to seeing you." He could have been saying, "We're going to ax-murder you live on television and throw the remains into the river," and I would have just been, "Thank you. Okay. Fine." It was so surreal... It was like getting in a cab by accident with Jesus.
Labels: humor
November 21, 2002
Jeff was nice enough to send me this: the usually unfunny and apparently jealous Mad Magazine takes a pretty good swipe at The Onion with The Bunion.
Labels: humor
November 11, 2002
Bush Says Iraq War May Be Necessary
Wow, now there's some breaking news; George just wants his war, and he'll get it no matter what it takes. The Onion hit the nail right on the head: Bush on Economy: "Saddam Must Be Overthrown!"
Wow, now there's some breaking news; George just wants his war, and he'll get it no matter what it takes. The Onion hit the nail right on the head: Bush on Economy: "Saddam Must Be Overthrown!"
October 31, 2001
Tenacious D is interviewed on the Onion AV Club, where they give very short answers.
Also, if you haven't see the D's Spike Jonze-directed video for "Wonderboy" or their Letterman appearance you can see them here.
January 24, 2001
I prefer to get my news about "President" Bush from sources like SNL and The Onion -- it makes it easier to swallow. This week's Onion has '80s Retro Craze Sweeps Executive Branch (though it's not as good as last week's story Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over').
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