Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category

Semlor (Swedish Lenten Loaves) and so much more

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

I discovered Semlor today on the (excellent) Grain Doe food blog. Thanks to Wikipedia, I also learned the funny (but sad) details of the death of Sweden’s King Adolf Frederick.

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Michael Sippey on the ultimate “first world problem”

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Michael Sippey writes about a “first world problem” (defined below) against which all other first world problems must be judged.

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Big Bucks Flowing into US Broadband Infrastructure

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Big Bucks (read billions of dollars) will soon flow into US Broadband Infrastructure.

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Charlie O’Donnell: Crowd Sourced 2009 Predictions

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Charlie O’Donnell put together a video pastiche consiting of seven second clips showing famous (more or less) people sharing their 2009 tech/web predictions.

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Political Cartoon for Some of You

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Please do NOT click on this link if you believe the National Security Agency should be listening in to everything every United States Citizen says on the phone, in email or elsewhere. You have been warned.

Restroom + Notebook = Dilemma

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Am I the only person on earth to recognize the “Restroom + Notebook Computer” problem?

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That Got Me Good

Monday, September 18th, 2006

This snippet from a shop at home TV show (for knives and swords) is priceless.

Becoming a Biker?

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

For reasons that are not clear, even to me, I have purchased a motorcycle. My safety training starts in a couple of weeks, and will be completed by October 1, 2006.

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Forbes: Don’t Marry Career Women

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

This is so fine, I feel compelled to share this summary (from Memeorandum) of a story by Michael Noer writing in Forbes.

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KY Jelly: Not a Threat

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

From Dave Farber’s Interesting People list, we learn that KY Jelly is allowed on airlines. What a relief!

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Strumpette, Satire & Goats

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

“Amanda Chapel” (one or many humans) a.k.a. Strumpette writes a very funny (if aggressively strident) PR blog. A recent entry (title withheld so I maintain my PG rating) is mean and funny and provides observations worth your attention, unless you are offended by un-natural acts with goats. You have been warned.

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Air Traffic Controller Quotes

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

You need a smile, or several smiles. This should do the trick.

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