Whatever random crap I feel like posting. Typically left-leaning. Occasionally vulgar. Not always serious. Sometimes annoying.

Archive for the ‘fun’ Category

I’ve been searchin’ for a url like you

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

Not that anybody cares, but here are the top five search items leading people to this blog in August:duelmasters bratz treasures e-meter life in hell lion king pornAnd, of course, I still remain the king of "tight-assed porn", as the #1 entry on Google and the #2 entry on MSN Search for that term. I ...

You can call me Al

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Upcoming documentary from the "War Room" gang looks cool for those of us who are fans of Al Franken 2.0 (the political guy): Al Franken: God Spoke. Check out the trailer from the Tribeca Festival site. And while I'm sending Al the L-U-V: I've been a fan ...

The ghost of Pee-Wee Herman

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

As a long-time fan of the connection between abstinence-only sex-ed programs and the encouragement of anal sex (see, e.g., my earlier post Pledge abstinence, get hot ass!), I was particularly interested and disappointed to learn this (via YesButNoButYes): PBS -- the only network my son watches, pretty much -- has fired ...

Nazi Barbie revisited

Friday, June 9th, 2006

Hands down the best review I've read of Ann Coulter's new screed Godless is by the always good Betty ("America's Best Christian") Bowers. Read it yourself (Mrs. Betty Bowers Reviews Ann Coulter -- And Her Book, Too); but I can't resist this quote, that summarizes perfectly my own view ...

The Theory of Everything

Friday, June 9th, 2006

Since I started listening to podcasts, I've been a fan of Benjamen Walker's Theory Of Everything. He's just started a new series, "Adventures in Surveillance" this week, and the first episode, "Holler Back" is almost painfully good.

Tending to my inner Beavis

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Because this is what Web 2.0 is all about: Courtesy of YesButNoButYes, it's the Top Ten Fart Lighting Videos. Heh heh. Heh heh. That was cool.

Knowing your limits

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

From my TA: He's explaining some bit of the mind-body problem to a student in office hours for the intro class I'm teaching this semester. She's finding it confusing, and explains by saying "I like to think inside the box."

Stop me if you’ve heard this one

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

15,000 atheists in London rioted after a blank sheet of paper was found on a cartoonist's desk. (From Father Dan.)

The strange world of the Ph.D. student

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Jorge Cham's Piled Higher and Deeper is a comic strip about being in grad school from someone who clearly has. Pretty funny if you're acquainted with the micro-world of ABD life. As someone who's looked at dissertations from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow, ...

Evangelical Zen

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Web Zen today is Evangelical Zen. Some awesome stuff: Bibleman, Date to Save, Clowning4Christ, Karate for Christ, Recreational Christianity, Show tunes vs. Fundamentalists, The Amazing Jesus of Nazareth, Ten, and Battleground God. I bow to the zen master.