Found on EK’s LJ:
Q: How many scene kids does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: It’s a pretty obscure number. You probably haven’t heard of it.Q: How many DBZ characters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: One. But it takes about five episodes. (Note: This joke also works if you replace DBZ with Bleach, IMO.)
Music and anime humor. Can’t go wrong, there, eh?
From a somewhat tongue-in-cheek interview, a gem of truth:
Q: While at Nobu not long ago, I spotted Donald Trump and reality-show creator Mark Burnett dining. Should I have thanked them on your behalf or violently cursed at them on the world’s behalf?
A: Assuming you did neither, you did the right thing – you participated in your own life, something the average American has completely forgotten how to do. Burnett didn’t create unfulfilled lives, he just caters to the mass audience that has them.
Have I mentioned that I hate Survivor and its ill-begotten ilk? No? Well then.
(This post is brought to you by the nightmares that sunk their claws into my psyche and would. not. let. go. thus forcing me to turn on all the lights and go randomly websurfing to fill my mind with non-nightmarish things. Of course, by the time I’m able to go back to sleep… the alarms will go off. This, after spending hours getting to sleep in the first place, is making me not entirely happy with how today is already turning out. Argh.)
This is what I get for making the “little grey duck” the national animal of Karelingian Miniscule. Check out one of the positions on the latest issue to come up for my review:
“Banning little grey duck hunting would be the end for centuries of tradition!” wails esteemed aristocrat Dave Washington from atop his steed. “The thrill of the chase, the baying of the hounds, the little grey duck scooting through the undergrowth – it would be a travesty! We provide much needed stimulus to the local tourism, and you can’t deny that little grey ducks are pests – killing farmers’ livestock for example! I propose that little grey duck hunting be encouraged, for the cultural – and economic – benefit of the nation!”
For the record, not once have I killed farmers’ livestock. Honest.
(In case you’re wondering, I took the “less cruel, instantly lethal” position. It’s hard to argue with a girl assembling a trebuchet, you know?)
Via collision detection, where they had this to say:
One of my favorite parts of early, monster-infested first-person shooters was the names they’d give to the levels. Every time I reached a new level in Quake — “Dimension of the Doomed”, “House of Chthon”, “The Ebon Fortress” — I would quiver with laughter at the I’m-being-ironic-well-maybe-I’m-not aesthetic of John Romero.
I present you the First-Person Shooter Level Name Generator. It provided the title of this entry (because I hate having to do real work, donchaknow), as well as several minutes’ worth of amusement. Enjoy, won’t you?
From a 3Com advertisement in the latest InformationWeek magazine:
People told Columbus the world was flat.
No. No, they didn’t. That was never the problem with getting funding for his little expedition. Sheesh. From the great Wikipedia, I quote:
The widespread notion that Columbus encountered opposition based on the idea that the Earth was flat is a literary myth created by Washington Irving. Educated people in Columbus’s time agreed that the earth was round; anyone familiar with seafaring certainly knew it, since the roundness of the Earth forms the basis of celestial navigation. The main debate was over whether a ship could circumnavigate the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions.
Argh. Maybe I shouldn’t get so worked up about this sort of thing, or perhaps I’ve watched too much of James Burke’s “The Day The Universe Changed” lately. (His presentation of the Columbus story is among the best you’ll find anywhere. Truly.) Still, shouldn’t we work to stamp out misinformation when and where we find it?
Of course, in a society where “Intelligent Design” can be taken seriously, there’s a whole lot of stamping to be done…
Jenny McCarthy made a movie. This, I didn’t know. Okay, I also didn’t care. But when Roger Ebert is moved to write such as the following, one cannot help but be amused:
I would like to say more, but-no, I wouldn’t. I would not like to say more. I would like to say less. On the basis of “Dirty Love,” I am not certain that anyone involved has ever seen a movie, or knows what one is.
Just go read the whole thing. Seriously. You look like you need a good laugh.
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