Day: July 23, 2003

  • Quoth the Homer, “D’oh Nevermore!”

    Found there, this:

    NEVER TO RISE AGAIN

    Please join with the thousands of people remembering a great icon. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was never considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, even still he was a crusty old fellow, and was considered a roll model for millions.

    Doughboy was buried in a lightly-greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Buttersworth, Hungry Jack, Betty Crocker, The Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy, describing Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Towards the end it was thought he would rise again, but alas, he had reached his expiration date. Doughboy is survived by his wife, Play Dough,two children John and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

    The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

    Ah, the things you find going through your referrer listings…

  • Moody. Ethereal. Pretty as all hell.

    Thanks to Jaymi for leading me to Misanthropia. I will be snagging some of those images for desktop wallpaper. Hell yes.

  • A change is as good as a rest.

    That’s right, I made a change today. Technically I made several changes, but only one… okay, only two of them are very noticeable.

    One, links are no longer boldfaced serif but instead sans-serif and, ah, green.

    Two, the date markers that delineate journal entries by, ah, date… they are larger.

    If you would like to suggest largerness, smallerness, darker- or lighter-greenness, or a specific hex value for the greenness, you are welcome to. And I’m welcome to ignore any and all suggestions, of course. But you never know, do you? Do you?

    (Update: Three. Three noticeable changes. Our main weapons are fear, surprise, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope… oh wait. Nevermind that. Anyway, I also tweaked the journal entry titles a bit to make them stand out better. I like the way this page looks now. Hot damn.)

  • Now, Jon Stewart

    Thanks to Wendi for this great transcript of a Bill Moyers interview with the guy whose name is in the title of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
    Bill Moyers: Jon Stewart