January 2009
14 posts
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Movie: Twilight
For five weeks, this country’s only cinema had show the same four movies: High School Musical 3, Bolt, Madagascar 2, and Tale of Despereaux. (Technically, the first two had been here for eight and seven weeks respectively, not that I was keeping count, mind you.) I kind of figured that the economic times being what they are, the theater was just going under. Or maybe just managed by...
“You see since I was a child, I’ve loved books, even when there was nothing else...”
– Richard Steinberg
Some etymological fictions
dailymeh:
When Tumblr informs me I’ve got a new follower, I often skim through their blog, and that’s how I found this list of “interesting crazy facts”. The proper response to this kind of list — ducking accusations of being a party pooper — is “[citation needed]”. The list contains four etymological myths, that is, myths about the origins of words and phrases. Let me educate you:
Many years...
“Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up.”
– The Ataris - “In This Diary”
“Hmm, there really is more salt than pepper here.”
– My barber during yesterday’s haircut; as if the clumps of variegated hair raining down on the smock weren’t damning enough.
Recent Reads
Content by Cory Doctorow — I had heard Cory’s name bandied about on the Internet, but had never taken the time to figure out what made him significant. Turns out, among other things, Cory has some strong ideas about digital rights management. This book collects several of his essays on that and related topics. Interesting, thought-provoking reading, though I wonder how persuasive it is to...
Another Pun Email Graces My Inbox
There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms. Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 am.
At 8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager’s door. The Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant about the new employee. He complains that she...
Bittersweets →
Despair Inc has the best marketing copy. It’s a hoot.
For most, there is no crueler day of the calendar year than that of Valentine’s Day. While a tiny fraction of the population can look forward to a holiday of wine and roses, poetry and song, the vast majority of us can anticipate a day of nausea and grimacing, trauma and grief. A day in which minutes seem like hours, and hours...
I Got Emailed a Pun List; Thought I'd Share
The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan Island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
The butcher backed into...
“Yes, we’ve earned some nice money in our careers. But I have found that...”
– Roger Ebert
