Category Archives: Humor

Vulgar or Not?

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Everybody sing!

Posted in Humor, Music | Tagged humor, video | 2 Comments

More Ads Everywhere

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: That’s a snapshot of a departure/arrival screen in a California airport. How do you feel about the fact that an ad is taking up the right-hand quarter of the screen? A few days before flying to California … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Humor, Personal reflections | Tagged ads everywhere, Advertising, class, Idiocracy | 9 Comments

Food Jargon

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Although I do love it when my food is “artisanal” and “locally-sourced,” I’m at my happiest when my charcuterie has been “curated”: What’s your favorite contempo pretentious food term?

Posted in Food and health, Humor | Tagged artisanal, charcuterie, food, jargon, pretentiousness, slang | 12 Comments

“Sex Scenes”: An Adventure in New Media

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Sex Scenes” is one of my favorite media creations of the last few years. So I’m happy to admit that several of the folks who contributed to it have connections to this blog. Written by Polly Frost … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Humor, Movies, Performers, Personal reflections, Sex | Tagged erotica, Film, Jae Song, Lloyd Fonvielle, Majestic Micro Movies, Maru, movies, new media, Nina Paley, Parry Gripp, Polly Frost, Ray Sawhill, Sex Scenes, Sita Sings the Blues | 6 Comments

“Can Job,” by Kirsten Mortensen

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I had a lot of fun reading Kirsten Mortensen’s comic novel “Can Job.” It’s about a prominent can opener company from the city of Borschtchester, New York, which is hoping to expand into the digital sphere. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Humor | Tagged books, Can Job, kirsten mortensen | 6 Comments

Cartoon of the Day

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

Posted in Humor | Tagged ancient Greece, philosophy | 1 Comment

Inserts

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A pet theory of mine is that our health-care crisis would be 90% solved if people would 1) lose some weight, 2) quit the cigarettes, 3) knock off the packaged foods, 4) take a daily walk, 5) … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Humor | Tagged anus, rectum, stupidity | 3 Comments

Tarantino Remake News!

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Over at iSteve, Steve Sailer speculates on a possible next project for Quentin Tarantino film: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion National Park. In late 2008, following the horrifying defeat of gay marriage at the polls in … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Movies | Tagged Tarantiino | 1 Comment

Helicoptering

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: You hear a lot about helicopter parenting these days. The term refers to the tendency of contemporary parents to monitor and assist their adorable little meat spores at every micro-stage of their development — to cajole … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Education, Humor, Personal reflections, Television | Tagged Advertising, Brazzers, college, Google Chrome, I Am Charlotte Simmons, Jess Time, Liam Neeson, Parenting, Taken, Tom Wolfe | 8 Comments

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, OR Simiae est Insanissimae Populos

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Fame is fleeting. You remember newsreels, like actually remember them? Mebbe mebbe not. Depends on age mostly. They were really the only way to disseminate the news visually in a pre-internet and pre-TV era. TV in fact pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Movies, Performers | 6 Comments