Damn, I can’t believe he kicked – I swear I just saw him in a new show pretty recently. He must’ve had some super fast cancer or something, poor guy. RIP
Month: September 2009
Max drinking light
He keeps trying to drink light from flashlights and it’s quite hysterical.
Game over, man, game over.
“A rare parasite which burrows into host fish before eating and replacing their tongues with itself has been found off the Jersey coast.”
(via Luis) / (original source with more info)
Marvel/Disney Mashups
There are many more over where these came from.
Polar Bear, Enlightened (Best Video EVER)
Look for post-micturition convulsion syndrome at 0:21.
Facebook lite is better
You may be able to try it out without an invitation: http://lite.facebook.com
That is all.
Spotted Richard
It seems the Welsh have submitted fully to their nanny state and its uber-PC agenda. I present to you the faded glory of Spotted Dick with its newly government-approved nomenclature: Pudding renamed Spotted Richard
Today suet pudding, tomorrow your right to breathe, I tell you.
They should have tried a compromise. You know, something a with a bit more pizazz. How about Speckled Prick or Dotted Cock?
What they settled on for an alternative, Sultana Sponge, is kinda more disgusting in a contraceptical kinda way, if you know what I mean… A bit of Sultana Sponge with heavy cream, anyone?
And how about renaming their town while they’re at it?
Dutch wives et al
Speaking of writing class, one of the earlier assignments was to write from the point of view of an object. Imagine my surprise when one of my students said she wanted to write from the POV of a “Dutch wife.”
This term actually came up in her Thai-English electronic dictionary and upon questioning her about it, I came to understand that she was talking about a dakimakura, or body pillow. I suggested she use the word body pillow, but was intrigued by the use of “Dutch wife.” You see, in my experience with the Japanese language, it basically only means a blow-up sex doll, and I didn’t even know it was used in English. Here it is, though, complete with the meaning of dakimakura listed at the top: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_wife
So I guess this is just part of learning something new every day. Also, it’s hard to get my mind out of the gutter, because THE GUTTER IS ITS HOME.
Writing prompt generator
I’m teaching a writing class right now. Today I’m drilling the students with short, timed writing exercises. I forgot to think up fresh writing prompts before class, but that’s what the internet is for, right?
This site is proving very helpful: The Imagination Prompt Generator
It’s a girl!
It’s a girl! It’s a girl! It’s a girl! It’s a girl! It’s a girl! It’s a girl! It’s a girl!
Nam is currently at 26 weeks, and we couldn’t be happier!
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Nam’s belly is 2 weeks bigger than normal, according to the doctor… I’ll get around to taking a photo sometime.