I played trivia at a bar a few weeks ago. One of the questions that my team missed was, “what’s the word with the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary?” Now, as it happens, I OWN some of the Oxford English Dictionary. Specifically, I own the letters A-O. I own all those letters. But […]
America the Beautiful
And now for the second only-slightly-used post of the weekend. Really, these babies aren’t even used. They were owned by a 96 year-old grandmother who only read them once or twice a month to make sure the allusions weren’t creaky. Here goes: — I’ve been dealing with/reading comments by non-Americans a lot lately. This is […]
Warning!
Ok, everyone’s used to all the idiotic warning labels on everyday objects. Stuff like, “M & M’s are not to be injected subcutaneously.†And we all wonder whether any given label was inspired by a lawsuit, or was just preventative planning by the in-house lawyers. At least, I wonder. Sometimes. So I won’t talk about […]
Oh silky substance!
Thanks to my friend Karen for pointing me to her favorite blog. Of sorts. It’s Amazon’s ongoing ecstatic reviews of Tuscan Whole Milk.Â
The Law. Plus Bonus Trivia!
When you’re shopping for a couch, especially online, you may notice that certain sellers outside your state will sell you the couch without charging sales tax. You may think to yourself that this is a pretty good deal (especially if the shipping is free). But note that the law in your state probably says that […]
Best Headline
Wonkette (link on the right of the main page), points us to the funniest headline this year: Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein.
Bless you.
Thanks to Booklust.
Al Gore and Drudge
Drudge tells us what a hypocrite Al Gore is for using so much energy in his home. It may be true. I have no idea, since Drudge also apparently mis-reported (then removed from his site) that Gore used 5 cars to drive 500 yards in Cannes. (By the way, I don’t even know if the […]
Usability Rocks!
This is a call out to those hard-working people who asked me to give them a call out today. P.S. I bet you’ve changed your mind about whether or not this blog is funny.
Happy Anniversary! Wow. Everything's Different.
So March has arrived. Or, almost. It’s been about a year since weekly rob first came crawling into the world with a post called, “Ports!” A year’s gone by, and I’m sick of dot mac (my old hosting site), and sick of iWeb (my old blogging software), so I’m starting from scratch. I think that […]