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“WHAP! [innocent ‘sleeping’]”
October 29, 2007 – 9:10 AM | 36 Comments

I think the animated clip to which that headline refers has gotten forwarded all over the internet in the last week, so some of you may already know what I’m about to link to, but …

Pardon my French…but you’re a Spilborghs
October 26, 2007 – 4:37 PM | 14 Comments

Steven Pinker on why we curse.
And following a link from PCJM to an exhaustive Halloween-candy review, I found on the same site “The ‘I Don’t Like It’ List,” which had me rolling. “DaaaaAAAAAAAAAVE!”

Aaaaand now the Halloween theme song is stuck in my head
October 26, 2007 – 10:08 AM | 3 Comments

It’s worth it, though: the singing-Jaws-theme guy is back with his version of the Halloween theme song.Skyrockets didn’t like this one as much, because it’s a dullish piece of music to work with, which I …

I have a bet with myself
October 19, 2007 – 11:32 AM | 78 Comments

And you’ll have to settle it.Ready?If you haven’t gone over there already today, please head to the TWoP homepage.Then come right back here and post your initial reaction in the comments.
 
I apologize in advance — …

Dear Mr. And/Or Mrs. Sarah D. Bunting: You Will Die Someday. Love, Your Junk Mail
October 17, 2007 – 6:31 PM | 42 Comments

There is so very much I do not understand about the mailing I received today from Pinelawn Memorial Park And Garden Mausoleums, starting with why I received it in the first place, and why it …

Rec/Link Round-Up
September 26, 2007 – 2:03 PM | 6 Comments

Premiere-week hell continues over at TWoP, but we’ve got a boatload of new content going up, including my latest Brothers & Sisters Classic; a weecap of the Chuck pilot, which I really liked a lot …

“Table the label”
September 5, 2007 – 1:00 PM | 6 Comments

Please please PLEASE let Mr. T be a judge on Project Runway this year. Pleeeeeeeease.

“I ate all my caps.” [pop!] “Ohhhh.”
August 30, 2007 – 11:52 PM | 10 Comments

Courtesy of H. Rock: “The Best of Ralph Wiggum” and “The Best of Ralph Wiggum II.”
Also, check out the guy who sings — and acts out — movie theme songs. Jaws is probably my favorite, …

Boy, the Journal has really gone downhill since Murdoch bought it
August 21, 2007 – 11:35 AM | 6 Comments

How do I know? Because the video of me drinking beer and shaving my head is linked in a story today. Heh.

“Posada, that bastard”
August 16, 2007 – 9:15 AM | 11 Comments

I’d be laughing harder if we hadn’t dropped two straight.