From Failblog, here’s a brief series of messages on Facebook among a high school teacher and a few of her former students. Most of them apparently liked her but one, “Larry,” was of the opposite opinion. Larry, it appears, did … Continue reading
This short (30-second) documentary from British television illustrates why most large mammals in the wild are distrustful of humans: by … Continue reading
New York comic Mark Malkoff decided to test the limits of what an Apple store will allow you to do. Apparently, you can get away with quite a lot, starting with ordering a pizza. (One Apple store employee confronts Malkoff … Continue reading
It started with an opinion piece published Wednesday on The Wall Street Journal website that attempted to explain why extremists on the right are willing to damage the American economy by blocking the routine debt ceiling increase (ellipsis in original): … Continue reading
If you spend a lot of time on line you may have already seen this clip or variation thereon (this is the musical version): The original video on which this is based can be found here. Incidentally, baby monkeys typically … Continue reading
I’ve linked to this before but didn’t include the video itself, so I thought I’d do it right this time. For those of you not familiar with this often hilarious web series, it features Travis Harmon and Jonathan Shockley of … Continue reading
Courtesy of Talking Points Memo intern Michael Lester, a highly amusing summary of Glenn Beck’s final show on Fox: (If the video doesn’t appear below, try reloading the page or click this link.) by … Continue reading
The folks at Red State Update are conflicted about bin Laden’s death because, as red staters, they hate to admit Obama might have done something they like. Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/EqoMgUkefXw For those of you not familiar with Red State … Continue reading
The New York Times published an interesting article on Barack Obama’s late mother, including this amusing photograph of her with her young son dressed as a pirate. The occasion isn’t mentioned in the article (Halloween or something, I suspect), but … Continue reading
A useful lesson for people on television: Do not trust your fellow news anchor not to subject you to public ridicule. by … Continue reading