Whimsy: June 2008 Archives
Even cartoonist Scott Adams vacations in Branson.
Mark Evanier remembers George Carlin: "Someone should say that he had just about all the gifts that a great comedian could have. He had a wonderful speaking voice and, when necessary, he could do characters and impressions and even verbal sound effects. He didn't do a lot of physical comedy but every now and then, he'd do a little...just to let us all know he could if he wanted to.... Onstage, he often came off as cranky, angry and contemptuous of the entire human race. Offstage, he was a decent, friendly guy to everyone...and one of those comedians who never felt he had to "perform." Nor did he stand on his celebrity."
Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post art
From 1916 to 1975, including covers and story illustrations. (Indirectly via Crunchy Con.)
Rejected greeting cards:
"You'd be the sugar in my coffee if you'd let me have sugar. Or coffee. Happy birthday to the one who cares! Almost too much!"
"I still can't believe someone like you chose someone like me. Were you drunk? Happy Anniversary"
Marginal Revolution: Time travel back to 1000 A.D.: Survival tips
Many interesting tips (over 300 comments!) on how to cope, prosper, or even change history at the turn of the 2nd Millenium. (Via Mister Snitch!)
Google Video: Ricky Gervais - Microsoft 1
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, creators and writers of the BBC series The Office, did two satirical training videos in 2004 for Microsoft UK, with Gervais reprising his role as David Brent and Merchant as his long-suffering interviewer. Part 2 is here. (More about the videos, and the controversy over their unauthorized release, here.)
Star Trek Inspirational Posters
Voyages of the Starship Argus: "HARCOURT FENTON MUDD: Don't hate the player, hate the game." "DIPLOMACY:
Words don't always solve problems. Sometimes you just have to punch an alien in the face." (Via Ace.)
Carrie: The Current Cinema: The New Yorker
Funny, snarky take on Sex and the City, the movie: "there are four of them--banded together, like hormonal hobbits, and all obsessed with a ring... superannuated fantasy posing as a slice of modern life... their gallops of conspicuous consumption seem oddly joyless... All the film lacks is a subtitle: 'The Lying, the Bitch, and the Wardrobe.'"
