Archive for humor
NOM’s “Summer for Marriage Tour”’s First Stop: Write Your Own Caption
Mine follows the photo:
Unexpectedly high attendance at kick-off rally forces NOM to order second pizza
Hard to Bee-lieve
In the latest claim of “gay causes apocalypse,” one James Hartline (an “ex-gay”) implies that a swarm of bees that descended on Lemon Grove, California a few days after a Gay Pride event there was caused by God. I respond as follows:
The Worst Summer Vacation, Ever
Pity the children of Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage. To satisfy dad’s need to poop on the marriage equality forces, the poor kids will be dragged up and down the East Coast during the hottest, most miserable summer in recorded memory.
Yes, kids, hop aboard the Summer of [Some] Marriage[s] Van, where [...]
Cry “Babies!” — Gaga, Goo Goo To Team Up
Live Nation has just announced a late summer, early fall tour that promises to be a blockbuster. The bill will be jointly headlined by the unstoppable Lady Gaga and reliable hit-makers The Goo Goo Dolls, and is tentatively titled Google’s GaGaGooGooFest 2010.
“We’re just surprised no one had thought of the pairing of Goo Goo and [...]
But Here’s the Problem with Wonder Woman
This story talks about yet another attempt to reintroduce Wonder Woman, this time with a new costume:
It’s a vast improvement, yes, but for all of DC’s effort to place WW in the Superman-Batman icon troika, it’s not worked yet, and likely won’t. Here’s why:
Her powers have always been a shadow of Superman’s. He’s all-powerful; she’s [...]
Don’t Mess With Idina!
Yikes! A silly post that I wrote about Idina Menzel last night while wasting time in front of the TV elicited some of the nastiness comments I’ve gotten.
Interesting. I’ve written about very sensitive stuff, including abortion, and generally gotten respectful disagreement. Granted, my tone here was snarky — but it was mostly a joke, people. [...]
Idina Menzel Knows Nothing About Cognitive Development
On Thursday evening, David and I left our two kids with a babysitter and a few flashlights (we’d had a major storm that took out our power, knocked down a branch and shattered our lamppost), and headed off to see Broadway and Glee diva Idina Menzel at the Mann Music Center, an outdoor venue that [...]
The Joy of Radio Wimbledon
This is better than I expected. I’ve figured out how to make my enchanted iPhone transmit the live tennis broadcast from Wimbledon, and I’ve been listening to it in the car on my commute.
Tennis on the radio? Yeah, I’ve got a case. And no, it doesn’t work — at least not in terms of play-by-play [...]
GraphJam: There Goes Another Hour of my Life
I just discovered this site, and while it didn’t cost me a full day of existence (compare: discovery of YouTube), I did lose almost an hour that’s supposed to be dedicated to my chapter edits — due tomorrow.
For example:
Please Displace Us!
Yesterday, my chapter editing was disrupted by the doorbell, heralding an emissary from film director M. Night Shyamalan. He’s soon to shoot a new film, [unnamed]. As with most of Shymalan’s films, this one is set in Philly, and apparently they’re set on using a home in our neighborhood (Powelton Village) to house the main [...]