Category: Humor

Gordon Freeman calls Coast-to-Coast AM

Man, this is hilarious.  Have you ever listened to the kook-show Coast-to-Coast AM?  Well, listen as Gordon Freeman, of the Black Mesa Research Facility, calls in and shares concerns about a mysterious person at his workplace that he and security-guard buddy Barney call the G-Man.

That’s just rich, isn’t it?

[tags]Gordon Freeman, Barney, Security, GMan, G-Man, Half-Life 2, Coast to Coast[/tags]

Hunger strike – shocking photo!

While I’m on a image kick, here’s a news-clipping a former cow-orker shared with me recently.  I think the headline completely conveys the enormity of the situation and the risk this hunger strike brings.

hunger-strike.jpg

Hopefully she’ll pull through this all right.

[tags]Hunger strike, Newspaper, News clippings, News, Hunger, immigration, vigilantes[/tags]

Album meme

Like many others on t3h intarp!pes, I’ve been caught by an interest in this new band/album meme that’s hitting the bit-ways. Looks like I got lucky with my hits, as I’m apparently forming a New Age band paying tribute to a favored actor with a relaxation and self-realization album/CD.

  1. The first article title on the Wikipedia Random Articles page is the name of your band.
  2. The last four words of the very last quotation on the Random Quotations page is the title of your album.
  3. The third picture in Flickr’s Interesting Photos From The Last 7 Days is your album cover.

Some quick page hits and 10 minutes in GIMP finding the fonts that catch my fancy and I present for you:

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Genuises at work

I just received this picture and accompanying text in an email from my brother:

geniuses-at-work.jpgThese men are concreting solid steel pillars to stop vehicles from parking on the pavement outside a sports bar downtown. They are cleaning up at the end of the day.

I don’t know where he got the image, but it is inspiring enough to share.

[tags]Genius, Men at work, Funny[/tags]

Target practice

In my on-going, but rarely expressed any more “I heart Cory Doctorow” readings and postings, I found this awesome set of firing-range targets he had chance to use recently. His description of the experience (he’s Canadian, after all, with all the associated lack of a 2nd amendment) makes it all worth reading.

For an extra five bucks, you could opt to replace your standard black silhouette target with one of these. I called them “Ron Jeremy threatens McCauley Culkin” and “We told you to stop dating your junkie boyfriend, dear! Our sort doesn’t swap fluids with the laboring classes!” You could also opt for Saddam or Osama.

I, too, noticed the McCauley Culkin look-alike, but totally missed that Ron Jeremy was his associated perv. Would Michael Jackson be better in that role? Cory’s followup also makes mention of the missed licensing opportunities this images suggest. I think he’s on to something. Anyone know a firing range that offers something comparable, but perhaps more full of fun or win?

Before he was House, he was a psychic

Who knew Hugh Laurie was so versatile?  While catching up on reading James Randi’s web site, I learned that Hugh Laurie used to perform psychic spoon bending way back in the day.

I believe that’s fairly conclusive proof that Hugh Laurie is not only one of the finest actors ever, but an amazingly skilled psychic.  🙂

Olbermann reads Tom Tomorrow

If you’ve been around a while, you know I despise Bill O’Reilly.  Well, I share that feeling with Keith Olbermann, who takes the time to read a recent Tom Tomorrow comic which breaks down O’Reilly’s latest book.

I’m all for folks mocking O’Reilly.  (via This Modern World)

[tags]Olbermann, O’Reilly, Tom Tomorrow, This Modern World[/tags]