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Everything tagged humor
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04/23/08
Cloverhurst // Athens // Georgia
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We're taking care of Corrinne's parent's dogs for a few days. This is Heather, she's a 14 year-old Scottish Terrier and somewhat feisty in her old age. She's also a bit like a furry piece of velcro; every time she's out in the yard she comes waddling up the stairs with half the yard stuck to her.
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04/22/08
Cloverhurst // Athens // Georgia
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A new Vietnamese restaurant opened around the corner, or at least a Pho restaurant. It's actually really good and I hope it does well (not the best location, in a strip mall) but the sign makes me laugh every time I drive by. The "just" part is accurate, the more... not so much.
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04/11/08
Carlito's Sunrise Paradise Guesthouse // Corn Islands // Nicaragua
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I have no idea what these are, but they look like corn dogs.
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03/05/08
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For all those that have ever wondered exactly what a peg leg cat wearing a t-shirt would look like, well, now you know.
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02/18/08
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The Madison Post Office, also, you'll note, the town fallout shelter. You just don't see those signs much anymore. I can't decide if that's a good thing or bad thing.
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07/20/08
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Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers
Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers — it sounds like something McSweeney’s would print, but no, it’s The New Yorker. And unlike most New Yorker pieces this one is actually hilarious. Two personal favorites: 7. Have you ever noticed how sun-dried tomatoes and …continue reading »
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05/09/08
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Tom Waits Press Conference
Tom Waits announces his new tour Glitter and Doom. “How is your mother?” Apparently there’s going to be a show in Atlanta, going to have to try to get tickets to that.continue reading »
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04/23/08
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Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself
Me know. Me have problem. Me love cookies. Me tend to get out of control when me see cookies. Me know it not natural to react so strongly to cookies, but me have weakness. Me know me do wrong. Me …continue reading »
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03/28/08
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Six-Word Travel Memoirs
Condense your entire thoughts on a life of travel into six words… a writer’s nightmare, an editor’s dream. My personal favorite: All my stuff is in storage.continue reading »
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12/18/07
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Hieronymus Bosch Action Figures
Must have.. now… must have… now… I had to create a whole new “awesomeness” tag just to classify this find. If you’ve been wondering what to get me for my birthday/christmas now you know. Actually last time I tried the …continue reading »
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12/06/07
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Coast To A Writing Career
Hilarious bit from my former Wired editor Paul Boutin. Sarcastic and tongue in cheek as this may be, there’s an element of truth in it and somewhat mirrors my own career. Hey Paul, wanna give me the hookup at the …continue reading »
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10/01/07
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God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule
Best Onion headline and article in a while: Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each …continue reading »
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09/20/07
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Dogs That Know: Participate
Is your dog pyschic? Aren’t they all? Seriously though, the folks over at open source science are having a contest (highly unscientific in it’s methods I might add) to see if anyone can “prove” their dog knows when they are …continue reading »
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09/18/07
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100-year-old celebrates her birthday by smoking 170,000th cigarette | the Daily Mail
A life-long smoker, Winnie Langley just celebrated her 100th birthday by smoking her 170,000th cigarette: Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and has got …continue reading »
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09/18/07
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Leck Mich im Arsch
History is almost always far more ribald and entertaining than we give it credit for, and this is one example I personally didn’t know about. Now, yes, I am bookmarking Wikipedia, but in this case I’ve found outside sources as …continue reading »