Truth in Advertising: New Names for Cable Channels
I’ve been noticing a change in the programming in many cable TV channels. I am therefore proposing the following name changes: The Discovery Channel will henceforth be called the Extreme Feats and Blowing Stuff Up Channel. The History Channel will henceforth be called the Dangerous Jobs and Ghosts and UFO’s Channel. The Learning Channel will […]
Top 10 Most Bizarre Programming Languages Ever Created
From NETTUTS, a humorous summary of 10 bizarre programming languages, namely: Ook! Piet Whitespace LOLCODE Shakespeare Befunge reMorse FALSE Whenever l33t The conclusion one draws from this list is unmistakable and undeniable: There are programmers in the world who have far too much free time on their hands! -TimK
Cats in Sinks
Ran across this site, thanks to StumbleUpon. The title says it all. Cats in sinks. Yup. Pictures of cats in sinks. This site delighted me not only for the off-kilter humor of the concept, but also because it’s genius from a marketing perspective. It appeals directly to cat-lovers, but with a twist that just makes […]
Funny Comedian Quotes
Commander Data, the android– er, artificial life-form– from Star Trek: The Next Generation once asked, “What is funny?” He was answered with blank stares and um‘s and uh‘s. But I think I know what it is. Funny is an incongruity that makes backwards sense. Here are a set of incongruities that made me guffaw, all […]
Ode to a Bedbug
I can’t go into the details (although I hope to be able to tell you the whole story someday). It has to do with my brother and his job. Basically, he ended up sleeping with bed bugs, and now he’s looking forward to a visit from the exterminator. That story prompted my dad to dig […]
Yeah, That’s What I Think of the Election
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Funny Bits from around the Internet
The Flying Alarm Clock Ran across this real-life product, called the “Flying Alarm Clock.” The idea is that there’s a plastic propeller thingy on top of the alarm clock that pops off and flies across the room when the alarm goes off. To stop the alarm from wailing in your ears, you have to actually […]
A Message to Spammers
Dear email spammers everywhere. For future reference: I already have all the medications I need, and I sure as hell wouldn’t get them from Canada!? I have already had all the news from CNN that I can stand. I don’t have any need to make it “good,” because you can’t improve on perfection. How do […]
Ha! I KNEW Peter Drucker was Wrong!
I wasn’t going to write about this, but it was such a juicy tidbit, I just had to pass it along. So I looked at all of my colleagues, who begged me to keep it quiet, I looked them straight in the eye and told them, frankly, to buzz off. This is an exceedingly valuable […]