Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category
Stephen Harper’s Conservatives on Culture
Posted in Canada, Humor, Politics on September 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s Been A Hard Day’s Night
Posted in Humor, Internet on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s the 54th day of Kristina’s parents’ two-week visit, Tropical Storm Cristobal is making everything a soggy mess, I’m starting to hate my job, and it just seems like the whole world could use a laugh.
So here’s Peter Sellers playing Sir Laurence Olivier playing Richard III. Enjoy!
Humility
Posted in Humor, Life on November 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
About 18 months after the daily migraines had forced me to leave my job at a local newspaper, I knew that something had to give.
The migraines appeared to be settling in for the long haul. Money was tight, and after launching a dramatic Human Rights Case against my former employer, my few freelancing gigs in [...]
The Secret Clockworks
Posted in Humor, Internet on November 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I could write all day, and never come up with such an amusing story.
A group that describes itself as cultural guerrillas snuck into the Panthéon — one of Paris’ most distinctive landmarks — and established a base of operations there, without the building’s security service or administrators being any the wiser. And then, over the [...]
The Personal Ad
Posted in Humor, Internet, Life on November 13, 2007 | 5 Comments »
If you haven’t heard about The New York Girl of My Dreams, you can read about it here.
I once took out a similar personal, trying to find a woman who worked at a Halifax bookstore in the mid-1990s. When I had finally worked up the nerve to ask her out — after special ordering a [...]
A Few Favorites
Posted in Humor, Internet, Life on November 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
My favorite joke from last week, courtesy of The Vicar of Dibley.
What do you call a budgie that’s been run over by lawn mower?
Shredded Tweet
My favorite lead:Even though Shelly had an abnormal fear of mice, she managed to eek out a living at the local pet store.
My two favorite mixed up metaphors:
1) You can lead [...]
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Posted in Humor, Nova Scotia on October 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tena at In Her Write Mind had the great good fortune to travel throughout South America recently, and I’m green with envy. We so long to travel, and though I wonder how two vegetarians would fare in places like Argentina, South America is home to many countries we hope to see. We’ve even talked [...]
Franklin Grows Up
Posted in Humor on September 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Kristina and I both like Franklin, the sweet turtle who has many adventures, and helps kids understand their world even as he entertains them, that rarest of feats. The delightful picture books have sold more than 50 million copies, and have been translated into 38 languages. A popular animated television series, and a several television [...]
Three Jokes
Posted in Humor on July 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
OK, so Mickey Mouse goes to a divorce attorney, and lays it out in black and white. He wants to divorce Minnie.
After three or four minutes, the lawyer holds up his hand.
“Mickey, I really feel for you, man… er mouse…” he says. “But I have to tell you. If we went to a judge with [...]
I’m Jean-Luc Picard*
Posted in Humor, Internet, Life, Television on July 23, 2007 | 6 Comments »
With a great deal of trepidation, I took the Star Trek quiz, to find out which character I most closely resemble. I was terrified that I might come out most like… An expendable ensign (I often feel underappreciated or invisible), or Commander (and counsellor) Deanna Troi (some people suggest that *gasp* I’m really sensitive!)
Not true. [...]
