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Category Archives: Silliness
Obtuse Strategies Deck
I’m sure most people know about Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies — a deck of cards with gnomic suggestions to consult at random during creative work. I propose my own, new deck, informed by my jaundiced world view, and in no … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Silliness
Tagged despair, humor, oblique strategies, obtuse strategies, sarcasm
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U of Iowa Socialists and their First World Problems
This headline definitely rubbed me the wrong way. I’m all for small-’s’ socialism where appropriate — health care, education, social security, appropriately modest defense — but I’m having a hard time imagining many people who would receive a University-wide e-mail … Continue reading
Strange Sushi from Yen Ching
Something’s just not right about this photo. UPDATE: I think they used Google Image Search to find the pictures for their menu:
Posted in food, iowa city, Silliness, Uncategorized
Tagged iowa city, USB Sushi, Yen Ching
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Forensic Examination of the Slowed Down Justin Bieber “Love U”
This will be my last post on the subject. It’s been fun to get a lot more site visits, but just for perspective, my friend Jerry’s Retarded Ravers Of America site was getting ten times the traffic ten years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Music Software, Silliness
Tagged Justin Bieber, Love U, Mac OS X, Paulstretch
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In Russia, the violinists jam in nightclubs?
I give you Stefaniya
My Children’s Treasury Of Helpful Misinformation — now downloadable/printable
I drew a book for my niece Lucy for Christmas 2007, based on an anecdote from her mother Tessa: Tessa was in a bookstore in Park Slope Brooklyn with my niece Lucy, who was two and a half years old. … Continue reading
Theme From Ozone Avenue, by Lucy Kent Blake-Williams
My niece Lucy began taking music lessons. This is her first attempt at manuscript. And since she put in more intentionality than, for example, goldfish swimming or birds on telephone wires, I thought it deserved to be arranged.
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Roland must have hired Funny Or Die to do their promotional videos
There is so much that is unintentionally humorous about this video. Is Roland incapable of finding a proper tone in their promotional materials? This is the video equivalent of the hilarious manuals that came with Roland gear in the 80s. … Continue reading
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Those Keerazy Brits: Take A Break Photo Blog Rules OK
TWatkins mentioned this on twitter and it’s amazing: Take A Weird Break — a compendium of headlines from the Take A Break magazine published in the UK. Take A Break is a concept so brilliant that it must be replicated … Continue reading
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A Song In His Heart, A Plow In His Rear: The State Seal Of Iowa
A state representative wants to rewrite the legal description of Iowa’s state seal so that it no longer includes a reference of a citizen soldier “with a plow in his rear.”
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Typography joke T Shirt made me laugh
From Boing Boing We’re really talking Meta here: The audience who’d instantly get this joke would be anyone who works in the Web Ghetto, and old-school nerds like myself. But consider this: this joke wouldn’t exist 30 years ago. Comic … Continue reading
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Kafka-esque E-Mail of the Day
Bless redacted’s bureaucratic little heart. I’m sure it’s all very important to the business of the hospital, but I can only hear this e-mail in John Cleese’ voice when I read it.
Stay Classy, Lady Gaga
I like how Lady Gaga skipped a lot of steps in recapitulating Madonna’s Career, jumping straight to Madge’s ‘Sex’ and ‘Blond Ambition’ period.
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Clip Art WTF
This was at the top of an e-mail from a University of Iowa office. The mail had nothing to do with penguins, top hats and monocles, penguins wearing top hats and monocles, or Lyndon Baines Johnson. It is surreal and … Continue reading
Only In Iowa City: Man attacks Zombie
Man just wants delicious burrito, gets accused of being a zombie, has nose broken. Iowa City is home of the Zombified “Resist Evil” Zombie Movie trilogy, an annual Zombie Parade (which benefits charity), and now, a guy who apparently imagines … Continue reading
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missed photo-op: my blood spattered all over our kitchen.
I cut my finger cooking last night, and apparently found a nice juicy vein in the process. I was in the middle of something time critical, so when I couldn’t find a band-aid, I did the ol scotch tape + … Continue reading
India, Land of … Insane Postal Service?
We wanted to ship a package to my son in India, where he’s doing a term abroad. Amazon says, “sure no problem, it can be there for his birthday, that will be $50.” It didn’t arrive, and this was my … Continue reading
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