Evil Enough? – Evil League of Evil Application October 12, 2008
Posted by Tim in Humor.Tags: Dr. Horrible, Evil League of Evil
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In case you’ve never seen “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Video Blog,” I highly recommend it. In the same spirit, the Evil League of Evil has posted a request for new applicants. Here’s my application:
Not-So-Great Moments in Branding June 20, 2008
Posted by Tim in Humor.Tags: Bimbos, Bread, Breads Your Mother Warned You About, Strange Brand Names
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Driving down a busy street in Louisville, Kentucky, I noticed a bread truck in an adjacent lane. I did a bit of a double-take at the brand name advertised.
This is, in fact, a legitimate brand, and not a Photoshop’d picture. You can find proof here.
Punch lines for this picture are left as an exercise for the reader, but points will be taken off for anything utilizing the words “hot” and “toast.”
Curse You, Starbucks! June 19, 2008
Posted by Tim in Humor, Starbucks.Tags: Addiction, Coffee, Frugality
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For several years now, my Starbucks addiction has manifested itself in the form of a Quad Con Panna with a shot of white chocolate. It has a strong espresso taste (from the four shots), but the presence of whipped cream and the white chocolate takes a bit of the edge off the espresso early in the morning. Making it even harder to avoid getting this instead of “regular coffee” is the price: $2.81.
However, as the weather gets warmer, I’ve found myself able to steer away from the many Starbucks locations, largely because something about a hot beverage in hot weather just seems contradictory to my soul. On rare occasions, I would spring for a “Venti Iced Black & White” (four shots, white chocolate, mocha syrup, milk, and ice in a 22 oz cup), but this is cost prohibitive at $4.65.
Now, Starbucks has thrown a monkey wrench into my plan for reduced spending in their store. They did this by introducing the “Iced Double Shot.”
Do not be fooled by the name. The only version that contains just two shots (which you would expect from the “Double Shot” name) of espresso is the strangely-named Tall size. The Venti (my personal favorite) contains five shots, and though the standard version contains the “classic” syrup (liquid sugar), they will substitute white chocolate at no cost. Adding insult to injury (and calories to the drink), one of my many barista buddies alerted me to the option of topping it with Half & Half instead of milk.
So why am I cursing Starbucks for this glorious, caffeine-laden beverage? I can answer that very simply:
$3.13
How I Spent Father’s Day Weekend June 18, 2008
Posted by Tim in Cartoons/Animation/Video, Family, Flatulence, Fun, Humor, Love, Movies, Parenting/Children, Stupidity.Tags: Father's Day
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My older son and I made the following video on the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend. The local Kino group put this on, and at the last minute, we decided to give it a shot. Enjoy!
How to Know it’s Going to be a Crappy Day April 29, 2008
Posted by Tim in Humor.Tags: bathroom humor, plunger, toilet
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It’s 5:30 AM, and nature calls. However, as you enter the bathroom bleary-eyed, you note that the toilet is clogged. This is your first sign.
After a quick trip to another toilet to deal with the most immediate problem, you locate the plunger. Even in the stupor of less than 5 minutes of consciousness, you’re able to inspect the plunger and see the crack in the rubber that will render it completely useless. This is your second sign.
Not to worry, you have a “backup plunger” (a backup to deal with… uhm… backups). You grab the backup device, return to the scent of the crime, and begin plunging. Unfortunately, the backup device is slightly inferior in design to your primary plunger (which is why the other, now defective plunger, was the primary tool). As such, it turns itself inside-out periodically, and requires a bit of “toilet rim gymnastics” to get the rubber edge flipped right-side-out again.
And so you plunge away, and pause to pull and rotate the handle, flipping the business-end of the plunger back into the correct shape. But the final pull seems too easy, and that’s when you have the third and final sign that it will be a crappy day: (more…)
The “Idol” Leading the Idle? January 17, 2008
Posted by Tim in Humor.Tags: American Idol, Ars Technica, Simon Cowell's Navel Gazing, Worthless TV
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Earlier today, I was reading Ars Technica, and saw the following headline:
Bringing American Idol to the visually impaired
To be fair, the article is actually about technology for helping people with macular degeneration (a significant form of vision loss, particularly among the elderly) by adjusting the contrast of a television image. There is only the most passing reference to “American Idol,” the thankfully-maligned TV show. Even so, my reaction to the headline was:
Why should the visually impaired have to suffer too?
Christmas Humor at My House December 26, 2007
Posted by Tim in Christmas, Family, Fun, Geeks, Humor, Laughter, Parenting/Children.2 comments
One of the gifts from my sons:
Here’s the text:
Arrr… That be YOU Talkin’ Like a Pirate? September 19, 2007
Posted by Tim in Family, Humor, Religion, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Theology, pirate day.5 comments
When is it really you talking?
Arrrr! Ye Know What Day it Be? September 19, 2007
Posted by Tim in Fun, Humor, Laughter, Rosie O'Donnell, Talk Like a Pirate Day, pirate day.add a comment
That be the truth, Matey. Once again, it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Arrrrr!
Heredity & Humor September 13, 2007
Posted by Tim in Family, Football, Fun, Heredity, Humor, Parenting/Children.1 comment so far
Sunday night, my family is watching the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. One of the Giants’ receivers, Amani Toomer, went out for a pass, which fell incomplete.
My youngest son sat upright on the couch as if he’d been shocked by electricity. Without warning, he shouted out (in a perfect Schwarzenegger voice), “It’s not a Toomer!”*
I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.
* My son was parodying this scene from “Kindergarten Cop”:
