Tag Archives: Funny

The Daily Mail, journalism at its slightest

December 8, 2009 – 10:31 am

For those of you lucky enough to have lived thus far without bumping into it, the UK has a ‘news’paper called The Daily Mail. I say ‘news’ rather than news because it has several facets, none of which are particularly concerned with news. Online it’s primarily interested in which reality TV tramp has slept with [...]

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Memory test

January 27, 2009 – 9:38 am

From the BBC: “Reducing what you eat by nearly a third may improve memory, according to German researchers.” They half-starved these folks, then asked them what they had for tea last night. Turns out they could remember every last detail.

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Best. Nativity. Ever.

December 12, 2008 – 10:19 am

Last night was my daughter’s school nativity play (she did great), which featured ukeleles, interpretive dance, a girl playing air recorder, and the theme from The Exorcist. Genius.

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Best. RSS. Feed line. Ever.

November 20, 2008 – 11:41 am

“Sen. Robert Byrd, 91, announced that he will give up the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee to Sen. Daniel Inouye, 84. The torch has passed to a new generation.” Truthdig

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Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job

November 5, 2008 – 10:52 am

From The Onion: WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation’s broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally [...]

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