Fox again dips into the pool of slightly odd to fill space in their schedule, this time dragging Mr. Scott Smallwood (beard, glasses, sitting in the center) along with them. This clip is a tad old, but, hey, it was new to me. For those...
Read moreFAIL – be careful with your ad placement
Screen grab of the ad section from one of those ridiculous themed RSS aggregator ad farm sites (or Splog). The interpretations of this juxtaposition (and the potential for resulting humor) are endless. Way to go, 1st Tenn!
Read moreShame on you CNN – Ugly timing of ‘News You Can Use’ feature on HRT
Mere hours after a jury in Little Rock awarded USD 27 million to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy (full story), an article appears on the CNN front pages ‘Latest News’ titled “5 Good Reasons...
Read moreDon Ed Hardy tattoos at Toys ‘R’ Us
Ed Hardy tattoo decals in a vending machine at a Toys ‘R’ Us. 50 cents each. I bought two. What is the world coming to? OK, maybe it never passed out. If you remember the days when tattooing was still a relatively underground thing...
Read moreNeil Gaiman is watching you
OK, after that pun, I’ve forfeited my right to some sort of future privilege in this world and all possible others. This magazine has been on the rack on the local Kroger’s for the past 2 months, and I do a double take every time I...
Read moreMeddling Kids schill for the competition
Direct TV has a spot airing now with Scooby, Shaggy, and the gang pitching their service. Funny thing, they are owned by their rival–cable TV provider–Warner Brothers. What does it all mean?
Read morefognozzle: My old band has new website
fognozzle live again. In temporary identity of Shredni Vashtar (C’mon, give it up, Saki fans!) we shredded live with exploding light fixtures in day care centers and drum circles in crusty east Oakland warehouses. The current equipment list...
Read moreRestoring Jim Flora
There a great story on the fine printing folks at Yee Haw Industries restoring and printing a long lost woodcut by the late, great Jim Flora in the latest issue of Knoxville, Tennessee’s free weekly Metro Pulse. Go Read It. More Flora...
Read moreIt’s a pizza!
Homemade dough, sauce and mozzarella. A pretty good Neapolitan. Food still is the best thing to eat when you’re hungry.
Read moreThe Damn Best of 2007 List
I wasn’t really going to do one of these, but basically had done most of the pieces elsewhere, so I’ve compiled it all here. Five Comics or Comics-Related Publications You Enjoyed Reading This Year (originally on The Comics Reporter)...
Read moreCosmos is on TV again
We are all made out of star stuff. For those of us who remember a time when Pluto was a planet, Australia was a continent and Vegetable Soup was a tv show… there is one magic, authoritative voice that has always sent a shiver of awe through...
Read moreBubble Bath packaged as motor oil and marketed to kids
I think it’s pretty clear what a bad idea this is… “We’re out of bubble bath” “Hey, I think dad has some in the garage!”
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