humor

Cox and Forkum have an "inside ball" cartoon with a punch line including the Burritos of Immigration Reform.  My first thought was the picture below, which, after a bit of overindulgence, might justify deporting everyone who can spell burrito. Read more

You can’t have the blues in a BMW, etc. …or by your pool, or while skiing at Tahoe, or in your box seat at the opera (although much of opera is the blues for 18th and 19th century drama queens and kings). Tip from the Mrs. Read more

College students crack me up. This morning at the gym, I noticed a young man at the mirror, putting on his finishing touches before heading out to class. He had one of those eggbeater haircuts, the kind that stick out in artfully arranged random directions, and he very carefully plucked and finger-combed it to best… Read more

While taking a break from grading some straggling homeworks, I was led to this standardized law school grading system. Perhaps I can start using it for statistics case studies next semester. Tip from the Instapundit — who still has lots of grading to do. Read more

They’re back, with corporate sponsorship, 251 bottles of Diet Coke and 1,506 Mentos, in "The Domino Effect". Check it out. Read more

Wow!  I just discovered that my all-time favorite Keith Laumer story, "In the Queue," is available online in the Baen Free Library.  Laumer is gone, but not forgotten.  His personal papers are available to researchers at Syracuse University. Read more

Check out this mathematician’s boy band. They take a few bars to warm up, but their a capella is spot on, and the song sings to your inner geek. Tip from the Geek Press. Read more

Once upon a time I was a big fan of Garrison Keillor, and rarely missed a book or an episode of Prairie Home Companion.  But his material got stale, and now he’s a bit of a scold, and….oh, read what Lilek’s has to say in "The Older Scout."  You can stick a fork into Keillor… Read more

I’ve claimed before that Texans enjoy ridiculous jokes, and today I heard one that perfectly expresses a traditional Texan’s attitude towards the new technologies of personal electronics: Three women, one from New York, one from California, and one from Texas were relaxing in the hot tub at their favorite spa. Suddenly there came a beeping… Read more

This video perfectly summarizes my attitude toward subtitles on TV news reports. Tip from the Geek Press. Read more