Thursday, March 31, 2011

Snow

This was the view out my living room window today around 6PM. It's official - next winter I'm hibernating!

SANY0004

Quote of the Day

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
- Dave Barry

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Quote of the Day

What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.
- Dave Barry

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Quote of the Day

I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care.
- Dave Barry

Monday, March 28, 2011

Quote of the Day

Dave Barry week!

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
- Dave Barry

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Quote of the Day

Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
- Ambrose Bierce

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Quote of the Day

Justice, n.: A decision in your favor.
- Ambrose Bierce

Friday, March 25, 2011

Quote of the Day

Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted into each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
- Ambrose Bierce

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Quote of the Day

Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
- Ambrose Bierce

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Quote of the Day

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.
- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary"

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Frogs

You know the drill.

This is a picture of:

a) Two frogs bonking
b) Two frenchies bonking
c) What the frenchies call "un petit snack"
d) All of the above

frogs

Quote of the Day

Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
- Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary

Monday, March 21, 2011

Quote of the Day

This week will be devoted to Ambrose Bierce, who wrote The Devil's Dictionary.

Quoting: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
- Ambrose Bierce

Sunday, March 20, 2011

One more, for the hell of it

Since I can:

This picture is:

A) Al Gore's worst nightmare come true...
B) Al Gore's wet dream come true...
C) A remarkable resemblance of Al Gore taking a dip...
D) All of the above...

knut

Contest - Polar bear edition

It's time for another contest. Ya'll know how this works...

This is a picture of:

A) A rug.
B) A dead polar bear.
C) A fat, mean killing machine (dead).
D) All of the above.

knut

Quote of the Day

Scriptures: The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
- Ambrose Bierce

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Quote of the Day

Those who complain most are those who are most complained of.
- Matthew Henry

Friday, March 18, 2011

Quote of the Day

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
- John Maynard Keynes

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Quote of the Day

St. Paddy's Day today, hence the quote:

The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another.
- Samuel Johnson

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Quote of the Day

You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
- Scott Adams

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Quote of the Day

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
- John W. Gardner

Monday, March 14, 2011

Quote of the Day

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.
- James A. Lovell

I, a communist

Mwahahahahahaaaaa! Today I actually signed the list proposal for a local alliance of the Socialist Left Party, the Marxists (not very in my experience) and some independent reds. They're trying to put together an alternative before September's local elections here in my hometown and since they're a new alternative they needed 300 signatures in order to run.

I don't know if they'll make it, but to me it's mostly a question of democracy. To my mind this means giving the people what they want, good and hard. If a majority of the locals think we should give these loonies (ok, ok, I actually know many of them and they're nice people) power, so be it. We'll have four years of dreamy idiocy and then the state can come in and clean up the remains before giving power to the right for the next twenty years...

Anyway, they're a democratic alternative (not much prolatarian revolution left here...) and I think they should be allowed to give it a go, even though I don't agree with them on much. I certainly won't vote for them. But since I'm not a member of any other party, I'll at least give them my signature, if they want it. That's a small price to pay for democracy.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Quote of the Day

When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray.
- Madonna

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Quote of the Day

They say I'm a horrible person, but that just isn't true. I have the heart of a young boy... In a jar on my desk.
- Steven King

Friday, March 11, 2011

Quote of the Day

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs - jolted by every pebble in the road.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Quote of the Day

No opera plot can be sensible, for in sensible situations people do not sing.
- W. H. Auden

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Quote of the Day

Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.
- John Ciardi

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Quote of the Day

It's the 8. of March today, the International Women's Day. So I thought this would be a fitting quote:

The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes.
- Martin Luther

Monday, March 7, 2011

Quote of the Day

Tous les genres sont bons, hors le genre ennuyeux.
[Any genre is good, except the boring.]
- Voltaire

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Quote of the Day

The theory that you should always treat the religious convictions of other people with respect finds no support in the Gospels.
- Arnold Lunn

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Quote of the Day

Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it’s open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
- Dave Barry

Friday, March 4, 2011

Quote of the Day

What garlic is to food, insanity is to art.
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Stand up if you hate Man U

Today we're back with our regular four options again...

In this picture, Sir Alex Ferguson is:

a) Showing Wayne Rooney how many brain cells Wayne's got...
b) Showing Wayne Rooney how long Wayne's penis is...
c) Trying to hypnotize Wayne Rooney into becoming an intelligent football player...
d) All of the above...

ferguson

Quote of the Day

Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps.
- Emo Phillips

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Zion! Joooooos!

This time, we're adding a little twist to our caption contest. Today ONE of the sentences below is false and should be eliminated (much like the Iranian government).

This image is:

a) The official logo of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
b) A cleverly constructed way of spelling "ZION", a code word for the jooooos.
c) A clear sign that the Iranian government has gone off the deep end.
d) ... oh fuck it, nuke the assholes already!

zion

Quote of the Day

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
- Frank Zappa

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Quote of the Day

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.
- P. J. O'Rourke