February 2011
1 post
I know this phrase gets thrown around a lot and the meaning gets watered down, but he really, truly, is worse than Hitler.
January 2011
6 posts
“Sometimes I get into a nice oatmeal jag.”
– Henry Rollins
Check out Marc Maron’s interview with him HERE
“wit can’t have an agenda”
– Patton Oswalt
WatchThe Therapist with Adam Scott, Lindsay Sloane, and Brett Gelman
Just saw this… pretty dang funny
“I’ve never been a very happy person. Some babies get colic. I got...”
“You’re such a good mimic. Why couldn’t you mimic some one who knows...”
– Letter from the former Mrs. Dana Carvey
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
5 posts
Watchdimestorefilms:
DimeStore Does It: Dream Interpretation
The latest short infofilm from DimeStore Films. Enjoy.
Me, with the Frankenstein face.
“Remember my name. You’ll be googling it later.”
neologisms
As we ride the technological revolution’s asymptote closer and closer to the gaping maw of the abyss, phenomena burst and smother before we can properly label them. It’s oh-so popular to try reduplication and punning when describing a meme. This is lazy and aurally nauseating. When creating a new word, please consider the wealth of prefixes and suffixes at your disposal. Today...
September 2010
3 posts
Roman holiday
n. 1. Enjoyment or satisfaction derived from observing the suffering of others. 2. A violent public spectacle or disturbance in which shame, degradation, or physical harm is intentionally inflicted on one person or group by another.
“I just don’t think of you like that. Not like a brother, either. More...”
Beat the Devil - Shine in Exile
August 2010
1 post
Watchdimestorefilms:
The first installment of our new webseries, DimeStore Does It. In this episode we peek into the reading habits of our young hosts. DimeStore Does It is designed to be an outlet for short gags, ideas, and micro-frivolity that can be generally shot and edited within the matter of a day or two. Summing up, it’s something to keep our hands busy. We’re very excited for this series...
July 2010
2 posts
{[(%)]}
Just finished a sonnet cycle about Kimbo Slice. That should conclude all my work for my MMFA.
April 2010
7 posts
WatchManchester Orchestra - Shake It Out
The only comedy degree in North America →
I don’t really know what to say about this. Sounds dumb…. yeah. That’ll do.
neologisms
Tetradore: someone who utilizes Tetris skills when packing a truck or box or arranging an apartment or … just in general fitting oddly shaped things into a limited space.
“It’s hard to win games when I got like four guys who don’t even have...”
– Ozzie Guillen
March 2010
10 posts
A Way With Words →
Here’s a podcast about words. It’s a nice change of pace, as most podcasts I listen to are either people trying to be funny or people trying to be poignant. Both of which can get heavy handed.
“Mel Danmel was like a sexual Verbal Kint. He looked like this harmless, meek...”
– Matt Pinfield
“You guys are f*cking. You guys are f*cking, and you’re not telling me...”
– Jordan Morris
I think this does a good job of summing up my previous post.
This fosters resentment
I think a big problem of mine is that I refuse to accept that most people actually enjoy things they claim to enjoy. My suspicion is that they are either operating through a few layers of detachment or that they are so deep into some demimonde[1] that they can’t see the forest for the trees. Like if you were in some Shakespeare class and you actually started laughing at jokes that would...
Shitty Green Business Idea
We’ve got wind, water, and the sun harvesting energy, I say it’s about time we put earthquakes to work, too. This new tremor-electric power would at least solve California’s financial problems.
“It’s not just my greatness. It’s the potential greatness of all...”
– Jack Dorito
February 2010
4 posts
Boers and Bernstein
Dan Bernstein: There's a lot of unfortunate tattoos on BAD NBA players.
Jason Goff: Thabo Sefolosha got that "The Game Chose Me."
Dan Bernstein: (makes disappointed noise)
Jason Goff: He's talking about jump rope, though.
Dan Bernstein: Yeah, I don't know what game it is, but it's not basketball. Monopoly, Jr? Crazy 8's?
It's stuff like this that keeps me listening to sports radio, even though I don't care about most sports.
shit from an old notebook*
I need some sort of Kilgore-Trout-esque outlet for sketch ideas that allows me to just have the ideas outlined and not fully realized. I’d like to think this is more for concepts that are funny merely as concepts, not as realized sketches — and not any sort of commentary on my laziness.
*that’s a Minutemen song. snarf.
White Sox to star in reality TV show →
awesome
January 2010
4 posts
Team Conan
For the record, I think Jimmy Kimmel is the best host on late night TV.
Aziz Ansari on TSOYA (the Sound of Young America) →
Haven’t listened to this, but I really like Aziz and what he does. Someone, please record his special for me (Sunday, Jan. 17th; Comedy Central).
December 2009
12 posts
Romanian Handyman
I was on the elevator with our Romanian handyman, Dan. The conversation. Went a little something. Like this:
Dan: How life is treating you?
Me: oh...pretty good.
(long pause)
Me: How about you?
Dan: Yeah, is pretty fucked up. hahahaha
Neil Hamburger on Studio 312 →
This really cracks me up.
Just saw Fantastic Mr. Fox
Did anyone else notice a similarity between the song
“Bean’s Secret Cider Cellar”
(available for listen here: http://tinyurl.com/yk6q733)
and the theme song from Tokyo Drifter
(available for listen here: http://tinyurl.com/ygsjt6v)
?
Specifically, the whistling in the former.
Today, I sewed the following:
hole in pocket of shirt
split pants
holes in socks
tear in back pack
broken chain in toilet tank
Except for the toilet tank, this looks like a hobo’s to do list.
