Humor

Saturday Flotsam: More Moving, More Dickens, No More Newhart

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1. Now that my furniture has arrived (mostly) safe and sound, my new apartment is feeling much homier. One of the 'fragile' boxes got squashed and I lost a few dishes, and one of my small bookshelves got destroyed, but other than that everything seems to have come through in proper working order and it's … Continue reading Saturday Flotsam: More Moving, More Dickens, No More Newhart

“When You’re Overqualified for the Job”

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I started laughing about halfway through this and couldn't stop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UYgORr5Qhg "Can anyone here play the drums? I mean, someone good!" Apparently (such is the grapevine of the internet), the gentleman inside the costume is named Nyango Star, and, as a matter of fact, doing...what he does here is precisely his specialty. I love niche … Continue reading “When You’re Overqualified for the Job”

“You’re Not Talking to the Founding Fathers Again, Are You?”

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With the course of study I'm teaching, this short came to mind, as riffed by Mike and the Bots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmjegYYYlUE&t=342s "What money?""Don't smart-mouth me, boy." Like most '50s educational shorts, this one's a stagey, stolid affair, but with some pretty solid information and a point that's hard to argue with: about keeping a budget and … Continue reading “You’re Not Talking to the Founding Fathers Again, Are You?”