Angela Booth’s Writing Blog: Giggle of the Day: Acronym for Vista:

How unkind. From David Pogue at the NYT:


Vista is actually an acronym for the top five Windows problems: “viruses, infections, spyware, trojans and adware.

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Dear Leader’s Daily Thought:

hi… you know we are working real hard down here in crawford…. keepin amrica safe for freedom and stuff… but we like to have our fun too. we like to play jokes and stuff.and the bigest joker is my secretary of defense rumsfeld i call him rummy… anyway he is doin a real good job he is the best secretary ever… but the last couple of years he has begged me like a milyen times to let him resign and i always say no way be cause he is doin such a good job.


any way the otehr day we were gettin ready for another forin policy meetin about iraq and he begged me to let him resign again and he was begign and beggin… and i said no way… and he ran over to the curtins and he took the rope off and he started tiein the rope around his neck and he started screemin he was gonna do it and he said i was a in human monster… and i laffed and laffed. and we have jokes like that all the time down here in craw ford… helps break up the stress of a busy work day.


bye for now.

Technorati Tags: Humor, Politics

I’m in LOVE!!! with this new blog from Tom Cruise.

Here’s a sample from the blog, I’m Tom Cruise, and I’m in LOVE!!!:

Last night, I asked Katie what she was thinking when she posed for this picture. I mean, I didn’t see anything wrong with it, but when we got off a plane in New York yesterday, a bunch of people started asking me if putting a fiancee on mind-altering drugs violated principles of Scientology. I didn’t know what they meant until my sister gave me a copy of the magazine. When I showed it to Katie, she just opened and closed her mouth like a fish, but no words came out. So Jessica spoke for her:

“You love him,” she said, “and he completes you.”

Katie nodded, and I helped wipe away the drool from the side of her mouth. I really think we connected

Christo. Bennett. One, an engineer of environmental art on a grand scale. The other, an artistic environmental engineer. Can you tell which is which in this brilliant photo blog? Look through the picture series and tell me: Is Christo the real deal, or just a cheeeep reeeeepoff?

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Dude, it’s got Sam Rockwell. And John Malkovich. And the guy from The Office. I mean, I don’t want to get my hopes up, but… I’ve got my hopes up.

I somehow think this hasn’t actually been authored by John Cleese, but the spirit rings true, anyhow.

To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a Minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

Read the full “Notice of Revocation of Independence.” (Thanks to Cousin Stef for the tip.)

Oh, this made me laugh. From Sid’s Fishbowl (remembered the link this time!)

How many Bush Administration officials does it take to change a light bulb?

None. There is nothing wrong with the light bulb; its conditions are improving every day. Any reports of its lack of incandescence are a delusional spin from the liberal media. There is no shortage of filament. That light bulb has served honorably, and anything you say undermines the lighting effect. Why do you hate freedom?

Sid also links to this Social Security FAQ from Fafblog (Yes! Fafblog!), but a promise I saw it first. And, he won’t tell you to scroll up a bit and see the Poxes and Boons entry.

Q: I ended up with crap stocks, and my private account went empty early. What do I do? A: You run out of money and starve. But you’ll starve in freedom, because you OWN your empty personal account, which means you OWN your starvation! Q: I feel so free and hungry! A: A wise man once said it is better to live in freedom than to die in slavery … the slavery of a secure retirement. Q: Give me liberty AND death! A: That’s the spirit! Q: Wheeee! hack hack wheeze

And, via Gadgetopia, don’t miss this collection of 404 pages (or, “page not found” messages, for the non-geek). Here’s my fav:

The page cannot be displayed – please click harder

The page you are looking for is unavailable. The web site might be experiencing difficulties, or you may not have pressed the keys or mouse buttons firmly enough.

Hitting the keyboard harder has now been proven to make the Internet work faster.  In fact you may have got this error message because you did not press firmly enough.  This is also the case with mouse buttons.  New biofeedback functionality in the later versions of Microsoft operating systems ensures that those who hit hardest get the best response.

I’m trying something a little different today. In between working on other things, I thought I’d pop out a few shorter blog posts about items in my current stack of Safari tabs. I know this is actually how a lot of other folks blog, but it’s a new concept for me. In the past, I’ve saved up things to link to with the idea that I’d actually write something pithy and insightful about each one. If you’ve ever visited this site, you know how well that’s turned out. So…

The first little tidbit for today is this NPR interview with The Daily Show’s Stephen Colbert. I saw Colbert perform at Second City in Chicago years ago, before he did Strangers With Candy, and well before his Daily Show appearances. He was one of those standout performers who stuck in my memory even though it would be years before I saw his face again. His Daily Show segments are some of my favorite bits on the show.

Terry’s Gross’s interview is well worth a listen, though there is an understandable caginess with all great comedians, a reluctance to dissect their humor for fear of killing it. Colbert does manage to touch on a few things about the news business that are bugaboos of mine as well and may inspire a separate post (though don’t… no, stop it… don’t hold your breath).

One of the most resonant bits of the interview for me was when Colbert told Gross that John Stewart encouraged the writers at The Daily Show to make “passionate comedic choices.” I love that phrase, because it does embody what makes the Daily Show so sharp: these are not just comedians making jokes. These are funny people with clear points of view talking about things they believe in deeply.

I have a lot of friends working in the entertainment industry and sometimes they show up in the most surprising places. I got a charge out of seeing my friend Matt Young pop up in this picture on coolgov.com.

That’s Matt in the middle, waiting for the elevator door to open. CoolGov also has the link to the public service announcement that the still came from. If you’re in LA, check out Matt’s band, Captain Genius.

Jesus, this is brilliant. Check out Osama’s new video at The Poor Man: Osama Special Edition DVD