Category: Humor

This comes up from time to time on my Youtube feed and cracks me up every time.

Dealing with medical folks recently kinda makes me want to drink: Wife gets call for a pre-registration for a kid that needs some imaging. Sigh, just ignore that I’m listed for primary contact. Call …

I keep getting invited to become a Chase Private Client (by email, in their banking site, and by postal mail.) Join today for a $3,000 sign up bonus. Fine print: deposit $150,000 or more in a new …

A frying pan iPhone case? … or maybe the chef’s cleaver iPhone case? I don’t even know how I got signed up for Aliexpress emails.

Woke up in the middle of the night. Hmm, furnace sounds a little weird. An intermittent motor sound that I don’t remember. Meh, rolled over and went back to sleep. Woke a few hours later, hmm, still …

Pulling off 202 onto Alma School Rd just now and there’s a chainsaw sitting in the middle of the exit lane. Uh, ok. Go another block and there’s another chainsaw sitting in the road between 2 lanes. …

NPR ‘Car Talk’ host Tom Magliozzi dies at 77 | syracuse.com. Aw, man. RIP. CarTalk was one of my gateway drugs for NPR. ps, his obituary is also a delightful read.

Oh lawd, I didn’t know they had all the hilarious names from Car Talk’s credit itemized on their website. Prepare to waste 20 minutes enjoying them all. Staff credits | Car Talk.

« random playful banter » me: (to wife) I don’t like you. wife: I never liked you. me: that’s it, I’m leaving. daughter: daddy, where are you gonna go? me: I’m gonna go live on the street. daughter: …

Numerous spit takes to be had. I think #10 got the biggest. The 35 Naughtiest Dogs On The Planet. You’ll Laugh So Hard When You See What They Did! | Distractify.

Damn sidebar links, couldn’t resist more crazy gems. Check out #7, #11, and #15, The 28 Most Flawless Responses To A Wrong Number Text…LOL! | Distractify.

Yep, that about covers it. Loads of other great content on that site too. Front End Dev Reactions — When I Fix a Bug Nobody Else Can Figure Out.

Fun stuff!

Honest Slogans.

Another long time favorite gone. Sniff… Marcia Wallace, star on Newhart show and ‘The Simpsons,’ dies - CNN.com.

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Yep, that’s pretty accurate. xkcd: Star Ratings.

Some people say that "nothing tastes as good as thin feels". I assume those people have never had pie. — ReasonsMySonIsCrying (@ReasonsMySonCry) September 15, 2013 via

let me get my credit card out… via

Giving Tree Decal - Vinyl Macbook / Laptop Decal Sticker Graphic Whoa, that’s pretty nice.

I'd like to thank whoever wrote "Love You Forever" for this morning cry my wife & I are having while reading to our daughter. Holy cow.. — Rutledge Wood (@RutledgeWood) September 4, 2013

Kohler’s $6,400 Numi Toilet Gets Upgraded With Even More Tech. ‘cause we could all use a little musical motivation at times.

Love it!

 So…I Bought A Firetruck. Man, that sounds like good times. Well, except for the moving it cross country part. Kinda reminds of a few times when I was considering acquiring a full size arcade game. …

There’s a running gag in our house regarding who of us is the most OCD. Recently, for the fun of it, I swapped the tops on two sippy cups sitting out on the counter, putting a blue top on a pink …

So THAT’S How Babies are Made - Cheezburger. Sorry, too cute not to share.

How to Cat-Proof Your Christmas Tree - Cheezburger. Now, if I can only figure out the mods to get that work on the 2 story vaulted ceiling in my living room. Might be easier to staple the cats to the …

Getting an Early Start - Cheezburger. and yes, that is a real book. I should pick up a copy for the kids.

Guy Puts a Volvo 240 Turbo Engine Into a Tractor, Goes Offputtingly Fast - Cheezburger. Mechanically, awesome. But, equally impressive is the driver. Not every day you see burn outs and drifting in a …

Nothing I enjoy more than nonsense spam text. Good see that its spread to the IM world. Here’s today’s giggle inducer: PersonalTrout: Listen, this is going to sound very weird, but how in the world …

Recently, the following email showed up: From: James Fryer Date: May 14, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: Are you a cheese roller? Hi Jason, Apologies for the out of the blue email. I’m actually looking for the …

(Via the TechEBlog, via Digg) the Brief Safe. How clever! They’re a pair of fake tighty whitey underpants with a secret compartment for hiding your valuables. Nothing special there, we’ve all seen …

Was catching up on digg, and spotted this little post: unfortunate placement of yahoo ad. Har dee har, nerd humor (404 is the error code for a web page not found, for the non-techies out there.) The …

Eh? So, I’ve got the new TV and the old tube is long gone, right? Yep, that hasn’t changed. Thankfully, the new TV has been working like a champ. But, the other day, a Best Buy envelope showed up in …

Larry was kinda enough to share this great list from the Runners World forums. Don’t be a whiner. Nobody likes a whiner, not even other whiners. Don’t make running your life, make it part of your …

AK sent me a great link: The top 10 unintentionally worst company URLs. powergenitalia.com? speedofart.com? yep, they’re real domains. Read on for a good laugh…

Caught an amusing story on NPR about pet python eating a queen size electric blanket! with controller, none-the-less Catch it here: Python’s Electric Meal: No More Cold Blood? The snake is fine after …

Way cool, someone has hacked the motion sensor in the new Macbooks so you can use it to swap desktops. Give your Mac a little tap on the side to go from OSX to Windows. Ha! See it in action. (Via)

Here’s an interesting spoof video from Microsoft about what happens on the other side of their automatic error reporting system. Ah, if only it was for real, maybe explorer wouldn’t spazz out every …

Maybe you need more fans in your pc. How about a PC case made entirely of fans? Yes, all the fans actually spin. Geez, I can barely live with the noise from the 2 fans in my Dell. Hehe. Be sure to …

“Bless Me, Blog, for I’ve Sinned” is a cool article on NYT about online confessionals. One of the more interesting sites they referenced was PostSecret. Their hook is that you submit your confession …

Don’t Fuck with Ovid, a great story about guy who tracks down some goofballs who stole his credit card info and ran up a couple thousand dollars of charges. Have to say, if it was me and I got as …

Was listening to All Things Considered on the way home and they had an article about the Westminister Kennel Club Dog show (includes audio), and one of the judges had this to say about the Best in …

Was listening to NPR (on our local station WAER) on the way into work this morning and caught a story about tax preparation programs. One of the hosts who had never used tax prep software before was …

Over the years, I’ve been known to fry a PC or two or random component, in my quest for the ultimate PC. Sometimes it was cheap faulty hardware, sometimes it was me being a moron, sometimes it was …

The thermometer in my car reported 24 degrees (fahrenheit) this morning. After the last few days of subzero temps (-7F and -3F at the same time the last two days), I was about ready to lose my winter …

I was recently strolling through CompUSA (I was intending to ogle one of those new G5 iMacs, but they didn’t have any in stock) in the laptop department and a screen saver caught my eye. It said …

when signing up for a free computerworld subscription, I found an interesting email list called “shark tank”. its a daily IT related story told from the developer/system admin’s perspective. most of …