Anyone else noticed that certain words, places and other items crop up unusually often in comedy routines (sketches, standup, whatever)? Wikipedia has an inherently funny words item about this phenomenon. Apparently the duck is the funniest animal. Although I would consider the badger a close second. Recent examples I've noticed…
Author: elbeno
Credit card
Capital One sent me a credit card offer. I applied, and they actually decided to give me a credit card! So I can now count myself as a real person in the USA. Too bad MBNA, you missed out. (MBNA wouldn't give me a card of my own despite the…
Reasons not to fly
(number N in a series of many) It is a well known fact that airline employees are for the most part jobsworth automatons. Witness my recent experience with Virgin Atlantic. Apparently they have a rule for us plebs in economy class that your one piece of carry-on luggage must weigh…
Katamari!
I’m driving down the street, and thinking, “These cars – no problem. That big fence – should be easy to roll up, flat and thin things generally are. This line of trees will give me a nice size boost. Cosntruction site, I’ll have some of that! Start on the portakabins,…
IFComp 2004
http://www.ifcomp.org/ Another year’s wait is over! Time to see what this year’s offerings are.
Crossover fanfiction: Potter & Molesworth
Quite possibly the best thing on the Internet. In the top 10, anyway. http://www.alice.dryden.co.uk/ho_for_hoggwarts.htm
Livejournal makes me sad…
LJ, please drop the ActiveX controls and support a decent browser like FireFox! I try to avoid Internet Exploder… In other news, Karaoke Revolution 2! Yes, I'm not afraid to admit I am a sometime fan of Britney Spears. Well, what's not to like? Current Music: MMORadio (a bit), my…
St Swithin's Day
Guess we're looking forward to 40 days of sunshine! Not much of a prediction for SoCal in July…
Interests
Listening to: http://www.ocremix.org/detailmix.php?mixid=OCR00986 Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in1. radiohead score: 42. movies score: 43. cheese score: 44. writing score: 35. reading score: 36. sleeping score: 37. music score: 38. musicals score:…
Midsummer…
Good things today: England through to the second round of Euro 2004. Wimbledon started. Henman through to 2nd round. Holiday over – back at home. Bad things today: Not feeling well. Tonsils swollen. Too many flights lately, cooped up in noxious breathings and recirculatings. Holiday over – back at work….