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PLAY OF THE DAY
This will make your day.
EXTREME E-BAY
Did you know there’s a blogger who keeps tabs on Outrageous E-bay Auctions?
Hat tip: Ramblings’ Journal
WORD OF THE DAY: APPOGGIATURA
It was the winning word at the National Spelling Bee.
More on the Bee winner, 13-year-old Anurag Kashyap (there’s a spelling challenge), here.
Spelling bee blogging…
Last Rick’s Resort y-a-w-n-s.
A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Agoliveblogged.
Spelling bee personal story…
I was a finalist at the Atlantic County, N.J., 8th grade spelling bee. We were down to a half-dozen [...]
DON’T WEAR A STAR WARS COSTUME IN PUBLIC…
…because you might end up in The Parade of Unfortunate Star Wars Costumes.
Warning: Beverage-spewing-inducing.
SUNDAY FUN STUFF: CONTAGIOUS
The Contagious Media Showdown is on.
My favorite entries:
Crying, while eating
Blogebrity
Delivr
PHOTO CAPTION CONTEST FODDER
What’s Arianna up to? Scott at SlantPoint snaps the pic. You do the rest.
Update: More (animated) fun with Huff from Dan Riehl.
BEST. GRADUATION. PRANK. EVER.
In Washington state, home of the never-ending gubernatorial election where every bogus vount counts, some Washington State University accounting grads sent a message to commencement speaker Democrat Gov. Christine Gregoire.
Click here.
Then here.
And here for a wide shot.
Hilarious!
(Hat tip: Freepers)
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The Felon Swing Vote
Breaking: GOP court win in Washington
Still more uncounted ballots in Washington state
Washington State: the [...]
THE KENTUCKY DERBY GONE WILD
Lovely.
G-RATED HUMOR
Apropos of the Laura Bush post, a reader writes: “Don’t you ever laugh?” Why, yes, yes, I do. Here are ten things that made me chuckle today:
10) Hugh Hewitt exposing the WaPo’s Terry Neal
9) Frank J. on runaway brides
My 18-month-old son, trying to imitate me sneeze (shwa-SHWOO!)
7) My 4 1/2-year-old daughter, informing me [...]
ELEPHANTS ON A RAMPAGE
Now, if we could just replace the lame Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with these elephants, we’d get somewhere.
THAT FABULOUS TIGER WOODS MOMENT…
…at the Masters this weekend has already been immortalized in a homemade Nike commercial over at Jaffe Juice, the blog of marketing guru Joseph Jaffe.
Very cool.
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU SMILE
This was a pleasant surprise.
QUIZ OF THE DAY
Okay, I never usually link to these things. But we’re huge Incredibles fans (if you haven’t seen the special DVD feature, Jack-Jack Attack, you must).
So, which Incredibles character are you?
I’m…Edna.
FRIDAY FUN LINKS O’ THE DAY
Just to lighten things up for a bit…
Marshmallow Peeps!
Blue Peeps pie.
Make your own Peeps. Or PeepPuffs (ick).
And don’t miss: Peeps Art.
Update: Reader Leslie sends another favorite…
The Lord of the Peeps
“TRANSPARENT” COMPUTER SCREEN
This is cool.
WHEN BAD SPELLING HAPPENS TO GOOD PEOPLE
This is rully fonny.
OH, SAY CAN YOU…
…remember the words to the National Anthem?
ANNOYING CELL PHONE RING TONES
As if those 50 Cent ring tones weren’t aggravating enough, here’s the latest innovation in cell phone noise:
Sexy moans for mobile phones
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Adult film company New Frontier Media has something new for cell phones: ring moans.
Wireless content company Brickhouse Mobile on Tuesday said that under an agreement with New Frontier it would [...]
SUPER BOWL RECIPE BLOGGING
Here’s one for lumpia shanghai (Filipino eggrolls), which I served to some blogger friends last weekend. They’ll make good appetizers for the game tomorrow. Enjoy:
Lumpia Shanghai
1 lb. of lean ground beef
1 large carrot
1 stalk of celery
1 medium onion
1 egg
1 package of eggroll wrappers (wonton wrappers will work, too, but the larger-sized eggroll wrappers, which you [...]
JOHN KERRY AND THE JOKER
Woody’s Blog sees a resemblance. Yikes.
FUN WITH PAYOLA
Adding some needed levity, Beautiful Atrocities has the real scoop on which conservative bloggers got what from the White House. Frankly, I would have preferred the IHOP gift pass.
IN CASE SANTA PLANS TO SUE YOU…
…for feeding him fattening Christmas cookies, the Center for Consumer Freedom cheekily suggests leaving a “Christmas Cookie Liability and Indemnification Agreement” by the tree.
By signing it, Kris Kringle agrees not to sue you on the basis of:
1. your failure to provide him with nutrition information and a list of ingredients (the “Grandma’s Secret Recipe” clause);
2. [...]
“THEY’VE OUTSOURCED SANTA!”
Funny, but not so funny, Steve Breen cartoon here.
(Thanks to reader Judy Breck for sending.)
HOWARD DEAN’S CHRISTMAS LIST
It’s up at Protein Wisdom.
I think “shirts with bigger collars” is missing.
HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI
Agh. They won’t go away. If you have kids or are an overgrown kid, you know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, count yourself lucky. Their presence has raised the nation’s Annoyance Alert to Code Red.
THE POLITICS OF NUTELLA
Italians are currently debating a very important global issue: the politics of Nutella:
“Only Italians could turn something like this into an ideological question,” said Gigi Padovani, who put the question to a group of students at the Velso Mucci Institute, a technical school for chefs and waiters in this small town in northern Italy. As [...]
WATCH OUT: I AM A LEFTY
Left-handed, that is. (Yeah, yeah. “It’s the only thing left about me.” “Left-handed people are in their right minds.” Chortle, chortle.) Anyway, the latest left-handed news comes from the University of Montpelier:
Are left-handed people nature’s way of starting a fight?
Alexander the Great was one, as was Billy the Kid and John McEnroe. Now scientists believe [...]
“MAN, I LOVE CREAM OF WHEAT” AND OTHER FUNNY STUFF
WuzzaDem does Hardball.
Meanwhile, Aaron the Liberal Slayer imagines a Battle of the Blogger Babes and has designed new pieces for his famous Blogopoly board. (Do I get one?)
And in Frank J.’s world, Bush cleans up the U.N. With bats.
FINDING SPONGEBOB
Police are on the lookout for a blow-up SpongeBob SquarePants figure stolen from a Burger King in Minnesota. According to this report,
[The police have] found a ransom note which starts off: “We have SpongeBob.” It then demands, “Give us ten Crabby Patties, fries and milkshakes.”
The ransom note is signed by SpongeBob’s nemesis, Plankton. A postscript [...]
Late-night cravings
Things I miss about…
Seattle: Dick’s Drive-In fries and homemade vanilla milkshakes. Copper River salmon. Ivar’s clam chowder.
Los Angeles: In-n-Out burgers.
South Jersey: Funnel cakes and lemonade on the Boardwalk. Fralinger’s Original Saltwater Taffy. Joe and John’s pizza. Hoagies from anywhere.
Reminds me of one of the late, great Michael Kelly’s lovely, witty, classic columns on South Jersey [...]

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