Internet comment on historic preservation

I was just reading an article about a small historic village called Zoar, located near where I went to college in Ohio.  The piece was about the very real possibility that this one-of-a-kind place may be washed away due to a leaking levee.  Here is the first comment posted on this article, by user 'reelbigdave':

I've been on a visit to Zoar. Went to the Zoar Store. Paddled a canoe with a Zoar oar. In the museum, the even had a picture of the Zoarchestra. Then my wife stepped in dog poo and it smelled all day. We made fun of her. 

Thank you, 'reelbigdave'.  Clearly Zoar is exceptional and worth saving.

You should be friends with George Takei

George Takei, perhaps best known for playing Mr. Sulu on Star Trek, has one of the better Facebook pages around. You should befriend him on Facebook, and then all his funny posts will appear in your newsfeed and brighten your day! Here's one he just shared with his many, many fans:


Isn't that delightful and clever and funny? He's got a stellar Twitter feed as well. You're welcome.

Found on Boston Craigslist

This gem from the interwebs was sent to me by my dear friend Johanna. It's a posting from Boston's 'for sale' section on Craigslist:

Chocolate Chip Boot - $10 (Boston Area)

A chocolate chip cook in the shape of a antique boot with a flare jean. ten dollars or best offer. its a once and a life time deal. its a rare item.


$10 for a single cookie? WORTH EVERY PENNY!

Anyone have a CSA share?

Vegetables, not Confederates. I'm thinking of joining one for the summer. It would be so nice to have tons of...


Wait, what? Oh no, I don't want that. I shall stick to the grocery store.

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Unfortunate website names

Alert reader and great pal David alerted me to this post about poorly conceived website names.


OOOH LAWD. I think I like Whore Presents the best. Are they presents for the whore in your life? Presents OF a whore to your friend who likes whores whose birthday it is? Or is it Whore Presents, like - Whore Presents anonymous sex that you pay for, because that is what whores do! We'll never know.

The best thing the Internet gave me this week

This photo:

New blog to enjoy!

I have been crazy busy as of late... but I am never too busy for QUALITY LAFFS. Please enjoy this epic new blog of funny, Damn You Auto Correct.


See what I mean? The best. Many thanks to Cassie for finding this gem.

Sometimes, it's a good thing to be afraid

Who, as a kid, did not fantasize about swinging so high that you go in a full circle? I know I did, and it was one of my earliest tastes of those delicious moments when you contemplate doing something that is exciting and foolhardy. Luckily, I was a TOTAL WUSS as a kid and my fear overcame my desire to do something really, really stupid.



This young man should have been more afraid, perhaps.

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The internet: There when you need it

I was having a bad day, and somehow the internet knew, and produced this video.



Thank you, internet! I can now tackle the afternoon with my chin up... and periodically twitching my nose.

A happy video for Friday

If you're not familiar with Maru the Box Cat, he's a YouTube superstar who lives in Korea and likes to play in boxes. He is also fat and adorable. I'm kind of in love with him.



As always, the commenters on YouTube have some truly insightful things to say. Alert user dendara100 says "cats are good at streamlining their bodies and jumping." Well that is correct, dendara100! They sure are!

You know you've hit rock bottom

...when not only are you the subject of the A&E documentary series Intervention, but your episode only gets 2.5 out of 5 stars on Hulu. Ouch!

Jokes

It's come to my attention that my basement apartment has acquired a new odor after our recent flooding incident - there is one corner of our bedroom where some water came in and it smells like mildew. Gross! Plus, like all nerds, I have chronic sinus issues, so I am concerned about this situation not only from a stank perspective, but a health one as well. I took to the interwebs to figure out how best to remedy the sitch... but quickly got distracted, as after typing in 'clean mil,' Google's autocomplete feature offered me 'clean military jokes.'

...what? Clearly this had to be investigated. Screw the mildew. Here, dear readers, for your laffing pleasure, is the latest in clean military jokes:

As the family gathered for a big dinner together, the youngest son announced that he had just signed up at an army recruiter's
office.

There were audible gasps around the table, then some laughter, as his older brothers shared their disbelief that he could handle
this new situation. "Oh, come on, quit joking," snickered one. "You didn't really do that, did you?"

"You would never get through basic training," scoffed another.

The new recruit looked to his mother for help, but she was just gazing at him. When she finally spoke, she simply asked, "Do you really plan to make your own bed every morning?"

WHOO BOY. WOWZA. That is one seriously unfunny joke! It's really kind of depressing how not funny it is! I've just noticed the site also offers categories of 'Irish Jokes' and 'Mexican Jokes,' but I don't really feel like cutting myself today so I think I'm just going to go back to my mildew research.

I'm getting concerned about The Biebs

Get a load of this, y'all! In an act of tween revenege, Biebs tweeted some poor kid's phone number:


That is bananas! Someone needs to rein in this kid, as he is getting too big for his britches. Not cool, Biebs! Also, anyone else INSANELY glad that the internet didn't exist in its current manifestation when you were in high school? Ophelia=sofakingglad.

I found this last summer

Or maybe Sydney found it (ETA - Yes, Sydney found it). Either way, we both thought it was hilarious. And it still is!

The Four Minute Drug on Post It Note Stories.

Enjoy!

ETA - Sydney found it.