As subtle as a flying brick.

Archive for August 30, 2008

Fascination with the Dodo Bird, by Adam Savage

Adam Savage’s talk at The Last HOPE: Fascination with the Dodo Bird
parts:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C
(YouTube with a great audience Q&A session)


Geoffrey Perkins

Legendary British comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins died
in a freak accident yesterday. Chances are if you watched some British
comedy over the last 20 years, and liked it, Geoffrey Perkins had a
hand in it.


Look at all the MAPLE SAP I got!

The worst comic strip ever? Thrill to the stilted, unfunny adventures of Uncle Funny Bunny and Chumpy, brought to you by Jerry Beck, of Cartoon Research fame.


Lard: The New Health Food?

As I sent my friends home bathed in the warm glow of hog grease, I
felt sure that our generation would pass the test of lard. We might not
cook with it every night–natural lard is expensive and (all right, I’ll
admit it) deep-fried foods are often loaded with calories, no matter
which fat you use. But we won’t live in fear of it, either. When we want deep-fried excellence, we’ll reach for the best fat for the job: lard.