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The Skwib

http://markarayner.com/blog/

The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular and explosive weblog, a daily sputtering of satire, humor, comedy, and odd, odd fiction...

Added on: Jul 30th, 2008
Country: Canada
Language: English

Author: Mark A. Rayner
Listed in: Humor Satirical News
Tags: humor humour satire satirical ask general kang the lost powerpoint slides

Recent Posts

Ask General Kang: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving on your home world?

Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 06:07 in family, thanksgiving, stuffing, american thanksgiving, monkeys!, ask general kang, cram it, famanguish, kangsgiving

No, we have several holidays that are somewhat similar, but essentially we break your celebration into two components. And then we have one “thanksgiving” day which is totally alien to your world. In the late months of the harvest time o...
Ohhhhhhhhh-din! Viking Romance!

Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 09:48 in but is it art?, parody & satire

I vaguely remember watching this when I was a teenager, and thinking it was hopelessly goofy, but I had the pleasure of watching The Vikings again last night, and I have to say with all honesty, it’s a goofy movie, but not a hopelessly goofy mo...
Proof that I’m not obsessed with monkeys

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 05:15 in video, fox, squirrel, lamb, primate, magpie, but is it art?, addicted to love, cover song, parody & satire, the good gods

This brilliant cover of Addicted to Love, and even more (absurd) and genius video helps to prove that I’m not the weirdest primate out there. THE GOOD GODS! – ADDICTED TO LOVE from Greg Butler on Vimeo. Alltop and humor-blogs.com also en...
The Magic Donkey

Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 08:46 in photos, Flickr, searcher, but is it art?, magic donkey, panda spewing rainbows

I love Flikr. I can spend hours looking for images, and I’m easily distracted by all the shiny new art I can find there. In particular, I find the absurd and surreal groups quite engrossing. What I didn’t know was that Flickr culture i...
Marvellous Hairy is now an eBook!

Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 07:32 in ebooks, skwibby fiction, $3.99, smashwords, marvellous hairy

For those of you waiting to experience the thrills, the laughter and the dementia of Marvellous Hairy until it was in eBook form, your wait is over. You can find it in all the major formats at Smashwords for only $3.99 US. Yes, you read that correc...
Seeking cherub-monkey parity — the conversation continues

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 05:33 in authors, conversations, parody, angels, monsters, linoleum, but is it art?, monkeys!, parody & satire, skwibby fiction, mercury falls, marvellous hairy

Welcome to the second half of a conversation between Rob Kroese, author of Mercury Falls and Mark A. Rayner, the scribbler behind Marvellous Hairy. You can find the first half of the conversation at Rob’s blog, Mattress Police. Check it out a...