Recent Posts Tagged With 'humor'

• If Only Vader Knew...

  Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 00:32 in humor, science fiction

  I was amused by this bit of online humor....

• Climate Summit: What If ...

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 23:37 in politics, humor, environment, activism

  I think this cartoon neatly sums up the problem with climate change denial: "What if it's all a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?"On the blackboard:energy independence (as opposed to depending on energy from people who hate us)p...

• Very Top Five Ways to Get Medieval

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 11:41 in humor, writing, history, bleu

  There is some vulgarity and much abuse of language in this post about medieval weaponry.  However, I found it hilarious, and writers may find some useful inspiration therein.  Characters everywhere probably wish you wouldn't read it.  ...

• Poem: "The Culture of the Earth"

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 00:29 in poetry, humor, science fiction, reading, writing, poem, fishbowl, cyberfunded creativity

  This poem came out of the December 1, 2009 poetry fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from haikujaguar, and from my partner Doug who threw in a reference to "The Blind Men and the Elephant." The poem was sponsored by janetmiles. The Culture of the...

• Poem: "haikoan"

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 15:56 in poetry, humor, reading, writing, poem, fishbowl, cyberfunded creativity

  This came out of the December 1, 2009 poetry fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from jenny_evergreen and sponsored by janetmiles. I am a fan of Zen koans, Zen poetry, and haiku in general. This tidbit is crazy-monk stuff but I had so much fun w...

• 42 Essential 3rd Act Twists

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 10:49 in humor, writing

  I bet some of you could've used this last week! Anyhow, here is a list of bizarre plot twists across several genres, courtesy of haikujaguar.Writing exercise: 1) Roll 2d6. Count from the top down for the first die. Count from the left rightward fo...

• How to Say No ... with Pie Charts

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 22:55 in humor

  My partner Doug sent me the link for this amusing exchange about someone trying to get a graphic artist to do (more) work for free....

• Webcomic: Nicky510

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 17:40 in art, humor

  Doug tipped me to this webcomic, Nicky510. It's somewhere between Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes....

• Desperate Giraffe

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 13:41 in Photography, humor, Nature

  Desperate giraffe will try anything. Probably not safe for work....

• Big Cat Humor

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 17:06 in humor, video, Nature

  My partner Doug found this amusing video of big cats doing funny things. Think of it as LOLCATS on a giant scale....

• Why Not to Annoy an Editor

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 02:02 in humor, economics, editing

  The Star decided to outsource its editing jobs. One of the editors struck back by editing a memo from the publisher, which ran with rivers of red ink......

• Poem: "Storyboard"

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 21:16 in poetry, humor, reading, writing, poem, fishbowl, cyberfunded creativity

  A special welcome to new prompter zyngasvryka! (If you have not yet read her ongoing novel Eclipse Court, I highly recommend that you go check it out.)So here is the second freebie poem of the day, "Storyboard," inspired by a prompt from moosl.Story...