Evidently Port Townsend, Washington has a real sense of humor. Read the rest
Actual police reports dramatically read by Port Townsend residents
The Office's Pam and Angela have a new podcast about The Office
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, aka The Office's Pam and Angela, are launching a new podcast together about The Office. Listen to the trailer below. Titled “Office Ladies,” the podcast will feature the two actresses, who are real life best pals, rewatching every episode of the TV series and bantering about it. It premiers tomorrow! From an interview in the New York Times:
So where did the idea for the podcast come from?KINSEY I was going through my garage, and I have all of these Rubbermaid bins full of photos and memorabilia. Jenna jokes that I’m a hoarder because I save everything. I would save a little note that Oscar passed me, a drawing that Jenna drew or a prop. I have Michael Scott’s business card.
FISCHER You have Dwight and Angela’s wedding invitation.
KINSEY So I was going through it all and Jenna came over and was looking through it with me, and it made us really nostalgic. We started reminiscing, and the 15-year anniversary is coming up so we thought this is a great opportunity for us to rewatch it and talk about our memories, our behind-the-scenes moments and share it with the fans.
Medallion Status: comparison is the thief of joy, and John Hodgman is the thief-taker
John Hodgman's last book, Vacationland, was a kind of absurdist memoir of a weird kid who'd grown up to the kind of self-aware grownup who really wanted to dig into how he got to where he was, with bone-dry wit and real heart (I compared it to Steve Martin's Cruel Shoes, but for adults who'd outgrown it); in his new book, Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms, Hodgman offers something much more uncomfortable (if no less funny), a series of vignettes that explore the hollowness of privilege, the toxicity of comparison, and the melancholy of accomplishment. Read the rest
Tee: You can't fix democracy by turning it off and on again
Cartoonist Phil Foglio (previously) writes, "I designed a cool t-shirt!" They're $22 from Offworld Designs. Read the rest
Disastrous gender reveal turns into dark ascension
I don't know who thought that "beating a black balloon with a bat" was the best way to decide and announce a baby's gender for them. But the balloon baby clearly looked at the available options and chose "ascension" instead.
I hope the parents are happy with that, because I'm pretty sure this guy's not having any more kids after this.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GloriousFineBergerpicard-mobile.mp4 Read the restClickhole spent a day slandering Cap'n Crunch
Follow your muse where it takes you, even if it leads to a day's worth of articles trashing Cap'n Crunch in outlandish and disturbing ways. Read the rest
Squirrels stash 200+ walnuts under SUV hood
Pennsylvania resident Chris Persic says his wife called to let him know their SUV smelled like it was burning. When she opened the hood, a surprise was waiting: walnuts and grass piled all over the Kia engine, stashed their by misbehaving squirrels. Read the rest
Watch this weird clip of a driver who dozes off, almost wrecks, and then blames another car
I'm glad they didn't wreck but the driver's facial expressions in this clip are really something. He's be a great character actor. The whole clip is like a scene from a Jim Jarmusch film.
Where would you put the word "fuck" in William Carlos Williams's "This is Just to Say"?
Watch this preacher speak in tongues while he checks his phone
Perhaps Cleveland preacher Perry Stone is expecting an urgent text from the holy spirit. Read the rest
Christopher Walken shows us how to cook an upright chicken with pears
This clip is from 2007. I have yet to prepare Christopher Walken's upright chicken with pears but I have enjoyed this video several times.
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Jeopardy!'s Alex Trebek saying "genre" over and over and over
A: This clip is an example of a certain genre of Internet video.
Q: What is a supercut?
Bonus video below, the time Boing Boing was part of a clue on Jeopardy!
Cat trips out on the nature of reality, identity, and spacetime
Mathematician Clifford Pickover's brilliant caption for this clip: "Philosopher-cat explores the nature of reality, identity, mind, and its place in the vast space-time cosmos that we call home."
Mario says "Fuck you!" to Luigi on "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" (1989)
My 13-year-old son showed me this and we couldn't stop laughing. How dare Mario be so rude to his brother!
The 1989 TV series "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" starred wrestler Lou Albano as Mario, Danny Wells of "The Jeffersons" as Luigi, and Jeannie Elias as the voice of Princess Toadstool.
Watch MSNBC's Chris Hayes unintentionally coin a new euphemism for masturbation
Uhh what’s it like? pic.twitter.com/7G2jiwdMvO
— Silvia Killingsworth (@silviakillings) September 25, 2019
"Shaking the champagne bottle." Read the rest
Veterinary tech training video starring man as pissed-off, unruly, and frightened cat
The video is titled "Veterinary Technician Training: Handling a Fractious Cat."
After several viewings, it occurs to me that they mean "cat" as in "hepcat."
Kid has a real sense of adventure
Unmute this one. Read the rest
