Category Archives: General snarkiness

The following sentence appears in a technical document I’m reviewing. Those of you with weak constitutions should avert your eyes: “Upon acceptance of the gap analysis, an automated way of updating the information as well as introducing any new required … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hot off the presses! Lots of college students use the Internet on a daily basis! They use it for school-related stuff as well as for slacking off! It’s, like, useful in so many ways! Whoo. I’d better sit down. My … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The funniest thing you’ll read today is this wedding announcement in the Sunday Chron. I thought Tiffany was gonna bust a gut next to me on the couch. Read how the guests “transcended” to the reception, while the orchestra played … Continue reading → Continue reading →

When I see things like this story, which Karin and Kevin have both flagged, I just can’t help myself. At around 5 a.m. Monday, authorities say two people in a dark SUV broke in to Austin Powder, a business that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The main problem with a free-market economy is that sooner or later, someone produces something like this. Yeesh. Via Ungodly Politics. Continue reading →

Did you know that Miss American contestants have to compete in a pop quiz as part of their quest for the crown? I didn’t, but that’s because I think the Miss America pageant is not quite as exciting as a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This Thadeus & Weez comic says it all. Continue reading →

Two and a half Claudes to this headline: More Americans unhappy at work. I’m even more shocked to report that people who make less money are also less happy at their jobs: Households earning less than $15,000 a year were … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From the NYT: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marquis de Lafayette, who fought alongside George Washington and secured the aid of France during the Revolutionary War, on Tuesday became the sixth person to be conferred with honorary U.S. citizenship. Boy. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

OK, OK, that’s really unfair, but man is that an unflattering photo of Katherine Harris. The photo of Harris accompanies this story about Harris’ retroactive resignation as Secretary of State in order to run for Congress. As Atrios says, it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Meryl gets in a musical mood over the NYT blogger rivalry article. Hmmm, maybe I can help here… National Bloggerhood Week, with sincere apologies to Tom Lehrer Oh, the war blogs hate the tech blogs And the tech blogs hate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Matt Welch gets the kind of feedback most of us only dream about. Continue reading →

Let’s see, today we have Broder where art thou, a reference to the award-winning Cohen Brothers movie in which three Midwestern stringers journey to Washington in search of the mythical Dean of Political Columnists. We have a visit from Andy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today’s weird Google search referral: “Olsen twins legal age count down”. There’s an R. Kelly joke in there somewhere, but I’m not quite feeling up to it right now. Continue reading →

You make the call. Images taken from the blogs in question.   Ginger Stampley Kimberly Swygert Continue reading →

‘N Sync singer Lance Bass has been cleared for a flight to the International Space Station aboard a Russian rocket. Which begs the question: If we can send one boy band member into space, why can’t we send them all? Continue reading →

An advertisement for a “New Cell Phone Stun Gun!” All I can say is if you’re gonna use that thing while driving your SUV, please be sure you don’t press the wrong button. The freeways around here are hazardous enough, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

John Wayne Bobbit has been dropped from “Celebrity Boxing 2” because he was arrested for assaulting his wife. Man, if “Celebrity Boxing 2” doesn’t want to be tainted by your association, you’re really on the outs. All I can say … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In which I am invited to order Viagra online in order to “BE A SUPERSTUND!” I sure can see how that email marketing thing is so gosh-darned effective, yessirreebob. Continue reading →

Singer and Psychic Friends Network spokeswoman Dionne Warwick was arrested at Miami International Airport when baggage screeners found 11 suspected marijuana cigarettes in her lipstick case. Do I really have to finish the joke here, people? (Naturally, Larry beat me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today’s weird Google referral is “Girls gone wild passwords footage”. Yes, come to Off the Kuff to see crazy college coeds logging on to their network accounts. How far will they go to get their passwords reset? We’ve got the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Picky, picky Gary Farber is amused by a Concerned Citizen who writes to tell him that Whitehouse.org isn’t the real Whitehouse. Gary, perhaps you should have gently replied to this reader that of course you know that Whitehouse.com is the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today’s Wacky Google Search From The Referral Log: “Debbie Does Dallas Real Audio”. I think we may have found an untapped market. Continue reading →

After reading my post below, Duncan Fitzgerald emailed me to point me to this ad by The National Review for “the National Review Post-Election Mexican Cruise”, where you can rub elbows and consume fruity rum drinks with the likes of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From today’s Chron: [President] Bush touted free trade as a means of lifting the region’s economies, and said: “We’re going to analyze all options available to help Peru.” “Unless, of course, if free trade would damage embattled industries in swing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just when you think you’ve run out of things to make fun of, someone sends you links like this one. I really wish they’d shown the Martial Arts Jesus and the Ballet Jesus. The plastic Jesus figurine, of course, has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I got this link from a mailing list I’m on. Somehow, I don’t think Hallmark will do any marketing around it. Continue reading →

Can we please add AT&T to the Axis of Evil for subjecting us to those godawful 1-800-CALL ATT ads with Carrot Top? I swear, I lose brain cells whenever I’m in range of his voice. I would not rule out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today I was forwarded an email exhorting me to increase my business income blah blah blah. Like most such junk mail that I see, it was done as HTML, with inline JPEG images. This one was supposed to show some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ginger shows no sympathy to Matthew and Mac for not being high up in the results list when Googling on their names. You think you’ve got it bad? I’ve not only got to compete against a bunch of famous Charleses … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From Glenn Kinen we see this rather mind-boggling story about a giant bronze statue of Prince Charles being unveiled in Brazil. The statue, which depicts Gnarly Charlie as a winged world-saving avatar, “shows him with bulging muscles, pinned back ears … Continue reading → Continue reading →

March 4 was Inauguration Day up until FDR’s administration. When he was first inaugurated in 1933, he appointed the first female Cabinet member, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. Take a look at today’s birthdays from Yahoo! Daily News and see if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Craig at Page Fault Interrupt asks: If there really were such a thing as reincarnation, would you rather come back as a Saudi woman or as an American dog? Dude. Anyone who could ask that question isn’t a dog owner. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is really scary. A coworker just pointed me to the Houston Curling Club homepage. If you go to their Snapshots page and click on the photo on the top right, the guy crouching on the lower left is a … Continue reading → Continue reading →