“A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms.”

One thing this tells you is that this hasn’t gone through any kind of approval process. You need a design before it can be approved.

Sounds like he was bribed.

We’re finding out which schools have origami majors at their helm

Needing ChatGPT to tell you make pasta for a first date as though dudes haven’t been doing that since the beginning of time

“I wonder if they could make Home Alone again now or does the ubiquity of cell phones preclude a lot of the dramatic tension the film relies on?” Mom confiscates Kevin’s phone b/c he was being a little shit; it’s in her purse on the trip. The have no landline. That solves part (most?) of it.

The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture

I would have expected some Wagner

“I’ve developed a real taste for losing”

Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandals—particularly arsonists—that in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

ROBOT: You cannot defeat us. ENGLISH TEACHER: Why's the ch pronounced differently in orchid than in orchard? ROBOT: [twitch, spark]

Forecast was for a quarter-inch of snow, ending around 11AM. Just shoveled a bit at 1PM, and had around 4 inches. And it started snowing again. Weather map shows more on the way.

~* it’s beginning to look a lot like gay cardinal season *~

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There’s also Wilbur, the other Whitemeatt

“Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!” (one translator saw two words of this and had to be hospitalised for several weeks)

Never seen this, but I have friends who would occasionally have a pie party the Saturday before Thanksgiving, where a unity ratio was approached. (the rationale was that you couldn’t properly enjoy pie on Thanksgiving because you were too full. Also, just an excuse to have a party and eat pie)

If Canadian porn can be made from artificial Canadian, what’s the point of buying Canadian porn?

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Did Romo just say “Nantztrodamus”?

Did the heist involve a truck-mounted electric ladder?

BOAT STUCK HOLIDAY EDITION

“Well, I beg your pardon … but where I come from, it’s considered a compliment to let fly with a good trumpeting after dinner.”

It’s scary how big grease monsters are, but at least there’s one that won’t reproduce.

“Do you love your pet? Do they love to sniff your butt? Then do we have a product for you!”

fucking killing me that Johnson & Johnson was founded by THREE Johnsons not two

”Dead or alive, you're coming with me to the Shire” (alt text for picture: Robocop, sans headgear, but it’s Frodo)

He is risen

Just saw an ad for diapers that said “up to 100% leak-proof” which has got to be the lamest claim an ad can make. If they don’t leak, just once, under any circumstance, you can say that.

Even Nedry knew not to mess with the multitude fences

More “hot eukaryotes in your area” spam in my inbox

Roses are red That dino looks ill

Geologic Core Sample xkcd.com/3171/

WTF? I don’t owe “the economy” anything. If you want me to buy something, make it something I need or want. If you want me to upgrade, make sure it’s better and not just different www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...

I might find stories about the dubious superhero No One Cares Man interesting. Especially if they include his sidekick, Ambivalent Boy.

My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?

I’d tell you who these scientists are but they work in a lab in Canada and you don’t know them

You have to immerse yourself in the joy of using the slang incorrectly and annoying the hell out of the kids.

We were in a bodega somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the catnip began to take hold.

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

I think I need proof positive that Trump doesn’t think the autopen is an automobile shaped like a pen, a la the wienermobile

Putting lime in the coconut causes but also cures the bellyache, but it’s not clear if it’s simply the amount that is imbibed, or if it’s the delay between the first and second dose. Bobby Jr needs to give me a few million to study this.

God speed ye taco bell scientists 🌮 🧪

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

Would you all like to read a short horror comedy? I knew you would.

If they’re embracing this option, what’s the downside to doing what’s right in the interim?