Category Archives: entertainment

Why I Love Hadag Nahash – למה אני אוהב את הדג נחש

This is not an exhaustive list, but I’m immersing myself in old and new material (מקומי and otherwise) in preparation for tonight’s live show at Porter’s Pub at UCSD (link to Facebook event page; go there or ping me directly … Continue reading

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I did it!

OK, in the grand scheme of things, and even in my own life, this doesn’t count as a HUGE deal, but it was an amusing distraction for a couple of days that kept my mind off much less fun things … Continue reading

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Holiday Greeting

I was inspired to post this to Facebook earlier tonight, and I think Wil Wheaton had something to do with it: Merry Christmas to all*, and to all a good night! (*Some restrictions apply, see your spiritual advisor for details. … Continue reading

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Book Review: Anansi Boys

This paragraph from Neil Gaiman’s wonderful book of mythology, love, intrigue, and travel made me want to hug the author: It was sort of like Macbeth, thought Fat Charlie, an hour later; in fact, if the witches in Macbeth had … Continue reading

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Palin for President. No, really.

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Funny, but No

I’ve mentioned Shoebox before, particularly their “Funny, but No” cards – greeting cards that don’t make the cut, even for the slightly off-center attitude this “Tiny Little Division of Hallmark” generally displays. They used to just publish half a dozen … Continue reading

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Hope for humanity

I refuse to admit that I’m overstating things when I say this makes me feel better about the human race, at least for four and a half minutes: Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo. Spotted … Continue reading

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Earth Israeli Girls are Easy?

I don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed “courtesy” of Reuters Oddly Enough, emphasis added: Wolf whistle works, woman strips WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Road workers in a small New Zealand town got their wish granted when a woman stripped … Continue reading

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Punchline looking for a joke

Yeah, yeah, so I’m a parent now, so that’s supposed to make me all “mature” and “grown up” and blahblahblah?! HA! We took our daughter to the doctor yesterday, as she’s had a rash on her torso for several days … Continue reading

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Geeky, goofy goodness

I am going to HAVE to experiment with some of our own pics (too few and far between, unfortunately, since I’m usually behind the camera, but they’re around), but ManBabies.com is a treasure trove of silliness. As is this collection … Continue reading

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