Funny and Frivolous

Somehow it doesn’t surprise me as much as I would have thought.

James Lipton, the host of U.S. talk show, Inside the Actors’ Studio, once worked as a pimp in Paris, France.

Iranian Police Smash Squirrel Spy Ring:

Police in Iran are reported to have taken 14 squirrels into custody - because they are suspected of spying.

BACKGROUND: When Squirrels Attack | When Squirrels Attack II

Click to play. Then laugh.

I must buy this book.

Scott Seegert combed through the more than 7 million inventions filed with the US Patent and Trademark office to find the dumbest, dude-liest schemes ever proffered. He compiled his favorites in a new book, It’s a Guy Thing: Awesome Innovations From the Underdeveloped Male Mind.

For some examples […]

They claim it’s very unusal…an isolated incident…but can we be so sure?

Barb Dougherty, a 30-year Postal Service employee, said she was attacked and bitten Monday by a squirrel while delivering mail in Oil City, about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh.

“It was a freak thing. It was traumatic,” Dougherty told The Derrick newspaper. “I saw […]

Hey everyone. Sorry we haven’t posted in such a long time. Mr. Ex has been busy at work & I’ve been busy homeschooling.

I thought this was an interesting article:

China has secretly fired powerful laser weapons designed to disable American spy satellites by “blinding” their sensitive surveillance devices, it was reported yesterday.

Now they’ve determined that real butter is better than margarine, dark chocolate is good for you and pure lard is better than vegetable oil. So it’s only a matter of time before I can enjoy McDonald’s & Krispy Kreme without any guilt?

Next January, food manufacturers will be required to list trans fat […]

Wow Extremist! Who would have thought you’d catch the attention of the Mexican President Vincente Fox?

Just kidding of course. Y’all probably do disagree on several points but I doubt that he’d bring it up in a speech.

Scary? Creepy? Disturbing? Not at all. It’s a feel-good family frolic:

The audience is introduced to Jack Torrance, driving up to the Overlook Hotel in the mountains of Colorado, to be interviewed for the position of caretaker for the winter. The hotel is completely blocked off by winter snows […]

I found this via Iain Murray on The Corner:

Sometimes only a cartoonist can adequately express the foolishness of a situation. Matt, the Daily Telegraph’s cartoonist, is extremely good at this. His cartoon today on airport checks hits the nail on the head.