The Odd and Miscellaneous


The Rule of … Mystic Dwarves

Armand, Luis and Angel? The Philippine judge who was dismissed for allegedly consulting “mystic dwarves” during healing sessions in his chambers has posted a defense on Dave Barry’s website. (Or,…

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Wasp Rap

New England Rap You Tube has a very clever Smirnoff-sponsored parody of Gangsta Rap that features ultra-Wasps from New England.

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Borat

My colleague Jude Blanchette introduced me to the uncomfortably funny work of Borat, the alleged Kazakh. I don’t think that the response to this work is evidence of much latent…

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Naked Absurdity

The Neighbors Good fences do make good neighbors, as the case of an English lady walking nude in her own backyard shows. Her neighbor, who was apparently “shaken” by the…

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First They Came for the Brothels….

The Pascha brothel in the city of Cologne has removed from its advertising the flags of two Middle Eastern states (Saudi Arabia and Iran) in response to threats of violence….

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Prince Goes to North Pole: Global Problems Solved

Monaco’s Prince Albert has performed a great feat and a great service for mankind. He traveled by dog-power to the North Pole, planted the flag of Monaco, and said these…

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No Accounting for Cultural Differences, Is There?

Watching the inside of your ear canal as a technician scoops out crud. Just what you’d want to do on your lunch hour.

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That Would Put Things in a Different Light

The Gospel of Judas.

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Whoops!!

Russian Veterans’ Day Poster Features the U.S. Battleship Missouri. Note the Zinger: “But, he [Eduard Baltin, former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet] added: ‘It’s not such a big…

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The Green Fairy

I just got back from a trip during which I had very limited access to the internet (hence no blogging), but during some periods of travel I did manage to…

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