Nod and Smile

It’s certainly funny, but it looks like Fainting Goats are genetically prone to panic attacks. (Apparently no one in the veterinary psychopharmacology industry has tapped into the Klonopin for Kids market. Shame.) I sympathize with the goats. Replace that threatening umbrella with the word deadline, and you’ve got me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg

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I can’t wait to see the Young@Heart chorus documentary. If it’s anything like their performance on Ellen, they’re fabulous. (The line that kills me: “Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor!”)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr9qG1f7-TM

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Events past and quite recent have gotten me thinking about logic. I’m not talking about funky symbols and math proof kind of logic. I’m talking about logic and argumentation that people use when they talk and write. And what I’ve been thinking about it is this: people have forgotten how to use logic, […]

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Grad students: As another semester and year of graduate school comes to a close, a sudden change in personal habits is not advisable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwyrGwM4a7M

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I wrote this song for everybody who is mad at somebody about their blessings.
Mostly for family, you know, cause that…that thing does happen.
So cousin so-and-so whoever you are out there: Heh heh.
–Jill Scott, on VH1 Soul

Yes, Jill, that thing does happen. And in my case, mostly with family (but not my cousins). Thank […]

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The thought of Bush and Chomsky in the same room together is frightening. Good thing we didn’t stay in Vietnam…

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Si non, laissez Le Vol des Conchords vous enseigner. Il faut dire simplement: Foux Da Fa Fa.
(if you don’t see a blue screen, push the play button to get video)

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Holy crap, I’ve been tagged twice to do a “weird things about me” meme.
You kids with your fancy new words and terminology. I had to look up what a meme was before I could even start to contribute to one. And I guess I also needed to learn what that “incoming links” list […]

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One of my favorite Kids in the Hall sketches:
The day Cathy snapped because she was given De-Caf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtNvxCIFUQ

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…KICKING ASS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPb0po2jzfg

Happy Easter

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