Wednesday, July 28, 2004

The Don Martin Dictionary -- Alphabetical Listing

Cool list of Don Martin's sound effect words along with their contexts. It only lists those words in the magazine and not elsewhere, so it's not comprehensive. I distinctly remember reading the word "Zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem" (a man falling) in one of the Captain Klutz books when I was in elementary school. If only it were a joke!

Friday, July 23, 2004

What the Fleep?

Leaves you wanting more, but Fleep is a 44 page comic worth reading (online and free)

Thursday, July 22, 2004

The New Yorker: Shouts and Murmurs

Though not super timely, this New Yorker article is pretty funny (at least the first half of it).

Friday, July 09, 2004

I hope you're happy

Do you want to be happy and don't know how? If only a financial analyst surveyed the psychological research on the subject and summed it up into a handy little report. Oh, wait it happened! Worth reading.

Monday, July 05, 2004

Bible lesson for today

Nimrod was a great hunter from the old testament. So, why is calling someone a Nimrod an insult? Blame Daffy Duck.

Saturday, July 03, 2004

Finally, the source of "My Pet Goat"

It's bugged me that the story Bush was listening to on Sept. 11 has been so hard to find. According to Google Answers, here's the info. The story isn't "My Pet Goat", but "The Pet Goat" and it's not a book unto itself, it's part of a school textbook full of stories.