The Tory Party

Bo the Obama Dog

For some reason I missed the Obamas’ dog acquisition when it happened back in April. It raises a very important question.

How am I supposed to NOT be in love with this family?

I wanna put them in a snowglobe forever and ever.

Three Phenomena and Comedy Gold

I would like names for these:

• The compulsion to repeat a joke until it is acknowledged in some way, even if that reaction is irritation. Maybe this is self-explanatory. Maybe this is like how a joke cycles in and out of funny. In extreme cases eventually the joke becomes canon and you repeat it without being aware that it was ever supposed to be funny, like how thanks to my dad I say “Sicilian thing” instead of “thing.”
• The enjoyment derived from saying words slightly wrong. From LoLCats to kids saying the darndest things to Latka Gravis to Crentist — there is an inverted uncanny valley type graph for how funny language gets as it approaches grammatical correctness.

That reminds me.

Cinematic techniques that are always funny:

• 1. Entering and exiting frame
• 2. Parallel action — best
• 3. Off-camera dialog (or noise)

I will provide examples.

Auteur Theory

I made something like this long ago as a gift. This is the another version, now in travel size and digital color.

Soy de Aire

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Soy de Aire

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CNN: Cheney Gives Speech, Makes Me Crazy

I dunno if “Cheney slams Obama” is entirely accurate. When I think “slam” I think of the WWE, and this speech seems to be more about slippery logic and bad ethics, which is not the same.

I will rebut Cheney’s crappy arguments with what John McCain said perfectly in 2005: “They don’t deserve our sympathy. But this isn’t about who they are. This is about who we are.”

What I’ve learned from Cheney’s speech is the next time I want to question someone’s decisions I will start by saying “I think so-and-so has a Tribble living in his nose” and then describe how a Tribble up one’s nose jeopardizes national security. Then my audience will be so persuaded by my anti-Tribble arguments they will forget I pulled the whole accusation OUT OF MY FEVERED BRAIN.

In other news, check out how the photo illustration makes Obama look all Lincoln-y and Cheney look like someone I would chase off my yard with a bat. Is it weird that Cheney looks the same age as he did ten years ago? This man isn’t exactly the picture of health, either, unless that picture is Dorian Gray.

***Update ***

CNN changed the photo illustration — I think maybe to put accuser Cheney on the left? — and now it is even awesomer.