“I should tell you that it’s a double first for me to be here at this conference. First of all because this is the first time I’ve ever spoken at a conference in California and it’s the first time I’ve ever eaten a burrito. I hope perhaps to come again to conferences in California, and …
Category: humor
Mar 27
Literally literally does not mean literally
“Update: Graham’s spokesperson has clarified to Bloomberg that when Graham said “I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to,” that statement was “not to be taken literally.” Glad that’s been cleared up.” –from Vox.com’s article about Lindsey Graham. They don’t say it, but people who don’t understand what literally …
Mar 23
Foerster’s Syndrome
“When the surgeon began to manipulate the tumor, affecting those sensitive structures, the (conscious) patient burst into a manic flight of puns.” From a weird article at Wikipedia
Mar 20
The Touch
The Touch is a Stan Busch song that was included on the Transformers: The Movie soundtrack. As far as 80’s rock songs go, it is 3 minutes of pure distilled 80’s awesomeness that will make you yearn for ye olden dayes of yore when Transformers and G. I. Joe were cool the first time. However, the song might have …
Feb 15
The MadMania Podcast: Episode 1
In this, our no-doubt awesome inaugural episode my daughter, Elsa, and I discuss words: the good, the bad, and the German. Also our favorite diseases, and why you should definitely go into heavy metal.
Jan 21
Supercalawhatever
“Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious, even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious” It takes a bold lyricist to admit when his song is obnoxious in the very lyrics of said song.
Jan 09
Quotable: John Piper on William Mackenzie
“…a lover of books and a lover of people. That’s an unusual combination, you know. Most people who are bookish don’t like people–they just tolerate them.”
