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Chain of Command
"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here." — 'Firefly'
One Brave Thing
"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death." — Omar N. Bradley
The Latest from Detroit
“While we were working to improve the efficiency of cars and light-duty trucks, something interesting happened." — President Obama
If You Really Want to Start a Fight…
"I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me." — Dave Barry
Finally! Heat Wave Explained
Who says scientists aren’t on top of things? This article clears up a long-standing mystery.
Life Fully Explained
On the first day, God created the dog and said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.” The dog said, “That’s a long time to be barking, How about only ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten.” So God agreed. On the second day, God created the monkey and said, “Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give you a twenty-year life span.” The monkey said, “Monkey tricks for twenty years? That’s a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did.” God agreed. On the third day, God created the cow and said, “You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.” The cow said, “That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I’ll give back the other forty?” God agreed
Would You Rather Be Humorous or Witty?
By Mike Gray The late Frank Muir, a BBC personality and humorist , compiled a dazzling and hefty collection of excerpts from prose writings in English beginning with William Caxton and ending with P. G. Wodehouse entitled The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose (1990), rightly deemed his magnum opus. Muir’s interstitial comments are not only informative but also often as funny as the originals. In his introduction, Muir modestly rejects the office of “expert”: Theorizing about humour is kept to a minimum because for one thing the reader knows more about comedy than I do. That is to say, every reader knows precisely what he, or she, finds funny, which is more than any author can know about the reader. Nevertheless, Muir does get theoretical, defining and carefully distinguishing among comedy, wit, humor, and buffoonery and subsuming the last three under the first. In so doing, he also pegs each style of comedy—wit, humor, and buffoonery—to social class distinctions, which seems to be the default (“knee jerk”) mode of thought among intellectuals in Merrie Olde Socialist England (what hath Marx wrought?): Wit is the aristocratic aspect of comedy. . . . . If wit belongs mainly to the well-educated classes and buffoonery to the lower
Schaffer’s ‘Brutal Legend’ Released
A new video game by the author of the classic Monkey Island series and Grim Fandango has just been released. Brutal Legend puts the player in a fantasy world inspired by heavy metal music and featuring celebrity voices such as Jack Black, Rob Halford, Lemmy Kilminster, Lita Ford, and Tim Curry, with more than 100 songs represented.
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