about 1 year ago - 5 comments
It’s time for the return of the Demotivational Devotional. (made with the Despair.com Do-It-Yourself De-Motivator)
about 1 year ago - 8 comments
(A reminder… this is a reposting from the mcarp archives… the prophetic genius and brilliance are his, the ones/zeros and pixels are mine. And the pictures. Oh, and the subheads. I added those, just to help break up the page.) “This is a cleansing moment of clarity.†— Howard Beale, “Network!†(1976) Network!, in case
about 2 years ago - 6 comments
“Never underestimate the ability of shallow people to fill a void in their lives with something equally as vacuous.”
about 2 years ago - 2 comments
I posted this to my 12seconds account, but it was too good not to share. Delayed-action Easter Surprise on 12seconds.tv
about 3 years ago - 3 comments
I need help, and this is one of those occasions when both my memory and my search-engine gymnastics have failed me. There was a movie that was shown in schools when I was growing up in the 1970s. I remember it being shown in the gymnateria at Sawtooth Elementary, in Twin Falls, Idaho. (The gymnateria
about 3 years ago - 7 comments
(posted previously over at for a Better Discourse) One of the aims of “Better Discourse” is to elevate everyone’s game. When you’re better able to articulate a point without resorting to bad rhetoric, strongarm tactics, emotional appeals or distoritions you stand a better chance of reaching someone who is undecided. The posture of the speaker
about 3 years ago - 4 comments
My Facebook experience is episodic, intermittent, and intense. I really don’t hang there much, but occasionally I get a flurry of requests from a new pack of old friends who have just discovered it and I interact with them a bit. Facebook is not my life. Recently, my wife asked me to get her started
about 3 years ago - 7 comments
Some undead guy in Rhode Island wants to kill me. He just tried leaving the following comment on a previous post: WHEN U R READING THIS DONT STOP ORSOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN! MY NAME ISSUMMER I AM 15 YEARS OLD i have BLONDEHAIR ,MANY SCARS no NOSE OR EARS.. IAM DEAD. IF U DONT COPY
about 3 years ago - 9 comments
My wife sent me the following in an email: Superman’s cape has bit the dust! Ryan was spotted with a pair of scissors earlier today and when asked what he was doing replied, “Cutting off superman’s cape” When asked why he was doing this the small human responded, “Because I don’t want him to fly.”
about 3 years ago - 5 comments
(the following is not an endorsement of any candidate, just an examination of the power of a symbol) Patrick McGoohan created what may have been television’s first and only classic piece of art, The Prisoner. His enigmatic protagonist – a spy who knew too much – was never given a name. In an effort to
about 4 years ago
Yikes! That reminds me, I think I need to check on my retirement account … thanks … I think.