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Dead-Frog has a post about an SNL sketch from two weeks ago that has turned into a mini comedy nerd out (of which I have taken part) in the Comment Section.
Comedians and fans of comedians love to dissect jokes: what works, why it works, why it doesn’t, etc. Check it out and if you want [...]
Your History Lesson for the Day: The Etruscan Language
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I like to read. I also like facts. I also like to feel superior. Imagine how superior I felt reading all the facts in A.J. Jacobs’ The Know-It-All : One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World.
Answer: very superior!
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My Mother
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My Mother always put us kids first, especially in traffic.
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Matt Ruby over at Sandpaper Suit has some interesting thoughts on where a comedian’s jokes come from.
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Mitch Hedberg, Zach Galifianakis, Steve Martin, Todd Barry…their material rarely touches on intimate details about their lives. Do I know anything about what these guys are truly like at home or whatever? No. Do I care? No.
And neither [...]
Things I Learned From My Infant Daughter
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Our kitty is a “bad kitty.”
Happiness can be found in an empty box.
The bipolar junction transistor (or “BJT”) was the first type of transistor to be mass-produced.
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