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Cop kicks cat! Film at 11

At least he didn't taser the enthusiastic pussy:

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Video here.

And happy Thanksgiving to all in the US (and celebrating elsewhere!)

Alltop and humor-blogs.com like an happy cat.

Ask General Kang: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving on your home world?

No, we have several holidays that are somewhat similar, but essentially we break your celebration into two components. And then we have one "thanksgiving" day which is totally alien to your world.

In the late months of the harvest time on Planet Neecknaw, we have a holiday that is probably closest to your Thanksgiving (which is really just a North American holiday, not a global phenomenon.)

Cram It!

This harvest festival is called Cram It! The name really explains it all. The focus is on the ...

Ohhhhhhhhh-din! Viking Romance!

I vaguely remember watching this when I was a teenager, and thinking it was hopelessly goofy, but I had the pleasure of watching The Vikings again last night, and I have to say with all honesty, it's a goofy movie, but not a hopelessly goofy movie.

You can tell they spent some serious coin on the production — I was particularly impressed by the longships. And how can you lot love a movie with a cast of scenery-chewers like Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine and Janet Leigh? (The...

Proof that I'm not obsessed with monkeys

This brilliant cover of Addicted to Love, and even more (absurd) and genius video helps to prove that I'm not the weirdest primate out there.

THE GOOD GODS! – ADDICTED TO LOVE from Greg Butler on Vimeo. Alltop and humor-blogs.com also enjoy lambs & foxes, squirrels and magpies.

The Magic Donkey

I love Flikr. I can spend hours looking for images, and I'm easily distracted by all the shiny new art I can find there. In particular, I find the absurd and surreal groups quite engrossing. What I didn't know was that Flickr culture is so interesting.

One of my students showed me this page, which is simply titled Flicr: Panda, but I think we can all agree that it is pure AWESOMNESS! Come on, a panda that spews rainbows and a constant stream of "interesting photos".

But how is the...

Marvellous Hairy is now an eBook!

For those of you waiting to experience the thrills, the laughter and the dementia of Marvellous Hairy until it was in eBook form, your wait is over.

You can find it in all the major formats at Smashwords for only $3.99 US.

Yes, you read that correctly. $3.99 US. You not only save paper, you save yourself a pile of money!

Seeking cherub-monkey parity — the conversation continues

Welcome to the second half of a conversation between Rob Kroese, author of Mercury Falls and Mark A. Rayner, the scribbler behind Marvellous Hairy. You can find the first half of the conversation at Rob's blog, Mattress Police. Check it out and then return her for the rest of our electronic chat.

Rob Kroese: I assume you're a bit more scholarly in your efforts. I believe I read that you're a university lecturer, in fact. What do you lecture on? And how is lecturing different from teaching...

Writted good!

Okay, I've got to be honest, Nanowrimo is not going so well for me this year.

This is due, largely, to the fact that I'm still somewhat distracted by trying to get some attention paid to Marvellous Hairy. I've been running a virtual tour for the past week, which started with an hour-long interview with PodioRacket at Blog Talk Radio, had a few pithy discussions at , and took a stop at Book Screening. The next appearance is at Rob Kroese's blog, Mattress Police, where we are s...

I love lamp … no, wait

Beware the adorable, yet homicidal lamp. A brand parody of Pixar:

You can find it here, if the embedded video crushes your browser.

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Ask General Kang: I just read a novel about a guy being turned into a monkey — is that possible?

I hate to carp on this point, but was he turned into a monkey or was he turned into an ape of some kind? I seriously doubt it's possible to turn a man into a monkey, unless you're talking about what happens every time you invest in unsecured debt, extended warranties or Mama Tjumi's hair tonic.

But if your hypothetical guy was turned into some kind of ape, he should consider himself very lucky.

When I was Supreme Ruler of the planet Neeknaw, I asked some of our best scientists to invent The...