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Opinionated inanimate objects

I love these cartoons by Marc Johns — I hope he does many more. That's not toasting, that's typing! Fezzes have notoriously high standards. I agree, but the Google Font Api changed all that. You can get all these as … Continue reading →

Vermeer's Girl With Funky Hat About to Be Sucked Into A Naked Singularity

Few people know the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer had an advanced understanding of modern physics, but only alluded to it in some of his works because he dare not reveal his knowledge. He lived in the mid-17th century, so if … Continue reading →

Shall I compare thee, in chart form, to a summer's day

Yes, yes I shall you diminutive, lovely, and crazy person. Alltop loves a good stifle.

The all-gas mask revival of Hamlet

The 1937 all-gas mask revival of Hamlet at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre would have probably gone down in the annals of theatre history as the best all-gas mask production — of any play — if the director, Sir Albert Fezbinder … Continue reading →

Not totally worthless: why videos go viral (on YouTube)

Factoids that stuck out for me: more than 48 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute the speaker, Kevin Allocca, is paid to watch this crap cats watching cats watching a cartoon cat: hilarious. Via The High Definite. Alltop … Continue reading →

How politicians explain the stock market

The stock market — also known as the greed-fear cycle. Alltop prefers the lust-sloth cycle.

Clown Apocalypse: Moments of Hilarity

There were moments, early on in the pandemic called the Bozo Virus, that were actually quite funny. One day your child could barely run around the yard without tripping, and then next moment, she would suddenly be able to juggle. … Continue reading →

Problems on the home front

Everybody knew that Mission Control was a total tramp, but nobody had the heart to tell Sad Spaceman. Alltop likes directing from the ground too.

Censorship in Canada, 2010-2011

Think censorship doesn't happen in Canada? It does, though rarely. There are, however, many attempts at censorship, and it is something we have to be on guard for at all times. It seems that in Canada, our politeness gene runs … Continue reading →

Humor: an evolutionary explanation

Humans have evolved to have a sense of humor — sorry, most humans have evolved to have a sense of humor because it helps us deal with: the vast indifference of the universe the crushing knowledge of our own mortality … Continue reading →