sysyphean: April 2011

Friday 29 April 2011

Wednesday 27 April 2011

Quotean ... The late great Bob Monkhouse

I saw a specialist who said: 'Have you heard of faecal impaction?' I said: 'I think I saw that one. Didn't it star Glenn Close and Michael Douglas?'.

Where do the homeless have 90 per cent of their accidents?

"It got up to 94 degrees today - that's pretty good at my age."

Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!"

He said, "Nobody loves me."

I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?"

He said, "Yes."

I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?"

He said, "A Christian."
I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?"

He said, "Protestant."

I said, "Me, too! What franchise?"

He said, "Baptist."

I said, "Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?"

He said, "Northern Baptist."

I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"

He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist."

I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?"

He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region."

I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?"

He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912."

I said, "Die, heretic!" And I pushed him over.

[Emo Phillips -- voted funniest god joke of all time ]

Tuesday 26 April 2011

Hitch number 8

Hitch Number 8

Christopher Hitchens is currently listed as Time Magazine eighth most influential person in 2011 as voted by you. (I'm not sure if this is the final list or if it is still open for voting.)

I must confess to being a little disappointed.

Even though these things are arguably superficial (just look at the top seven!), I would still have loved him to receive the validation of being voted the most influential, especially as this might well be his last hazar. (We can still hope he makes a complete recovery, though no nonsensical "praying for a miracle" of course ...)

Anyway he beat the execrable Glen Beck and that must be a source of satisfaction.

Sunday 24 April 2011

Phootean ... Darkly Dreaming Sysyphean

Darkly Dreaming ~~Dexter~~ Sysyphean

It seems there will be a new season of Dexter: You know? The story of the lovable psycho we can all root for!

This is great news of course, with one proviso: they better not end with a cliffhanger then cancel the series! Especially when they came so close to tying up the story at the end of season five! This IMO is one of the most annoying things about US TV:. Reaper anyone? WTF!

Anyway, this phoot combines my (shameful) admiration of the Dark Dreamer, with my (perennial) hatred of Windows.

Call it an over-compensation fantasy ...

Friday 22 April 2011

Happy first full moon after the spring equinox!

Happy first full moon after the spring equinox to all my readers!

(78 visitors, count 'um! I feel so loved!!)

Wait: First full moon after the Spring equinox? Can you get much more pagan than that? But that's how they calculate Easter BION.

And xians get upset when you point out the dubious origins of their faith...

Wednesday 13 April 2011

Linux Outlaws 200!

One of my favourite webcasts has reached 200 episodes and is still going strong.
Linux Outlaws 200 (mp3) / (ogg)

But clearly, in a major gaff, Google have failed to acknowledge this landmark, so, in my much less artistic way, I'm happy to fix their blunder.

Maybe at 300 episodes Google will celebrate it properly?