In the midst of dinner time conversation at a Japanese place in Park Slope,
discussion turned to cartoons from our childhood based upon public characters or
people from live action shows.

Mr. T.

It's Punky Brewster.

Hammerman (This might refresh your memory.)

Now cross this conversation with that of US contingency plans for invading Canada should Quebec Secede, say to defend the english speaking eastern provinces from the francophone ones. What better way to assert our dominance than to rename the Atlantic Time Zone.

Imagine:

You are now entering Hammer Time.

Chris points out that there is legal equivalency between the urge to make crystal meth and have safe sex.

Now we just need a Sinatra song in the vein of Love and Marriage.

i think it's very telling that in...: "i think it's very telling that in nebraska, both condoms and pseudoephedrine are kept behind locked glass in grocery stores."

(Via enlarged to show texture.)

Hack your Prius to work in stealth mode.

I want a Prius.

A person I work with was called today out of the blue and asked if he would like to assist with a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ."

He politely demurred.

But...

So Many Jokes...

A Poem found on a page of the web site of the Nation Institutes of Health, in the kids section, titled, Little Brown Jug.

Why don't all military vehicles carry cell phone jamming equipment? Musharraf's vehicle does, which saved him from a similar attack a couple of years ago.

Cellphone bomb detonator: "

After three dead and one severely wounded bomb-squad techs, a team in Iraq happened upon this detonator—the one time we’re glad a Nokia phone didn’t work right; yes, it says ‘01 Call Missed’. Whoever made that call is going to be a little surprised when he gets a call back.





[Thanks, Mario]

"

(Via engadget.com.)

I saw what appeared to be giant white larvae in the trash can, and at first II was enthralled.

But I didn't have my contacts in, and upon further analysis, they turned out to be

merely styrofoam packing peanuts.

It isn't "Unicorns Kick Ass!" but oh my...

Say It Ain't So, Avril!: "

Word on the street is that Avril Lavigne kills kittens! We know- it's totally shocking and unexpected, but if someone took the time to put it on a sticker, it's almost certainly, absolutely true. [Related: NYC Streetart Project @ Flickr, with a comprehensive library of tags.]

"

(Via Gothamist.)

There's a legend about the casting for the Thin Man character in Charlie's Angels.

Apparently Crispin Glover wrote three dense pages of a character outline for the role, which got him hired.

Warren Ellis has written a character study for Bond which just screams "please let me write the screenplay."

They won't.

The woman in our subway car spellbound us with tales of damnation.

Repent she told us. The end is near.

Wake up she said.

But alas, I had already slept through my stop.

I now have the tracking number for my shuffle.

Ain't clients grand?

That was some drunk Dustin Hoffman.