Funny

When I’m on the Metro or driving without friends, I’m listening to podcasts. I haven’t made a list here in awhile, so I thought I’d share in hopes you’d like them, too.

This Week in Photography (a.k.a. TWiP; iTunes Store URL)
PhotoNetCast (Antonio Marques, Martin Gommel, Jim M. Goldstein, Brian Auer; iTunes Store URL)
EXIF and Beyond (Jim M. Goldstein; iTunes Store URL)
The Kevin & Bean Show¹ (KROQ, iTunes Store URL)

Yes, most of these are photography-related. I don’t have any favorites…I love them all equally! The last one is definitely the oddball out of the others, but sometimes I just want mindless humor.

One more thing: listening to podcasts don’t require the use of an iPod. You can listen to them on your computer, any MP3 player, or burned onto a CD-R disc.

Enjoy!

Warning: May contain crude humor. I’m not responsible for any psychological harm these characters may cause you. ↩

Talk Like A Pirate Day

In Blogging, Funny on 19 September 2008 with no comments

If you’re doing any reading here, I hope you’re not too confused with Talk Like A Pirate Day. (Thanks to the Text Filter Suite WordPress plugin.)

A fictional war in my head

In Fiction, Funny on 12 December 2007 with 1 comment

There I was, running in the desert towards our military base. There were enemy soldiers pursuing me.

At one point, there was an abandoned yellow bus which I momentarily took refuge behind. Inside were a bunch of Dunkin Donuts coffee bags. I was almost out of coffee grounds, so I gathered as much I could fit in my Jack Pack, then we bolted out.

The coffee grinds were my ammo. I fired them out of my AeroPress and they exploded upon impact. I basically had a handheld mortar.

While I was running, I could distinctively remember thinking, “What kind of lame weapon is this?”

An enemy soldier got in front of us and tried to shoot, but his rifle jammed. I quickly fired my AeroPress and blew him up to smithereens.

Then, I woke up. It was 5:26am this morning. I immediately emailed myself the following:

Dream last night: involvement fighting in some war in the Middle East. Weapon of choice? AeroPress.

Go ahead and laugh.

16 ounces - gone

In Funny, Life on 4 June 2007 with 5 comments

I put my drink down, then my bag of yummys (lunch) way on the right on my desk. My left arm swung back and slowly knocked the Styrofoam cup tumbling to its demise.

I couldn’t stop it. I was too late. In slow motion, the cup flipped until meeting the floor. It fractured a few “bones”, but ultimately cracked its head open.

Time of death: 1:32pm

In fetal position, I cried for a minute in the dry corner, of course. Then, went to the kitchen for a roll of paper towels.

16 ounces - gone. Hello water cooler.

Cross-posted at Flickr. Other than the spill, the bit about me crying isn’t true. I’m sorry if the personification of the breaking cup was too graphic! Wait, no I’m not.

Arnold gets ticked

In Funny, Video on 6 April 2007 with 1 comment

I wanna see this Conan O’Brien talk about this ASAP.

Remember Kindergarten Cop?

In Funny, Movies, Photos on 6 April 2007 with 1 comment

I was updating a coworker’s computer, and upon restarting, I couldn’t log in. (He told me the wrong password.) I left a note on his monitor telling him to call me, then he left this note:

The following thoughts came to mind, in this order:

Terminator
Kindergarten Cop
Detective John Kimble
prank phone calls using audio clips from “Kindergarten Cop“

C’mon. You know what I’m talking about.

A nice conversation with my uncle

In Funny, Life on 13 February 2007 with no comments

My mom left her cell phone at home this morning. Her brother called, so I answered to tell him that.

Uncle: Bryan, where’s your mom?

Me: She’s at work. She left her phone here.

Uncle: Ok, bye.

Hilarious, and always reminiscent of “Napoleon Dynamite“.

Awkward text message conversation with a stranger

In Funny, Text Messaging on 9 February 2007 with 4 comments

Just a few minutes ago, I started getting text messages from someone fairly local. I had no idea who they were. I’ve edited the grammar and structure to make it easier to read — you know how some people type their text messages.

Stranger: (I have no service.) Next week, I’m pretty free. Let’s get together. Oh yeah, do you think you can bring that $80 I let you borrow for the wicked ticket to work tomorrow?

Me: What? Who’s this?

Stranger: I will call you later. If not, I will see you tomorrow. Have a good one. Love you.

Stranger: This is ********

Me: This is Bryan - you got the wrong person.

Stranger: Oh, sorry.

I’m just trying to figure out how s/he was text messaging if s/he had no service. Maybe s/he was at a computer. Oh well, I thought it was pretty funny.

Have a laugh with some comics

In Funny on 17 May 2006 with 1 comment

I’ve been subscribed to two comics for awhile now: Dilbert and Pearls Before Swine.

One of the first things I do in the morning is check for the latest comics. With the help of Tapestry Comics, those two comics are available to me in the comfort of Bloglines.

Wait, right now, there’s 143 feeds for comics? Insane!

Anyway, in a world of high stress and busyness, it’s small quick things like these that help me relax a bit. I hope you’ll take a few comics and add them to your newsreader. (Renzo likes Pearls Before Swine, too.)

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