Oh my look at those eyes, look at the trouble that they hide inside. See the flicker of pain on the rise. Oh my look at those eyes. Maybe they're like mine, things I wish I did not see. Push away all the dirt and debris, what will be left of me? -- Alexz Johnson, Look at Those Eyes
A Mind Occasionally Voyaging

Author: Ross

ITCXIII: A Cunning Stunt

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Trivia Question: In this picture, is the president sad because (a) The public has cottoned on to the fact that Global Warming may indeed actually exist, (b) The recent school board decisions in Florida that schools don’t have to teach the “scientific controversy” over evolution because there actually is no scientific controversy over it, (c) Someone just explained that “stunning” does not mean “very pretty” in this context, or (d) because he heard the name “Welch” and thought there would be delicious grape jelly?

ITCIX: Allons-y, Allonzo

You know, it has oft been noted that the Swiss Army Knife, while incredibly handy, contains tools oriented more toward, say, a boy scout than to a soldier in the field. A number of reasons have been proposed for this, including the fact that Switzerland hasn’t been to war in hundreds of years. But things could be worse:

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Behold: The French army knife.

Tales of Interest

Inspired by i can has cheezburger
I play, I may have mentioned, in a bar trivia league.
Once, a few years ago now, during one game, one of the members of an opposing team took issue with something the host did. She expressed her disapproval by holding a stuffed rabbit up in the air and declaring, “THE BUNNY SAYS NO!”
Until this moment, I did not fully comprehend this statement.
GODBUNNY IS WATCHING YOU
The bunny says no.

ITCV-CVII: Things that aren’t funny

So, you may have guessed that I actually stockpile these months in advance. One side effect is that by the time I actually post them, I’ve had time to realize that they’re less funny than I thought.
So here’s a bunch from my backlog that, upon reflection, are not funny…

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I was going to make a Face/Off joke here, but it seemed to be in poor taste upon reflection
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And here, I was going to make a vibrator joke, but it got exponentially less funny as I thought about the fact that there were children in the picture
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And this one, now that I think about it, is total pants.

ITCIVilization

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Why can’t political news writers write like this? Could you even imagine seeing a headline that read “(insert-political-leader-here) says that tax cuts for the rich benefit the poor too, but he’s wrong”?
Update 12/12:
Leah points out that I should not be so hasty in my praise for the headline writer: Ehrenberg may be wrong, but at least he can tell an XBox 360 from a Wii