Enjoy the sunny days of summer

Because you'll want to look especially tanned and fabulous when a narcoleptic cartoonist presents you with a drawing of the character you inspired.

My children's childhood memories

Thank you, Sinverguenza, whoever you are...

I used to love watching Animaniacs with my kids when they were little, and it hadn't occurred to me to look for them online until Sinverguenza mentioned it in yesterday's comments. Here's a clip that figured prominently in our home school lesson plan:

Good news!

Strindberg and Helium is back! Strindberg and Helium has been around for several years, but most of the site had been inaccessible for the past year or so because of some arrangement with Comedy Central. Now there's no longer any Comedy Central link on the page, and you can once again view all four films.

The films chronicle the interaction between grim Swedish playwright August Strindberg (here's a quote: "When they say Christ descended into Hell, they mean that he descended to earth, this penitentiary, this madhouse and morgue of a world") and a cheerful pink balloon sidekick named Helium.


I think my favorite is Absinthe and Women.

Make mine FREEDOM

Yeah, yeah, a lot of things might suck: snow and ice all over the back stairs and driveway, a March that seems up to this point to be a wretched extension of a shitty February, work, my poor record keeping that resulted in not keeping track of all my expenses during the year which resulted in a much lower than expected tax refund, a stupid allergy attack at one in the morning right before going to bed that is only marginally helped by bourbon and inhalers...well, like I said, a lot of things. A lot of things.

But listen up, here's the deal. If this blog is dedicated to anything, it's dedicated to the creation of a deeper understanding of what has made America the finest place in the world to live. Honest to God, folks--sometimes my sense of duty to humanity is the only thing that keeps me going.

So watch, learn, and be grateful: