http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/ en-us Copyright 2007 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:13:12 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss According to "left"-leaning, pro-regulatory "natural phenomenon reporting" website weather.com, Hurrican Gabrielle is weakening and heading away! Well, what a surprise there! You know this wouldn't have happened if the hurricane had been named, as it and all powerful storms should always be named--after the more powerful of the human gender, Man--HURRICANE GABRIEL! Why? Because the name Gabrielle is the feminine... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/09/a_few_bestworst_lists.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/09/a_few_bestworst_lists.php Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:13:12 -0500 A story on Yahoo News relates that western China is fighting a plague of rodents by using " 'hot-shot' eagles and foxes" [emphasis mine; ridiculous description of animals theirs]. From my research, I discovered that the original Chinese authority in charge of handling this infestation was at first going to use what he described as "ear to the grindstone, working... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/09/chinese_foodchain.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/09/chinese_foodchain.php Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:00:38 -0500 The "RUNNING SCARED" lunchbox. Relive the hijinx of Chicago P.O.'s Ray Hughes and Danny Costanzo with every trip to the cafeteria. Next time a bully picks on you, start singing Michael MacDonald's "Sweet Freedom" at the top of your lungs and then read him his rights...but with that patented RUNNING SCARED cheekiness, "You have the right to remain DEAD. Anything... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/09/least_popular_back_to_school_l_1.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/09/least_popular_back_to_school_l_1.php Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:50:22 -0500 So I ran into my pal John Mulaney (who by the way describes himself on myspace by saying, "I am a comedian and rat-bastard living in New York.") at an audition today. It was for some spot involving a "kooky" office guy, a megaphone, and repeated, forced hugging of a very understanding actress. Riveting stuff. Anyway, I had brought with... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/john_mulaney_and_i_discuss_bro.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/john_mulaney_and_i_discuss_bro.php Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:49:21 -0500 ... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/mental_flotsam_of_the_day_the.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/mental_flotsam_of_the_day_the.php Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:43:26 -0500 Number of male genitalia (includes testicles AND penis) I saw today drawn on advertisements posted on New York subway platforms: 8 Number of those placed by mouths or breasts on advertisements: 3 Number of facial hair recreations (includes mustaches AND beards) I saw today drawn on advertisements posted on New York subway platforms: 14 Number of those on faces: 9... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/dotcomedy_indexstrong.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/dotcomedy_indexstrong.php Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:53:07 -0500 My roomate, Comedy Central"s Open Mic Fight competitor, and damn funny comedian Dan Curry was recently forwarded an interesting result from a friend's google search on his name. Above: Dan Curry, holodeck comedian, available for holodeck weddings, birthdays and bar mitzvahs.... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/my_roomate_is_a_star_trek_holo.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/my_roomate_is_a_star_trek_holo.php Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:10:04 -0500 I think the article said N. Dolph Lundgren was the culprit. Whatever. Maybe he's Drago's brother?... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/according_to_study_something_s.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/according_to_study_something_s.php Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:24:32 -0500 Abraham Lincoln speaking to his wife, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln: "Do you know what would be a truly wonderful development, darling? If this Louisiana Purchase sized bastard of a mole on my cheek would secede. Am I right or am I right?"... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/quote_of_the_day_abraham_linco.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/quote_of_the_day_abraham_linco.php Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:19:20 -0500 Premier's weeklong celebration of the New Faces of Comedy is still on-going, with interviews, galleries and a whole lot more that put the spotlight on the next generation of funny filmmakers. Here are some of their wares: The 20 Hottest New Faces of Comedy: Seth Rogen, Malin Akerman, Jenna Fischer, and Justin Long headline the list of twenty up and... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/and_if_you_havent_caught_it_ye.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/and_if_you_havent_caught_it_ye.php Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:09:07 -0500 Regarding the recent take over by one-man media-trust Rupert Murdoch of the Dow Jones and its subsidiary paper the Wall Street Journal, editor Paul E. Steiger showed the kind of bravery and willingness to take on malfeasant business practices, with which the Journal has long been synonymous (Yes, Virginia. There is a sarcastic clause.), by conducting a question-and-answer session with... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/mind_of_murdoch.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/08/mind_of_murdoch.php Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:25:53 -0500 Possibly even right now, President Bush is undergoing a routine colonoscopy. In order to assure he doesn't receive any pleasure from the procedure which would then qualify as Biblical cause for his soul to suffer eternal torment in the Lake of Fire, he will be sedated, and thence, safe from any claim made by angels against him during Judgment that... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/07/junk_in_presidential_trunk.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/07/junk_in_presidential_trunk.php Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:07:53 -0500 From CJ: This morning I woke up from a dream where a man was standing over me screaming “Freedom!” over and over again. All the women around him wewre sporting blonde bobs. Then they and hundreds of ancient, liver-splotched man-creatures came pouring out of a large white building. They all began pushing a 100-foot Bible over, and as it fell... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/07/cjs_favorite_fridays.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/07/cjs_favorite_fridays.php Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:53:19 -0500 Remember the HOLLOW MEN? If you don't, well, here's the skinny: They're a hilarious English sketch group who had a short lived show on Comedy Central a year or two back. Had the show-development culture over there been a little less "lowest common denominator"-y and let the boys do the kind of comedy they wanted, HM would have stood a... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/07/the_hollow_men_bbc_whats_so_fu.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/07/the_hollow_men_bbc_whats_so_fu.php Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:50:02 -0500 Optimus Prime: It seems you humans are more than meets the eye. Oh really, Prime, are we? Are we "MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE?" Is it because humans and Autobots really aren't so different? Is it because sometimes even we humans have to fight our own personal Decepticons, just on the inside? You're right, O.P. So listen, can I help... http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/07/transformers_best_worst_line_f.php http://blog.dotcomedy.com/read-this-or-die/2007/07/transformers_best_worst_line_f.php Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:58:35 -0500