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16 Nov 2010 10:04

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Music, Tech: Yeah, Apple announced The Beatles on iTunes. Snore…. zzz

  • We’d like to thank The Wall Street Journal for making this so anticlimactic. source

26 May 2010 21:04

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Culture: RIP: Art Linkletter only hosted shows with really obvious names

  • 97 Linkletter’s age when the genial variety host died today
  • first “People are Funny,” which may be the most obviously-named show in the history of television. Try harder.
  • second “House Party,” which featured the obviously-named “Kids Say the Darndest Things” sketches. source

25 May 2010 11:13

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Music, World: Quick hits: Two fairly obvious things destined to happen

21 Jan 2010 09:27

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18 Sep 2009 22:33

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Offbeat: The most believable congregation in history doesn’t congregate

  • The Calvary Nudist Baptist Church isn’t real. Mark Johnson, how could you lie to us! Your referencing of biblical passages to promote the idea of free-flowing nudity in church services was funny, and we believed it was real (in the way that one believes the tooth fairy is real). So, Tyler, Texas, your claim to fame remains … being known as the “Rose Capital of America.” But you could have been so much more … naked. (Thanks to Darren Benson for the protip.) source