The Onion

Last Few Republican Senators Form Roman Tortoise

I don't doubt that you've all already heard of the Onion before, but here are some little known parts. The picture above was from their the news in photos section. Another part I've been enjoying is the daily overview of Obama's First 100 Days in office which has just now been finished. They also have a very good short daily podcast that you can get on itunes or you can listen on their website.

Kelly to cheer you up

Penny Arcade

For those of you who enjoy video games you should enjoy this web comic. It's been going on for about 5 years or so now (probably longer). Luckily if you're not into reading extensive back comics you can really pick it up wherever. Although most of the comics are about video games not all of them are and usually they have a joke that will work even if you don't know everything about the ups and downs of the current video game culture.


P.s-thank my roomie if you enjoy this. Reading her blog got me to actually want to work on mine again.

The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd is a british comedy from Graham Linehan. It's the office with less people: two extreme steriotypes of geeky people, a "normal" woman, and a usually absent goth man. Unlike the office the plots are more wild and the humour is less bizzare for the American sense of humour.

The first two seasons are already out and are currently being showed on IFC. If you don't have IFC you can flip over to youtube and find all the episodes. So far there are only 12 episodes total, but the third season is in the works and will hopefully be good even after the yearlong hiatus.

You might not love this show enough to make a cross stitch, but it will make you laugh.

Dawe and Clarke

Dawe and Clarke are a sketch comedy duo that have some wonderful political sketches including "The Front Fell Off".

Touching moments

*be ware if you didn't cry during the notebook*

So here's a little comedy and a little hallmark. Thanks to NBC you can catch the office online and at the end of the first episode there's a lovely touching moment. For those who don't care for that it's short enough to ignore.

Avoiding homework

So I'm trying this biweekly for a while. If that's too much I'll pull it back and if it works out well I might try more. For now though, here's some things to avoid homework with:

More flash games!
-If you like balloons or monkeys this game is fun. Somewhat strategic, but really just silly (the third one is the best). Tower Defense

-Indecision 2008: An Inconvenient Game : In this game from Comedy Central you get to fix the energy and global warming problems of America. There are many hilarious outcomes including a monster battle.

To keep yourself busy mentally while playing these games you might want to check some of these podcasts that are good for a laugh:
-You look nice today : again available through itunes or follow the link to their website. This one is rather nice for a silly laugh. It's three guys who talk about sitting problems in airport waiting rooms, ham, and their very own man school.
-Dick Dynamo the 5th Dimensional Man :
This is a lovely comedy spoof on old time radio. I've you're a man, woman, vegetarian, or alien you will be offended (but in a good way). Also this podcast is not all ages appropriate.

That's all for now folks. I hope this is enough to keep you busy for a little while.