And inspire a modest proposal…
Recently GHB (Sodium Oxybutyrate) made it to Russia and has become a fashionable club drug because it’s a cheap and apparently fun–at least for those who get to observe the people on it. Watching these videos led me to realize this drug provides a simple solution that will help many a [...]
Language peeves, pet and otherwise
There are words that make me want to punch puppies and kick cupcakes. Most of these words are either new usages of old words or portmanteaus (words created by melding two other words together). Don’t get me wrong, plenty of these words have quietly made themselves at home in our lexicon. [...]
It’s not enough that New Zealand is a geographically diverse and beautiful country filled with hospitable people, home to sheep whose only apparent jobs are sitting around adding to the ambience, and has the highest life satisfaction rate among its people in the world. Those assholes have to rub our faces in it by having [...]
Your voice, that is. Not as a snack…at least not right now…
Squeer! AdmittedlyAddicted knows we at Thundersquee! love us some animals, so she sent in an urgent call for mobilization. The Animal Rescue Site is asking for your help today, and all it takes is a minute of your time. It is urgent, and has [...]
–almost
Most fans and followers of Industrial Design agree that there’s been a drought in technology design innovation, of late. It almost feels as if the design world has relegated itself to sitting back and seeing Jonathan Ive is going to do next rather than forging any new technologies or form factors of their own. However, [...]
Life imitates Classics Edition
It’s not often sports journalists get to make the kind of puns generally reserved for the “tweed jacket with suede elbow patches set,” but they’re intelligent people with degrees in English or Journalism, too (mostly). So when Venus Williams plays in the Italian Open their little hearts sing with delight. This is [...]
Definitely not a condom tester
NPR’s Linda Holmes created a list of the ten worst jobs for Wolverine. It’s a pretty good list:
1. Balloon-animal artist
2. High-voltage electrician
3. Prop comic/juggler
4. Obstetrician
5. Deep-tissue masseur
6. Dental hygienist
7. Ship-in-a-bottle assembler
8. TSA screener
9. Attendant in library rare-books room
10. Quality assurance inspector, gossamer scarves
But, we think you can do better. What would [...]
She says as she disseminates it
According to a CNN article published today, last year England’s heir apparent, Prince William possibly made a beginner’s mistake during a naval training exercise that grounded the plane in which he was training. For those less news savvy than CNN, this would appear to be non-news. After all, it happened [...]
Not fattened, but shamed
It would seem that Scarlett Johansson and Gwyneth Paltrow now have more in common than being blond actresses with roles in Ironman 2 and husbands who are the subjects of the same queen. According to the Daily Mail, for her turn in Ironman 2 Johansson has decided to drop her curves and [...]
Learn to spell, Mormon
This is why relying on a spellchecker’s auto-correct function is a bad idea. 18,500 copies of The Daily Universe, the student newspaper for Brigham Young University, a Mormon university, had to be recalled Monday after it went to print with a potentially embarrassing error. It seems a student journalist mistyped the word [...]
I said wrong number!
I understand that wrong numbers happen, but it happened frequently where I used to work because we owned a large block of phone numbers. For our particular exchange, we owned all of the 5000 range, so it could be more than a little annoying. However, it would get down right confusing and [...]
Happy Spring
Thanks, Pat
Kittens and Cake
Thundersquee!’s own Mae has been somewhat absent recently due to real life type stuff, but we wanted her to know she is missed and to help inspire in her the anger she might need to fight the good fight. So Mae, with much love and support, this is for you:
Afternoon Music Edition
In continued celebration of the cultural influence of Ireland, we bring you more music, this time of a less traditional nature. It may be somewhat removed from its folkish cousin, but the themes are similar and it’s just as influential.
Comedy Edition
Ireland and the Irish are known for many things, their sense of humor is but one. As a tribute to the celebrated Irish sense of humor, here are a few of Ireland’s top comedians.
Dylan Moran:
May the road rise to meet you and the wind be always at your back.
In case you are unsure if you’re Irish or of Irish descent, I’ve made a quick little map to serve as your guide. If you live in one of the countries indicated in either green or orange, you should be drunk [...]
~3.14
I hope Secant Claus brought you everything you asked for this Pi Day. He usually does as long as you keep it real and stay rational. Although, sometimes he can be a little tangential if he’s not quite feeling like himself. Guess it’s a sine of old age. Anyway, here’s your Pi pie. Now, if [...]
He hates every ape he sees…
As much as we like to think of chimpanzees as adorable creatures in diapers who know sign language and can play flight sims better than Ferris Bueller, the truth is they have always been a little more on the assholish side. They certainly shouldn’t be pets, and whether or not [...]
And leaves a bad taste
I’m not generally reactionary to this sort of thing, but this commercial strikes me as stretching the boundaries a little too far. It may be that it just doesn’t culturally translate, but I think suicide as a marketing vehicle is going too far. What are your thoughts?
RuddSquee!
Because we love you and you love Paul Rudd so much you’re willing to abduct strangers who look like him, we bring you one of our favorite Rudd moments.