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Entries from April 2009

The Wonderland of Knowledge Wednesdays – “Weasels”

April 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Clearly The Wonderland of Knowledge gets it right when it goes outside and looks at nature. It has crazy captions for every bird, tree or animal that personifies it in some odd way. If you cycle through those entries I’ve written, each one seems to end with me flabbergasted at how insane the next entry is. Here’s what [...]

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Tags: history · Wonderland of Knowledge

How I Could Be Tricked Into Watching “Bride Wars”

April 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Now, let me begin by saying I am 100% not in the demographic intended to go out and buy “Bride Wars” on DVD tomorrow. However, there are some things that could be changed that would make me watch this film. For example, here is the current poster for the movie: And here is a version [...]

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Tags: observation · outside world

Famous Hamsters in History #748 of ∞

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Introducing Famous Hamsters in History (brought to you by State Farm Insurance)! M.C. Hamster: Rap Talker

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Tags: Hamsters in History · history

The Wonderland of Knowledge – “Lacrosse”

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

The reason that The Wonderland of Knowledge went out of business may be it’s totally lack of unbiased reporting.  We first saw this a few weeks ago in the encyclopedia’s entry on “Hitler.” And now Wonderland shows its true colors once again:   Come on, encyclopedia! First you call Hitler “a modern Caesar” and now lacrosse is [...]

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Tags: history · Wonderland of Knowledge

Marijuana Funnies

April 20th, 2009 · No Comments

I don’t smoke pot, nor do I write parody songs, but if I did both of these things, the name of my band would be “Matchbox 420.” Related: Does anyone know how to mail jokes to Jay Leno in 1999?

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Tags: outside world

Fake Book Covers to Irritate English Majors – Three

April 17th, 2009 · No Comments

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Tags: art

The Wonderland of Knowledge – “Deer”

April 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

If any of you are following me over at Twitter, you know that I love puns. However, and I find this a little surprising, as I read through The Wonderland of Knowledge, it would seem that there is nothing that will infuriate me as much as a stupid pun in this book. I don’t know [...]

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Tags: history · Wonderland of Knowledge

“Shoot the Moon” Felix Runwald – July 1969

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Once again we dive into the archives from the incredibly prolific career of travel author/journalist Felix Runwald. Runwald’s work, unfortunately, has been uncollected, due to the fact that it would be nearly impossible to do so (it spans from the early twenties to today). In this installment, I have selected Runwald’s New York Times Op/Ed [...]

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Tags: Felix Runwald · history

Larry Flynt, Joe Francis and the Other Worst Team-Ups of All Time!

April 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

The following post was originally written as a writing submission for the humor blog for a popular cable television show. After submitting this work the parent company subsequently initiated a hiring freeze and let go of many of their staffers. Basically, that’s why it’s so dated and pop-culture-y. I still think it’s funny though. Look [...]

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Tags: outside world

The Wonderland of Knowledge Wednesdays – “Cockatoos”

April 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Before I begin, this website will not have an April Fool’s prank. Also, me saying that there will be no prank is not a prank. And now I will continue with what I had planned on doing: speaking to a set of encyclopedia from the sixties as if it were a human being. Look, Wonderland [...]

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Tags: history · Wonderland of Knowledge