I just love spoofs, parodies, and one-off humor, like “The Strippy Tickle” (which I found via MeFi). As someone said, it puts the “ick” back in “comics.” Some examples:

The original: a 3-panel “Blondie” strip. Elicits a chuckle, at best.
The Strippy Tickle version: same three panels, one different sentence…raises your eyebrows and puts a wry smirk on your face.

The original: a 1-panel “Family Circus” that is lame.
The Strippy Tickle version: bizarre (but funnier).

In my never-ending quest to stumble across new developments in the world of World Of Warcraft, there’s this nifty little site (seen at MeFi): MapWoW! And in a nice bit of convergence, MapWoW also has a blog.

Some of you probably peruse Ask MetaFilter (AskMeFi) occasionally; the questions range from semi-profound to boringly technical. But there are sometimes little gems of humor even within a serious Q&A, such as this:

Question: How do I tell my girlfriend that I am not physically attracted to her since she put on some weight?

Answer: By telephone, unless you like being kicked in the nuts.

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I’ve mentioned before that I’m not a gamer, but some of my friends and co-workers are, and World of Warcraft is what occupies most of their leisure time. So whenever I see news about “WoW” it piques my interest. Of note: how about a Google Map of the World Of Warcraft? And a headline about GLBT “guilds” and whether such topics have a place in WoW is interesting, as evidenced by this MetaFilter discussion.
Here’s my two cents: first of all — and I say this as a complete non-gamer — what on earth does sexual orientation have to do with playing an online role-playing game? Is sex between the virtual characters permitted? Are there bars in which elves can hit on dwarves, and such? I doubt it - but could be wrong. Assuming then that WoW is akin to the old Dungeons & Dragons-type game, I guess I just don’t understand how sex would be relevant at all to the playing of the game. On the other hand — why on earth would anyone be upset or offended by GLBT “cliques” in WoW? Apparently there are guilds (clubs) for many other types of players, so why shouldn’t GLBT folks enjoy the same sense of camaraderie? The entire thing is make-believe — not real — and played for fun, so why can’t Blizzard (the “owners” of WoW) and the players just live & let live?

I mean no offense at all to any of my readers who have blond hair, but seriously — this World’s Greatest Blonde Joke has to be seen to be believed. Before clicking, be sure that you are not drinking anything that may get sprayed on your screen. (via)

via MeFi Some disturbing questions raised by the Rankin-Bass stop-motion classic “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” For instance, what’s up with Clarice? Why is Santa such a jerk? And there is also some revealing insight about the casting of a dentist (”Herby”) in a key role:

Forty years ago you couldn’t talk about homosexuality among puppets on TV, so they used the word ‘dentist’ instead of ‘fag’.

Now, I’ve had my suspicions about dentists for a long time, but usually the word “sadist” is applied, not the f-word.

Fellow atheists out there: are you offended when someone wishes you a “Merry Christmas?” That was the subject of an AskMeFi thread earlier. My response:

I’m an atheist, and if someone wishes me a Merry Christmas, I take it in the spirit in which I assume it is said: a nice person wishing me well and hoping that I enjoy the overall season. If the person has an ulterior motive - such as secretly hoping that I receive the gift of eternal life through his personal savior - then such hidden meaning is completely meaningless and lost in the simple utterance of “Merry Christmas.” As I said, I take it in the spirit in which it is offered: best wishes during this holiday season. No offense taken.

(And for later discussion: Christmas, as celebrated in the United States in the year 2005, is more of a secular holiday than a religious holiday.)

Wanna talk about the stuff that nightmares are made of? Then take a look at this, but be warned: if you are freaked out by large insects - specifically, a large preying mantis killing a bird - then you might want to just skip this link and go on about your business. (via MeFi)

This AskMetaFilter thread talks about how one “views” internet sites — mentally, that is. For intance: a person visualizes CNN.com as being slightly elevated and to the left of center, and visualizes MetaFilter as being three “paces” back and two notches down on the plane when compared to CNN.com. Do you see things like this? I sorta do with websites, but I have always done it when trying to “see” time. I see the years stretching backwards from my left to my right, with 2005 just to the left of my center, and 2004 one notch to the right of that, and 2003 one notch farther right, and so. I view weeks in a similar manner, although weeks are usually thought of as being in the future (such as when planning meetings, or scheduling a movie, etc); the current day, Wednesday, is right in front of me, and tomorrow (Thursday) is one notch to the left, and Friday is one notch to the left of Thursday.

So - is this normal? Or just bizarre? Do you “see” time the same way?

Over at MoFi, there is a wonderful link to a site where you are able to draw a pig. When you are done, there is a lame attempt to do some pop-psych-analysis of your personality, which is just a waste. The fun part is drawing a pig — and seeing other drawings of pigs! Now go draw your very own pig and show it off to all of us! Here is my so-very-lame attempt:

Via MeFi (IIRC), here is a wonderful page that provides geographical displays of how people pronounce certain words in different regions of America. For instance, do you say BOW-ee knife, or BOO-ee knife? And is a small body of running water pronounced “crick” or “creek?” Very cool.

1. My back is flaring up again. Quite a bit. Physical therapist gave me some new exercises to do…and the doc prescribed some Flexeril…so should be better soon. But until then…(wince)…(ouch)…

2. Started snowing at about 3:45 pm today. The forecast is for anywhere between 4 and 12 inches of snow over the next 24 hours, and up to 18-24 inches at higher elevations. Naturally, I am happy about this. After the dismal winter performance of late January and all of February, this Spring-time snow is very welcome. And unlike January’s snow, we won’t be at -30; we will probably only get down into the lower teens tonight.

3. Two fun links for you: some great lines from “Kill Bill” right here; you just can’t go wrong with that kind of dialogue. And a little bit higher up on the pop-culture reference scale (for now) (and found via MeFi), check out Sharona Alperin’s site. She is a realtor who specializes in “finding entertainment professionals their dream home.” She is also THAT Sharona. Whoa. Wouldn’t it have been just too weird if Sharona had a little sister named Jenny, and their home number had been 867-5309? I think the universe might have imploded if that actually happened.