$350 for a watch, especially the Apple Watch isn’t unreasonable in the higher end watch category. However, that is the starting point and the price goes up from there. $350 is pretty unreasonable for something I have to charge every night. Sure, I recharge my phone every night but I figure a watch should work like the Timex I had when I was a kid. Take a licking and keep on ticking. Then again, my phone is my watch so I haven’t worn one in years.
Welcome news for those who have been the victim of others taking their “nude” photos and posting it on Reddit. Blogger has announced that going forward nude photos have to be on a private site and reddit announced that nude images can no longer be posted without the subject in the image’s permission. See story.
Now if we could get a rating put on certain images as they are uploaded to Google Plus so I can avoid the explicit images some of my “friends” post so my wife doesn’t think I am looking at nudies on my ipad in bed. I couldn’t resist creating this image of the reddit alien flashing you all.
Ladies, here is the simple reason why wives should not cut their hair short. As men, WE WILL LIE TO YOU!!
Let’s face it sometimes you are in a rut, sometimes you are so busy taking care of the kids that keeping your hair looking good becomes a burden. But no matter what whims you have as you sit in the salon, the only response cutting inches of hair off that won’t get a man killed is to say they like it. Especially when we have no warning of the event prior.
The truth. Most prefer longer hair. When you cut it short, men see that as one step closer to you having the mom haircut and then THEIR mom haircut where the hair keeps getting shorter in the back and taller on top. You know what I am talking about.
Thankfully my wife prefers her hair long and doesn’t have those whims because as she ages she sees her longer hair as keeping her younger looking. Now there is too long where you are just trying too hard too. haha
(psst. BTW, I have to keep my hair the way she likes it cut in return).
What do you think?
The real story behind “The Interview” will probably never be known. But today’s cartoon tongue in cheek claims maybe it was a mutually beneficial relationship between Seth Rogen and Kim Jong Un all along.
There are so many conspiracy theories behind who really hacked Sony Pictures and what if any blame lays at the hands of North Korea. Some reports say it was North Korea and others claim it wasn’t. Even North Korea got into the conspiracy theory fray by claiming the United States government was actually behind the movie to undermine and embarrass the North Korean Government. Now as history shows, especially during WWII, the US was heavily involved in film propaganda work as the majority of Americans went to the movies for entertainment. But everyone knows our government isn’t funny, so to put this out is probably beyond them. SMIRK (As my friend Jynksie would say)
So with a limited run and “The Interview” being mostly streamed on the net, it make $18million in the first week and is the most talked about movie of the year. Consequently, North Korea is also back in the news.
So conspiracy theory nerds, what say you?
Moderates in Politics. Oh those poor souls. We just finished another round of elections in the United States with the Republicans taking over both the House and Senate majorities. The term you here whenever the minority party becomes the majority after an election is “Mandate.”
Let me be clear. NO NO NO NO!
It is not a mandate when the Congressional Approval rating is at 20%.
It is not a mandate when citizens think things will be just as bad whether Republicans or Democrats control Congress.
It is not a mandate when the feet dragging, lack of compromise and overall government stand still is par for the course no matter which party is in office.
And it certainly isn’t a mandate when in most races you only beat your opponent by 4-6 pecentage points.
And where are the moderates and their voice in both parties? Either they are shouted out as not true to their party (as far right Tea Party candidates do to their more moderate brethren in the Republican party) or they just don’t fight back for the soul of the party and compromise which is what the American people really want. This article from the National Journal really shows the House Divided nature of our Congress.
Somehow we complain but don’t hold the moderates to the fire for not standing up to their beliefs and not pushing for their agenda. As a coalition on both the left and right, moderates would have a large voting bloc that could move legislation or kill it. They need to start working across the aisle instead of appeasing the extremists in the party.
Finally a warning for the Republican led Senate and House. You can take this majority and continue to divide Congress to the point that Democrats dig their heels in like you did as the minority. Thus in two year, when an open Presidential race is on the line, you will lose. Or you can lead by coalition building across the aisle and prove you are the party for 2016 to have not only the House and Senate but also the Presidency.
*** Side note: Sorry if anyone thought I gave up on the site as you couldn’t get to it. Took three days to deal with a hotlinking attack on the site. Hoping things are better. If you see anything wonky going forward please let me know.
For the uninformed today’s cartoon is about the game Cards Against Humanity. Essentially each player is given several answer cards and one person reads a question card. The players need to respond with the answer that they think the reader will like best. Given the adult nature of most of the cards, typically the winner ends up being the one who has the most outlandish response. Buzzfeed offers some examples.
Therefore, it is essential to know your friends well that you decide to play this game with to ensure that there won’t be hurt feelings or too overt embarrassment when done playing.
When we get together for a family lunch/dinner at someone’s house, many time it includes playing safe games like UNO. So much to my suprise after lunch at our house, my wife suggested the entire family play Cards Against Humanity. Not only did this include my mother-in-law but also several teenage nieces and nephews.
Of course I said if I played I would NOT explain any of the cards. Thankfully my MIL was sitting next to my wife so any confusing words could be explained in whispers. Of course, my wife had to loudly blurt out every word that she had to define.
Note: All of the answers used in the cartoon are real cards except one. You have the ability to make up your own cards so one of the answers was offered up by a female friend that she heard in college. I’ll let you figure it out.
Whatever happened to Pinocchio after the Fairy Tale Ended? Well I have been thinking about a bunch of Fairy Tale characters when watching “Once Upon a Time” and am thinking I will periodically draw a cartoon of different characters and my take on what they are up to now. Pinocchio losing his wood made him a ripe candidate to get Viagra from the pharmacist but I think he is right to question the side-effects.
We are in the final week so let me know if I missed anyone.
I have made a decision that if we hit the limit of $1500 that I will still pay cartoonists for adding Bearman to their webcomic through the end of the month as well as match to the $500 limit. So I am adding the three toons from this week and I am going to keep matching even though I hit the 500 limit. So with the 1500 hit plus the $30 in webcomics from this week and the total of $620 in matching donations
Mick Jagger can’t get no satisfaction but he sure can sing it even now in his 70’s. Way back in 1975 during an interview with People magazine (when he was only about 31) Mick proclaimed “I’d rather be dead than sing Satisfaction at 45.” So of course I had to draw a caricature of Mick Jagger in a meme along with that familiar quote.
In my teens I can picture thinking about people 15-20 years older and thinking to myself “I will no longer do that when I am THAT old”. Now you look at whatever your age is and think damn I am still young enough to pull it off. Mick still struts it like a peacock without needing a cane yet so keep at it as long as you can Mick.
Week 2 let me know if I missed anyone.
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Interested in getting involved? See this post. And I have made a decision that if we hit the limit of $1500 that I will still pay cartoonists for adding Bearman to their webcomic through the end of the month as well as match to the $500 limit.
Lesson time once again. If you check out the listing for Pumpernickel in the dictionary the first definition is:
a dark coarse sourdough bread made of unbolted rye flour
However when you look at the etymology of the word and it’s origins, it is actually based on two german words. “Pumpern” means to break wind and “nickel” means goblin or devil. So together they mean “Devil’s Fart.” Think about that next time you buy a loaf.
If interested check out this Snopes article which discusses another widely accepted but not as accurate origin of the word involving Napolean and his horse.
The phrase “Alligator Arms” (or Dinosaur Arms) is one my friends and I have used for years to describe our other cheap friends. Seems Urban Dictionary has the same idea. Everyone know this person. Either they fail to ever pick up the check when you go out or when it is their turn to buy a round of drinks, suddenly they are in the bathroom (or have already went home). Worse was a coworker I once had who would look at the check and figure out exactly how much he owed to the penny and put in exactly 15% for the tip. What he always failed to do was consider that his meal was taxed and the rest of us would always have to pick up his shortcomings. I learned to ask for separate checks after a while.
So any of you know some Alligator Arms? Are you one? Might do more of these cartoons so any suggestions (try to keep them clean) on other phrases you know or came across on Urban Dictionary?
