Hot on the heels of the Raisin Brahms ad comes this informercial for the toe-tapping triskadekaphobic tunes of the second Viennese school.
Entries Tagged as ‘Observational Humor’
8 September, 2008
Black and Blue
The Wife and I journeyed to West Lafayette last night to see the comedian Lewis Black at Elliott Hall, a massive, 6,000-seat proscenium theatre. He was as good as you would think he would be, which is to say, very good. Having come up by touring the college ranks, his local humor (about Purdue, Boilermakers, [...]
2 September, 2008
Sign of the times
Line from the kids’ school about afterschool programs:
Sewing will happen, but will not begin until late October, after the volleyball season is over.
19 August, 2008
Breaking radio silence
Sports Bureau:
Much like the two New York football teams actually play in New Jersey, the Chicago Bears QB situation is all about Indiana. For now West Lafayette (home of Purdue, Kyle “Neck Beard Ninja” Orton’s alma mater) has beaten out Bloomington (home of Bloomington South HS, Rex “Sex Cannon” Grossman’s alma mater. I can now officially wear [...]
18 June, 2008
You’ve got to be carefully taught
It’s hellish to have a chest cold, one of those colds during which you can’t catch your breath when you cough. But this was totally worth it. A month or so ago I gave Daughter #1 one of my cotton handkerchiefs, so that she wouldn’t fill the back of my car with biodegradable waste as she went through [...]
14 May, 2008
Killing chihuahuas
Well, duh. The less you post, Hugh, the fewer times that people (even those who read the blog regularly) will come and visit. And your stats will go down. And you’ll get colds more often. And every day you don’t post, another two or three (almost-)endangered polar bears will fall lifeless into the melting arctic [...]
6 May, 2008
The personal is political
Since I had some time this morning before plunging into my day, I took the Girls voting with me. I explained to them the difference between a primary and a general election. I heard that Daughter #1 and her friends had been discussing politics. All of her friends would vote for John McCain, apparently because [...]
