May 2017 on the Internet: a digest
And now, a brief digest of highlights of internet activity in May 2017.
And now, a brief digest of highlights of internet activity in May 2017.
At breakfast.
C: [farts loudly]
C: What was THAT?
ME: Uh…that was you, buddy.
C: No daddy! That was YOU!
ME: He who smelt it, dealt it.
C: No daddy!… Read more
Folks, I have a request, and it’s one I make out of a sense of decency.
Please, please don’t mention Chee-tos when referring to President-Elect Trump.
Several of my friends have done this, but please…don’t. It’s a question of respect. … Read more
No, Obi. You don’t need any of this ice cream. I mean, in the strictest possible sense, I probably don’t need it either. But you, as a cat, definitely do not need my ice cream.… Read more
Click through to large, but awesome, GIF.
I knew it. I knew it. It’s been percolating all day in the back of my head and I knew it – it would make a perfect classic Star Trek episode title.
C: Daddy! [waves building block creation around] I got a block.
ME: That’s great, buddy! What else have you got?
[C disappears into his room, comes out carrying a squirmy Portia]
C: Daddy! I got a cat.
ME: Maybe she wants you to sit her down. What else have you got?
[C disappears into his room, comes back out waving a plastic chair over his head, narrowly missing computers and tables and cats with it]
C: Daddy! I got a chair!
ME: Woah there, Jerry Springer!… Read more
ME: I’ve finally figured it out, buddy. Your little brother…he’s pretty much Indiana Jones. And you…you’re Daniel Jackson.
E: Daniel Jackson? Dad, what are you talking about?
ME [in a deep voice]: I will explain later, Daniel Jackson.… Read more
I was going to do lasagna for dinner, then decided to do steak and veggies instead. I think the veggies turned out better than the steak, and the steak was nothing to sneeze at.
Which brings us to…how in the world did that phrase even get started? Has anyone ever deliberately sneezed at something? Is there some supervillain named Antihistaman whose evil superpower is precisely targeted sneezing? If he detects a bogey, does he launch a booger?
C’mon, people, we’ve got to find out. This question’snot going to answer itself.
P.S.: The second steak survived to be taken to work tomorrow for lunch, as planned. The veggies? They did not survive tonight. Um…plan B?… Read more