The Blog of Harald

Daddy: “Why is ‘bealzebub’ written on our whiteboard?”
The Girl: “I don’t know. Does it have his phone number?”

In reference to several recent movies, including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:

“Suspension of disbelief does not mean ‘by the neck, until dead’”

(lifted from Tanya’s weblog comments…)

you’ve all heard of lolcats by now, right? Well here are new, never before captured photos of lolgrues in teh wild…

(well, I laughed… :-)

A completely over-the-top review of a Bic pen:

Amazon.co.uk: M. Williams “Matt Wil…‘s review of Bic Crystal ballpoint pen, medium point, b…

Some of the comments on this review are equally hilarious:

I often use pencils to write notes on paper, but have been thinking about changing to a pen. Is this pen a good starting point for a novice?

and so on…

From Bruce Schneier’s security weblog:

Here’s a clip from an Australian TV programme called “The Chaser”. A Trojan Horse (full of appropriately attired soldiers) finds its way past security everywhere except the Turkish consulate.

At least they remember their history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig

Star Trek meets Steampunk.

http://slumbering.lungfish.com/?p=417

If I knew more about 19th century Science Fiction I could use this as a campaign seed… :-)

Now all of the women I know can pee standing up like a man …

What will they think of next?

(In all seriousness, I can see a use for this; many public washrooms are truly disgusting places that I wouldn’t want to park my buttocks in…)

Why the treasure ships from the Americas were allowed to skip Customs: no one inspects the Spanish acquisition!

(Shamelessly stolen from olletho)

As seen in the Pachelbels Canon – CollegeHumor video, it really is everywhere.

Maybe you have to be a bit of a music geek, but I laughed myself silly over this one…

Via Ned Batchelder, I am now reading indexed, a collection of tongue-in-cheek venn diagrams and charts by Jessica Hagy.

I laughed myself silly reading the first page, so I thought I’d share…

1.

(boy, that title is going to make the spammers love me!)

Best Mashup Ever: Caffeinated Viagra Beer (by Jeremy Zawodny)

I saw them, I had to share. With everyone! Mu ha ha!

Irregular Webcomic 1356

G: “Uh-oh… one of us is going to die!”

C: “Who’s wearing a red shirt?”

My new favourite show has a products page!

Made in Eureka

I want a laptop transporter :-)

Forget the fake crap that passes for Reality TV these days! I am Moving to Japan links to a Japanese show presenting a game show done right; make a mistake, get hit in the nuts!

(Ya, ok, it’s not real. it’s actually a comedy team, but the idea is sound. And the inner conflict between cringing in sympathy and laughing ‘til you pee is good, too!)

has everything:

Monty Python’s Camelot on the Starship Enterprise

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”

- George Bernard Shaw

(via Quotation of the Day List)

Anita sent me this:

Academie Duello presents – Modern uses for Historical Swordplay

Will you be ready?

The problem with Space Elevators

(The joke doesn’t work for me in Firefox, because I’m missing a plugin :-(