Category Archives: Humor

CFP: (Un-)Boundedness: On Mobility and Belonging

It’s time for a little CFP humor. This one is so full of impenetrable language and pomo cliches — especially the liberal use of conspicuously-placed hyphens, bracket[s], and (odd) parentheses. It’s almost indistinguishable from something spit out by the Postmodern … Continue reading

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Text

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Culture

“The only difference between California and yogurt is that yogurt has active culture.” — Woody Allen

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The Fat Years

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Life Imitating Art – Pt. 219,291

“[The] Native American community…is so behind this movie, it’s fantastic.” —  The Lone Ranger Producer Jerry Bruckheimer “Ecstatic American Indians Praise ‘The Lone Ranger’: ‘Finally Our Story Is Being Told,’ Tribespeople Say” — The Onion

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Glasses

From a lightweight article about Keith Olbermann (who?) snarking at MSBNC anchors, a commenter writes: The glasses are 90% of MSNBC content. Wearing glasses is like being a Nobel Prize grabbing chemist. Especially those Army surplus Birth Control Glasses that … Continue reading

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Liam’s Lines

On the Beatles vs God: “It’s got to be being in the Beatles. When was the last time God made a decent record?” (Rolling Stone, October 2008).

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Self-Defense Steps For Women

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Jack Donaghy Says…

“Lemon, I would like to teach you something. I would like to be Michelle Pfeiffer to your angry black kid who learns that poetry … is just another way to rap.”

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CFP: Post-Black but not Post-Race. Got that?

It’s time for CFP, where we check-in to see what trendy claptrap our contemporary Humanitites professoriate are preoccupying themselves (and young college kids) with. Today’s installment: 50 Years after the Civil Rights Act: Post-Black but not Post-Race Event: 04/03/2014 – … Continue reading

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