Here’s a great response to the trashing that the state of Iowa has been taking in the media during the recent Republican caucus: proud Iowan Scott Siepker’s very short and funny video, titled Iowa Nice, in which he explains that there’s more to the state than the “flyover country” image it’s saddled with.
The video above is the explicit version (yup, there’s some swearing); the video below has the cuss words bleeped out.
There’s a post on Reddit that links to this screen capture of a Facebook post:
In response to this post, a Redditor named “CSI_Photo_Enhancer” created this animated response, which features Yours Truly:
The original photo is from nearly a year ago today: it’s a self-portrait from my second-last day of my week-long at the hospital:
In case you haven’t read it, My Hospital Week is an interesting story. It’s hard to believe I almost didn’t make it out of there alive.
Anyways, thanks to CSI_Photo_Enhancer for making my day a little more surreal!
These Dr. Seuss-styled Batman character vignettes were created by DrFaustusAU, an artist who posts his work on DeviantArt.
In response to these images, a wag came up with this bit of Seuss-esque rhyme:
Find the bad guys
And knock them all flat,
I’m happiest
When dressed as a bat.
I’m not sorry
For the life I’ve led,
Because, you see,
My parents are dead!
I took these photos of the “clearance” section in a Super Target (just like Target, but super!) in Tampa on Sunday evening. All that was left on one wall of shelves was a single Angry Birds plush red bird, a few bits and bobs and the shelves themselves. It looked like a game of Angry Birds in progress and as such, I couldn’t resist taking a couple of photos.
Happy (belated) New Year, everyone! I’m back online — but not where you might expect — and regular blogging here on Accordion Guy resumes as of Tuesday, January 3rd. Here’s to a great 2012 and an interesting Year of the Dragon.
I’ve got my hands full at the moment, so I’ll keep this post short and sweet. I’ll let the pictures tell most of the story of how quickly and completely things can change.
Same suit – 2011’s party had a Mad Men theme, 2012’s bash was an Archer costume party, both shows with 1960s clothes – but the situation is much improved. Life is good.
Click on the card above to see it at full size.
"To the clever bastard who left this in my store,” said someone I know who works at a computers-and-electronics shop and found these cards beside the Canon printers, “thanks for the laughs today."
The design of the “Price Chopper” logo on this can of beer suggests that this photo is from the 1980s. If Price Chopper were to revive this brand in a spirit that combines the graphic and branding sensibilities of Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback with the sense of irony that gave Pabst Blue Ribbon its comeback, they could seize the beer-drinking hipster market.