One From Column A & Two From Column B
by Steve West on April 5, 2008

Serve yourself.
Remember those "Fold-ins" from Mad Magazine? Here they are.
Wesst Bobow of the Planet Xanax sends you, "Greetings". Who will respond?
Creative use of Barcodes.
Thirst, but crave the taste of meat? Your prayers have been answered. Meat Water is promoted as "dinner in a bottle".
Attention Horror Movie fans! 19 upcoming films with clips for most.
Employee of the Month.
Brilliant 404 error pages.
The remains of a shattered Statue of Liberty makes an appearance in a surprising number of comics and movies.
Grocery Eats is a website devoted to reviewing odd foods. These are a few of my favorite entries:
Deep Fried Pancakes
Big MacChicken
Kornet Pizza Cones
Deep-fried White Castle burgers
The Koolickle
Stand-up of the Week: Jack Dee
Web Junkie
Steve West scours the Web searching for interest or absurdity and then shakes his head ruefully when he finds it. Read more »

Pedants 'R' Us
Today, we attended a celebration for a very good friend of mine whose daughter was graduating High School. It got me thinking in an educational mode so I thought I'd share a pictorial overview of air quotes. Go »
Christmas Post #7: Coloring Crime
This website has some hilarious sections (most times intentionally, I think) offering many odd items for sale. My favorite is the Law & Order coloring book. Check out that connect the dots page - I wonder who that could be? Go »
Driftwood
Washed up on the shores of my PC. In the spirit of Monty Python & The Holy Grail intro, "Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked," comes this notice. Beautiful pictures of a fairly clever notion, holding the sun. Go »
The Peak of Stupidity
By far, the stupidest thing I ever did was at my brother's bachelor party almost 40 years ago. The memory of it still haunts me. A group of his friends (around 25 - I knew some, but we had gone separate paths shortly after High School) met at the house of one his construction co-workers in the Maryland countryside. Go »
Differences That Make All The Difference
Recent discussion with Brenda: me: There's such a huge difference between how I interact with people at work and how I interact with the people in my home. Brenda: How so? me: At work, I spend all day talking about banking practices and domestic and international finance. Go »