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10/11/2008
Friday's late-night TV wrap-up (AP via Yahoo! News)
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate. A sampling from Friday night:
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10/11/2008
A healthy dose of humor - Woman who survived cancer takes on Big Tobacco in her comedy act (Missoulian)
POLSON - Like Bob Newhart, San Francisco comedienne Rene Hicks used to be an accountant. And perhaps, like Newhart, she “killed ’em” - had her audience rolling in the aisles - while on stage.
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10/11/2008
LEGO Batman game: What a joker! (New York Daily News)
The folks behind LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones have returned once again to bring LEGO Batman to life. And they've managed to restore some of the character's long-forgotten humor, borrowed from the campy 1960s series.
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10/10/2008
Thursday's late-night TV wrap-up (AP via Yahoo! News)
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate, the candidates and the economy.
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10/10/2008
Hearing and Dreams Both Fading (New York Times)
David Lodge?s latest novel showcases his ability to use sympathy and slapstick humor to create an appealingly hapless hero and to recount his adventures with Waugh-like verve.
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10/11/2008
REVIEW: Second City relies on second-rate humor (The Gazette)
Let the debates begin. In one corner is The Second City comedy troupe's conservative "One Nation, Under Blog," which played The Englert last January. In the other corner is the touring troupe's liberal new offering, "Deface the Nation," which opened at The Englert on Thursday night and plays through Sunday.The conservative candidate wins my vote. And "conservative" is a relative term with these ...
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10/09/2008
Feature or Google's sense of humor? Audio tool speaks your YouTube comments (CNET via Yahoo! News)
Ask and ye shall receive.
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10/11/2008
Humor from the sports world (Connecticut Post)
AL Far East Taiwanese firefighters tossed a mouse into a cage to feed a 14-inch venomous snake and - against seemingly insurmountable odds - the mouse killed the viper, Hong Kong's Apple Daily
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10/11/2008
Friday's late-night TV wrap-up (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate.
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10/11/2008
Midnight Movie: Now This Is What Effective Political Humor Looks Like! (LAist)
I'm trying not to get too excited about this thing - I bear deep emotional scars* from '04 and '00 (not to mention '98 and '94). And if you recall, our team also had the superior online mockery back in 04. But damned if the sheer volume of really effective Making-McCain-look-ridiculous mockery isn't making me hopeful. Also, attention SNL: This guy is way funnier than the douche you ...
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  • All About Deselection (a.k.a. Weeding) for Libraries - Tongue-in-cheek checklist.
  • Biblia's Warrior Librarian Weekly - Satirical electronic journal featuring original library humor.
  • Conan the Librarian - Conan inhabits the mythical Information Age, where he is a typical reference librarian. His world nevertheless bears some strange similarities to our own. From the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries.
  • The Driving Insane - This weblog provides a glimpse into the alternate, semi-psychotic universe of the local public library (with some forays into the outside world.)
  • Hypatia's Humorous Library Tales - Such categories as Strange Items Found in Books, Weird Patrons, and Creepy Crawlies.
  • I am the Very Model of Computerized Librarian - Gilbert and Sullivan parody, lyrics by Diane M. O’Keefe, MSLS, and Janet T. O’Keefe, MLS.
  • Interstitial Library - An infinite collection of books–obscure, lost, or not yet written–that belong in the spaces between the books on a library shelf. Frequently asked questions, history of the collection, and how to participate.
  • The Laughing Librarian - Huge collection of links, Zen koans, bookmarks and signs, sig file quotes.
  • Librarian Avengers - Commentary on libraries and librarians including why one should fall to his knees and worship librarians.
  • Librarian's Lao-Tzu: The Book of the Library and Its Ways - Lao Tzu, the reputed author of the work, was a librarian. This is the first attempt by a fellow librarian to translate the Tao te Ching.
  • Library Books 4U - Stories and quotes about libraries.
  • Library Cartoons - An annotated bibliography of cartoons dealing with aspects of librarianship.
  • Library Humor - Original comedy pieces, including
  • Library Humor - Humorous stories and cartoons about libraries, librarians, and related topics.
  • Library Humour - IFLA collection of library humour. Includes such categories as Library Laws (with apologies to Murphy), Lightbulb Jokes, and Perfect Excuses.
  • LibraryBliss.com - Selection of jokes.
  • The Lighter Side of Librarianship - Links to a variety of entertaining library- or book-related resources, including the Book Game, Wordplay, library records, and others.
  • The Lipstick Librarian - She's bold, she's sassy, she's helpful.
  • Peep Research - Research into the information literacy skills of Peeps. Includes detailed documentation and pictures on this special population of Easter candy.
  • Unshelved - Daily comic strip set in a public library.
  • Tom the Dancing Bug - Ruben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug considers the possibilities of the public library. From Salon.com. (August 24, 2000)
  • I died with Jesus And with Him was buried; Yet raised from the dead, with a new life to live.
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