A few things I’ve learned watching daytime television this week while I was sick:
From commercials:
- Earning your bachelor’s degree online can take as little as three years.
- Get your degree in video game design or film production!
- Calling [insert online college name here] will put you on the path to SUCCESS!
- Call now!
- CALL NOW!!!
- [...]
If you’ve seen Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, then you probably have some idea of what kind of results a YouTube search for “paging Mr. Herman” will yield. What I wasn’t able to anticipate, however, is the treasure trove of “related videos” that would show up as well. Behold:
Forgive me. I was going to say that I’ve been busy, but the fact is that I’ve been busier and still found time to post something up in this website.
So what have I been up to, anyway? A lot of things, I guess. Allow me to enumerate.
1. Work. It’s a fact. [...]
August 29, 2007 – 10:48 am
The Coop’s Linewaiter’s Gazette actually printed my letter. Hopefully this will inspire them to action, and our beloved comic strip will return.
August 27, 2007 – 10:15 am
It’s the rare video of a cat and a computer voice that keeps me interested for three minutes, but between the Walter Benjamin quote and the Bronson Pinchot references, I couldn’t tear myself away.