Tales of Interest!

[pauraque_bk]

...or, random links.

Political.

Young John Kerry in Doonesbury. Three strips from October 1971. Very cool. Gacked from malograntum.

Slap the Candidate. Still fuming over "hiring people illegally is against the law"? Need some wood? Slap a candidate of your choice!

How Leftist is LJ? Answer: Very. The most interesting/scary part is the reasons people are giving for their votes.

Good To Be In DC RPG. This is funny on multiple levels.


Ew.

Gallery of Regrettable Food. You'll do spit-takes! You'll weep with laughter! You'll feel vaguely nauseated!

Disturbing Auctions. Truly. No false advertising here.


Neat.

Sleeping Dino Assumed Birdlike Pose. At Scientific American, gacked from sedesdraconis.

Comments

[threeoranges.livejournal.com]

I'd seen the "You're really clicking tonight, you gorgeous preppie!" panel from a CNN documentary on Kerry, but not the entire ouevre - thanks! Is it silly to feel a chill at the sight of a young, unmaimed and innocent BD haranguing Kerry from the audience all those years ago?

I love Gallery of Regrettable Food ("it's Caspar David Friedrich's picnic basket!") and Disturbing Auctions. In fact, someone on my flist is studying art and had to find examples of items which could be unequivocally described as "beautiful" or "ugly". For the latter, I directed her to this little fellow and I believe he did the trick...

[pauraque]

"As incongruous as it is stupid" is a phrase I've pulled out on several occasions since seeing that.

[malograntum.livejournal.com]

Is it silly to feel a chill at the sight of a young, unmaimed and innocent BD haranguing Kerry from the audience all those years ago?

Damn...I hadn't even thought of that. That's...dude. Yeah.

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

Oo, thanks for the Doonesburys. He did the narcissistic left so well! I remember The Fighting Young Priest Who Can Talk to the Young like it was yesteryear!

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

PS, re food, did you see the 1974 Weight Watchers Recipe Cards meme? even better.

[pauraque]

Ha, no. Link?

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

Here it is in my LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/users/idlerat/109738.html#cutid3

[malograntum.livejournal.com]

Good To Be In DC RPG. This is funny on multiple levels.

It's pretty funny, but I wish they'd cover their asses more. I've seen Harry Potter RPG character journals with better disclaimers.

[pauraque]

Also, Dean should talk like potter_mouth.

[malograntum.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha, yes, he should.

I was actually rather tempted, despite my...conflicting feelings about the existence of this RPG, to sign on as Barack Obama and really kick some ass.

[pauraque]

Doooooo it.

Er, I mean, that would be very wrong, very wrong indeed... </arthurweasley>

[malograntum.livejournal.com]

Too late. (http://www.greatestjournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=barack_star</a) There goes the one character that I was tempted by. I suppose it's all for the best.

[pauraque]

You know, I saw that, and I was like... she didn't! Then I thought it didn't sound quite like you, but still... couldn't be sure. *g*

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Oh, foo. As if anyone would take it seriously.

I may have to change my "no RPG watching" policy. This is damn funny.

[keladryb.livejournal.com]

Another fun (although somewhat scary) one is The Presidential Horror Picture Show (http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/5809/presidential_horror_show.swf).

I'm just saying.

[sine-que-non767.livejournal.com]

THat Disturbing Auctions...classic. Thanks for link!

[wolfie-thu.livejournal.com]

Hah! I'd forgotten about that Disturbing Auctions site. I can so see Dumbldore's bidding for the chicken hat (http://disturbingauctions.com/view.php?item=96).

[pauraque]

I love that icon to a perhaps unhealthy degree.

[tangledaria.livejournal.com]

That 'Gallery of Regrettable Food' also has a book. Umm, *looks up link* here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609607820/qid=1097839846/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/103-7329420-5085427). It is sooooo worth the cost. The funniest book I own. He also has a sequel coming out this month, about the hideous interior designs of 70s style homes.

[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

Thank you for these links! I knew there was a reason to go to skip=750 when I returned from my long weekend away. *g*

[pauraque]

Beth, my girl, you've made it back! How was Snape?