News, politics and the media in the River City
Subscribe to the feed Feed
Comments feed Comments feed
BlogPeoria site-wide feed BlogPeoria site-wide feed

Posts Tagged ‘Funny stuff’

Go ahead and waste an hour of your life

I’m sitting here, trying to post something substantial, and instead I’m reading this site, laughing by ass off. My cat never does anything funny. Well, there was this time he fell off my desk and landed on the dog’s head.

May 5, 2007 in Uncategorized
Tags: | 2 Comments »

A lesson in gun control: Learn to control your gun

This one is for Rob and Angie. No doubt both will be able to explain better than I exactly what this guy is doing wrong.
gun control,gun safety

February 4, 2007 in Citizen Journalism
Tags: | 3 Comments »

Funniest. news segment. EVAR

Leprechaun,youtube,video

February 3, 2007 in Citizen Journalism
Tags: , , , , | Comments Off

Creepy headline alert

From the Journal Star: Smiles linger after Bush visit.

February 1, 2007 in Local
Tags: | 3 Comments »

This explains all the Web design groupies …

Heh. I found it at Chad Udell’s site Visualrinse.

January 31, 2007 in Overset
Tags: | 3 Comments »

I think Polly has a little crush on someone

Polly Peoria has a post about a certain Peoria City Council member running for re-election and the incredible number of yard signs and other signs he’s got plastered all over the place. It’s a fair topic of discussion, but I think Polly wrote it just to give her an excuse to run this big honking [...]

January 26, 2007 in Section 2
Tags: , | 3 Comments »

Most. Addictive. Web site. Evar!

Go ahead. I dare you. You can’t click just once.
UPDATE: Speaking of pictures that are just too cute for words …

January 21, 2007 in Uncategorized
Tags: | 2 Comments »

A question about cannibalism

Remember adorable news chica Monica Landeros? Before she bolted WHOI for a new job out of town, we bonded over a mutual love for Star Trek. She recently passed along this clip.
Do you know what the funny thing is? I’m posting a link to his clip after seeing it, but not hearing it. I’m only [...]

July 26, 2006 in Uncategorized
Tags: , | 2 Comments »

Typical Yankees fan humor

The World’s Most Obnoxious Yankees Fan (henceforth referred to as “TWMOYF”) sent me a link to a story that gushed all over relief pitcher Mariano Rivera.
To which I and others respond: “Blah, blah, blah.” I could care less about the Yankees, which is an attitude most Yankees fans find baffling. They have been conditioned [...]

July 17, 2006 in The Sports Page
Tags: | 5 Comments »

Because Albert says so …

einstein

November 16, 2005 in Overset
Tags: , | 6 Comments »

And Mrs. Railroad isn’t too happy about it

I learned in journalism school that a good copy editor has to have a dirty mind, because the readers certainly do.
Take, for example, this this headline from the Journal Star: Railroad pulls out early
Perhaps Viagra might help.
Pioneer Railcorp,Guy Brenkman,Kellar Branch,PAMBA,Rock Island Trail.Journal Star,headlines

August 18, 2005 in Local
Tags: , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

‘Blessing’ my @$%!

Am I the only one who found this paragraph in today’s article about Peorian Richard Pryor’s illness a bit disturbing:
Still, Jennifer Lee Pryor says her husband’s crippling multiple sclerosis is a blessing, stripping away his taste for the drugs and alcohol she was convinced would have left him dead instead of just months shy of [...]

August 7, 2005 in Section 2
Tags: , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

The Ashcroft coverup comes to an end

With the Spirit of Justice statue behind him, Attorney General John Ashcroft addresses employees at the Justice Department in Washington in this Nov. 8, 2001, file photo. The statue was covered by drapes at Ashcroft’s order; those drapes have quietly been removed with the approval of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Now, all the U.S. Department of [...]

June 25, 2005 in The Wire
Tags: , | No Comments »

Paging Monica Lewinski …

Stupid headline alert via Yahoo News: Bush Anxious to Learn More of Deep Throat
Five bucks says this headline will be changed within the hour.
They asked Laura Bush for comment. She said: “Mrmph! Mrmph!”

June 1, 2005 in Uncategorized
Tags: | 5 Comments »

Headline of the day

Via MSNBC: “Premature ejaculation drug may delay orgasm“
Wouldn’t it have to?

May 23, 2005 in Uncategorized
Tags: | 1 Comment »