Robin Williams on Jihad
I’d actually heard some of these jokes before, but he dresses them up wonderfully. God bless him, especially for the PC riff at the end.
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The Bookworm Beat — trying to be upbeat and failing edition (and Open Thread)
The last few days have been perfectly nice, but without repose. My brain churns frantically, but I don’t get the time to process the information through my keyboard. My apologies. I think things will even out a little in the next few days (although that may just be wishful thinking
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat — A little of this and a little of that (and an Open Thread)
We are at sixes and sevens today. Our house guest arrives and my twice monthly cleaning service. Between the two, we’ve purged the house of as much extraneous material as possible. I swear that, if you could put my house on a scale, it would weigh substantially less. There’s still
Continue readingFarewell, Robin Williams!
“Why are all those helicopters flying over Tiburon?” asked Mr. Bookworm. “I don’t know,” I answered. “Maybe there’s a fire or an accident. I’ll check.” I turned on my internet and immediately discovered why helicopters are circling Tiburon like vultures: Robin Williams was found dead at his home in Tiburon
Continue readingWhen “little jokes” became real life tyrannies *UPDATED*
Last night, I spent a few minutes watching Robin Williams’ 1981 appearance (his first) on Johnny Carson’s tonight show. It was very weird to look at it over a distance of 33 years. I remember watching it in real-time back in 1981, and thinking Williams was the funniest man I’d
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