Category Archives: Humor

Leverage Your Personal and Professional Networks: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part VII)

Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Another way to generate traffic for your blog (and uncover unanticipated opportunities) is to leverage your personal and professional networks. Spread the Word Throughout Your Network Using Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, as I have discussed in a prior blog, can be instrumental … Continue reading →

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Prison Overcrowding: It’s Like the Army!

Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“The three-judge court ordered the premature release of approximately 46,000 criminals — the equivalent of three Army divisions.” — Justice Alito On Monday, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 that California’s overcrowded prisons violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and … Continue reading →

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Stewart Takes on O’Reilly

Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I missed this interview by about three days, but I thought I would post it here because it is so surreal. Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly could not be any more different. A very bizarre interview, but entertaining, nevertheless.

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Mental Masturbation

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

According to one of the definitions in the Urban Dictionary, mental masturbation is: “The act of engaging in impractical/nonproductive mental exercise/thinkings/writings through which a practitioner only comforts oneself mentally. Such acts don’t lead to any constructive results what so ever in … Continue reading →

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More Nerd Humor from Climate Scientists

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The above video is a humorous little ditty (warning: some profanity) about climate change that I discovered via Joel Makower’s Twitter feed. In my opinion, the nerds in this video push the evidence for the anthropogenic causes of climate change a bit … Continue reading →

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Obama Hammers Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Posted on Sunday, May 1, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Given today’s partisan division and rancor, it is good to see that folks can still have a good sense of humor. Obama delivered some good-natured shots at Donald Trump, Matt Damon, and others during yesterday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He also made … Continue reading →

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Offensive Sports Teams and Cereals, Oh My!

Posted on Friday, April 22, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Pino at Tarheel Red instigated a fairly spirited discussion on his site yesterday about the extremes to which political correctness has pervaded the national dialogue, particularly in the context of naming sports teams. I attended Stanford as an undergraduate and … Continue reading →

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Your Airport Security Line is About to Get a Lot Longer

Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Transportation Security Administration screeners will finish casting their votes on whether to unionize by next Tuesday. The smart money says that the majority of the 44,000 airport screeners will vote for unionization. TSA unionization is a terrible idea for three reasons.

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Testosterone Deficit Disorder

Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I found this video via Doubleplusgood Infotainment (DPGI) and frankly, I am still not sure if the video is serious or a joke. Either way, after watching the video, I wanted to eat a raw cow, watch Monday Night Football, drive … Continue reading →

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Obama Spoof Getting More Hits Than Real Obama

Posted on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I want to thank the Dividest over at Divided We Stand United We Fall for sharing the observation by Ben Smith at Politico that the GOP parody of President Obama’s first reelection ad is generating far more hits than the … Continue reading →

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