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• Unhappy Hipsters

  The reindeer had tolerated the cheetah’s posturing — up until today.

• Wait Wait Don’t Eat Me

  From NPR and Chicago Public Radio, this is Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me … We’re going to be cutting our show a little short today, because, as you may have heard, there’s a zombie apocalypse happening!

• Man Carried 9.4 Miles by Strangers in NYC

  Who said New York is unfriendly?

• Mr. Ballmer, would you sign my mac?

  ”Need a new one?”

• Neil Young (Jimmy Fallon) – Pants On The Ground

  Pants on the ground
  Pants on the ground
  Lookin like a fool with you pants on the ground

• Death Metal Rooster

  Step off Keyboard Cat …

• Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview

  Prerequisites
  ENG: 102—Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking
  ENG: 231WR—Facebook Wall Alliteration and Assonance
  LIT: 209—Internet-Age Surrealistic Narcissism and Self-Absorption

• The Daily Show’s Decade in Review
• I am locking the Wikipedia article on our sex life

  Dear Josie,
  After repeated instances of vandalism and abuse, I have taken the step of locking the Wikipedia article on our sex life. Although I have previously banned both your user account and your home IP address, malicious edits have continued, both anonymously and from newly registered users “alanequalswanker” and “ooohImabigimportantadmin.”

• Things I Learned from iPhone and Droid Ads

  Droid is a robot and should mostly be handled by other robots. It is packaged inside missiles launched by stealth jets. iPhone records video and seems to have a lot of useful apps.

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