Youtube time

My favorite show on YouTube, Tabletop, is currently on hiatus. So I’m catching up on Kid Snippets/Kid History on the BoredShortsTV channel, which reminded me to suggest them to you. One of my favorite Kid Snippets (shorter): “Lunch” One of my favorite Kid Histories (longer): “Babysitting”

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I would recommend….

…buying stand-up comedian Tig Notaro’s set off fellow comedian Louis CK’s web site. But before you listen to it, I would really recommend listening to listening to the Professor Blastoff podcast. In general, but especially since episode 63. Here’s the iTunes link. Hat tip to Kara, who pointed me in […]

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You have the freedom to make rape jokes. Should you?

There is no way, I think, to more thoroughly annoy a proponent of free speech than to claim that criticism violates it. It’s hard enough defending free speech sometimes. People don’t see anything wrong with stopping the Westboro Baptists from protesting. Denying the Holocaust? Yeah, go ahead and outlaw that. […]

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Why Lewis Black won’t joke about Sarah Palin

I understand….I understand.

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A reminder on perspective regarding victimhood…

…from Jon Stewart: The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

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Another message to Rick Santorum from Dan Savage

Dan Savage’s New Threat to Rick Santorum from Dan Savage

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I love this. Muchly.

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Gendering the jokes

Judy Gold: one funny lesbian Psychologist Jesse Bering’s latest “Bering in Mind” column at Scientific American addresses lesbians in comedy– why are there so many?  Or rather, why are there so many in comparison with straight female and gay male comics?  Obviously the vast majority of comics who do stand-up, […]

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