Category: Miscellaneous Mockery

At the Nelson-Atkins museum I overheard a dad mocking this Hieronymus Bosch painting to the delight of his family. “So there’s this pond, and in it, first, we have a rotisserie chicken, and to the right there’s a bird at a restaurant wearing a police cruiser light. The bird ate some of the chicken, but…

Ah, I have missed these things. I missed thee, O toilet paper point. I missed you too, Do Not Disturb sign. Had I not seen this sign I left for myself in the suitcase I would have had this version of Eggs Benedict for breakfast. Speaking of food, my niece and I ate at the…

I was watching American Experience: Chasing the Moon, episodes 1 and 2, which promised me new space footage or information. (First off, trigger warning: episode 2 contains a very clear recording of the audio of the Apollo 1 fire. What I heard from the NASA archives years ago was crackly. And – this is key…

Okay, I don’t know what the people at the Chicago StayPineapple hotel did to piss off Hotels.com, but I got those screen grabs from Hotels.com, not a legit page directly affliliated with the StayPineapple hotel. Maybe it was competitor sabotage, like when Heineken spread the rumor that there was pee in Corona beer. Or ……

Here’s the previous: Here’s the progress: When it was originally this:

A friend who listens to the Lexicon Valley podcast shared this incredibly satisfying bit of info. The Greek letters Omicron and Omega are two versions of the letter O: the short vowel sound (o as in obsolete) and the long (o as in OMG). The words mean “O – micron” for the short sound –…

Here’s the previous: Here’s the progress: When it was originally this: Jut trying to get the values right, hence all the grey. There will be color later.

Per The Atlantic on July 12, 2026, AI has a very recognizable writing style. Per everyone who reads AI content agrees. “Yes. It does. It’s obnoxious.” If I’d had to describe it, I’d say it’s hyper-dramatic. Lots of declarative sentences. Brief ones — usually including a dash. There’s a tell; a style you cannot avoid.…

The video for the last successful Starship launch I posted came from AP, CNN, and or SpaceX. Screw those guys. Somehow the NASA streaming station pointed me to the NASA Spaceflight broadcast. Here is the difference,only slightly exaggerated: Official SpaceX Livestream: “The vehicle has splashed down, and … it seems it has not exploded, which,…

I had an exchange with Alexa this morning in which I asked for details on today’s rocket launch. She followed her answer with: “Hey, I realized I don’t know your name. Can you tell me who you are?” Aghast, I said, “No, I’m Ellen. You know my name.” She replied with, I swear, receipts below:…