Category Archives: Humor

Tenacious D makes anything sound epic, even the Star Trek theme

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Bill Peschel

A couple months back — all right, it was in April of last year — Tenacious D appeared on the Nerdist podcast to promote their comeback album Rize Of The Fenix (the video for the title song, in which all … Continue reading →

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Why the Hummelstown Sun needs a copy editor

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Bill Peschel

Copy editing is a lot like being a goalie. You take a lot of shots. You make a lot of saves. And if you let one through, you’ll experience the pain of that missed shot far more intently than you’ll … Continue reading →

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This is punk rock when rock was punk

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Bill Peschel

Last time we met, I was providing a list of songs that referenced rock ‘n’ roll that I liked. This time, we’ve got a bunch of great punk-rock songs, courtesy of one of those cheezy ’90s television ads that offered … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal for Corporate CEOs

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Bill Peschel

When the time comes that my genius is recognized and I’m installed as supreme dictator, one of the first laws I plan to make will be that CEOs will be required to use the products they make. Airline CEOs would … Continue reading →

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What the Wizard of Oz, Wham! and sex have in common

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Bill Peschel

When I go surfing through my RSS feed and keep coming across entertaining stuff. First, cartoonist Eddie Campbell’s daughter, Hayley, directs me to Tiny Little Love Stories , but first I stop off at creator Joel Golby’s web site, where … Continue reading →

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Sunday newspaper coupons: Don Draper weeps

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Bill Peschel

Any reaction is better than no reaction, I guess, and some companies this past weekend paid vast amounts of money and expended much time to creep out the customers. First, there’s the “apply human features to animals” look. Imagine seeing … Continue reading →

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What Every Writer Needs For Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Bill Peschel

I don’t normally post twice in a day, but ace freelance visual journalist Charles Apple alerted me to the idea holiday gift for the writer in your family (either published, self-published, or dreaming to be). If they weren’t drinking before, … Continue reading →

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The New York Times teaches me why the Vikings went a-roaming

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Bill Peschel

From a story by Mark Bittman about Danish chef Rene Redzepi, whose restaurant, Noma, is the home of “new Nordic cuisine.” Here we have Langoustines With Oysters and Seaweed: And this is White-Fish Fillets With Grilled Cabbage: So now I … Continue reading →

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A T-shirt for the existentialist in you

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Bill Peschel

Hi, all. Before I leave for the Pennwriters Conference in Pittsburgh, I wanted to share a bit of art I couldn’t include in yesterday’s post about authors always needing publicity. I don’t know if this guy is still selling T-shirts, … Continue reading →

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The Unscratchables: Shaggy-Dog Noir

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Bill Peschel

Cats and dogs don’t live together in “The Unscratchables,” a parody police procedural that deftly and punnily mixes the tropes of the genre with a world in which dogs are downtrodden curs segregated from the cream of cat society, but … Continue reading →

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