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The truth about Seattle

By Matthew Rutledge on 11/10/2009

I know, because I’m originally from Seattle!  Thank you, Hunter for finding this.

Posted in Photo, seattle | Tagged asshole, humor, irony, seattle | Leave a response

Somebody check the woofers!

By Matthew Rutledge on 09/09/2009

We gotta real hot mic here!

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I would argue that this is the height of the “second golden era” of Saturday Night Live.  I know every last one of these songs, too.  Best moments: the neigh in “The Devil Came Down From Georgia”, and the way Bobbi sings “black hole sign-ign, won’t you come…”

Posted in Americana, video | Tagged Americana, ana gasteyer, comedy, humor, saturday night live, television, will ferrell | Leave a response

Goodbye, humorous LinkedIn profile!

By Matthew Rutledge on 09/07/2009

Since my wallet has been telling me it’s time to get very, very serious about looking for a job, I am having to change my LinkedIn profile. Sure, people change their LinkedIn profile all the time, you might think, but mine was a postmodern humorous statement – a living joke, if you will.

My interests:

beating stagflation, instilling rote rehearsal and efficiency from the checkout line to the breadline and the unemployment line, small businesses, startups that aren’t just another rehashed ..read more

Posted in Cultural Ephemera, Jobhunt 2009, Matters | Tagged employment, humor, joblessness, linkedin, social networking, unemployment, web 2.0, web 3.0, web 4.0beta | Leave a response

Geneaology of a running gag

By Matthew Rutledge on 08/31/2009

I might be the only non-Australian (or one in a million!) who has seen enough Australian TV footage to actually have gotten the reference while never having “been there”, so to speak. It’s still totally god damned hilarious, even if you don’t have the full frame of reference.

SBS, by the way, is something akin to our PBS, so you can transpose as much as needed in order to produce laughter.

You have to watch both.

(The actresses who play Kath & ..read more

Posted in Australia, Cultural Ephemera | Tagged Australia, australiana, basia bonkowski, comedy, commonwealth, continuity, Cultural Ephemera, humor, kath & kim, multiculturalism, SBS | Leave a response

Rumor has it she's… bangin' the boss.

By Matthew Rutledge on 06/21/2009

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Posted in Movie Shows | Tagged 1980, 9 to 5, clip, comedy, humor, lily tomlin, video | Leave a response

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