Ever heard of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd? The title character is a barber who was exiled from London because a judge was sexually interested in his wife. Fifteen years later, he returns to a London populated by such characters as a creepy beggar woman who osciallates between politely begging for money and soliciting [...]
Category Archives: humor
Why so serious? Notes on the rise of seriousporn, with reflection on the human condition
Posted by Chris Hallquist on March 13, 2009
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Matt Nisbet is a funny man
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 8, 2008
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I’ve taken Matt Nisbet’s blog on and off my feed aggregator several times. The most recent “off” time was when Nisbet banished all negative comments from his blog. More recently, a said “what the hell” and put him back on. I’m really glad I did, not because he’s started providing substantiative responses to criticism, but [...]