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Roger Ebert’s April 12th journal (that’s his title up above) examines the fine art of joke telling. He notes:
A joke should have the perfection of a haiku. Not one extra word. No wrong words. It should seem to have been discovered in its absolute form rather than created. The weight of the meaning should be [...]

The Austin News (KXAN) reported yesterday that what seem to me to be public-spirited hackers took over a computerized mobile construction warning sign and warned passing motorists that zombies were in the area (Nazi zombies at that). The solution: “Run for cold climates.”
Helpfully, it added that “The end is near!!!”
That seems ever so much more [...]

Ahh! Arrogance and stupidity in the same package, how efficient of
you!
– Londo Molari

Tomorrow is Lunar New Year, a day celebrated with lots of fireworks throughout China and much of the rest of Asia.
Today ends the Year of the Rat and tomorrow and tomorrow starts the Year of the Ox. As James Fallows notes,
…the bovine animal in question is written 牛 and pronounced niu.
Thus if you get cards [...]