“Somnolence”
The Paul Giamatti or John C. Reilly of the culinary world
Things living under rocks. They get a bum rap, but they’re often pretty nifty creatures.
“Fuselage”
There’s actually a whole blog/travel site devoted to hotel-bed-aided-flight, with lots of silly photos. I think kids pull it off a lot better than grown-ups, though.
Web-O-Joy: Name That Voice
Joyful is introducing a new feature this week, Web-O-Joy, where we link to a few folks who all find glee in the same quirky thing. This week’s Web-O-Joy topic: identifying voice actors. A recent episode of “The Simpsons” had a running gag referencing Tress McNeill—a paragon of the voiceover industry (you can see her nestled between Tim Curry, Luke Skywalker, and the voice of the scary skeleton from “The Last Unicorn” in this Joyful submission from 3/3/08):
During this same “Simpsons” episode, I recognized the voice of guest star Zooey Deschanel (an adorable pixie of an actress who appeared in “Elf” and “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”)
I was quite proud of this achievement—I’ve always really enjoyed trying to recognize performers by voice. This voice-tastic “Simpsons” episode got me thinking about whether other folks derive similar joy from this peculiar pastime. As usual, Google did not let me down. A videogame enthusiast reviewing Half-Life 2 on gamespot expressed immense pride in her voice identification skills. The keeper of a blog called The Seventh Notebook has a nice post about her quest to better know various voice talents. And I found several other folks on the interweb who named “identifying voice actors” as a skill, hobby, passion, or favorite pastime. Not surprisingly, voice actors themselves seem to relish this endeavor. If you want a crash course in voice-overy, get yourself some cartoons on dvd and dive on into the commentary—“Futurama” is a great place to start (surprise, surprise, Tress McNeill sits in for a few episodes).
break it down: periods films with super anachronistic hair and make-up blankie james lipton spikey tulips with an edge did I leave the gas on eddie izzard squirrel time lapse plus lightning mangos eyegore jumping on hotel beds
5/5/08 Lipton, Tulips, and Introducing the Web-O-Joy
4/28/08 Chock Full of Earthiness
Stuff for free...
"Kafuffle"
Being with my crazy family.
Self-styled Lorax teaches kids about nature...
4/21/08 Funnies, Fuzzies, and More Fiddies
"Arugula"
Read more about Oscar
Turning the other cheek
(photo by Michael Mayo)
"Wrastlin"
Fim Little Fiddies…
4/14/08 Birds, Fishies, Sonnets, and Baby Alpacas
Johnny
When someone moves a chair across the floor and it sounds exactly like a Wookiee.
Psychic Parrots
"Double Love"
by Christina Moore
Now that we've spent thirty years of our life,
Lying together, side by side, in the night.
An imperfect couple, a husband and wife.
We laugh, we ignore, we rejoice, and we fight.
Our children have grown up, each taken a mate.
The school friends are gone, the dogs have all died.
We've had to get used to each other, of late.
Our imperfections can no longer hide.
But along with the warts, I also can find,
That wonderful boy I loved from the start.
His self-contained nature, his organized mind,
That kindred spirit, that generous heart.
Maybe our love has stayed out of trouble
Because of our mattress. It's only a double.
(for more Sonnets visit Prairie home Companion)
Back scratchin.
Late April Hijinx
4/7/08 A Caption Light Edition of Joyful, in Honor of Master's Defense and Sleep Deprivation
An unexpected compliment
I'm a researcher, but statistics and I don't usually get along. A few days ago, after racking my brain for hours about how to do a particular calculation, I found a paper that was essentially titled “Clear, simple, step by step guide for the exact kind of analysis you want to do.” It all made sense, and worked perfectly. I was so excited by this new feeling of competence that I couldn't put the work down, and ended up using my cellphone to crunch numbers during a Red Cross appointment. I like science.
When a law banned handmade pasta in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region due to specious health concerns, one pasta-maker gathered all the pasta masters of the community together--women who'd been making pasta by hand in keeping with centuries of tradition--and put them back to work doing what they do best. He reports that he went to the health inspector and defied him to close them down. Mmmmm. Delicious underground pasta.
(from Splendid Table)
"Goober"