Humor

Nobodies of the world unite! But quietly, please.

by Allan Jenkins on April 7, 2006

Yesterday, I was a nobody. Oh, I hear you murmuring “no, no, Allan… you aren’t!”, but the Journal of Employee Communication Management says I am. And there you go. I am still a nobody. But Eric Eggertson and Ike Pigott…

Web 2.0 bubble illustrated

by Allan Jenkins on March 16, 2006

Via Bubble 2.0 (Oh, God, just one more bubble!) comes this lovely illustration of why Web 2.0 may indeed be another bubble. (Bubble 2.0 picked it up from Loic LeMeur.)

Four Tags (will this meme ever die?)

by Allan Jenkins on February 17, 2006

Robert French tagged me, leaving me with the choice of ignoring the Four Things thingy or inflicting it on helpless others. Naturally, I choose “inflict”. Four Jobs I’ve Had Car wash salesman. Back in the ’70s, you’d pull your car…

When The Onion aims its shotguns at a company, it’s never a pretty sight. I wonder if Sony’s PR people are bunkering down or polishing their resumes?

“Performancing” skewers “blogging for benjamins”

by Allan Jenkins on November 22, 2005

Hat tip to Steve Rubel for pointing to Performancing, an amusing send-up of all those “make money from your blog” scams and sites popping up all over. While it’s not as funny as the Onion, it’s a cackler. The “mission…

Man Kills Buck With Bare Hands in Bedroom

by Allan Jenkins on November 10, 2005

I watched a guy from Greenpeace on TV talking about “having a dialogue” with nature. Whatever the validity of his basic argument, the idea of “dialogue” with nature is silly. And here’s my proof: Man Kills Buck With Bare Hands…

Friend Lisa sends this link to an expired eBay auction for a pair of DKNY Men’s Leather Pants. Proof, if any were needed, that the copywriter who knows his product and desperately wants to move it is capable of great…

Charles Victor Thompson is probably not the brightest guy on the planet: shooting your ex-girlfriend and her squeeze in Texas has never been a prudent career move. Still, you got to give the guy credit for flashes of inspiration, howsoever…

Blog for sale on eBay?

by Allan Jenkins on November 6, 2005

With Calacanis off the market, and with the value of Lee Hopkins’ Better Communication Results rocketing into the nose-bleed seats, the blog market is making the housing market look puny. So savvy investors puckered and salivated, I’m sure, when Business…

Harriet Miers is Blogging!

by Allan Jenkins on October 4, 2005

Well, not really. But within hours of Miers’ nomination to be Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, some enterprising wit put up Harriet Miers’s Blog!!! The Blog of the #1 Smartest President Ever’s #1 Pick to be the Next…