What are the necessary aims of a good topical Facebook status update? It should entertain, delight, challenge, blow a mind or two. This is all about realizing and fully accepting that Facebook is a stage, and we’re all players.

Cartoonist David Rees has been doling out his incisive political humor via a brilliant office-based comic strip called “Get Your War On” since 2001, and now it’s animated! Luckily, the line-drawn animation is still a low-fi affair and perfectly captures the odd and socially awkward manner and mood of the original strip. Rees also writes [...]

Sigur Ros: Now with 100% More Nudity! Don’t worry parents, it’s the artsy/tribal kind of pubic- and nipple-baring nudity. Check out the new video: Gobbledigook and feel the love. McCain Doesn’t Seem That Bad… Um, hold on a sec… Yes, yes he is that bad. May I Have 630 Calories with my 120-Calorie Coffee Please? [...]

Penicillin, duct tape, Snow White, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, nylon, TV dinners are just some of the things younger than Mr. Temper Tantrum himself, John McCain. Yes, I’m an anti-Republican ageist. I’m also an anti-Democrat who dislikes young people, so there. Relax and enjoy. {via 9 to Fried} Website: Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate [...]

[NOTE: This quessay is cross-posted on HuffingtonPost.com] *Big ups to Crispin Glover, who really should’ve run for president this year, and who once wrote an “essay” called “What Is It?” composed only of questions, with a subtly discernible anti-Steven Spielberg thrust to it. Subtly discernible, the way the media’s anti-Hillary Clinton bias is subtle. I’m [...]