Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 11, 2012, 7:45 am
Stephen Newton was in love. From his hiding place, he watched her disrobe and gracefully dive into the old swimming hole. Her alabaster skin shimmered under the water like some kind of glorious she-fish, her hair a jet-streamed collection of … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 10, 2012, 3:07 pm
I believe that John Hodgman may have achieved the apotheosis of Internet-type mash-ups. The following YouTube clip is video evidence of Dana Gould, doing his impersonation of Maurice Evans, portraying Dr. Zaius, doing a scene from Hal Holbrook’s “Mark Twain … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 10, 2012, 8:00 am
The year is 1952. After discovering the patent for Michael Flannigan’s infamous “Mammary Sympathizer” in a back issue of 19th Century Inventions That Could Have Been Less Offensive, early Emily Chesley enthusiasts Barry Tickson and Orson Flatbread (both citizens of … Continue reading → ...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 9, 2012, 7:33 am
I hate it when the day starts off non-Euclidian, and then just gets weirder. It’s a straight line to humor at Alltop.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 8, 2012, 8:30 am
Do you mean the form of punctuation, or what happens to your lower intestines after you’ve eaten improperly prepared Thringian Gitworm sashimi? Because if you’ve eaten bad ThriGit sashimi, and its still-living spawn are now lunching on your colon, then … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 7, 2012, 9:45 am
If you happen to live on one of the many planets inhabited by CEOs, you may find yourself wondering: “how do I not get eaten?” You may also wonder if there is sunblock powerful enough to prevent dermal incineration when … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 6, 2012, 10:53 am
“In our age, the idea of intellectual liberty is under attack from two directions. On the one side are its theoretical enemies, the apologists of totalitarianism, and on the other its immediate, practical enemies, monopoly and bureaucracy. Any writer or … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 2, 2012, 7:38 am
On February 2, it is customary in Canada and the United States to celebrate an annual tradition wherein we allow a chubby burrowing rodent to forecast the weather. This is an important ritual, but not for the reason that many … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Feb 2, 2012, 7:34 am
“Mr. President, we have to talk about the unit.” “What unit, Minister?” “Remember the regiment that was forgotten in the Peltarsh Mountains?” “Right. The unit of horse archers. Did we ever figure out what to do with all those old … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 31, 2012, 1:50 pm
I think I would enjoy the (bad) technological singularity a bit more if it went down like this. It’s almost sweet, a giant robot in a sundress, destroying a suburb with its laser eyes. (Or are they heat beams?) (Title: … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 30, 2012, 9:05 am
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 28, 2012, 6:35 pm
This genius premise is sick, but funny. I really liked Joel Murray on Mad Men.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 28, 2012, 12:02 pm
There’s nane that’s blest of human kind, But the cheerful and the gay, man, Fal, la, la, etc. Here’s a bottle and an honest friend! What wad ye wish for mair, man? Wha kens, before his life may end, What … Continue reading →
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 25, 2012, 8:45 am
There’s nane that’s blest of human kind, But the cheerful and the gay, man, Fal, la, la, etc. Here’s a bottle and an honest friend! What wad ye wish for mair, man? Wha kens, before his life may end, What his share may be o’ care, man? Then catch the moments as they fly, And use them ...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 22, 2012, 7:49 pm
He survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan. He’s tough. He’s a marine. But Adam was not prepared for the lying ways of the carnies operating the Giant Slingshot. Alltop screams like a little girl too! Video via Reddit
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 19, 2012, 8:46 am
Patton Oswalt, making the case for not using the grocery store robot. I wouldn’t mind having one of those cool robots for myself though. Check out Patton Oswalt’s website here for touring dates and news.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 18, 2012, 12:14 pm
As someone who loves the web, and needs it, even with its problems, I really hope you guys in the States can stop SOPA. Here’s The Oatmeal’s take on it: Want to help in the fight against SOPA / PIPA? First, go learn about the bills. After that go contact your elected officials. Wikipedia has a...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 17, 2012, 7:30 am
It was the best game of zenball ever, and the crowd was wild with excitement: the whisper of butterfly wings was deafening. The Rotrovra Koan Kangaroos had just scored their first all-in kensho, and the Targenville Half-Lotus Lions replied with a double-satori. The Roos launched a full-out dharma ...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 16, 2012, 1:06 pm
Comic genius, Stephen Colbert, recreates a nuclear explosion using only his voice, hands and face.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 10, 2012, 4:32 pm
Dead-on send up of the beauty industry and the tyranny of image.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Jan 9, 2012, 6:16 am
Most art historians will recognize this painting as “Evening on Karl Johan”, painted sometime in 1892, while its creator Edvard Munch was still a young man. Modern commentators have described this painting as an existentialist cri de coeur, a public declaration hoping to wake up the somnolent c...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Dec 15, 2011, 7:49 am
It was as though everyone who was infected by the Bozo Virus (BV) had received an extensive education at the Barnum and Bailey Clown College. In fact, one of the early ways of detecting the infection was for doctors to test if patients could juggle, even just a little bit. It was a sign of the hi...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Dec 14, 2011, 7:24 am

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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Dec 9, 2011, 6:21 am
No, we didn’t have Santa Claus when I was growing up. We didn’t have Christmas. Heck, we didn’t even have your primitive paleo-brain concept of religion. We did have the concept of gift-giving, and something we called Consumer Day, when we tried to boost our Neecknabian economy and give gif...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Dec 8, 2011, 8:53 am
So Charlie Brown’s troubles are not because he’s a loser, they’re because he’s shallow: He’s in love with a girl because of her looks. He wants to kick a football because his ego won’t let him fail (or learn that Lucy is a sociopathic liar). He is a child, but his dog has a much richer i...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Nov 1, 2011, 7:07 am
Conventional celibate chaste innocent pure vestal virtuous Negative definition inhibited nonsexual repressed unsexed unused unworked Positive phrases differently climaxed eros free fully flowered penetration exempt sex free New constructions absexual buxoff celibaste fuxless virgon.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 30, 2011, 11:27 am

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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 28, 2011, 7:00 am
Fight Your Demons, a photo by Lissy Elle on Flickr. Years later, the survivors discovered the Bozo Virus got its start at Escola de Clown de Girona, near the end its semester. The “Esclowna” was a kind of university/prep school for the international clowning set. The buffoons-in-training live...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 27, 2011, 7:01 am
Having recently watched Trainspotting, I was struck by how funny (and then disgusting) the “worst toilet in Scotland” scene was. So, that toilet wins for nasty. I think we have to give the prize for frightening to this toilet hanging over a precipice in the Swiss Alps. Imagine having to sit i...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 26, 2011, 7:02 am
None. Next question. No, seriously, what is the right amount? It depends. Do you have other things to do? Like, I don’t know, a job? Let’s assume yes, and let’s assume it’s about eight hours a day. Okay, so that leaves you 17. 17? Sorry, I keep forgetting your stupid Earth day onl...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 25, 2011, 7:10 am
LONDON, ON (The Skwib) — Yesterday the writer of the popular blog, Prawned! was found draped across his keyboard, unconscious. Patrick Jones, aka Dedred S., was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner. Jones was known as an insightful and amusing commentator on the gaming and shr...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 23, 2011, 10:18 am
… isolator isolates!, a photo by x-ray delta one on Flickr.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 21, 2011, 9:04 am
I spend a lot of time thinking about the death of print, the digital revolution and the massive changes we’re in the midst of, but sometimes it pays to remember that media shifts have happened before. So, I’ve taken a page out of Mad Kane’s book, and tried my hand at a song parody. You shoul...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 20, 2011, 11:34 am

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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 19, 2011, 6:48 am
1960 … formerly unknown Mexican sci-fi!, a photo by x-ray delta one on Flickr. The being had crossed all of known space to find her, Lola LaBozla, the smartest woman on Earth. It had tracked her from Earth orbit using the prototype of her own wearable artificial intelligence unit and spaghetti cl...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 17, 2011, 7:22 am
Photo by Rodney Smith, via kraftgenie on Flickr. Jones had seen The Matrix at least a dozen times, and one day, it just seemed to describe reality better than the demented ramblings of Sir Isaac Newton.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 17, 2011, 6:29 am
1947—Nice spot to be in -Arrow – by Coby Whitmore, a photo by x-ray delta one on Flickr. Copy: Do you enjoy the luxuriant feel of a decapitated head? Then put yourself in an Arrow shirt; that one-and-only Arrow Collar won’t do you a bit of harm, nor will its Mitoga shaped-to-your-shape fit....
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 13, 2011, 9:48 pm
porch, a photo by philipjbond on Flickr. Boba Fett’s journal: “Last night I had that terrible dream where I got slowly digested over a 1000 years again. I wonder what it means? But in real world — totally looking forward to the Hutt Annual BBQ this weekend. Life has been so good since I capt...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 13, 2011, 6:34 am
Of course, you could always check out his memoir too, Adolf Hitler, My Part in His Downfall.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 12, 2011, 8:22 am

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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 11, 2011, 7:21 am
This is a Finnish instructional video from 1979. Click on the red CC if you want the subtitles. Oh my god, don’t leaving me hanging like that rocking 70s mustache man! How the hell do I look awesome if the door opens towards me? Now, is it me, or is the rocking 70s mustache man just filled wit...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 10, 2011, 6:55 am
Beauty is relative, a photo by True_Bavarian on Flickr. At a certain point in your life, you realize that you are who you are. That isn’t to say that your life won’t change. Of course it will change. So will your personality, but not in big ways. If you’re an introvert, you’re not going ...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 9, 2011, 9:53 am
the critic, a photo by Mattijn on Flickr.
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 8, 2011, 11:06 am
I’ve always loved Weird Al, and this piece demonstrates his great sense of humor, grasp of the zeitgeist, and his songwriting chops. Stop Forwarding that Crap To Me My only regret is that he didn’t work in a couple of FB and Twitter references, which are surely the new version of this phenomen...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 7, 2011, 6:53 am
from the 2037 Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven catalog This hat recalls the iconic headgear worn by the Cognition Brigade during the Second Robotic War. First developed for long distance thought projection, hats of this design were worn by countless Though Soldiers during the war, preferred for its abili...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 6, 2011, 7:30 am
from the 2037 Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven catalog This is the device that instantly turns Soylent Green and other flavorings into a soft-serve treat. The unit combines frozen Soylent Green and any additional Soylent products you can scavenge and instantly churns the ingredients to produce a treat wi...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 5, 2011, 7:35 am
(from the 2037 Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven catalog) This is a six-foot Christmas tree that pops up instantly and is pre-decorated with original artwork by renowned holiday artist Thomas Kinkaid, all of which can dispense Viritron’s patented Santa Virus. The tree rises from a flat position in co...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 4, 2011, 7:36 am
(from the 2037 Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven catalog) This is the robotic vacuum that navigates autonomously through your home up to seven times per week, where it can either clean your floors or patrol for intruders. The unit’s specially designed dual, counter-rotating agitator brushes spread carpe...
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Maximillian T. posted an article on The Skwib -- Mark A. Rayner's irregular sputtering of satire, humor and odd, odd fiction. - Oct 3, 2011, 7:30 am
from the 2037 Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven catalog This levitation belt earned The Best rating from the Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven Institute because it was the easiest to put on and operate while falling from a building. 48 out of 49 of our tests were successful, and only one of our Testing Drones...
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