Dummies posts

CNN Douchebag Calls First Muslim Congressman Fifth Column

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

On the November 14 edition of his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck interviewed Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN), who became the first Muslim ever elected to Congress on November 7, and asked Ellison if he could “have five minutes here where we’re just politically incorrect and I play the cards up on the table.” After […]

Image-makers redux

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

Just to clarify why I’m so intent on dubbing the HappyDent luminous-elastic yogis as kitsch:

With six arms, Hindi Bendy can achieve positions most yogis wouldn’t even attempt on this spiritual plane. With a red dot on his forehead and fingers forming sacred circles, this 6″ tall solid rubber Hindu is the limb-laden friend of our […]

Introducing Punjabi

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Meet Punjabi, the Indian puppet. 
Punjabi works for Punch & Brodie, a Seattle-based company that provides ‘quality puppetry to corporate environments’ (apparently for all those times when regular corporate puppets can’t cut it).
Unlike his colleagues, Punjabi wasn’t born with a name, just an ethnicity.  But as he explains in this interview, he doesn’t really mind, […]