A Sketch Of An Old Roommate

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Early Airport Design Sketches from "Aeroport Run-Way Theory" by early 20th century aviator Franzen del Mutel

Translated from the original German, these images and excerpts are from what is considered the founding text of aerodrome design at a time when heavier than air flight was less than a decade old. Del Mutel’s designs were mostly visions of structures to be built in a European future where cities had expanded so vastly that large, area-swallowing tracts of land for airports would be unavailable.

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The Travels and Exploits of Charles Beaverthroop, Accounts Thereof, Thursday, October 19th, Year of Our Lord 1723, Mid-Afternoon, Upon a Stump Somewhere in Indian Territory.

The Beaverthroop Expedition has been most excruciatingly dull of late, which explains my lack of entries for the past few weeks. It has come to me that the reader of this manuscript, upon its inevitable publishing, will possibly be displeased at the gap in information, so I will contribute a small description of what had come to pass since my last entry, before coming to the matter at hand, to wit: the reason I chose to return to my journal.

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The Writers of MADtv Have a Brainstorming Session

CHUCK: Ooo! Ooo! I got another idea!

VERN: All right, let’s hear it!

CHUCK: Okay, so there’s this guy, and he walks into a bank…

The rest of the writers stare at Chuck in anticipation, as if expecting some sort of flash of genius.

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The Clunkline Birthday Celebration

December 15th was the official birthday of our glorious site, Clunkline. As usual, we spared no expense and retained no dignity.

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Student Runs Out of Excuses

IS major Dan Chorros recently became at a loss to explain away his chronic tardiness, absence, and apathy. Once a master of making excuses, he found himself rationalizing his lethargy with extremely weak reasoning.

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By the Numbers: My DC Vacation with Farkle-Farkle

Motel: 6
Number of stars: 1 1/2
Inches of snow that changed our plans at the last minute: 8
Hours it took to get here: 4
Hours Farkle-farkle drove my car here: 4
Hours of sleep she got before that: 1 1/2
Number of expensive improv shows we’ve slept through: 1
Mice I’ve caught (and released outside) in our hotel room: 1
Mice I’ve caught with traps in my life: 0
Mice I’ve caught with my hands in my life: 2
Reviews that said this place was in a sketchy neighborhood: All
Amount we’re paying for it: not enough for me to care
Number of times the hotel has been broken into since we started staying here: 1
Floor that was on: 1
Floor I’m on: 4
Therefore do I care: not really
Did I hear it: yes
Did I think it was a hypnagogic hallucination because I was asleep at 6:20 in the evening: yes
Is our sleep cycle messed up: yes, horribly
Will we make our events tomorrow: probably not
Is this the best vacation ever: damn straight

Maverick maverick

Sarah Palin has been ignoring the McCain campaign’s orders and just kind of running her own (even sloppier) campaign. Apparently she values the advice of a View host over that of her campaign’s managers. What a maverick of the maverick.

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Unlikely Success Stories

A short while ago, on a whim, I taught myself to play the accordion. I had a hunch that somehow, knowing this instrument would open doors for me, if I wanted to do comedy. (No idea where I got a crazy idea like that.)

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How to Win the Election, Culturejammer Style

On my visit to the Obama Oakland office today, I thought of several things which, taken together, would surely cripple McCain’s operations once and for all.

-Late in the day, go into his campaign offices, pretend to volunteer, writing fake names on things. This is just a pretense to get inside. Then, when nobody is paying attention, turn their thermostat all the way up and leave. Do this late enough in the day that nobody will notice. On top of making the office unlivable for a few hours the next day, you’ll drive up his utility bills. Yay!

-Get a McCain sticker on your car. Put it next to a Confederate Flag sticker. Cut people off on the highway and throw beer cans at pedestrians.

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A Fairly Old Drawing

You're Doing It Wrong #1

Go Comics! Check out the newest NDP strip.

The Lil's Series #2

Last summer, while I was being payed to be at work, I was instead drawing comics at my desk.

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In

Yeah that would be the direction you’re not going. With respect to my pants.

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The Cynic: Parts I & II

Because YouTube knows better than us whether or not we want shit split up.

Part I

Part II

I think aspects of it are kinda hokey but I’m arrogant enough to think I did a half-decent job myself.

I actually did not write this, but my acting abilities were specifically requested (for good or ill) by the guys and gals of the Variety Hour. They held off filming for a week while they waited for me to reply to an email I’d forgotten about. Flattering, to say the least. I also wound up doing standup for the live portion of their show, and I wrote a sketch for them this time around, but I generally view myself as more of a contractor than a creator with the VH, since I don’t direct or write much. But I’ll definitely help ‘em do what they want done.