The Happy Moron » curios http://thehappymoron.com/blog When being stupid is smart Wed, 23 May 2012 18:13:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Kate Rusby – My Young Man http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/11/15/kate-rusby-my-young-man/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/11/15/kate-rusby-my-young-man/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:49:04 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1756

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… call this an apology for the previous video :-P

]]> http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/28/this-one-is-crying-for-hymnal-lyrics/feed/ 1 Let Us Pray http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/26/let-us-pray/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/26/let-us-pray/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:21:19 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1725 On the off chance you’ve not seen this already:

We need to be aware of what shapes public conception of our religion. Even when it hurts.

]]> http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/26/let-us-pray/feed/ 2 Glitz and Glamour http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/14/glitz-and-glamour/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/14/glitz-and-glamour/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:35:59 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1705 Continue reading →]]> What do you do to show your love for an edgy street artist?

That’s easy, you give him an art expo!

But what do you do if you suspect that his art is actually as illegal as sin and that he stole the billboards he defaced for the display?

That’s just as easy, you cancel his art expo!

Edgy is all fun and games until you, as an artist, realize that too many eyeballs means you will be caught and prosecuted. It’s all fun and games until you, as a patron of the arts, realize that there are some things you can’t sustainably sponsor. Of course, there are some who say that the illegality *is* the art, and that to deface an officially sanctioned and provisioned billboard is devoid of irony and misses the entire point.

There is a loser in this story; it is the idea that all expressions are valuable and that all expressions deserve to be elevated to the highest platform.

]]> http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/14/glitz-and-glamour/feed/ 1 Links http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/01/links/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/01/links/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:18:57 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1688 Too busy to blog anything so a link dump :-)

Andreas Deja was a Disney animator for many years and has a nifty blog.

Quotes from Alan Perlis, worth it for #93 alone

A timewasting site.

Truth in an article title.

]]> http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/09/01/links/feed/ 0 Irony? http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/08/15/irony/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/08/15/irony/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:38:43 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1663 Side by side on the BBC front page today:

Umm… okay? I like how the kid on the right is looking back over his shoulder at the other article, “You did not just say that…”

]]> http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/08/15/irony/feed/ 0 Wise Words from Warren http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/08/06/wise-words-from-warren/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/08/06/wise-words-from-warren/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:50:48 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1623 Continue reading →]]> A marvelous interview about the debt crisis, well worth the time to watch:

Warren Buffett is so solid! He just ignores all the hype and melodrama. The man is a rock, and he’s committed to the truth of a situation rather than the perception of it.

In a world of quick money makers who swear that perception is everything, Warren understands that the value of your credit is not set by a rating but rather by whether or not you can pay the bills on time.

]]> http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/08/06/wise-words-from-warren/feed/ 0 I like turtles http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/07/21/i-like-turtles/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/07/21/i-like-turtles/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:04:19 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1583

]]> http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/07/21/i-like-turtles/feed/ 6 Arthur McBride – Paul Brady http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/07/20/arthur-mcbride-paul-brady/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/07/20/arthur-mcbride-paul-brady/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:34:46 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1580 I dunno that I’ve ever run across a better sung folk song.

]]> http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/07/20/arthur-mcbride-paul-brady/feed/ 1 That’s cold, baby http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/06/29/thats-cold-baby/ http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2011/06/29/thats-cold-baby/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:46:34 +0000 happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/?p=1562 Continue reading →]]> Some compliments just aren’t worth the pain…

“Chris is a consummate professional, a tremendous competitor and an
even better person,” Rangers general manager Glen Sather said in a
statement. “He gave his heart and soul to the Rangers organization in
his time here and we wish him the best in his future endeavours.”

Well, I guess you have to say something when you give your captain the heave-ho. “We’re grateful for your heart and soul, Chris, but they won’t buy a third line center in this crazy salary-capped world.”

On a side note, what does it do to your ego to know that someone is willing to pay $3.3M just to fire you?

That’s cold, baby.

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