April 2008
44 posts
June/July Sublet
My friend Dan Levy is coming to NYC for those two months. If anybody knows of an available sublet, let me know. ricky at college humor. Or, if you want to trade him and live in West Hollywood for two months, he’d probably be open to that as well.
Coldplay- Violet Hill Sounds pretty much like...
Rick Haskins, EVP Marketing at the CW, lying. →
Related, this book.
Slang Stock Market
I’m shorting the word “douche.” After a strong resurgence in 2005 and showing strong staying power through 2007, its day has come. Lately most of the people I’ve seen use it fit into two categories, or a combination of both: 1) people over 40 who have finally had the word passed down the cool chain from their younger friends and co-workers 2) the “douches”...
Job Opening
Are you smart and motivated and good at keeping your shit together? Are you pretty good with numbers? Are you fun? I might have a job for you at CV. E-mail me your resume and a photo of you doing something you enjoy doing.
Company Name
I’ve been waiting forever to one day see this in my inbox. Congrats to William, who years ago thought of the best company name ever. Fw: Certificate of Formation of MILLION DOLLAR MURDER RECORDS, LLC for filing in Delaware
Spamalot
I have a love/hate relationship with spam. I hate it for the same reasons everybody else does, but at least once every few days I’ll get a spam email that is so absurdly terrific that I’m glad I got it. Until today, a spam message has had either an amazing subject line or an amazing message body. Then, I got this puppy… Subject: Your invite to an awesome party Body: You can have...
Life Lessons
There’s a big difference between telling a girl “You’re pretty” and telling the same girl “You’re pretty and don’t let anybody ever tell you otherwise.”
Hotnewz.TV visits CH/Hardly Working →
This is one of those closed circuit television networks that’s in college cafeterias, etc.
Confessions of a CollegeHumor.com Editor - New... →
Oddly enough I didn’t know Streeter was writing this until I just saw it linked from his blog. Well done, Streeter!
Now Hiring
We’re looking to fill two positions at CollegeHumor- a marketing director and a video editor. If you think you’d like to apply for either one, send me a resume. The job description for the marketing director position is here. For the video editing position, you should be really good at editing video.
Ricky Gervais' Defining Moment →
“But living an honest life - for that you need the truth.That’s the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity.” Almost as good as his speech at the end of the Extras series finale. Gervais makes a great point — detatching yourself from an uphill battle against reason, in any situation, is...
Watchsamreich: The Apple “i,” directed by me, produced by CHTV. This was a labor of love for me. I’m an Apple junky and watch the Keynote presentations with avid excitement twice a year. The opportunity to make fun of their sometimes “style over substance” philosophy was too fun to pass up. I conceived of it and Dan Gurewitch did an amazing job writing it. Watch this video until the end for a few...
Grand Theft Patent
Just saw the above photo of Rock Star’s new swag box to promote Grand Theft Auto IV and did a double take. Believe it or not, I invented the giant foam shocker hand in 2004 and actually got a legit US Patent for the stupid thing. Really. So, it looks like Rock Star Games is in violation of United States Patent #D495749S! Lucky for them, they’re friends of CollegeHumor and one of our...
Lake of Fire
oats: Ricky invited me to come watch the documentary Lake of Fire at his apartment tonight. The film got a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Still… heavy subject matter, “Fascinating but unsettling.”I’d recommend this documentary to anybody who wants to get an extensive unbiased look at both sides of the abortion debate. It’s about as raw of a perspective as you could possible get (you...
I Beat The Cab Driver!
Just got out of a cab where the cabbie insisted his credit card machine wasn’t working. I stayed in the cab while he kept pretending to hit the correct button, but of course I noticed he was missing the “cab ride finished” button and hitting all the rest. I then said “I know you’re trying to trick me and I’m not getting out of the cab until you stop.” He...
“Mr. Charney’s penchant for outspokenness could also prove risky. In an...”
– American Apparel Bares All - WSJ.com
Hardly Working: Phone Fight →
cool guy - Google Image Search →
Jake Hurwitz just pointed out that he appears when you Google Image Search “cool guy.”
WatchCute overload.
“… it seems the mayor and the State Liquor Authority are now only issuing...”
– Eater
WatchTed Turner was on Charlie Rose last night. I’ll say it again — old rich men with something to say are one of favorite things in the world. They have the money to allow them to talk about whatever/whoever they want and not enough time left on earth to hold anything back. Favorite exchange: Charlie: People listen to you and the views you express. Ted: They should. I think a lot and...
Gmail: Custom Time →
One of my favorite annual traditions is waking up on April 1st and poking around the web to see what websites with senses of humor have come up with.