Dave Morin

Ok, this is hilarious:

Written from North Beach - San Francisco, California

Travel is great for getting your head out of the daily grind.

I’m in Houston for the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). Should be interesting.

For the laugh of the day, I point you to a brand new trailer for an upcoming sony pictures film. “Producers pitched the movie idea to studios as: ‘Six words: Will Ferrell as a Nascar driver.’”

Sony said: DO IT.

Talladega Nights

Written from: Four Seasons - Houston, Texas

At dinner with my parents tonight:

Me: “I’ve got your back mom.”
Mom: “Oh no! You inherited my bad back too?”
Sister: *Laughing uncontrollably*
Me: “No mom, you know, I’ve got you’ve covered…everything is under control…”
Mom: “I’ve never heard that before.”
Sister:*Still laughing*

To lighten the mood on an otherwise dark day in world history. Here’s a fabulous Montana joke that was forwarded to me by a friend this morning:

Four women were driving across the country. Each one was from a different state: Idaho, Nebraska, Montana and California.

Shortly after the trip began, the woman from Idaho started pulling potatoes from her bag and throwing them out of the window.

“What the heck are you doing?” demanded the Nebraskan.
“We have so many of these darn things in Idaho, I am just sick of
looking at them!”

A moment later, the gal from Nebraska began pulling ears of corn
from her bag and tossing them from the window.

“What are you doing that for?” asked the gal from Montana.
“We have so many of these things in Nebraska, I am just sick of
looking at them!”

Inspired, the gal from Montana opened the car door and pushed the Californian out.

From Tyrrell in Japan (So glad he’s safe):

this country man–it’s like the cop movies from the 70’s. people smoking at their desks in the office. it’s pretty funny. we’ve got a smoking room inside the junior high school for all the teachers. japan is a far cry from california.

t