February 11, 2009

Illustrating the bueno and the mal

Filed under: Culture — Tim @ 11:55 am

So, there are certain things I miss from American culture. Like MacGyver (and MacGruber). Semi-sober breakfast at IHOP. Women that speak English.

Then there are other things that I uhh, don’t miss too much. Like emo’s. Or trust-fund vandarchists. Or College Station cops.

Again, most of my students think all Americans are smart and beautiful based on the copious amounts of entertainment they consume. So you can imagine how hard it is to describe the not-so-famous subcultures like the dorks at SomethingAwful or 4Chan.

Fortunately, there are pictures:

Exhibit A: Why American’s Shouldn’t Cosplay
Exhibit B: Fat Goths

Twine versus Mortgage paper

Filed under: Video — Tim @ 11:36 am

Heroic Monty Phython. At around the 2:00 mark a rather germane discussion takes place regarding collateral and interest payments:

And as a bonus, here is the MP Communist Quiz: