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The Determinist Explanation

January 21, 2011Burt Likko

Because of the autonomic responses of the chicken’s internal nervous system in response to visual, auditory, and other sensory stimuli, moving through a complex neural network to stimulate the chicken’s behavior. Likely, the neural programming within the chicken’s brain was… Continue Reading →

Armchair Psychoanalysis, Weak Attempt At Humor

Breaking: Favre Seen At Walgreen’s

August 18, 2010Burt Likko

MANKATO, MINNESOTA — ATSN Exclusive — We have unconfirmed reports that Brett Favre was seen entering a Walgreen’s earlier today in Skyline, Minnesota, and was seen heading towards the “Allergy Remedies” on aisle six.  Repeat, an unconfirmed report that Brett… Continue Reading →

Sports, Weak Attempt At Humor

More On The Brett Favre Story

August 18, 2010Burt Likko

[Cue music] Anchor:  You’re watching ASTN, the All-Sports Talk Network, and this is “False Start.”  Here with us today is sports physiologist Jimmy Buckley, and Sterling Sharpe, Brett’s former teammate and easily the best-dressed commentator on the NFL Network.  Let’s… Continue Reading →

Food, Sports, Weak Attempt At Humor

Promise Breaker

June 16, 2010Burt Likko 4 Comments

When I first seriously looked at Barack Obama as a candidate for President, the thing I liked best was that he took civil liberties seriously.  He really got it that freedom is what America is realy, really, all about.  If… Continue Reading →

Barack Obama, Constitutional Law, Lighting Our Money On Fire, News, Terrorism, Weak Attempt At Humor

Norwegian Curling Pants

February 26, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

I want me some Norwegian curling pants,‘Cuz then I could go for the gold.They got room to do the M.C. Hammer dance,I got moves that never get old. I love the argyle of white, blue, and red,And fame from using a broom.I’ll… Continue Reading →

Music, Sports, Weak Attempt At Humor

More New Tiger Woods Commercials

January 14, 2010Burt Likko

By now, you’ve all seen the Billy Dee Williams thing.  But this one, I think, is new:

Scandal, Weak Attempt At Humor

Felicitously Named Initiatives

December 17, 2009Burt Likko 1 Comment

At lunch today, my friend pointed out that the proposed initiative to legalize and tax marijuana in California had recently announced that it has obtained half again as many signatures as needed to qualify for appearing on the ballot in… Continue Reading →

2010 Election, California, Crime and Punishment, Domestic Politics, Weak Attempt At Humor

Weekend Weirdness, Volume VII

November 29, 2009Burt Likko

Yeah, I pretty much took off the weekend, except to talk about food.  But I wasn’t going to leave you without your weirdness.  100% apolitical this weekend. Consider, for example, the transvestite (female dressing as male) jazz musician who over… Continue Reading →

Music, Sex, Travel, Weak Attempt At Humor, Weirdness

Deferred Success

November 25, 2009Burt Likko

Sometimes it’s hard to tell parody from what it’s parodying. Take this for instance: Now, I found this on comedy site failblog.org.   That’s a good place to go to see things like people not setting their parking brakes, teenagers… Continue Reading →

Law, Link Love, Teaching, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing, Weak Attempt At Humor, Writing

Next Time Ask A Real Doctor

November 7, 2009Burt Likko
Sickness and Health, Weak Attempt At Humor

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