Why an economist makes a bad leader
At least one of the reasons. Stephen Harper has an MA in economics, and he has other issues. You know what gives you a better background than economics? Camp counsellor.…
but is it art?
DOES John Woo hate helicopters?
A longitudinal study of John Woo helicopter hate: Film Helicopters Destroyed Helicopters Used Unsafely Hard Target (1993) 0 1 Broken Arrow (1996) 4* too many to count Face/Off (1997) 0…
From the annals of really useless superpowers
#UselessSuperPowers was a thing on Twitter yesterday, and it was nice to see one in cartoon form. Please use the comment form to add your own, Alltop can make you…
Man Watches The Hunt for Red October 168 Times, Decides It’s Not that Good
LONDON, ONTARIO (The Skwib) — After a courageous 12 weeks, Terry Bakker has abandoned his New Year’s Resolution to watch The Hunt for Red October every time it comes on…
9 old words for the modern age
vocabulation The use or choice of words. This post is a meditation on vocabulation, particularly, old words that we may want to revivify for our current age of the Internet…
Breaking bad news…
Is anyone else mildly freaked out by how many news stories they learn of first on Twitter? Or is it just us Twits? Alltop is breaking funny. Noise to Signal…
Sad Spaceman regrets the broken promises …
Yes, he’s back. More in the Sad Spaceman Tumblr here. Alltop never went anywhere.
The Lost PowerPoint Slides (Ides of March Edition)
Julius Caesar Presents: Won’t Be King (slide 5) Don’t put that diadem around my shoulders Only King in Rome is Jupiter But you can call me King outside Italy What,…
René Magritte: Meditations on the Nether Beast From Dimension X
Many have taken this iconic painting by the Belgian surrealist to be a commentary on the treacherous nature of the image — it makes you believe one thing, while hiding…
Time robots!
Time Robot would be a great name for a band. It would also be a horribly misleading title for a French film based on this premise. (Though it would be…
Before the Attack of Herr Doctor Dimensia
Many will no doubt recognize this oft-parodied painting by Edward Hopper. It’s use of perspective, lighting and color is well-known in artistic circles, and it is rightly considered an American…
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Woman with Telekinetic Powers About to Destroy Sienna
Many people have described this as one of history’s most mysterious paintings. They have described the smile on this woman’s face as “enigmatic” and “curious” and highly erotic. Nothing could…
Picasso’s Women from Five-Dimensional Space Prepare to Absorb The Artist’s Essence
There is something undeniably creepy and alien about the women portrayed in Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. He painted this in 1907, though it wasn’t shown publicly until nearly…
Coordinates to Landing Zone XI
Famous Painting with SF Titles: Coordinates to Landing Zone XI No doubt this painting is known to you by the title given to it by humans, L’Ultima Cena (The Last…
The angels were jealous
I always suspected the angels didn’t like us very much. Alltop is an angel of humor.
Short Fiction: Jesussic Park
Jesus was visiting a lost valley that was reputed to hold a few holy men who separated themselves from the rest of the world so they could better understand the…
The Sarcastic Cyborg Debriefs
Is this thing on? Seriously. Is it on? I’m not getting any neural feedback. You humans are so odd. You are human aren’t you? Why don’t you just implant a…
Ask General Kang: Is there anything wrong with using the word ‘sartorial’?
You probably get a lot of funny looks when you employ that adjective. Some of the looks are from borderline homophobes, who believe that you’d have to be a little…
A Short History of the Death of Culture (a cartoon)
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Absurd Panhandler Party
Making the morning commute a little brighter. Environmental (absurd) theatre at its best. Alltop just needs a few minutes of your attention too. Via Laughing Squid.