Techafina » Humor http://www.techafina.com technology distilled Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Join the Evil League of Evil – Apply Now! http://www.techafina.com/posts/join-the-evil-league-of-evil-apply-now/ http://www.techafina.com/posts/join-the-evil-league-of-evil-apply-now/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:37:17 +0000 Sharon Rosen http://www.techafina.com/?p=276 EvilLeagueOfEvilTired of your day job? Not enough credit for the heroic work you accomplish? No need to wait for a mid-life crisis! Bad Horse is here for you and just what you need to spice things up a bit.

Take a chance. Be brave. Be evil. Apply to the Evil League of Evil and don’t tell your co-workers! This is your chance to take a stand against the oppression of Heroes and everything they represent.

Need to refresh your memory (or catch up on what all this Evil speak is about)? You can view Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog for free on Hulu.

Once you apply, you are welcome to add a link to your video application in the comments of this post. Techafina will be proud to help promote your application!

Remember… “make the Bad Horse gleeful, or he’ll make you his mare!”

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Today, I’m going to set the record straight regarding the REAL kickoff to the Holiday Season, as well as make sure YOU are ready to celebrate like true pirates!

To begin with the beginning, a history lesson is in order. If you have never heard of Talk Like a Pirate Day, the quick back story is this: two dudes slipped into pirate lingo one day and decided there was a need for worldwide holiday to enjoy such endeavors. Thus, a new holiday was born (all with a little a help from Dave Barry). If you’d the more detailed version, feel free to take a moment and learn how it all began. Of course, come back here to learn how to properly celebrate this auspicious holiday!

Now, how to celebrate! Be sure you are up to speed on all your pirate lingo. At the very least throw around an Arr or Avast and absolutely an Amatey! And don’t forget about Heave Ho, Jolly Roger (the pirate’s flag) and  Shiver me timbers! If you want to see the Pirate Guys (Cap’n Slappy and Ol’ Chumbucket) show you an example, just head on over to YouTube.  Another great resource is the wikiHow article “How to Talk Like a Pirate,” complete with vocabulary usage and video (that eerily reminds me of a 1960’s Driver’s Ed video – but I think that’s the point).  And, last but not least, know what NOT to say on Talk Like a Pirate Day…

I think that about covers it! Hopefully now you can be well prepared to properly celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day in all it’s glory this Friday, September 19th, 2008!

P.S. By doing your part to increase pirate activity, you are helping to decrease global warming! To learn more about this matter, check out The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster from Amazon.

P.P.S. Techafina takes no stance in the Pirates vs. Ninjas conflict and will give equal press time to Stalk Like a Ninja Day on December 5th.

Photo credit: http://www.talklikeapirate.com

]]> http://www.techafina.com/posts/how-to-properly-celebrate-talk-like-a-pirate-day/feed/ 7 Turning Lemons into Lemonade – and Adding Song! http://www.techafina.com/posts/turning-lemons-into-lemonade-and-adding-song/ http://www.techafina.com/posts/turning-lemons-into-lemonade-and-adding-song/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:56:40 +0000 Sharon Rosen http://www.techafina.com/?p=247 Remember that horrible writer’s strike that the Writer’s Guild subjected us all to? Of course you do! If you watched any regular programming during last year’s television season, your shows were disrupted and TV pretty much came to a standstill.

During that awful time, a group of very creative guys (the Whedon brothers) wrote a comical  musical for Internet distribution only. The idea was to entertain, provide something of worth for those of us starving for new content, and simply crack a joke or two. This musical was available for free to watch streaming from the web site for several weeks and is now available on iTunes for a mere $1.99 per episode or $4.99 for the season pass to all three.

What am I talking about? Why, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog of course! I know, I know, this isn’t “new” – but did YOU already know about it? If not, you’ve got to do yourself a favor and take 43 minutes to enjoy this wonderful creation. You’ll find yourself humming the tunes, and later, reaching to watch it again and again. Catchy, it is. And hey, if you’ve already seen it, isn’t it time to watch it again?

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