<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:41:02 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Shoes For Snakes</title><description>A sketchbook blog.  I draw it, I post it.  Quality control be damned, I say.  Some material not suitable for children or the childlike.</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-8005060959639556943</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-06T20:26:27.836-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>not really funny</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>insightful political commentary</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#34: Al Gore</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SOrWdHGuCtI/AAAAAAAAAKY/uYzNnajsLkU/s1600-h/algore.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SOrWdHGuCtI/AAAAAAAAAKY/uYzNnajsLkU/s320/algore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254247710892886738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A no longer topical cheap shot!  Remember our motto about quality control.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-8005060959639556943?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/08/34-al-gore.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SOrWdHGuCtI/AAAAAAAAAKY/uYzNnajsLkU/s72-c/algore.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2438475088381628222</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-06T20:04:33.632-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>not really funny</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#33: Murray breaks a sweat</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SOrQxClgzWI/AAAAAAAAAKI/UYBnj_sgkoU/s1600-h/murray.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SOrQxClgzWI/AAAAAAAAAKI/UYBnj_sgkoU/s320/murray.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254241456207482210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2438475088381628222?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/08/33-murray-breaks-sweat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SOrQxClgzWI/AAAAAAAAAKI/UYBnj_sgkoU/s72-c/murray.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-7608710119271007917</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-26T20:45:32.208-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>just silliness</category><title>#32: Harold escapes</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SLTNwd8jEGI/AAAAAAAAAJY/WeQUvFJQ00Y/s1600-h/ejecto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SLTNwd8jEGI/AAAAAAAAAJY/WeQUvFJQ00Y/s320/ejecto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239038499094728802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-7608710119271007917?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/08/32-harold-escapes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SLTNwd8jEGI/AAAAAAAAAJY/WeQUvFJQ00Y/s72-c/ejecto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-8827594808012035872</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-10T19:39:16.443-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>not really funny</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>insightful political commentary</category><title>#31: Satanic downsizing</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SJ-mT5bA0bI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/mMNtiqrl-Dc/s1600-h/satanic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SJ-mT5bA0bI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/mMNtiqrl-Dc/s320/satanic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233084152789651890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SJ-kaVKxRBI/AAAAAAAAAJI/6wzQ8EZhDIQ/s1600-h/satanic.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-8827594808012035872?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/08/31-satanic-downsizing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SJ-mT5bA0bI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/mMNtiqrl-Dc/s72-c/satanic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-6549559735923499913</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:31.259-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>parody</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#30: Darth Gaydar</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SJd35MTTExI/AAAAAAAAAJA/6xaZvl6X_74/s1600-h/darth2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SJd35MTTExI/AAAAAAAAAJA/6xaZvl6X_74/s320/darth2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230781316652536594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Not homophobic!  Just being goofy!  Don't get offended, huge gay fanbase!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-6549559735923499913?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/07/30-darth-gaydar.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SJd35MTTExI/AAAAAAAAAJA/6xaZvl6X_74/s72-c/darth2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2600940050092815285</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:31.460-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>sketch</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>just silliness</category><title>#29: Anti-Carrot Ninja</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIuNkijXQRI/AAAAAAAAAI4/jxRWETNw9vw/s1600-h/acn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIuNkijXQRI/AAAAAAAAAI4/jxRWETNw9vw/s320/acn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227427451383529746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2600940050092815285?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/07/29-anti-carrot-ninja.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIuNkijXQRI/AAAAAAAAAI4/jxRWETNw9vw/s72-c/acn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-5462512473760311629</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:31.688-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>sacrilege</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>just silliness</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>historical</category><title>#28: Scenes from the Hippie Bible II</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIN-tPOWu9I/AAAAAAAAAIw/HpNoQHticO4/s1600-h/joseph.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIN-tPOWu9I/AAAAAAAAAIw/HpNoQHticO4/s320/joseph.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225159308325862354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See also &lt;a href="http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/06/18-scenes-from-hippie-bible.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-5462512473760311629?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/07/28-scenes-from-hippie-bible-ii.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIN-tPOWu9I/AAAAAAAAAIw/HpNoQHticO4/s72-c/joseph.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-1377706578957714071</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:32.122-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>historical</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#27: The Pharaoh goes out for a drive</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIJ3Wyu9cYI/AAAAAAAAAIo/U3CGyN1nWOU/s1600-h/ankh.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIJ3Wyu9cYI/AAAAAAAAAIo/U3CGyN1nWOU/s320/ankh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224869751162761602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIJ3CyymMDI/AAAAAAAAAIg/awtumWGy_u0/s1600-h/ankh.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-1377706578957714071?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/07/27-pharaoah-goes-out-for-drive.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SIJ3Wyu9cYI/AAAAAAAAAIo/U3CGyN1nWOU/s72-c/ankh.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-5975813400100854979</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:32.234-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>ain't it the truth</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>insightful political commentary</category><title>#26: He's established</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHtXYwErfXI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/4YEZvtERdDc/s1600-h/neither.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHtXYwErfXI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/4YEZvtERdDc/s320/neither.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222864275599228274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-5975813400100854979?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/06/26-hes-established.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHtXYwErfXI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/4YEZvtERdDc/s72-c/neither.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2337982357452621518</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:32.441-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>ain't it the truth</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>brutality</category><title>#25: Kids Can Be So Cruel</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHkFyc2yHVI/AAAAAAAAAIA/ku9AutgdgbE/s1600-h/kcbsc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHkFyc2yHVI/AAAAAAAAAIA/ku9AutgdgbE/s320/kcbsc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222211607210368338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2337982357452621518?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/06/25-kids-can-be-so-cruel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHkFyc2yHVI/AAAAAAAAAIA/ku9AutgdgbE/s72-c/kcbsc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2336840018358368007</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:32.592-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>flowers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#24: The Flower Army</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHZtZUmz4hI/AAAAAAAAAGI/wgLB5f-gIOc/s1600-h/flowerarmy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHZtZUmz4hI/AAAAAAAAAGI/wgLB5f-gIOc/s320/flowerarmy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221481099778318866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're not necessarily proud of these puns.  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Rose"&gt;Tokyo Rose&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamen"&gt;Stay, men&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynoecium"&gt;Pistil&lt;/a&gt; in a holster.  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressed_flowers"&gt;Pressing on&lt;/a&gt;.  The exciting &lt;a href="http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/anther.html"&gt;anther&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2336840018358368007?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/06/24-flower-army.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHZtZUmz4hI/AAAAAAAAAGI/wgLB5f-gIOc/s72-c/flowerarmy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-4270741325513380585</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:32.800-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>college boy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>sketch</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>too clever by half</category><title>#23: Everyone loves the French absurdists</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHLbjrvIVFI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Bcx-QMgXQ4g/s1600-h/iwh.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHLbjrvIVFI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Bcx-QMgXQ4g/s320/iwh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220476324158133330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_%28play%29"&gt;This play&lt;/a&gt; made a big impression on me as an adolescent.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-4270741325513380585?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/06/23-everyone-loves-french-absurdists.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SHLbjrvIVFI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Bcx-QMgXQ4g/s72-c/iwh.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-7933144856885990532</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:32.910-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>insightful political commentary</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>just silliness</category><title>#22: The political dialectic</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SG_EYgUAo8I/AAAAAAAAAFw/Yuyx0mRl9Y8/s1600-h/flower.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SG_EYgUAo8I/AAAAAAAAAFw/Yuyx0mRl9Y8/s320/flower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219606418415461314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SG_D3glWZsI/AAAAAAAAAFo/9D-JDbSjYBw/s1600-h/flower.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-7933144856885990532?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/06/22-political-dialectic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SG_EYgUAo8I/AAAAAAAAAFw/Yuyx0mRl9Y8/s72-c/flower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-6221236081798256835</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 23:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:33.109-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>not really funny</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>just silliness</category><title>#21: Swine Fever</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SG6uWfQtV7I/AAAAAAAAAFg/6Xgph_lNbd4/s1600-h/sf.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SG6uWfQtV7I/AAAAAAAAAFg/6Xgph_lNbd4/s320/sf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219300719540918194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-6221236081798256835?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/05/21-swine-fever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SG6uWfQtV7I/AAAAAAAAAFg/6Xgph_lNbd4/s72-c/sf.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2376168829223002393</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 19:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:33.266-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>tired tropes</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>not really funny</category><title>#20: Meet the Family</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SFbGGh1SE4I/AAAAAAAAAFY/PyeI_qn7-xQ/s1600-h/atitmil.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SFbGGh1SE4I/AAAAAAAAAFY/PyeI_qn7-xQ/s320/atitmil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212571434191295362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2376168829223002393?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/05/20-meet-family.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SFbGGh1SE4I/AAAAAAAAAFY/PyeI_qn7-xQ/s72-c/atitmil.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2291858389057658729</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:33.413-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mocking the famous</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>college boy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>sketch</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>too clever by half</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#19: French authors</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SFBzQ5GF_rI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/2TI9i1ItISg/s1600-h/frenchauthors.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SFBzQ5GF_rI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/2TI9i1ItISg/s320/frenchauthors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210791502909144754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire"&gt;Baudelaire&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rimbaud"&gt;Rimbaud&lt;/a&gt;.  And, of course, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo_%28character%29"&gt;Rambo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2291858389057658729?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/05/19-french-authors.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SFBzQ5GF_rI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/2TI9i1ItISg/s72-c/frenchauthors.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-6749040380315841841</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 02:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:33.606-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>too clever by half</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>historical</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#18: Scenes from the Hippie Bible</title><description>In order to "get" why this cartoon was made, you must be familiar with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mess_of_pottage"&gt;a certain bit of obsolete Biblical phrasing&lt;/a&gt;.  Knowing that doesn't make it any funnier, though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE8536BSdhI/AAAAAAAAAFI/hz-YP9Zrmp4/s1600-h/sfthb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE8536BSdhI/AAAAAAAAAFI/hz-YP9Zrmp4/s320/sfthb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210446926521202194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-6749040380315841841?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/06/18-scenes-from-hippie-bible.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE8536BSdhI/AAAAAAAAAFI/hz-YP9Zrmp4/s72-c/sfthb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2689487190734614729</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:33.995-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>just silliness</category><title>#17: Mr. Contrary to the End</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE7I9-DHXEI/AAAAAAAAAE4/z8c0Y5IyqwI/s1600-h/mrcontrary.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE7I9-DHXEI/AAAAAAAAAE4/z8c0Y5IyqwI/s320/mrcontrary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210322785867881538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE7IgGmU6oI/AAAAAAAAAEw/TyXarcg_Q-I/s1600-h/mrcontrary.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2689487190734614729?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/04/17-mr-contrary-to-end.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE7I9-DHXEI/AAAAAAAAAE4/z8c0Y5IyqwI/s72-c/mrcontrary.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-235305947388055831</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:34.356-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>parody</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vulgarity</category><title>#16: Great new comic characters</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE2XEd4Ts4I/AAAAAAAAAEo/shfvQkgZpIA/s1600-h/gncc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE2XEd4Ts4I/AAAAAAAAAEo/shfvQkgZpIA/s320/gncc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209986446933603202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-235305947388055831?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/04/16-great-new-comic-characters.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SE2XEd4Ts4I/AAAAAAAAAEo/shfvQkgZpIA/s72-c/gncc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2611894887176224354</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:34.554-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>sketch</category><title>#15: Sketch of a hand</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExjwAqnDKI/AAAAAAAAAEg/JfFTN2pLT5g/s1600-h/hand.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExjwAqnDKI/AAAAAAAAAEg/JfFTN2pLT5g/s320/hand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209648545424411810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2611894887176224354?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/04/15-sketch-of-hand.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExjwAqnDKI/AAAAAAAAAEg/JfFTN2pLT5g/s72-c/hand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-8158908341972974031</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:34.751-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>too clever by half</category><title>#14: Gag gifts</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExhU7c6elI/AAAAAAAAAEY/VznqiB6P6t8/s1600-h/gaggifts.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExhU7c6elI/AAAAAAAAAEY/VznqiB6P6t8/s320/gaggifts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209645881145064018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-8158908341972974031?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/04/14-gag-gifts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExhU7c6elI/AAAAAAAAAEY/VznqiB6P6t8/s72-c/gaggifts.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-932987823709931832</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:34.852-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mocking the famous</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>parody</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>sacrilege</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vulgarity</category><title>#13: Bally's Celebrity Spokesman Series</title><description>To fully understand the rationale behind this cartoon, you must know that scrawny, pot-smoking, lite-rock  wastrel Glenn Frey &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Frey#Commercial_endorsements"&gt;reinvented himself&lt;/a&gt; (in a sense) with a series of ads for Bally Fitness (like &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFw7zyUyTU0"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;) in the late '80s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExEKtJf1CI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/WnTbO5zsElo/s1600-h/ballys.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExEKtJf1CI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/WnTbO5zsElo/s320/ballys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209613819669632034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This cartoon is honestly &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;not &lt;/span&gt;intended to be sacrilegious, but a comment on the superficiality of health club culture and the dubious prestige of celebrity spokespeople.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-932987823709931832?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/03/13-ballys-celebrity-spokesman-series.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SExEKtJf1CI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/WnTbO5zsElo/s72-c/ballys.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-3681176301333528777</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:35.079-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>just silliness</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#12: The ninja strikes</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SEt4DU-UYcI/AAAAAAAAAEA/6vQXIRlrqQ0/s1600-h/ninja.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SEt4DU-UYcI/AAAAAAAAAEA/6vQXIRlrqQ0/s320/ninja.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209389392549142978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He's got ninja skills to spare.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-3681176301333528777?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/03/12-ninja-strikes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SEt4DU-UYcI/AAAAAAAAAEA/6vQXIRlrqQ0/s72-c/ninja.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-2020772044474286416</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:35.317-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>not really funny</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>historical</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>awful puns</category><title>#11: Nobody likes a cheat</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SEsBycSwSlI/AAAAAAAAAD4/RfxxUvbP_fw/s1600-h/holdit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SEsBycSwSlI/AAAAAAAAAD4/RfxxUvbP_fw/s320/holdit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209259360084052562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SEr-0RAOPEI/AAAAAAAAADo/LylGg8gqrLQ/s1600-h/holdit.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-2020772044474286416?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/06/11-nobody-likes-cheat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SEsBycSwSlI/AAAAAAAAAD4/RfxxUvbP_fw/s72-c/holdit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103109073120215653.post-6461308810028048373</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T00:28:35.512-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>sketch</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>not really funny</category><title>#10: Everything's funnier in German</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SErspF56K8I/AAAAAAAAADg/m96uQ4tJMvc/s1600-h/german.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SErspF56K8I/AAAAAAAAADg/m96uQ4tJMvc/s320/german.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209236109711256514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103109073120215653-6461308810028048373?l=shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://shoesforsnakes.blogspot.com/2008/03/10-everythings-funnier-in-german.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (NJR)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LW3gak2F6xk/SErspF56K8I/AAAAAAAAADg/m96uQ4tJMvc/s72-c/german.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>