Who cares if it's old, that is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the internet. That and the Star Wars spoof linked yesterday. Sand....think about it....sand.

That's almost become one of those internet classics...that maddox character should have made a book out of it

Yeah, I don't care if stuff is old, but damnit, if I link anything more than a week or two old I get heat from it.

Well, ribbing, but whatever. So I always have to announce "I realize this is old."

Ace,

Don't worry, it's just people's undying need to feel that they were "on to something" before anyone else. Just tell them that you'll pyoo pyoo them if they don't knock it off.

BTW, are you still looking for the Triumph bit?

Thanks!

I'm always mad that people tell me that I can't draw for shit, but are always complimenting my nieces' drawings. Look I may not be all that great, but they suck. I at least color in the lines and know that a sky is blue.

I had forgotten how funny Maddox's shit really is. Don't stop with the above page when you visit. Take some time to explore all that is the insanity of Maddox.

Best one:

"Ding Ding! Here comes the shit-mobile. I've never seen a fire truck that needed to be shaved. I would rather be burned to death than be saved by this hairy piece of shit."

Oh my! Laughing out loud is good for the soul.

Maddox is hysterical. He's a full-on Bush-hater, but the utter venom with which he attacks his subjects is awesome to behold. I recommend checking out the whole site.

Ace: please tell me you don't have kids.

I personally adore my 4 year old nephews drawings. He makes the big circle for the haed with the hands coming out of the head. He will distiguish the stick figures between the two of us by adding "boobies" to represent me...because "girls have boobies and boys have pee pee's". Thankfully he doesn't add a pee pee to represent himself.

Too cute!

The story is from the Sedaris book Holidays on Ice.

You can get it in audio form at the This American Life archives. I can't link to a direct URL, but it's the episode "A Very Special Sedaris Christmas," episode 87, 12/19/97. It's at the top left under "2002 shows" in the main archive (rebroadcast).

Took a while, but I found a URL. Here's the link:

http://www.thislife.org/ra/87.ram

There's a 7-minute intro with Sedaris reading from "The Santaland Diaries" (also very funny stuff), followed by "Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol." That's the insanely bitchy chidren's theatre reviewer. It takes about 8 minutes.

Saw your latest update, can't take the credit - utron found the direct URL (how'd you find it, utron?).

"Hubris"!?

I think I'm going to change my monicker to something bigger and flashier, harder to lose track of. Maybe "Cedarford"...

Nah. That just sounds stupid.

tinkerbelle:
"Ace: please tell me you don't have kids."

I predict 10 years before Ace has the mental propriety ;-) to have a kid and then, we all know, unlike his child´s untalented little classmates who all hang their artwork on their fridge in the kitchen, Ace will think his kid's drawings definitely deserve to hang in Moma.

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On a more serious inquiring note, I find it really intriguing how humans are so different with drawing abilities. Why are most people not able to draw well? What makes it so hard to see something in 3D and trace it in 2D format on a piece of paper?

Ace, Chickpea, Alessandra, et al .... Have you ever considered that folks like you and Maddox are actually the ones who don't see the world correctly .... ummmmm I hate to tell you this, but eggs do so have bunny ears growing out of them, and I have never seen a fire engine that couldn't use a shave ... and, oh yeah, the sky really is usually a nice shade of fuschia (at least it usually is here in New England).

I never be able tot look at my kids' art the same.