Entries tagged with "dave barry"

Required reading... and viewing

posted by srah on March 15, 2005 5:28 PM

Tags: 1776, blackadder, books, dave barry, gilbert and sullivan, jeeves and wooster, just shoot me, monty python, movies, sideways stories from wayside school, srahfam, star wars, the pirates of penzance, the stupids, three by the sea

I realized today that there are certain things that should be a prerequisite for anyone hoping to be "in" with srahfamily*. Srahfamily is, of course, the coolest family on earth and everyone wants to be "in" with them. But first you must understand the organizational culture by way of its cultural artifacts!**. This is an attempt to chronicle some of the things that are most often quoted or referred to around here (in some cases I have included a favorite quote because I just can't help myself!): BooksThe Stupids Die ("This isn't heaven - this is Cleveland!")Dave Barry's Book of...

I'm not an addict, baby, that's a lie

posted by srah on August 6, 2003 8:23 AM

Tags: dave barry, music, neil diamond, weird al yankovic

You know, as much as I talk about Neil Diamond, I'm not really a Neil Diamond Fan. I mean, sure, I own three Neil Diamond CDs, but I'm not one of those Neil Diamond fans... I like Neil Diamond in an ironic/humorous sort of way, and people who like him for real scare me quite a bit. The first musical artist whose albums I actively collected was Weird Al Yankovic. The second was They Might Be Giants. Then I was introduced to The Neil by Dave Barry. That should tell you something right there. Dave says of Mr Diamond's excellent...