Literal Albatross: A Thing by Doug Driesel Jr.

As the twilight closes in on another fifth of tequila, so does it close in on this, particular blog. That’s right. I’m shaking things up, not unlike the series of small earthquakes that have rocked Los Angeles in the past couple of days, neither of which I felt.

And, to be truthful, you guys don’t care why I’m making the change. It’s partly because I’m trying to get away from the “America’s Favorite Guy” thing. It’s partly because my old blog was a sub-blog of a Kevin Eleven, a web comic which is on semi-permanent hiatus (read: I no longer do that web comic). But, as the truth was told a moment ago, you don’t care why.

All you care about is Cheetos. I’m on to you, internet. You’re all in favor of “friending” and “Myspace Tom”s, but when you get right down to it, when you follow the money, this whole structure is owned by Cheetos. Well fine! Don’t think of me as a brave crusader. I’m not taking to my internet soapbox and bringing a righteous fight to the power mongers at the Cheetos Corporation. Those fuckers are dangerously cheesy.

Sometimes they’re all spicy. God, that’s awful. Even if you don’t eat them, the stench gets all-up-in your sinuses, and you can’t taste anything for a week. Ugh. We get it, Cheetos. You hate us. Either drop the hammer or put the hammer in a drawer!

Hmm… Maybe I should have said “shit or get off the pot” there. Well, too late to fix it. This is literally being transcribed into stone as I type it, right? Somewhere, in Malaysia, a Fred Flinstone-like character is chiseling away at a slab of granite, imprinting in it every, single letter I type into this computer, right?

Okay. Good. Now that we’ve gotten that cleared up, let’s get to the new blog.

Ready?

http://Dougdrieseljr.tumblr.com

Okay. So, if you’re liking what I’ve been doing here, follow the new one.

Thanks!  Tootles!

This picture I just saw of my grandpa pretty much sums up Doug.

Who Would You Bone:

Skeptic Vaudevillians:

Chairs:

Clone Wars:

Chicken:

Rock Opera:

Pizza Time:

Group Therapy:

The Penny:

Sandwich Doctor:

So, two videos. The first is yesterday’s Misunderstanding the News. And it’s wrapped around by today’s Misunderstanding the News. 

Sometimes when I don’t have enough time, or there’s not enough news, I do a Misunderstanding the Newsflash, a shorter version of the regular Misunderstanding the News. Yesterday was a case of not enough time, so I’m posting it along with today’s. Enjoy.