Saturday, November 21, 2009

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The last word

By Tyler Yoder • Apr 15th, 2009 • Category: funnies

At last, it seems that I've come to the year's final issue of the Record. It seems difficult to believe that it's been an entire two semesters that I've spent pounding away at my keyboard trying in vain to be funny. In fact, it's more than the last issue of this esteemed...

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Top 10 things that we’re too lazy to do

By Tyler Yoder • Apr 8th, 2009 • Category: funnies

Top 10 Things That We're Too Lazy To Do: 10.  Laundry 9. Homework 8. Update our blog 7. Finish that knitting project we started freshman year 6. Organizing our house Tupperware drawer 5. Shower 4. End-of-semester course evaluations 3. Cook something...

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But seriously, I am terrified

By Tyler Yoder • Apr 1st, 2009 • Category: funnies

I'm going to take a moment, and speak to you all directly, not as funnies editor, but as myself, Tyler Yoder. I'm going to do this because I have an important announcement to make – one that I think a number of people around campus might resonate with: I am terrified...

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A spring break madlib

By Tyler Yoder • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: funnies

I’m sure you all know how madlibs work, right? Below is a list of terms that you/your friends/your enemies/some stranger you meet on the sidewalk MUST define. Please note that if you try to read ahead, you will be cheating, and I will know and be highly...

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Need some (arguably) good advice?

By Tyler Yoder • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: funnies

We have a strong commitment to quality here at the Record's funnies page. That said, we have decided to "take it to the next level." Welcome to Funnies 2.0. No longer will we be mindlessly grinding out "funny" "articles" for your "enjoyment" (disclaimer: yes we will)....

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Uh-oh…

By Tyler Yoder • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: funnies

If there’s anything that all you loyal funnies readers know, it’s that we here at the Record funnies page love the Internet. I mean, seriously. If I could marry this inanimate, intangible web of electronic signals, I would do it in a heartbeat (thanks, Proposition 8)....

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A profuse apology

By Tyler Yoder • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: funnies

Dear Campus Community, I have a confession to make. I have, as they say in the biz, “stolen the funny.” That’s right: last week’s article, “Reflections on a past depression,” was not written by me but was in fact penned by Aaron Kaufmann and Jacob...

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Rejected!

By Tyler Yoder • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: funnies

Top Ten Rejected Top Ten Lists: 10. Top Ten Best Flesh Wounds To Have Ever 9. Top Ten Bugs I’d Love To Eat 8. Top Ten Podcasts Of Grown Men Bickering About Pokemon 7. Top Ten Podcasts Of Grown Men Bickering About Politics 6. Top Ten Best Smells From The Back Of That...

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A reasonable proposition

By Tyler Yoder • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: funnies

I love acronyms. Consider: a lot goes on around campus these days – clubs, activities, music, procrastination, plans for an underpass, Kick-Off (this weekend!), senior shows (also this weekend!), Hour Afters (next weekend!), etc. So much is going on, in fact, that some...

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Reflections on a past depression

By Tyler Yoder • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: funnies

As we are in the midst of a fairly substantial economic recession – to the point that one might consider it a full blown depression – I find it important to stop and think about the depressions of the past. Join me, if you will, in reminiscing back through...

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For the Record Jan. 22

By Tyler Yoder • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: for the record

If there's one thing that I've learned as editor for the funnies page over this school year, it is this: being funny is hard. Being funny on a weekly, scheduled basis is even harder. Now, I'm not complaining. I knew what I was getting myself into when I signed up for...

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An open letter to President Obama

By Tyler Yoder • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: funnies

Dear Barack Obama, So, it seems that you’ve become the president of the United States of America. Congratulations, you know? It was a long race. You were probably stressed out a lot. You probably didn’t get a lot of sleep. Perhaps you had to hang out with people you...

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An inaugural top ten

By Tyler Yoder • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: funnies

Top Ten Things I Wish Would Have Been Part Of The Presidential Inauguration: 10. Streakers 9. A “Best Moments of Presidential Campaign ‘08” reel 8. The First Dog 7. President Obama flubbing the words to his oath (lol) 6. The musical stylings of Kanye West 5....

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This is NOT about the inauguration

By Tyler Yoder • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: funnies

I mean, seriously. Barack Obama is great and all, but haven't we had just about enough of him? That's like all we've been writing about for the entire past semester. I'm sure you're all getting pretty dang tired of hearing about him. Yeah, yeah, I'm sure he'll be the...

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