Following up on Cats, Comics and Closure, Meowchat and PetSpeak (which, surprisingly, came up during a panel on race and class on Friday), and of course Cats can has grammar, I’ve rediscovered the bizarre things that happen after a couple hundred...

As it turns out, there’s more to say about kitty pidgin, and thanks to all of those who’ve emailed and commented with additional links. First, a great example of prior art for the commercial use of lolcats is Twitter’s various errormessages. That’s...

Wow, you kids really like overanalysis of imaginary pet languages, huh? The best thing about writing Cats Can Has Grammar has been the responses. Mat sent me a link to this SF Chronicle story on MeowChat, the online language adopted by cat fanciers...

If you spend any time at all observing net culture, then you’ll have been unable to miss the recent explosion in popularity of lolcats. This relatively recent phenomenon is the convention of taking pictures of cute animals, most frequently cats, and...

Because this came up at work today, I’ll repost a link to Pop Culture Addict’s look at Grimace, the terrifying/cuddly McDonald’s mascot-blob. The key point here? Grimace used to have four arms. Four arms cradling dozens of milkshakes. Milkshakes that...

Background: I once wore a funny t-shirt for a photo that appeared in the New York Times, and a bunch of people thought it was kind of amusing, albeit juvenile. It’s a reference to Goatse.cx, an extremely offensive shock site. As a result, I get sent...

A little over a year ago, I wore a funny t-shirt while posing for a photo that was published in an article in the New York Times. The shirt‘s a reference to a popular (and rather offensive) internet meme, and the reaction was immediate and...