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No more smuggling guns onto trains

Am I wrong in thinking this is scary? I suspect I’m much less pro-gun than a lot of you guys, seeing as I’m not at all, so feel free to explain in the comments why this isn’t the bad idea I’m thinking it is. Good thing I only travel by piggyback!

UPDATE: Ok wait, this is why I shouldn’t be doing any reading or writing before 10 AM and by that I mean noon because upon rereading I’m realizing that this is only allowing unloaded and locked handguns in checked baggage. That’s so much less big word here. But it brings me to an important topic. Which do you think are cuter: ducklings or puppies?

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duckling

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The Daily Alison (Ep. 99, Where I answer your questions and explain why I'm reading comic books)

You guys! I totally didn’t see about  half the questions you sent in because I experienced a twitter error. Don’t make me go into details or else it might become apparent that it’s more my fault than twitter’s and I just don’t like that, I don’t like it one bit.  So what I’m trying to say is, I’ll get you next time, people whose questions  I didn’t answer. And as always, thanks to all of you who watch these videos and comment and make me laugh and smile and are awesome and the bestest.

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My famous friend is making me look bad

So I’ve been bragging high and low, hither and thither, near and far, up and down, inside and out, spaghetti and fettuccine, flip flop and sandal, fork and knife, spoon and spork, turtle and yak, lagoon and lanai, swiffer and wet jet that I’m friends with Rhett Reese who co-wrote and  co-produced Zombieland.

So imagine my What The Fuckness when I find out that he might be in town for the junket and I was unawares? It’s as if we aren’t as buddyroo as my incessant twittering would suggest. I hate when the truth leaks out! So I had to send him the following email, which is so lame I think it’s kind of cool but then I think it doubles back on itself and ends up to be lame but then it flips and is cool and then lands on the lame side of lame.

Hey! Are you in NYC for the junket? I’m totally bragging that I know you and the fact that you might be here and I didn’t know is NOT making me look cool. [emoticon here]

I’ll keep you posted.

UPDATE: he just wrote back before I had a chance to post this. Apparently he’s not here and wants to know if I’m seeing the movie. God, how demanding.

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The Daily Alison (Ep 97, At the housewarming)

Remember yesterday’s show where I shared my hopes and dreams about the housewarming party I was soon to be attending? Well I attended, and how! Watch this video and feast your eyes on sweaty me and also sweaty Dustin. After the party a bunch of people went to the Bell House to see some super hot DJs but I didn’t go. “GOD ALISON, UGH, DON’T BE LAME!” Dustin groaned as means of persuasion however my commitment to lameness couldn’t be put asunder so easily.

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Sit on this

My current computer chair is so old that when I sit on it a little cloud of dust puffs up from the seat and it’s so uncomfortable that often after long periods of working everything feels achy and unsupported. Which is to say I  hate it and it’s time for a new one. But what kind? I’m working on a limited budget. Can anyone recommend and cheap but not ass-, neck-, and back- killing chair?

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The Daily Alison (Ep. 95, Where I wear a tank top and answer your questions)

Thanks to @prototypedemo, @mikeyrosen, @jaqobjackson, @lugnuts6, @CCCPAssasin, @TresJefesErik, @2xlp and @tedbgoodlove for the questions I answered in this segment! And thanks to everyone who sent in questions that I didn’t get to this time.

And here’s a hint which is also a fun fact and even a factoid and certainly a bit of info: These videos appear on my youtube page before I put them on this blog so if you’re itching to see the latest episode WHICH YOU SO TOTALLY ARE ALL THE TIME  you can check there (I recommend subscribing to my page!) to see the videos right as they’re uploaded. But then come back here to read my words. And leave comments everywhere. Like a big comment fusillade.

And also if you’re a tumblr person, perhaps you want to follow the tumblr for the show? Okay then.

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The Daily Alison (Ep. 94, Where I talk to the Comic's Comic, Sean McCarthy)

Sean L. McCarthy runs the comedy news website The Comic’s Comic which isn’t about funny news, it’s news about the comedy world. He broke the news that SNL had fired Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson and hired Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad which is a pretty big deal. Also, he won the reporter contest the year before I did.

And the L. in his name stands for Leighton.

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