Hyperbole and a Half

[topaz]

Thanks to macthud I have a new favorite blog: Hyperbole And A Half.

This was the post that introduced me to it: 6 Fake Advertisements Based on Real Products.

But there are many, many other gems in there:

How a Fish Almost Destroyed My Childhood.  "When I was seven, my family moved from suburban California to rural Idaho. In an effort to embrace Northern Idaho culture, my dad took me fishing at a lake near our house. I was really excited. Mostly because I thought that I would get to keep the fish I caught as a pet."

The Awkward Situation Survival Guide.  Awkward silences, foot-in-mouth disease, close talkers and more.

PLEASE STOP!!  "When I was a child, one of the things I enjoyed doing was hitting other children with a stick."

One of the fascinating and slightly unnerving things about this blog is watching the author's development process.  She does an enormous amount of emotional processing in this blog.  Her earlier posts did it in a much more explicit, words-on-sleeve confessional sort of way.  Then, as she started to draw pictures, she moved more of the emotional content to stories.  Anyway, go read it, it's fabulous stuff.

Comments

[naiad.livejournal.com]

Hey, I just learned about this blog yesterday! It's great! Someone in the migraine community pointed to her new pain scale:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/02/boyfriend-doesnt-have-ebola-probably.html

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

The one about the fish has broken me.

In a good way.