I had big plans to actually be productive yesterday afternoon but instead spent much of it watching the plight of “Balloon Boy” on the news and following comments from friends on Facebook. If you spent yesterday under a rock and don’t know what I’m talking about, you can read the story here.
Of course people are going to cash in on a story like this:
And there will be humorous takes on it:
And there will be excellent tweets on Twitter:
@agedsage: #balloonboy wins Nobel prize for Hide and Seek
@AaronKlein: #Balloonboy is found in his garage. “Uh…mom and dad are looking for you, man. Oh yeah, and Katie Couric called.”
@BtotheD: Somewhere, Baby Jessica’s all grown up, smoking a cigarette and chuckling to herself, “Rookie.”
And then there’s this:
Kudos to my son at Silence in Architecture for finding the rap video. Now, go read his blog post on the subject.
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Past Expiry says
Here's a cartoon I recently made regarding Balloon Boy:
http://pastexpiry.blogspot.com/2009/10/cartoon-balloon-boy.html