Friday Funny time again. It’s been a while since we’ve included video hilarity, so we’ve got two Kid Snippets clips this week to make up for it, plus a whole bunch of other unrelated, eclectic laugh-inducing material.

You want to get paid for writing my stories? I wouldn’t mind being paid for you writing my stories, either. Nor would Amazon. But of course Amazon would also like to cut publishers out of the deal and set themselves up as a monopoly provider and monopsony buyer of written fiction.

The last month has really sucked.

Google is well-known for hiring top talent who can get things done. To get a job at Google, you need to be “great at lots of things, love big challenges and welcome big changes.”

You know the drill by now. Friday = funny. A whole lot of funny. Get ready for your weekend with a whole lot of laughs.

I used to be a fat man. Not Biggest Loser fat, but fond enough of my bakery treats to have spent more than a decade on the wrong side of morbid obesity. It would have killed me eventually.

We’re drowning. We’re all drowning and floundering under the unconquerable pressure of everything the internet has made it possible (and easy) for friends, family and strangers to throw at us.

I remember coming home from a long day of coding a few years ago. I was living with a friend from high school and his girlfriend was over for dinner. When she asked how my day was, I explained it was long and exhausting.

Time for some hilarity before the weekend. We’ve gone image-only for this week’s Friday Funnies, so you’ll whip through this one in no time.

It doesn’t matter how skilled your team is, there are always one or two people who might not be performing as well as you hoped. It’s easy to put the blame on the person’s laziness, attitude, or lack of team spirit, but the truth is often not that simple.