Now this is more like it: Mermaids off the coast of Israel. It does tricks at sunset, apparently. I was going to research the exact strain of merfolk common to Mediterranean tradition, but I have to leave for downtown in fifteen minutes, so instead here's a song from The Little Mermaid in Arabic. You're welcome.

Watching Eurovision entries reminded me that it's never the wrong time to post a video of Latvia's 2008 entry, which I consider the finest pirate-themed techno dance music ever recorded.

Someone on Wikipedia reverted a change I made, citing "original research." As if it wasn't plain to any serious student of the subject...fools! I'll show them all ( Read more... )

The Internet is brilliant this week. (I, on the other hand, am so excited for the weekend I'm buggin' out.) Here are two followups on things I posted previously this week.

1. From cavalorn: dalekinthepond
2. From watchdom: Saturday Morning Watchmen

Because there's nothing better to do on a Saturday morning than watch cartoons.

I've raved about Fillmore! before, and last night when tahmthelame was looking around for something to do online I was able to find her a couple of episodes on YouTube. (I also sent her a gallery of Bugs Bunny wearing ladies' dresses.) "You should blog about this," she told me, ( Read more... )

At the time, I thought that this Family Guy sketch was the least funny thing ever, but I have been mimicking it all week.

YOU GUYS, this video might be the best thing I ever saw in my LIFE.

Aaaaaand spent all evening throwing up. Not a cold.

Now to go make more tea, read more Girl Genius, call in sick to work, and be queasy. I've got that last part down to an art.

Oh hey, tahmthelame, want a new animated crush? He's French.

I know this site is a shill for Sprint, but I don't care, it is awesome and worth every precious second.

Here's the first part of a five-part NPR interview with Ron Paul via YouTube. I hadn't heard anything directly from him until stumbling across this; the fourth part seems to be mostly biography so far, but the first three at least are well worth a listen for anybody wondering who this darling of the Internet voters really is.