Sexy Abe Lincoln!

One-stop Halloween shopping: watch the video here.

...and this old favorite, the Starbucks Guy. "Whaddathey think they're selling over there? Fuckin' liquid gold?"

Good Job, Tom Cruise

(Top Gun was on tv this morning...I couldn't help but think of this video....)

The Flying Spaghetti Monster vs. The Invisible Pink Unicorn

Last night, while looking for a translation of one of those pesky legal phrases lawyers use, I ran across a fun site about atheism. Linked to it is the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Pastafarianism) website, which is probably no news to anyone (but in case it is, check it out!) Apparently there's been some sort of contest on YouTube for the winning video of the battle of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (the deity of Pastafarianism) and the Invisible Pink Unicorn. As far as I can tell, this video is considered the winning entry. The singing, I warn you, is godawful--but bear with it....



Ramen!

Poor Poony Poon, Revisited

So it turns out the kid is wildly popular on blog searches, the poor creature! Here the kid gets great press in the Times, and becomes the laughingstock of people on the Internet who procrastinate too much. Like The Television Show That Shall Not Be Named, I'm getting loads of hits from people searching for the precocious piano prodigy alliteratively appellated.... I do feel a little bad about adding to the snickering...but not too bad.

The Paper I'm Not Writing: about language ideology. I'm going to have to get up at the ass-crack of dawn to do it.

Eventually I'll write about the MACSEM conference this weekend....

News Flash!

Lots of successful classical musicians are Chinese! Who knew?!?!? The New York Times really has the scoop on that story! The full article is here in all its inanity, but what I can't get over is this:

One mother, Czrina Suen, stopped to chat with members of the parents association. A former flight attendant, she had moved from Hong Kong with her daughter Poony Poon, 10, to give her the chance to study piano at Juilliard, where she has a scholarship.

“They are the best in the world,” Ms. Suen said. “In Hong Kong she can’t find a suitable teacher.” Poony, a tiny girl in a fluffy white coat, plopped into a chair.

Poor kid. Poor, poor Poony Poon.



(picture comes from this website...a hoot on its own....)

Buh-weet!

Yes! It exists on YouTube, even if very briefly:



An old favorite from Twin Poplars days...J and I bought the Best of Saturday Night Live dvd featuring Eddie Murphy, but lent it to my adviser Suzanne, who still hasn't returned it (and doesn't read the blog, so this dig won't do any good to get it back). Anyway, here's a small dose.