Aaaaaah. Or, How a Remake of Mary Poppins Can Be Scary.

This is a lame entry, but I just watched this YouTube video on a friend's Facebook page* and had to post it here. I love this movie, but this recut trailer puts a new twist on it that will scare the bejesus out of you. Here is Scary Mary. (And thanks, JA.)



* Again, damn Facebook!

Someone Needs a Lesson in Headline Composition

In my spam folder this morning is an email with this as the subject line:

"Tired of Paying Through the Nose for Boner Medicine?"

Lordy, but I love a good mixed metaphor.

Idiots.

Appreciative Popping

Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day.

Does Hallmark make a card for that?

Here's some virtual bubble wrap, if you feel the need to pop.


Photo copyright: Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College.

If I Was Born a Palin...

...this would be my name: Sport Grunt Palin.*

If I use my nom de plume, this is my name: Ripper Shook Palin.

Frankly, I'm not sure what to do with either of those.

Wanna find out what your name would be? Go to the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator and find out.

And a huge shout out to my friend, Alice, who always finds the coolest things on the Internets.

Oh, and just in case you missed it because the Mainstream Media didn't cover it, more than 1,400 Alaskans against Palin for VP showed up at a rally in Anchorage the other day. Read about it and see pictures here.


* Based on the name on my birth certificate.

Tina Fey Should Win an Emmy!

This is the best SNL opener EVER! And the best summation of what we'd end up with if McCain-Palin win.

As for the rest of the show, last night's season opener may have been "the ninth greatest moment" in Michael Phelps' life, but--aside from the brilliance that is Tina Fey and Amy Poehler--it was a total belly flop.