The Hell?

So, I lost a day there or something . . . between New Year's and travel, I was a whole day ahead of reality in my head, believing it was Thursday when it was, in fact, Wednesday.

Which is why I referred to Skidoo being on in just over 24 hours when it is just over 48 hours.

At least it made me go and get cat photos ready for a day from now. And I have three to post then, but here's the leftover I didn't have "space" for, showing how Hooker likes to help me when I'm trying to work on scripts at my computer:

And, since this is a miscellaneous-kinda post-thing, here's some links of recent that I've enjoyed:

1. In M.I.T.'s Technology Review, John Hockenberry writes about the horror that is today's "infotainment" from his experience at Dateline. Cheery. Yeah. Yeesh.

2. Ellis Weiner at What HE Said clearly and simply lays out the views, statements, tactics, and apparent beliefs of today's right-wing and asks the pertinent question, "The Republicans: Crazy or Nuts?"

3. From the more humorous side of our Hell in a Handbasket Department, Cogitamus appeals to thus both of the political and the geeky persuasion by comparing the GOP Candidates with their villain-analogues from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Enjoy.

The Limits of Censorship

Courtesy of brooklynite, the Video of the Day, probably week, maybe month:

I've seen the same technique work much the same effect before - someone at WFMU made up a version of John Denver's "Annie's Song" in this fashion - but something about a Muppet makes it even better.

And it just reminds me of the actual newspaper ad I saw once for Sesame Street on Ice (reprinted in National Lampoon, wish I had it handy, it's funnier to see of course) that featured a picture of all the lovable Muppet characters that would be in the show, identified in the caption underneath: Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, the Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, and The Count.

Except they left the "o" out of "Count."

Someone lost their job over that one, you just know it.