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Andy found out that this blog is blocked by China. Yeah! Take that China! Woooo! How does my controversial subject matter taste now? Not too sweet, eh? Finally, everyone will be talking about me and I’ll take over the world!! Except for China. ….hey! Who moved my Risk board? I had world-domination plans set up on that! Damn. Stupid Chinese maid who is secretly a spy.

Videos of the week:

Trouser ghosts are REAL!

For Your Entertainment had two excellent videos: this disturbing albeit hilarious Kermit video and this genius Dora The Explora spoof.

Here is Howard U.K. (sorry, Howard, just trying to make a distinction. Just call me Howard U.S. from now on) doing a beautiful video of him signing the gorgeous song from Hedwig, “The Origin Of Love”.

Pictures of the week:

Some very cool interpretations of Star Wars characters.

Ever wonder what Earth would look like in other shapes? Of course you have. I love Donut Earth. Crusty on the outside. Super-heated and creamy on the inside.

Prepare to squeal.

Heather and a friend started a holiday in school all of us forgot to celebrate again.

Prince fan? Go here.

Ever hear a story and wish to all that is good that you were there to witness it?

SQUEAL! New Kylie Minogue album this year. My guilty pleasure is rock hard right now.

And finally, Certifiable Princess had this incredible, life-affirming, some-of-you-bitches-better-learn-this-lesson story. Part One. Part Two.

Listening to: I’m A Broken Heart - The Bird And The Bee

“Dump your sauce in this. I need to keep it moist.”

That’s what Cameron said to me last Sunday morning.

He was referring to me putting my green chili in his take-out box to keep his burrito from drying out.

Actually, that sounds even worse.

While watching some Tivo’ed [adult swim] the other night, I caught a commercial for the new film version of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Cartoon Network was claiming they were going to show the entire movie this Sunday night at 10. At first I thought, “Why?” and they answered me, “Because we’re ****ing crazy!” I mean, why not? Steven Soderbergh did it with Bubble by releasing it on DVD and in theaters at the same time. Then I realized what Sunday is…

You know how in Trivial Pursuit if the card asks for a number of things, you can generally say “three” and it will be correct? If there were a Beck Lyrical Pursuit game, you could guess “garbageman trees” and you’d probably be right.

Yesterday, Edurado (my iPod for you newbies) played “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis Presley when I realized that the song is not about the type of love one would think — it’s about fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Take a gander at the lyrics with the real meaning in parentheses.

We’re caught in a trap
(You’re making me fat)
I can’t walk out
(Can’t see my feet)
Because I love you too much, baby
(Because I eat you too much, baby)

Imagine Stephen King’s Carrie being recast as an Orthodox Jewish Princess. Cut to prom night.

CARRIE: Oy! The schlemazel! You guys are such nudnicks and I’m such a schlemele! Look! You’ve got pig’s blood all over me. I’m treyf now. All you schmucks stay right here and I’ll be back to kill you later. I’ve got to go bury myself for three days.

Oh my gawd! There is, like, a tropical storm off that Crocodile Hunter’s country that is totally named, like, Becky!

The other night at the video store, we had the three most obnoxious regular customers come in — at the same time. All three think they are hiLARious. You know — THOSE kind. Somehow they all get into a conversation with each other right in front of the counter. All three of them have their volume set to 11. All three are trying to out-funny each other. I have a new weapon on terror. Send those three to different cells and let loose the hounds of annoy!

I’m ready to predict who is going to win the Democratic and Republican nomination for President of the United States of America. The candidate who digs themselves into the shallowest hole.

I’ve been seeing this everywhere so I thought I’d share mine. Here is my VisualDNA.

Listening to: Leezie Lindsay - Eddi Reader

Mika’s debut album, Life In Cartoon Motion, was released Tuesday here in America. In this latest podcast, I examine why “Lollipop” is so damn catchy.

Here is the song in its entirety — only it’s not downloadable. That would be stealing.

You can read more about the album at N2Notes and Scott-O-Rama.

Listening to: Lollipop - Mika