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What? The Roundup on a Monday? Yes! I spent most of yesterday working on the Monkey show tonight and with Cameron since he’s starting to feel almost like himself again. We went to see the new Resident Evil movie (review tomorrow on Lazy Tuesday), so I didn’t have time to write a music review. Oy, I’m such a slacker.

First, fastlad found out that Kelly made a video for my favorite song on her Shoes album — “Let Me Borrow That Top“.

Hot Doctor Wife talks about her and her son’s morning misadventures, which ends with a very experienced teacher.

If can’t get enough of President Bush’s quaint little speeches then Say No To Crack has another in the endless supply.

The mysteries of the difference in buttons on women and men’s clothing solved by I Am Bossy! On a related note, check out Craig’s new jacket.

So Ugly Overload came up to me and said, “Dude, sorry. I gave your junk crabs.”

Craig at Puntabulous started his guest debates and the first is fun and damn funny.

So this Chris Crocker guy — defender of all things Britney, future star of some show MTV just gave him — has had several parodies made of him. Hayes posted one from “Robot Chicken” co-creator, Seth Green.

If you aren’t using Google Reader to catch-up on your favorite blogs and news sites, then what are you waiting for? It shot straight out of their Labs, past Beta, into live and stable.

And finally, the whore that is Mr. Fabulous has changed his mind about being nominated by the Blogger’s Choice Awards as Best Humor Blog. He really is a funny, funny guy, so won’t you give him your vote. Yes, I am endorsing him. I would have you vote for me, but the last time I checked there were three whole votes for the blog. Yes, I am conceding.

Listening to: “Love For Our Robot Overloads” - A Web Pen Blog Music Mix
Hear or download it here.

Yesterday was one of the members of Monkey’s Uncle’s birthday — Matt2. During dinner at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, I discovered that one of his co-workers has basically determined that she is going to set me on the road to heterosexuality to which I replied loudly and merely for shock value:

If it ain’t tight and poopy, I don’t want it.

The silence that followed was the stuff that radio shock jocks dream of.

Speaking of Monkey’s Uncle, we have a show Monday. If you’re in the Denver area, won’t you consider attending? All the cool kids are doing it. Give in to the peer pressure! You can find out more details here.

Have a great weekend!

Listening to: “Simple X” - Andrew Bird

I’m over at Scott-O-Rama. No, really. I wrote this excellent piece combining Google Presentations and Mike Gravel and somehow it ended up over at Scott’s blog. Okay, what really happened was he and Buckaroo went on vacation and asked some of us to blogsit.

Now let me transfer you to a different department. The wait time is dependent on your connection speed. If you get disconnected, reboot your modem. Thank you.

A Gravely Presentation

Reprinted here for your enjoyment
"Hey, Howard, Buckaroo and I decided to go someplace nice to have an Autumn experience. Right now. So be a lamb and just whip something up for my blog while we’re away. Thanks! You’re so precious."

Then like Bugs Bunny escaping Elmer Fudd, Scott was gone leaving me the keys to the dungeon with instructions to make sure I clean up after I’m done. Like that analogy, being logged into someone else’s blog is kinda creepy. I’m sure most of you will understand that it’s like seeing the servant’s working area for the first time. NO one wants to see them prepare your ramen and crackers. Ew.

Knowing Scott’s interests lie in politics and technology, I was going to either write about Mike Gravel, Democratic candidate for President, or Google Document’s Presentations. Which would be funnier? Neither. So I combined them.

Google announced on Monday that their Documents family had grown by one and now there is a triad of easy-to-use document aps available. The newest is called Presentations which — like the rest of their nomenclature system — must mean that it lets you create presentations. Slide shows. Web-based seminars or webinars.

Actually, that last part is true. Presentations has a feature that allows you to email people a direct link to view the slide show with you. All you need to provide is a phone conferencing service so your ‘audience’ can hear you. Rumor has it that Google is working on that, too. It’s called — get this — Conference. Don’t quote me on that.

Presentations is as nice as Documents and Spreadsheets in its quaint "free" way, but don’t let them fool you. They are no where near as robust as Microsoft Office or even Apple’s iWork applications; however, that doesn’t make them bad. Google has done one thing with this — given everyday users and small businesses a free resource when many can’t afford Google Document’s rich, city-slicker cousins. Of course, that means your documents are going to be sitting on Google’s servers and not your own personal and private computer, but if you live in America it doesn’t matter. There is no privacy anyway!

Which leads me into one of the biggest opponents of the rape of privacy, Mike Gravel. No, no, this isn’t an endorsement. Who listens to me anyway? I do like the man though for his candid approach and in-your-face opinions. His tactlessness is a the air freshener that doesn’t just cover-up but kills odor-causing bacteria where they live.  …or something. So in honor of Gravel’s version of honesty, I chose to create my first Presentations presentation highlighting some of my favorite Gravel quotes called The Mouth Shot ‘Round The World. Yeah, sorry, you have to go to the Google site to see it. There is no embed feature.

Thanks for letting me guest, Scott. Have fun watching the leaves change!

Humor-blogs.com would never misdirect you. Ah, who are we kidding? That’s the thing they do best!

Listening to: “Deep Clean” - Spoon

I struck port in my local Starbucks (which one isn’t “local”) and hobbled in on me pegleg, arrogantly approached the counter with me free drink card in hand and when the cashiering wench asked what I be havin’ I said, “Aaaye be plunderin’ a grande raspberry mocha with lash… I mean, whip… Arrr!”

Surprisingly, all the coffee wenches there be gettin’ the joke. It be makin’ this ole sea dog warm in me heart knowin’ these landlubbers be knowin’ about TLAP Day and to be makin’ them happy.

Be listenin to: “One In A Million” - Echobelly