Feist is going to appear on the premiere of the new season of “Sesame Street” teaching kids to count to “1 2 3 4″ with monsters, penguins and chickens “just back from the shore”. Here is the adorable and leaked clip:

Hat Tip to Stereogum.

And here is the original for those of you who haven’t heard it. I love it, but know many who detest it.

Listening to: “Love Is A Stranger” - Martha Wainwright

Can you guess what the image is to the left?

Wrong! It’s not Colorado. It is:

…the geoellipsoidal rectangle that stretches from 37°N to 41°N latitude and from 102°03′W to 109°03′W longitude…

Geoellipsoidal? Geoellipsoidal? No where in my brain does this word register. Since I don’t understand it, I shall laugh at it. And I did. Quite hardily. This hilarious description of Colorado is within the Wikipedia listing for the state and you would be correct in presuming that “geoellipsoidal” is a word that doesn’t exist… until now. Really. I did an exhaustive look for it and when I got to the second Google page of sites quoting the Wikipedia article, I gave up.

Oh, the word sounds fancy enough and at first thought sounds cool enough to actually work. At second thought, it doesn’t, but then as you take in the big picture, it does. Technically. But by then you’re so bored thinking so deeply you’d rather watch Whitney be the first “plus size” model to win “America’s Next Top Model” again. OMG! Can you believe it? So cool! She’s so pretty. I wish she was my sister.

geo-: geography

Check.

-ellipsoid: a surface all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles

This is where your inner sophomore cheerleader should be saying, “Uh, nooooo. Colorado is a rectangle. Duh. A quadrilateral. Dur-hoy. Take a geology lesson, dufus.”

“Actually,” your inner geography teacher says, “Earth is spherical and basically made up of many ellipsoidal planes on which Colorado rests making the quadrilateral bend along the z-axis giving it a third dimension, so the term ‘geoellipsoidal’ works in this instance. You see, if we apply the Cartesian coordinate system to our map of Colora…”

“Oh, my gawd, look! It’s Whitney!”

Listening to: “Candida” - Tony Orlando & Dawn

No, with delight, silly. Regular readers will know my absolute love for the animation series “The Venture Bros.” that runs on Cartoon Network’s [adult swim]. From little things like a review to watching it with Cameron on date nights to dressing up like Hank Venture for Halloween, one can postulate that I’m a big fan of the show. Actually, here’s the proof of my fandom: I’m having a party for the premiere of the third season at my place at midnight June 2.

Yes! People have said they are attending! Hmmph.

For some lucky few fans that attended New York Comic-Con, the viewing of a teaser trailer must have been geekgasmic. I know watching it at work… alone… with the lights off had me reaching for the tissues. What? I was crying because I was so happy to see proof of Season Three. Quick Stop Entertainment did fans a great service by posting the trailer yesterday. Watch it even if you aren’t familiar with the show as they chose scenes that are generic enough to appeal to many and then watch the show. It’s expertly written and is probably the best geek comedy on television right now.

Listening to: “Top Remix” - Kelly

Ahoy, maties! Me shipmate, Christopher, sent me one o’ them new-fangled electronic semaphore messages about tonight’s lively entertainment, “Mythbusters“. If ye haven’t guessed what th’ show be about yet, I’ll tell ye on September 19th. Arrr, I canna keep me crew in such a state o’ wonderment. ‘t be all about seafarin’ heartys — pirates! Prepare yersef. ‘t be a two, that be correct, TWO hour special ‘ere they be goin’ t’ disprove all th’ notions o’ seafarin’ heartys we be havin’.

Wait a minute! I don’t want to see that! I was already devastated when I found out that walking the plank was an invention of Hollywood screenwriters. Those bastards!

OH!

I mean, ARRRR! Ye be havin’ a bountiful bust, wench! Now be gettin’ me a pint!

I dug up me Tivo treasure map an’ gave ‘t command t’ found all swashbuckler-related booty. ‘t found 11 pieces o’ swashbuckler dubloon an’ asked if I be wantin’ ‘t t’ plunder all th’ goods. I screamed at ‘t t’ belay that order an’ only be gettin’ me th’ Mythbusters booty or I be havin’ ‘t keelhauled. ‘t best be doin’ ‘t swashbucklerly duty tonight while I be helpin’ me improv pirates, Th’ Rodents O’ Unusual Size, or ‘t be hangin’ from th’ longest yard arm I be havin’ on me ship. Make sure ye be turnin’ yer deadlights on this shiny gem.

Listening to: The Bad Touch - The Bloodhound Gang