SNL Lawrence Welk

Watching this again.  It does not get old.

Alex Valentine

Once in a while (okay, maybe it happens more than that), I see something that I not only wish I had thought of, but also sorta feel I could have thought of. These 4 line poems are the latest manifestations of that phenomenon. They're the music video for a song by Alex Valentine"

horror vacui

Check out this awesome (and beautifully titled) post on Accidental Mysteries; it totally caught my imagination.  It's about horror vacui, which, far as I can see, is a fear of empty space.  Perhaps it's because I'm in the stuff-making business that I find the compulsion to fill up blank space with stuff so interesting.  There's more information on the illness/compulsion/personality trait here on a blog called "(what is this?)".  This guy's apartment is a primitivist masterpiece.

On this site stood . . . FOOD

The first bronze plaque for the "On this site stood - lower Manhattan" show is in and up; it's all very exciting.  It can be seen starting tomorrow night at "FOOD" a fine group exhibition curated by Mary Anne Erickson which can be seen at SUNY Ulster's Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery.  For more details on the show, click here.

Stephen Colbert

Crap. When this guy's on, there's nothing better. This chuckle-tastic interview came to me via my favorite blog: Cajun Boy in the city. Chew on this:

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Better Know a District - Wyoming's At-Large - Cynthia Lummis

Colbert Report Full Episodes
Political Humor

Rap Battle
NASA Name Contest

Squeak the squirrel

If you were hoping to take a trip through the years today, back to the time when dimmed lights in a warm room didn't send you straight to slumber land, but rather presented an opportunity to pass notes or flirt or cut up or actually learn something, today's your lucky day. Behold Squeak, dig voice over:

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WWRD?

I made WWRD in January around inauguration time and didn't really do anything with it because I guess deep down, I really really respect Obama's cool demeanor, his refusal to get nasty on the republicans the way they do on democrats.

SNL addressed this topic on Saturday so I dug WWRD out of the external hard drive and share it now, along with SNL's hilarious sketch in which Samberg rocks as a gleeful Rahm Emanuel. Enjoy:

More on SILF's

And please, don't be so literal.  They are not actually SILF's, they're just good looking scans of cut sandwiches.  http://scanwiches.com/ via http://noquedanblogs.com/.