You think Easter's early this year?

Well, you're right; it can only be one day sooner in the year than it was in 2008.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Wie wollen Sie ändern die Glühbirne unter der Mikrowelle?

One of the most helpful Google gadgets of 2007 was the announcement of translation services within Google chat. While I use their chat client sparingly, it does have some great features. For example, if you start a chat with 'en2de' you can enter "How do you change the light bulb underneath the microwave?" and the translation immediately appears as a response.

As someone who wore out freetranslation.com for many years, this is a welcome change. Link here.

Come on; you know how he feels

It's amazing when cynicism meets objects from your youth. Wouldn't you agree?

Go plant, go!

It's almost time.

Sen. Obama in Indianapolis

Amy and I secured tickets to see Senator Obama in Plainfield today. I've been a supporter of the junior senator from Illinois for quite a while and it was great to see him in person today. His candidacy is equivalent, in my time, to a previous generation's Kennedy moment; I consider him to be the real deal.

'The Man Trap', and Others

Wow; this site brought back memories of my freshman year in college. The in thing to do in my dorm was rush back from afternoon class and watch 'Star Trek' on WBFF-TV45 in Baltimore, MD. Seated in barcaloungers you'd find up to a dozen 19 year-olds drinking beer and yelling at Spock and McCoy on the tube.

My personal favorite? Well, that'd have to be 'The Enemy Within' (season 1, episode 5) and 'The Trouble with Tribbles' (season 2, episode 14). Watch them here, courtesy of cbs.com.

How is it my dog has one of the 50 most powerful bogs?

See listing from the Observer, here.

Jezebel, here. And, below. (She doesn't even have opposable thumbs!)

Not exactly the gardening kind

I'm a huge fan of this blog. Not only does the author seem to have an endless supply of strange and unusual maps but they always seem to capture my attention. Perhaps I should've been a cartographer with a strange sense of humor.

For example: Ludacris' Rap Map of US Area Codes. Only in America, my friends.

The worst roads in the world?

I think they're pretty lousy but I deal with them in the summer only. My brother-in-law, however, gets them every day.

Link here.

Saul Bass and Star Wars Mashup

Saul Bass brought the art of titling to film; his work with Otto Preminger, Alfred Hitchcock, and Martin Scorsese is legendary. Here's a look at what might have been had George Lucas run into Saul sometime in 1977.

Seems like a perfectly acceptable end for a 'silky terrier-Chihuahua crossbreed'

Link to story here, courtesy of the NY Times.

Pimp My Ride - Pakastani Style

No disrespect to Pakistanis intended, but these would blow the doors off anything running up and down Santa Anita Blvd. or Harbor Island Dr. in CA.

See original link here, courtesy of automen.blogspot.com.

'Best' Picture

Methinks I should've placed a wager with Josh regarding best picture. While I've not seen 'There Will Be Blood', I know Josh really enjoyed it. Nonetheless, the quirky Coen brothers' film really stood out to me. (Plus, I have an unorthodox view regarding the movie's ending.)

Oscar's 80th

I know, I know; the writer's strike ended not too long ago, but 'Gaydolf Titler'? Jeez. I can do better than this.

Has Your Favorite Movie Been Sweded?

Be Kind Rewind opens in theaters today and besides the fact it stars Jack Black and Mos Def it also highlights the talents of Michael Gondry, the writer and director. The website is wonderfully irreverent (as too, I hope, is the movie) and this section of the site takes the cake. Oh; I forgot. You'll understand soon enough what 'sweded' means.

Be Kind Rewind - the YouTube page

An absolutely brilliant campaign spending graphic

Another fine example of the NY Times graphics department. Courtesy of the NY Times, 22 February, 2008. Link to NY Times article here.

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It's about time

More Americans are giving up golf.

Lunar Eclipse 2008

From last night's eclipse:

Science Experiments Gone Wrong? (Warning, double-entendre area)

Courtesy of my reader feed from kottke.org:

Hilarious science fair projects?