Just something that made me smile

Edited to add: A number of people have mentioned that they either can't see the video (in which case, go here) and an amazing number didn't realize that this is done with shadow puppets — you know, making shapes with your hands in front of a light. Those bunny ears are fingers.

Training Up Your Children in the Way that They Should Go

I'm blogging just like like Daddy!

Shift-option-command... rats, now I can't reach the other key I need!

The Helpful Blogging Community

I get a chuckle out of the little coincidences that show up in my blog sidebar from time to time...

When Ads Match Content

Sometimes on-line ads match content just a little too well.

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Go on, try to convince me that's not the same girl in the ad as in the photo. It's just... eerie.

And, before you start wondering why I was looking up pictures of crack pipe usage, go visit one of Deborah's favorite web sites, Cake Wrecks, specifically, this post.

Andy needs...

The latest little game to go around... Google “(your first name) needs” and share the first 10 results.

Andy needs a BAD girl to find his focus and replace Mandy.
Admittedly, I'm intrigued. Deborah is practicing her sexiest sneer.

Andy needs to pee!
(Slurps another cup of coffee) ...why do you think that?

Andy needs a new guitar.
If you're buying, sure. I'like an Ibanez JS Custom, and a...

Andy needs a toothbrush.
I've got several. I use this one to scrub off dirty car parts, this one to...

Andy needs a help video.
If it's actually helpful, which I doubt.

Andy needs a reality check.
Doubtless.

Andy needs LinkedIn.
Facebook is plenty, thanks. [Although I signed up the other day, trying to find a guy. I don't plan to do much with it...]

Andy needs new guy friends.
Wouldn't complain. I proabably need to be less of a lump, though.

Andy needs a home.
'Cause it's a long way to Betelgeuse. I like the home I have, and it's also the longest I've ever lived in one place.

Andy needs help!
Yes! Someone please help keep me from these silly little games!

Know

Just this afternoon, I came across an online application called Wordle. The idea is that you paste in a bunch of text, and it creates a "word cloud" that gives prominence to more-frequent words. So... I pasted in the entire text of "You Know You're an MK When..."

I have yet to figure out a good way to save these as high-resolution files, but it seems like a great potential illustration tool.

Ego Surfing

Inspired by Jonadab's post, I Googled my own name. (Yes, that's a verb now. I side with the neologists.) Now, it used to be that — back when Yahoo! was the only good way to find things on the web — my own homepage would come up in the top of the rankings every time. That's no longer true. Apparently, I now have a much more storied existence: I am a great conservationist, I have football stadiums named after me (which is unusual, as I'm apparently a rugby player) and, improbably, I am both a Colorado state representative and a member of Scottish parliament. I didn't know they allowed one to assume simultaneous roles of leadership in multiple countries.