link fest

How about a long list of fun things to make Friday speed by a little faster?

The Beeb has a story about twin siblings, separated at birth, who then got married and then found out they were related. Oops.

In a related note, how about the couple in Poland who found each other at a brothel — him visiting, her working. Oops.

As is now our way, how about a joke whose punchline involves orgasms and the Golden Girls theme song? Who says art doesn't imitate life?

A new product from YouTube — glasses to make watching HD resemble the quality of YouTube videos, since, you know, we are now used to bad encoding when it comes to these "moving pictures."

How about a Hello Kitty Jesus tattoo? Yes, you read that correctly.

A serious look at Obama vs Clinton, arguing the difference is not cosmetic.

The greatest song I have heard all week — a mashup of Johnny Cash and Wu-Tang Clan. Seriously. And it is seriously awesome. This is the mp3, for those of you are lazy.

I know Kurt and John loved this, as did I. So here it is — the best part of Season 2 of The I.T. Crowd — the anti-piracy ad:

And finally, one more video. Less funny but true in too many ways.
This would be funny, if it wasn't so true. Also, Hima, I am looking at you here:

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one more:
gladwell briefly talking about steroids and drugs.

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one one more:
an article on news-a-rama (the comic book site) about the new issue of playboy, which happens to use bodypaint to depict the playmate as wonder woman this month. i have mixed opinions about this, frankly. i think i actually lean towards the tasteless side, but maybe that's because wonder woman leans towards fetish naturally, why do you need to sink to that lower level?

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and again:
an injection to prevent addiction is coming. soon. guess i can pick up a trendy drug habit in the next few years. instant rehab!