Ahhhh, the Swedish Chef In light of all that is happening in the world, I thought we could all use some pure unadulterated silliness, in the form of the Swedish Chef:

The Chef makes chocolate mousse

The Chef explains something to Kermit

and last but not least:

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  Two Sites That Crack Me Up If you need a good laugh head over to engrish.com which chronicles bad english as seen on signs and products around the world. My personal favorite is this one which shows a package of "cute mild curry" with "100% Japanese apple and cheerful hamster." I have no idea what that could possibly mean...



If you are, like me, a child of the 80s, and enjoy an occasional flashback, check out X-Entertainment. This site has great articles like a review of the Smurfs Christmas Special. (Spoiler:Gargamel does something bad, but everything is just smurfy in the end.) There are also tons of vintage 80s commercials like this one for the Masters of the Universe Castle Grayskull that I asked for but never got for Christmas. I don't know where he finds some of this stuff, but it's great.



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  Worst...Infomercial...EVER The number one reason (other than sleepiness, of course) not to stay up past three in the morning watching TV is infomercials for products such as Kingtinued which is, and I'm not making this up, a collection of contemporary pop songs sung by the "World's Best Elvis Impersonator." Songs on this two CD set (order online and receive King Country absolutely free!) include La Vida Loca, Friends in Low Places, and, of course, the world's most horrendous cover of Graceland. For a medley of many of the songs causing Elvis to turn over in his grave, click here.





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  How to Pronounce Qatar I'm sure this burning question is on the minds of everyone out there. Random choice of pronunciation of foreign words by the media is a pet peeve of mine, so I was very pleased when Slate dedicated an entire article on how to pronounce Qatar. It's a lot more complicated than you would think, but basically, you have to make a sound Americans really can't produce, but try for something in between "cutter" and "gutter" and you'll be in the ballpark. You can hear it on Merriam Webster online and try it yourself. It's sure to make you a hit at parties!



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  Bloom County is Back! OK, you have to shell out ten bucks to subscribe to mycomicspage.com, but if you do, you can have Bloom County or dozens of other comics delivered to your inbox every day. I have subscribed to this service for a while, since I can't survive without my daily dose of Calvin and Hobbes. I know, I hate to pay for anything on the web, too, but I think this is worth it. Unfortunately, Ucomics also hosts Ziggy, the second worst comic in the world. The worst? The Family Circus, of course. To quote the Katie Holmes movie Go, "It's always there, in the lower right hand corner, just waiting to suck." I'm sure there are legions of dedicated fans out there, but I'll admit it. I don't get it.



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  The Lion King is coming to DVD!!! (Finally!) On October 7th, and, of course, for a limited time only, Disney is releasing The Lion King on DVD. For those of us who can no longer bear to watch anything on VHS, (What do you mean I can't just skip to Hakuna Matata? Bah!) this has been way too long in coming. Apparently they have added a new song and some music, which I am skeptical about. The extra footage included in Beauty and the Beast was perfectly nice but didn't add anything to the film. Now if they will only release the Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark trilogies I can be truly happy. Are you listening George Lucas and Steven Spielberg?!?!



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  Want Wi-Fi with that? I don't know when this turned into the McDonald's page, but along with your new and improved McNuggets and salad you will soon be able to get a side of Wi-Fi. There seems to be almost as much skepticism about their foray into wireless internet access as there is for their latest attempt at healthy fast food.



By the way, if you think McDonald's breakfasts are deadly, take a look at this. It's not often you see a product with over a thousand calories and over 200% of the recommended DAILY amount of cholesterol. (Thanks to Chuck for the link.)



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  McDonald's Tests Food Less Likely to Kill You According to Yahoo News, McDonald's is testing new, healthier menu items. The first step is apparently to offer "new" McNuggets that are actually made of chicken instead of, well, whatever the hell they are made of now. (They are touted as all white meat.) Also, they will be offering premium salads which will replace the McSalad Shakers. I was always afraid to try the salad-in-a-cup. Never fear, however, along with the new, healthy items will be such things as McGriddles, pancake sandwiches stuffed with cheese and various salted meat products. Yum!  ¶ 8:45 AM 0 Comments

  Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Theodor Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, was born on this day in 1904. I still have my almost 30 year old copy of In a People House which was the first book I read so many times I had it memorized. Now I have to ransack my closet and find it to read it again...

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