It's the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who!  I can't watch the episode because I don't have BBC America, but I'll catch up with the series eventually.

To celebrate, I'll embed one of my favorite Doctor Who fanvids:

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Doctor Who + Muppets = PURE WIN!

And now I must go do grad-student-y things.

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( ALL OF THE THOUGHTS (cue spoilers) )

This, ladies and gentlemen, is what we come up with here in the Midwest:

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I love this song for highlighting the Midwest as a good, relaxed, likeable place.  Yes, we have our problems (white flight and such) and issues we remain backward on (gay marriage, for example), but we are a place with our own culture and attitude.  Also, we sit between two ( Read more... )

I've been on a work- and life-induced hiatus.  If you want to know how my life's been going, you can watch episodes of Chad Vader and switch out all of the groceries for all of the Six Flags/Looney Tunes/DC Comics merchandise you can think of. 
Anyway, my sister and I have recently gotten hooked on Sword and Sandal movies.  I'm always up for ( Read more... )

I went to high school with this guy, Frank:

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He was two grades behind me, and he was the clown of the trombone section (and therefore one of my favorites).  And now he's going to be on Leno.  This is bizarre because now I remember that he used to do this, though it wasn't as refined as it is here.  So watch Leno for Frankie.  Because he's made of ( Read more... )

And I may have written in "Stephen G. Rogers" for State Senator.  The two actual candidates' ads annoyed me and I couldn't actually remember anything about them, ergo Cap seemed like a suitable choice, though he's most likely ineligible, being a life-long New Yorker and all.

You guys remember Rep. Todd Akin and his "legitimate rape" comments from ( Read more... )

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To everyone on my flist living on the flist: You guys have my sympathy and I hope you're getting your power back.  I've been there, too, on December 31, 2010 (explanation: out-of-season tornado).  I hope you're still finding ways to enjoy Halloween this year.  *sends hugs*

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

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This movie has a lot of great songs in it, but this is probably the most pirate-y, even more than "Professional Pirate".  It's just really rolling and swaying and sinister and kind of perfect.  And everything's just better with the Muppets.

Here, have this:

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Albeit a super-secret one.

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Link.

Jammin'!Nick Fury is the best.  I don't even know.

ETA:  Thor and Captain America get their own song parodies, too.  And they are most excellent.