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Due to the dank weather it still doesn't really feel like a vacation, just another weekend day of stuff-do'age. Maybe tomorrow it'll be nicer. In the meantime, chocolate zoetrope, get in my mouth!:





Via Laughing Squid.

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I have not yet begun to mine the silly site treasure trove that is YouTube Comedy Week, but now that I'm on a 4-day vacation I hope to remedy that, starting with this ode to one of my favorite bits of punctuation:



Via Laughing Squid.

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I'm ashamed to say I remember most of the characters this ad references:



Via Robin.

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Yet another thing the internet was made for - Catbeards (via Cute Overload).

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So if you've seen Commander Chris Hadfield's first press conference back on Earth, you'll know that much of what Sean Ireland parodies in his Hadfield at Home series (via Laughing Squid) actually has some basis in fact. Still funny as all get-out, though.

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Via Laughing Squid, here's some Bagette-me-nots, described as "Photos of Celebrities Using Baguettes in Place of Everyday Objects." Best use of a baguette I've seen in awhile.

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This is not something we want to teach Amy to do:



Via Laughing Squid.

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I've often wondered if anyone would ever get around to updating this classic Tom Lehrer song, now that Science has Marched On and all that:



And now someone has, albeit with a different tune. Introducing ASAP Science's NEW Periodic Table Song:



Via io9. I'm still waiting for a parody called the Periodical Table, featuring magazines and such put onto a periodic chart. Get to it, internet!

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SO this video has been cropping up everywhere, and Robin and I just watched it:



And the thing that impresses me most isn't the "clash of the science fiction worlds" but how seamlessly the fantastic is integrated into the ordinary. It's on the YouTube channel of a place called IGN, also new to me because I guess I'm not involved in the gaming community.

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Almost the weekend, looks to be a nice one! Need a bumper sticker generator for the car? (Via Gerard.)