A window into the past

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091111.html

Where can a telescope take you?

Could someone make a wallpaper with the TARDIS with a christmas wreath on it and the doctor leaning agenst it with a santa hat on??? I would really really be greatful to whoever could do this...or really just anything christmas.. THANK YOU!!!

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The burning desire to live and roam free
It shines in the dark
And it grows within me
You're holding my hand but you don't understand
So where I am going, you won't be in the end

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?
Why does it have to kill the ideal of who we are?
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?
How will the lights die down, telling us who we are?

 

Utopia – Within Temptation

  One of my friends on Facebook posted a poll about whether we were suffering God's wrath for daring to approve gay marriage in some states (he thinks yes). And then an old boyfriend of mine posted this gem:

"In NYC there are over 2 million more women then men. So if every man were married there would still be over 2 million single women. Then you put the homosexual male population into the mix, which takes more men out of the pool of available husbands..... Women have needs and since they can't find a man to satisfy them (and I'm not just talking about sexual needs) they'll go to homosexuality because its being marketed to the public as acceptable behavior. It's always been the case that there have been more women then men, and many prophets we know had several wives. Even during the times of the prophets. The examples we should be following. Its sad that people of faith will choose disobedience to God over the examples he revealed to us."

 
  Rofl at the utter fail.

Her name was Sarah Jean, it was a night like this
In front of the Dairy Queen, she gave me my first kiss
I was just ten years old, so I never knew
She was teaching me how to love you

After the high school dance, in my ol' man's car
Holdin' Carol Ann, I tried to go too far
When she said "no", I didn't have a clue
She was teaching me how to love you

Every hand we hold, every bridge we burn
Every story told was another lesson learned

A few years ago, I met jill one night
Man I loved her so, but I didn't treat her right
When she left me there with my heart broke in two
She was teaching me how to love you

Every hand we hold, every bridge we burn
Every single story told is another lesson learned

So if I should glance in your rearview mirror
At every failed romance that brought you here
Honey, I can't be hurt by what I see
They were teaching you how to love me
They were teaching you how to love me

-blaine larsen

Hey evreyone,

Im CJ and i have a weird life that would consider me a man-whore dude to my actions and my female friends. Ive recently have been having some personal female problems and i always look for advice from me friends online  some quick info about me.

Name: CJ
Job: Military
Activities: Paintball, Vol. Fire Fighter 1st Responder, flirting with random women

Oh i also get excited and adventurous sometimes and post random pictures.. Most of my journal entries are friends only so feel free to check me out. 18 and up only please.

I'm looking for a Anne Hathaway mood theme. Thank you to anyone that helps me out.

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http://icanhascheezburger.com/?p=201813

I was hoping there was or someone could make a 17Again moodtheme.

jo, female, 21, blah blah blaaaaah. i work at a horsey race track, i ain't got no edumucationz, and i spend all my free time singing christmas music. cause i'm obsessed with christmas. and also i have no friends. i was neglected as a child and now seek a false sense of social interaction here on the interblag! give it to me plz.

here's a really blurry overexposed picture of someone who may or may not be me:


and here's me with no makeup on, how embarrassing D:

Mood theme of Kim, Khloe, and Kourtenay Kardashian here.

Mood theme of Kim, Khloe, and Kourtenay Kardashian here.

You know, being a devout Mormon, I'm completely against, horrified and disgusted by abortion. I honestly don't know why it's even legal if we live in a nation that locks murderers in cages and then throws away the keys.

These babies didn't even get a CHANCE to live, which is worse in my opinion.

The #1 reason I think abortion should be outlawed is because of irresponsible sluts who defile their bodies and spread their legs for miscellaneous men. You know, even though I don't agree with your whorish ways, maybe Jesus wanted you to have that baby to teach you to stop being such a whore!

Keep your legs shut and give yourself to God if you're unsure of what to do.

Here's some of my favorite pro-life quotes of all-time :

"“If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.”

-- Mother Teresa of Calcutta quotes

“The product, abortion, is skillfully marketed and sold to the woman at the crisis time in her life. She buys the product, finds it defective and wants to return it for a refund. But, it's too late.”

-- Carol Everett quotes

If you're considering on committing the ultimate sin against God, then think again. There's a place that he sends sinners like you to, and it's called HELL!

"I realized just how effective the demonization of welfare has been when I was actually shocked to hear kids, in a show targeted at other kids, being led in a chant that said being poor or on welfare shouldn’t be shameful and did not reduce their worth as human beings. Can you imagine a TV show, even on PBS, putting something like this on the air today? Our public discourse at this point says that being on welfare is shameful, and that those receiving it in fact aren’t “somebody.” They are dependents, lazy loafers, and their kids are just additional burdens on the state; they don’t have the same rights to dignity and respect as other citizens, and they certainly shouldn’t expect to get it."

[Source]

This picked up my mood considerably today. And while it's not specifically advice or a suggestion of some kind, maybe it'll pick up someone's mood too?


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// edit: Throughout the course of the night I have been touched by so many of these stories and replies that I just wanted to say thank you. Just imagine.... For someone to reply, I think, there's someone else out there that isn't replying but might have been touched by this video, what you said, or what you're going through. And I think that's powerful. I also think it's evident that this is message has uplifted and made some of you stronger today so for those of you who would like, I have converted the youtube video to an MP3 so you can download it and listen to it when you need it.

Just hold on everyone, it'll get easier. We're not in this alone. (hug)

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Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard Mysteries, Book 1) Charlene Harris

2/5.
Lily is the main character in the book series. In the first book she finds someone placing a dead body near her house when she is out on her nightly, comforting walks. She doesnt want to bring attention to herself so she anonymously makes a call to the cheif of police who lives close by. Throughout this novel she finds herself trying to figure out who the murderer is while cleaning her many clients homes.She chose this job to keep to herself. She cant put her finger on the case but knows it must be solved for her to ever feel comfortable in her small town again. Of course a book like this needs some romance. She finds herself involved with her instructor. Lily has learned how to protect herself because of her unforgetful past. She cant seem to put it behind her. Someone in her small town is letting her know they know about her past as well by trying to spook her. Through out the book Lily is trying to understand her liking of Marshall, find the town killer, and make sure her past remains hidden.

I was impressed with this book after I was about 75% through it. (Not sure about page number due to reading it on the kindle.) I had started it and was a little down about the plot but then it started getting better. I would have probably given the book a 3 if it hadnt taken me so long to get to a part I really enjoyed. Once I did though, I was on edge. I have already read 2 more books of this series and am on my fourth. I will post another review tomorrow on book 2.

Catching up with an ex may be a bad idea....( The Story )</div></div></font>

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-11/abcs-hank-canceled-falls-just-short-of-being-tvs-next-mash/

http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47235

Bad news, guys: ABC has canceled the show Hank.

I haven’t totally caught up on Hank yet, I’m still on episode three but I have a whole bunch DVRed and I keep trying to avoid having it spoiled for me, and my co-workers are always like “hey, let’s all talk about that crazy twist on last night’s Hank!” and I’m like “no!!!! I’m still a couple episodes behind don’t spoil it for meeeeee!!!!” and I dive behind desks with my fingers in my ears going “la la la la!” so I can watch the DVRed Hank episodes and enjoy the gripping twists and turns and comedy without knowing what’s going to happen.

Who knows WHERE they could’ve taken the plot in Seasons 6, 7, 8 — I’m guessing space — but now, we’ll never know. Damn network television — first they axe the massive cult hit Back To You, and now THIS shocker! I’m boycotting television forever.

I’m still positive ABC would’ve had a lot more success if they had used my idea for the show:

On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice.

Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.

We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!

As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work.

Let's go back to the beginning of Veterans Day. It used to be Armistice Day, because at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I came to an end... Veterans Day, instead of an occasion for denouncing war, has become an occasion for bringing out the flags, the uniforms, the martial music, the patriotic speeches... Those who name holidays, playing on our genuine feeling for veterans, have turned a day that celebrated the end of a horror into a day to honor militarism. As a combat veteran myself, of a 'good war,' against fascism, I do not want the recognition of my service to be used as a glorification of war. Veterans Day should be an occasion for a national vow: No more war victims on the other side; no more war veterans on our side.
--Howard Zinn

"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." -Rev 21:4


"go placidy amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence" - max ehrmann


“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” - mother teresa

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-11/video-seth-macfarlane-presents-fat-dad-thing-that-shouldnt-talk-talking/

http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47231

Without re-treading over old Seth MacFarlane trashing ground (that dude’s practically achieved a Bush level of “ok, we GET it already, please complain about someone else”), the following Collegehumor video is just about the most accurate thing I’ve ever seen.

And that right-wing anteater is so clueless OMG!!!!!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-11/cirque-du-soleil-planning-michael-jackson-show-may-also-literally-pee-on-his-grave/

http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47223

As we correctly predicted (not that it was difficult), the movie This Is It will not, in fact, mark the end of post-death Michael Jackson catalog exploitation.

Want to hear the MJ music you love, only infinitely more expensive and with a bunch of weird golden sh*t happening? Get ready for a Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil show!!!

The show is still in its extremely preliminary stages, so it’ll give the executors of Jackson’s estate more than enough time to practice their speeches about how charging ambivalent tourists $500 to watch two French wizards high five with their d*cks on a trapeze while “Beat It” plays is the perfect way to honor Jackson’s legacy.

I got a comment about my last comic saying that it condoned smoking, but I don't, that is nonsense! You should also not lasso cats out of trees, if that doesn't go without saying. Historical smoking is another matter, go ahead and have a smoke in the trench, but I advise against lighting three cigarettes at night.

Remembrance Day always makes me ruminative about the place of history in our current consciences, because it is one of the few holidays where we are explicitly told listen you have to remember this thing that happened ok and, one, people pay attention, two, there is nothing jamming the line like bbq's or parties or football games or chocolate eggs or presents. History: You should give a shit, who knew.

Just so we are clear though, I don't really care about Queen Victoria's birthday either so go ahead and slam it back on May 24 weekend, fireworks and the whole bit. Honestly we should all get free corgis on Victoria Day.

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So, in US History, I've just reached the beginning of WWII (no class today, because of a gas leak, so I'm actually a class behind. I should be able to catch up.). It is impossible to discuss the beginning of WWII without talking, however briefly, about Neville Chamberlain, and this often provokes mild snorts of derision from the class, "Peace in our time, ha!" sort of thing, especially when I mention that people saw him as a hero after that announcement. I then remind them of this:

	Mobilized	Dead	Wounded	Missing & PoW	total lost
Russia	12,000,000	1,700,000	4,950,000	2,500,000	9,150,000
Germany	11,000,000	1,773,700	4,216,058	1,152,800	7,142,558
Great Britain	8,904,467	908,371	2,090,212	191,652	3,190,235
France	8,410,000	1,375,800	4,266,000	537,000	6,178,800
Austria-Hungary	7,800,000	1,200,000	3,620,000	2,200,000	7,020,000
Italy	5,615,000	650,000	947,000	600,000	2,197,000
US	4,355,000	126,000	234,300	4,526	364,826
Ottoman Empire	2,850,000	325,000	400,000	250,000	975,000
Totals	60,934,467	8,058,871	20,723,570	7,435,978	36,218,419

Which sort of puts the whole thing in perspective. Those are the casualty figures for WWI. They kind of drive home the point that Europe was in no way interested in fighting another war in 1939, and would have taken pretty much any path possible to avoid it.

Today is Armistice Day/Remembrance Day/Veterans Day - the day we commemorate the end of WWI. The other piece of data I sometimes give to my students is the fact that the memorial for the last shot fired in the war is across the street from the memorial to the first shot. 36 million soldiers were killed, maimed, or otherwise left lost as a result of the war; and the 24 million who were not surely suffered from having seen what they had seen. The fact that 20 years later, Europe was back at it...

With that in mind, a quote I stole from LG&M, who stole it from Jacob Levy:

"A Veteran's/ Armistice/ Remembrance Day observed on November 11 in particular shouldn't just mean a gauzy and somber honoring of live veterans and fallen soldiers. It should be in part a day of anger and horror about the particular war that ended on this day, the stupid brutality of it, and the evil that followed in its wake. Of course, no continuously-existing government (US, UK, Canada) is likely to create a day officially dedicated to pointing out that its predecessor contributed to the deaths of millions for no good cause. But we have the capacity to remember lessons other than the official ones."

Animanga: After School Nightmare, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vocaloid
+ manga colorings: Fullmetal Alchemist doujinshi, Cloth Road
Alice in Wonderland-related: Art/photography
Art: Various
Celebrities: M.I.A., Leighton Meester, Lady Gaga, Koda Kumi
Stock: Fashion-related
Veronica Mars: Season 2


I WANNA TAKE A RIDE ON YOUR DISCO STICK.
@ dinosaws

This are the full-octane versions of yesterday's nonspoilery images, which I didn't want to throw in with the icons post since these are HUGE. Thanks to D-T.com (and their newly resurrected galleries) for these versions!

( Be warned, these are large! )

Just had a quickie look back through the comm and it doesn't look like anyone has posted this.

The image gallery on david-tennant.com is back online! :D

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-11/whatever-you-do-do-not-miss-tonights-glee/

http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47214

THERE ARE NO SPOILERS IN THIS POST. PROMISE.

The pain of having to wait a couple of week’s for a brand new episode of Glee while hordes of people who spit on the ground Glee walks on — namely, baseball fans — reveled in their playoff glory. Wednesday nights were filled with fanciful, rhythmic pacing, back and forth down a rhinestoned runway, thumbs twiddling betwixt our fingerless leather gloves. For fans of musical theater and/or steaming giant blocks of cheese, it was a painfully long hiatus. But tonight, folks, GLEE IS BACK. And believe it or not, it is better. than. ever.

How do we know? Fox was kind enough to send over a needle-full of heroin — sorry, we meant, the new episode screener for “Wheels” — which was carried over to my DVD player like the newborn baby in Children of Men. It was one of the few times I watched an episode of Glee without having seen any of the preview clips, and after all is said and done, I’m happy I didn’t. The element of surprise really adds to the overall enjoyment, and in the future, I will be chaining up my arms and legs before clicking play for any of their preview songs.

If the title is any (and every) indication, it is the first episode of the season to focus on one of the backgroundish characters. Namely, Artie and his Wheelchair. But “Wheels” is about so much more. In fact, it might be the first episode ever where various storylines weave between each other with ease, where more than just a small handful of the people we love get their fair shake of screentime. We spend time with Kurt and his father, a mechanic who used to host the show Nickelodeon “Guts.” Quinn’s baby storyline is advanced in a very satisfying way, replete with plenty of gratuitous Puck moments. And Will and Sue go through their usual motions, this time, with a twist. Even Principal Figgins gets his moment in the sun. And while there aren’t too many musical numbers, the ones we are given are glorious (including the finale, which is so cute as to be almost Japanese.) And the best part?

MR. SCHUESTER DOESN’T RAP. Not once. Not for a second. Did the petition work?

The episode was only 43 minutes long, but felt more like a Glee feature film. And, yes, there are moments in it that are super cheesy cheese from space, and things that would never, ever happen in real life, but isn’t that the reason we tune in? To laugh, to cringe, and — in the case of this episode — to cry? Don’t believe me now, but tonight, when you cry, remember to also think “Michelle told you so.”

If you have never seen Glee, and want to know what the fuss is about, watch tonight’s episode. And when it ends, if you still feel like it’s not for you, a. reevaluate your life and b. there’s nothing else we can really do for you. Watch those DVR’d episodes of “The Globe Succession” or whatever it’s called.

And if you’re already a fan… well, then, there is really no need to encourage you, is there?

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-11/the-michael-jackson-seance-will-deeply-move-you-to-believe-that-these-are-the-worlds-dumbest-people/

http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47204

Some people will tell you that seances are archaic wastes of time that no rational humans on this side of 1800 should ever spend one second partaking in, as their continued existence makes mankind as a whole embarrassingly dumber.

Try telling that to the guy in this clip, though, who cannot help but break down into tears because he’s talking to the actual ghost of Michael Jackson. Wouldn’t you??

I've had a toothache since Sunday night; have been treating with lots of rinses of Listerine, salt water, hydrogent peroxide, and tea tree oil in an attempt to mitigate it until I can see a low-cost local dentist.

In the last hour, I've developed a serious pocket of swelling over where my upper wisdom tooth and the one next to it used to be. It's so swollen I can't comfortably put my teeth together. I've fot some kind of serious abscess under the gum there.

In the last HOUR.

I am going tomorrow to my dad's dentist; this is clearly an emergency.

Any other suggestions on what I can do until tomorrow? Anyone do the sticking a teabag in your mouth thing as a home remedy for relief? Please? Thanks!!!

Important note: Clove oil is said to be highly efficacious, but as it is the one substance on earth I know I am highly allergic to, anything involving cloves is...right out. Sadly.

Edit, or postscript, rather: this was in the queue overnight; since it was posted but not yet up, I did in fact go to the dentist, and have some lovely turbocharged antibiotics which, should you be wondering, cost something like 4 bucks. Wonderfully, the problem came from the remaining roots of a long-gone tooth, and were not caused by the tooth next to it (I was sure I needed a root canal; he says the tooth looks hunkydory in x-ray.) None of this will be overly expensive, and he will work with me on that. Once the infection has calmed, he will extract the remnant roots, and all will be well. I thank all of y'all for your great comments; not sure if I should andwer them individually. But: given the severity of possible consequences of this (as the comments show), I hope this post helps others in the future.

Behind the cut are icons from a couple of the nonspoilery Radio Times promo shots. And the shots themselves, for good measure. Just a smattering, so no table this time.

( Icons behind the cut. )

If any of you guys are a veteran or know a veteran, tomorrow veterans eat free at Applebees.

This would be a nice gesture to take one of your loved ones to dinner in celebration for their service. :)

http://www.applebees.com/vetsday/

Does anyone have any experience using Upromise? The only reservations I'm seeing from people online is a "big brother" complaint because they have access to your credit and debit card statements, but that doesn't worry me so much as long as the company is reputable (and they're owned by Sallie Mae, so... yikes). The other complaint I'm reading is that you don't make the kind of money that would put someone through college - more like $50 here or there - but I figure it's a poor skill to take whatever you can get, right? What do you guys think?

Hello!

I have some coupons that I have no use for and would like to trade for other coupons/giftcards of roughly the same value. These are valid in Canada.

1. up to 50% off complete pair eyeglasses & prescription sun at Lens Crafters (valid now through December 12, 2009) - I am willing to mail it priority so that you receive it quickly
2. 3$ off stuffed Butterball turkey (exp. December 31, 2009)
3. 10$ off Wii Fit (exp. February 28, 2010)
4. 2$ off Pure Energy ValueCharger battery charger (exp. March 31, 2010)

( My coupon wishlist )

Thank you!

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Artist: Joe Frawley Ensemble
Title: Daughters of Industry
#ca330
Date: 2009-11-11
Keywords: experimental; electronic; sound collage; post-rock
(320 kbps)

An absurdist tragedy with erotic undertones, for voice, electronics, electric guitar, found sounds and piano.

Joe Frawley Ensemble is:
Rachel Rambach - singing, lungs, larynx, mouth sounds
Greg Conte - guitars, electronic effects
Joe Frawley - piano, Casiotone, found sounds, electronic processing & arrangement
Contact:
http://www.joefrawleymusic.info

DL:
http://www.archive.org/details/ca330_jfe
http://www.clinicalarchives.spyw.com

My name is Natalie and I have a hankering for some morning star veggie patties. Not because I'm a vegetarian, (by no means - I adore the smell and taste of cooking animal flesh. Baby ones in particular.) but because it's the only damn thing I have in my tiny apartment to eat right now. H'uh.

I just turned 22, and I can honestly say that I can feel senility already setting in. My fiancé teases me about my inability to walk straight, remember things, and tendency to walk through playgrounds in my skivvies while whittling random sticks and twigs into small headless animals.

I have a cat, a rat, and two ferrets. The mister and my rat are the only ones with testicles, so this home is overrun with estrogen. I am the only one still able to reproduce, however, but I aim to remedy this scariness soon as I can. Maybe I can trade in my womb for extra cupholders or a portable DVD player so I can stare at my crotch and enjoy Madagascar 2 while I pee. Hm. Note to self.

Well, here's the dillio. I'm devoutly anti-religion. I'm not really an atheist per se, as this would require a level of "give-a-shit" that I simply do not possess. I simply have a hard time getting into the whole "my god is better than your god and if you don't agree with me then you're a stinky weiner poo-poo head!" ordeal. I also hate politics, but I tolerate them more than I can tolerate Jehovah's Witnesses harassing me in laundromats ANY DAY.

I look to find people with which I can share my eccentricity. As you can see, I tend to go into spurts of "What the hell?" from time to time. My journal is friends only, so comment on my Friends Only page with a bit about yourself and I'll let you know what's goin' dizz-own.

Salutations!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-11/dont-let-our-pull-quote-fool-you-oy-vey-my-son-is-gay-is-bad/

http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47175

Every now and again, an e-mail lands into our “tips” hotline which piques our interest. This is one of those messages. JR over at the hilarious (albeit NSFW) website Homoshame writes the following:

Dear Best Week Ever,

On Saturday night, I dragged two of my best friends and my boyfriend to see “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay” in Los Angeles. I was inspired to take the journey thanks to Michelle Collins’ post about the film. I thought, “This movie could take terrible to a whole new awesome level!”

Actually, the movie took terrible to a whole new terrible level. Characters’ motivations changed from scene to scene. Lanie Kazan just did a poor-man’s imitation of Michael Myers’ Linda Richmond shtick in every scene. And shockingly, Carmen Electra was probably the least offensive part of the movie (no really). My boyfriend accurately assessed that the flick was “a hate crime against comedy.”

After the movie, in the lobby of the theater, I grabbed the “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay” postcard/flyer. I flipped it over and saw something awesome. Please see the attached photos.

-JR

So just what did JR find on the back of this postcard? Oh, no big deal really…

That’s right, readers. Bestweekever.tv has now joined the esteemed ranks of Orcasound Features Magazine and, yes, Canadian National TV (points for vagueness), with a quote that will almost certainly end my career. “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay Features Most Talented Cast of Actors Ever Assembled For a Film” — Michelle (long inhale) Collins (5 minute sigh). Note, by the way, that the people printing this card couldn’t even get “Lainie Kazan“’s name spelled correctly.

But I ain’t mad. After all, finally someone has taken my ramblings on the internet seriously enough so as to print it on a glossy postcard. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to head over to Laemmle’s to pick me up a stackful so that my grandchildren may one day know that I was once a somebody.

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-11/video-jon-gosselin-latest-celeb-to-attempt-really-really-light-self-parody/

http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47199

Move over, Britney Spears’ Top Ten List, cause Jon Gosselin is jumping on the “look at my amazingly self-aware sense of humor” celebrity bandwagon with his own really, really light self-parody video on Funny Or Die. We all thought he was a total douchebag but he’s not cause you see he’s aware that he wears earrings! I’m sold.

In response, Kate will really rip into herself by posting a video of her saying “I am sometimes not great!” and gently hitting herself with a feather:

Hi there! This is my new music video about Alt!Ten (human Doctor) and Rose. I hope you like it!

Watch a preview of David Tennant in Hamlet courtesy of BBC Two here

(thanks to davidtennantcom on Twitter for the heads up)

BlogtorWho has posted another link, which I believe is viewable outside the UK, here

http://tennantnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/bid-for-davids-bed.html

Aren't those WOOD boards I see under his mattress?  I mean, OUCH!!!!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-11/the-james-francos-general-hospital-promo-is-upon-us/

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When word broke that pretty boy actor James Franco was going to temporarily join the cast of General Hospital, we thought daytime television would be the perfect match for Franco’s dopey, perma-high, tiny-eyed skills. But the preview for his debut on November 20 is anything but tiny-eyed. In fact, we dare you to sit through this HIGHLY DRAMATIC minute of murder and intrigue without your eyeballs plain poppin’ out ya head.

Franco, sporting the preferred hairstyle of every bad guy in the movie Passenger 57, actually fits in quite nicely amongst the Fuddrucker’s Window of Man Meats that is the General Hospital cast. Though I think we can all agree after watching this that “Mad World”’s chill-inducing quotient is now on the same level as the Chili’s Baby Back Rib theme song.

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Eagle-eyed reader Adam Cooper of the Cooperific blog has brought to our attention a throwaway cameo on this week’s hilarious Curb Your Enthusiasm episode. In it, Larry David finds himself in a dilemma when, while trying on pants at Banana Republic, the fire alarm goes off. Forced to leave his pants inside, he flees the store with the other customers.

But whoa boy. Hold on a moment. There. In the lumberjack beard… that man. He looks like a man I once knew on film. Why, stop us if you’ve heard this before, but is that Ben Affleck shopping at Banana Republic on Curb Your Enthusiasm?

Indeed. It is. We’re kind of liking the Nicholson neck beard he’s rocking. But we wonder: Was Affleck just coincidentally at Banana/in the area the day they were taping? Or did he have to audition for the role? Either way, as Affleck usually does: Nailed it.