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xkcd is a webcomic that has been around for a number of years and Randall is posting his 700^th entry this week.

It's the only comic I read now. The ones in the paper (on the rare occasion [less than once per month] when I read a newspaper) are embarrassingly unfunny, as are most web-only comics. But xkcd has moments of insight - and is perhaps the only heir to the long-lost and Calvin & Hobbes in terms of its mix of intellect, humor, and sentimentality.

The best strips are typically one-idea jokes that have something to do with math:

But some great ones are almost more like HowToons than comics:

It's not for everyone, and some of the nerdier strips require information that I don't, and won't ever, have - but it's worth checking out.

This is a punchline for which I just couldn't think of a good set-up:

"Orange you glad I didn't say, 'Banana hammock'"

If it needs explaining, it isn't worth it.

Chris McVeigh has a lot of fun and funny photos. There is something about the composition and color that makes them more compelling than simple snapshots of toys and animals.

From Variety:

"Elton John's Rocket Pictures hopes to make the first Jane Austen adaptation to which men will drag their girlfriends."

From the New York Times:

"The movie “Pride and Predator,” directed by Will Clark and written by Mr. Clark with Andrew Kemble and John Pape, will juxtapose brooding aristocrats with a brutal alien that lands in 1800s-era Britain, attacking residents and leaving them with neither sense nor sensibility."

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On Monday, Christoph Niemann had another piece in the Times: I LEGO N.Y.

It's one of those things that seems so obvious in hindsight, yet so clever. It made me quite nostalgic. One of the pictures I didn't get, the "worst" building. I lived in NYC for 11 years but don't know what that's supposed to be.

Niemann's last piece was the one on coffee. Where each picture is drawn using coffee on a paper napkin. Equally brilliant.

I wasn't sure whether there would be a second season of Flight of the Conchords. It seems everyone I know has the DVD of the first season, which was great, but exhausted all the good songs that the two guys have been performing for the past several years.

The first episode of season two follows the same format as the other season, except there are three songs instead of the usual two per episode, none of which are as good as the ones from last year. High hopes, though.

I just saw episode 2, though, and it was hilarious and the songs have been swimming in my head ever since.

This is a coup for Joost, which is trying to compete with the better-known Hulu.

"Used Frying Oil Available for Biodiesel"

(from cockeyed.com)

This was in my inbox:

Top 17 Country & Western Songs

17. I Hate Every Bone In Her Body But Mine

16. It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chewed Your Ass Out All Day Long

15. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You

14. If The Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me

13. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?

12. I Liked You Better Before I Got To Know You So Well

11. I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim's Getting Better

10. I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dogfight 'Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win

9. I'll Marry You Tomorrow But Let's Honeymoon Tonight

8. I'm So Miserable Without You It's Like You're Still Here

7. If I Had Shot You When I First Wanted To, I'd Be Out Of Prison By Now

6. My wife Ran Off With My Best Friend And I Sure Do Miss Him

5. She Got The Ring and I Got The Finger

4. You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly

3. Her Teeth Was Stained But Her Heart Was Pure

2. She's Looking Better After Every Beer

And the Number One song is . . .

1. I Ain't Never Gone To Bed With an Ugly Woman, But I've Sure Woke Up With A Few

The Old Negro Space Program is one of those 'mockumentaries' that is just so darn funny. There is overt humor, but at another level is the parodying of all the Ric and Kevin Burns films, and at another level is an indirect perspective on race relations in America.