LOLeverything

As anyone can tell you, I'm a huge fan of LOLcats, whose rise has been documented by Slate and blogger Anil Dash. Their pidgin English has now extended as far as the 23rd century, with this brilliantly funny adaptation of the Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles," and now the good folks at Fark have started an LOLpresidents thread. The Yalta one is a high point.

Here's my entry:

God Bless You, Mr. Campbell

Here and here are two commercials for Old Spice featuring the grooviest hero that ever was.

Little Kids' Thoughts on Mortality

One of the guys at Boing Boing put up this Flickr set of his daughter's preschool class' pictorial responses to the question "What happens when people get old?" It's pretty poignant stuff.

Why Can't We Be Friends?

Ladies and gentlemen, the least formidable ultimate weapon ever: the Love Star.

This'll Bust Some Blocks

A Mahmoud Ahmadinejad/David Duke coproduction of a Leni Riefenstahl film. They'll never work in this town again.

Facebook Mischief

So I found a fantastic group on Facebook called "Prophet Muhammad, the Greatest Leader of All Times." Naturally, I couldn't resist joining and adding a post suggesting that there may be a greater leader, but to my chagrin they took it down. So now, for the sake of other opinions' sanctity, I've taken a screenshot of my response today: