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Because everyone needs to see Acapella versions of cartoon theme songs:

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You hear occasional stories about the dead voting, but I’ve never heard of them offering political advice before.

The obituary reads:

CHARLOTTE MCCOURT Charlotte M. Tidwell McCourt, 84, of Pahrump, passed away July 8, 2010, after a long illness. She was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Wellington, Utah, and was a 40-year resident of Nevada. Charlotte held a zest for life and loved serving her family of five children; 20 grandchildren; and 65 great-grandchildren. She had been the wife of Patrick L. McCourt for 67 happy years. Active in her community, she assisted in many political figures’ campaign efforts. As an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Charlotte served as a leader in the Relief Society for over 20 years. She and her beloved husband also served a full-time mission in the Cabanatuan Mission in the Phillipines. Charlotte is survived by her husband, Patrick; children, Pat and Nellie McCourt, Dan and Lanny Shea, Bill and Marsha Sortor, David and Sherry d’Hulst, and Tom and Ann McMullin; and many grandchildren. A memorial service was held Saturday, July 10, at the LDS Chapel, 921 E. Wilson, in Pahrump. We believe that Mom would say she was mortified to have taken a large role in the election of Harry Reid to U.S. Congress. Let the record show Charlotte was displeased with his work. Please, in lieu of flowers, vote for another more worthy candidate.

Nice. If I die in an election year, I’d like to do the same thing.

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I swear… Even though they are a competitor, Geico is turning out some of the best commercials.

That’s how you do it, son.

So I was reading a story over lunch today at upi.com, when I noticed their headline banner:

Yet, according to their Bio page, they’ve been around since 1907.

Hmm. My math shows that as 102-3 years of journalistic excellence. Did they stink early on, or is journalistic non-excellence just a recent thing?

If you roll up funny, and sprinkle it with awesome, you get this:

It be upon us:

The literal version:

(Not as funny as the A-Ha video someone did a while back, but still pretty funny).

Topping the news today…

Obsession with Naked Women Dates Back 35,000 Years

The only thing that I would quibble with is the 35,000 years. Depending on where you fall in the young earth / old earth debate, that number’s going to change.

Where would we be without Science?

I present my all-time favorite SNL opening skit:

I have had the toughest time finding this skit. I’ve looked for it for many years, but could only find the first portion of it, up until Phil Hartman sings. But thanks to a link I followed from my friend Ashley, I found that NBC has finally published the entire skit.

Engadget summarizes it perfectly:

Advertisers have finally picked up on what we’ve known all along: nerds are the modern day rock stars.