Operation Global Media Domination: Technorati: for all your “faith in civilization” needs

Seriously. I never thought of reaffirming my faith in human nature by checking Technorati (particularly as it refuses to promote me from 18,694th place) but this, actually, is heartening:

Top Searches

  1. Antonella Barba Antonella Barba
  2. Youtube Youtube
  3. Clay Aiken Clay Aiken
  4. Dell Dell
  5. Myspace Myspace
  6. Awp Awp
  7. Libby Libby
  8. Baudrillard Baudrillard
  9. Joost Joost
  10. Matt Sanchez Matt Sanchez

Really, it’s most uplifting. Sure, we’ve got a titty model, a mindless entertainment site, a closeted neo-Gospel singer, a computer, a mindless hookup and boast site, the sound you make when swallowing a too-big vitamin pill, and a popular kind of canned beans, but then we also have, in the top ten blog searches in the world at this time, one of the greatest newly-dead philosophers in the world.

Now, if I only knew what Joost was…is it a Tang substitute?

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nerdgasm: the making of Thunderbirds!

We all have our touchstones; the photograph of a child, a stone from the beach on which we fell in love, the first dollar we ever earned, a hard-won diploma, high school trophies wrapped in tissue paper and fond memories…

Supermarionation…

Here’s an ancient video Rosetta Stone from the previous century which purports to be the very first time the Thunderbirds were recorded on film. The premise that the ‘birds were merely puppets is, of course, the kind of elaborate conceit for which the French intellectuals of the mid-Twentieth Century were so well known. As we are all aware, the Thunderbirds were every bit as real as the constant threat of Communist invasion.

Who’s with me? Team Thunderbird: Operation GenX initiated! F.A.B.!!!

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quiz: are you destined to rule the world

This would be well into the category of blog posts tagged “Well DUH!”

Come Igor, brink ze Versace Tvins: ve haff verk to do…


You Are Destined to Rule the World


You have the makings of a very evil dictator…Which is both kind of cool and kind of scary!
Will you rule the world? Maybe. Maybe not.

But at least you know that you could.

Are You Destined For World Domination?

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Ann Coulter on John Edwards: that’s got to be somebody’s worst nightmare

Probably Edwards‘.

Note that the notoriously blunt freeze-dried conservative didn’t actually call Edwards a faggot. Rather, she expressed her belief that if you use the word you get sent to rehab.

At least now we know what Britney‘s abusing: the English language. I suppose that was on Fox, so I missed it.

Video over the jump, if you really need to see it. But you might want to take a gander just because the work she had done recently seems to have turned out rather better than her usual “just lipo and tan everything below the hairline” look.

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from Kazakhstan, with love

From India, with lovefor realz. This is not some Borat-inspired joke, this is the real thing. Stolen from Gawker.

Dear Sir/Madam, The Cultural Center of Kazakhstan, Inc. in New York proudly presents the Project “From Kazakhstan with Love”, which will take place on 24 March of 2007. This event will allow professional ballet masters, singers and musicians from country of Republic of Kazakhstan, to have an opportunity to show their master skills and top level of the arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the city of New York. The participants will perform alongside with the distinguished American performers and American Kazakhstan performers, achieved a high recognition abroad as Prima Ballerina of New Jersey State Theater Saule Rakhmedova, Ballet dancer Tuvshin Bold, and a winner of the International competitions pianist Alia Alhan Malkeeva. The performances will take place on of the best stage of the city New York, at the Time Warnerner building Allen Hall (capacity of 427 people). The importance of this event is essential for the promotion of the culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United States, and especially in the city of New York, which is considered as the Capital of the World for the arts and music. While living in the United States, we still struggle to explain what is our beloved country, and we dream of the great and peaceful representation of our country here through the cosmopolitan language of the arts.. We also offering the presence of your representative on these events, where we assure you the best attention and care of the arrived guests and free tickets for this events. Under your decision we are offering the speech of your representative on the events. We would like to kindly request your help for the successful completion of this event. Your help could be addressed to the Cultural center of Kazakhstan, Inc. bank account, through the web site of the organization. We are officially assuring you to follow all of your requests.Sincerely,
President of The Cultural Center of Kazakhstan, Inc,
Alia Alhan Mal’keeva, Ph.D.
www.kzculture.com

From Russia, with love. Not Kazakhstan

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