"Weird Al" Yankovic has a new album coming out soon (although it seems to be available already on the major BitTorrent sites) titled “Straight Outta Lynwood”. The music video for one of the singles from this album was leaked a bit early on YouTube, and in case there’s anyone I haven’t sent it to, the link is right here. This has to be one of Weird Al’s better works, ahead even of “All About the Pentiums” and “Amish Paradise”. The geek references are plentiful, including mention of Wikipedia (which inspired edits like these), D&D, MC Escher and Earl Grey Tea. The Wikipedia article on the song also has a rather complete listing of all the in-jokes, references and cameos. And what I wouldn’t give for a hoodie like the one Al is wearing in the end of the video!

YouTube can be a great time-waster if you know where to look. I spent the better part of an evening last week just browsing through the videos for a really old TV show I used to watch. I sent a few clips around to folk on MSN, but then realized I had way too many to send without annoying people. Hey, that’s what these website things are for, yeah?

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I was walking to school this morning, taking my usual route and enjoying the warm sun coupled with a nice, cool breeze. Perfect walking weather. I had the tunes going on my MP3 player, and I was starting to breathe heavier from trying to walk to the up-tempo beat. I suddenly felt something wet hit my eye, like a raindrop; except there weren’t any clouds, and nothing overhead. I reached up to wipe away whatever it was, but my finger came away dry. Maybe it had been something else, like a leaf or seed? I stopped to look at my reflection in the next store window, and gave my eye a thorough 15 second examination before deciding there wasn’t anything there. I assumed it had just been a bit of dirt or fleck of dust that had hit my eye but been blown away or washed out by tears before I could find it.

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