Of This and Other Worlds

Just before bedtime tonight, I heard Simon say excitedly to his older brother:

"Let's play [The Lion,] the Witch and the Wardrobe. I'll be the Witch, and you be the Wardrobe."

Oh, man, I thought the Conan Doyle HBP parody I linked to last night was brilliant, but the William Carlos Williams had me in fits. "Beardy"? Hee!

You can find the current list of Guardian HP pastiches here. Apparently they're updating all week.

I normally don't pay much attention to banner ads, but as I was browsing about for the pilot of "House" (yes, penwiper26, you heard right -- between you and my brother Pete both raving about it, I've been convinced it's worth a look) I couldn't help noticing that WebDate's photos of "This Week's Hottest New Members!" with whom you can supposedly chat includes an old pinup of Morten Harket.

Now, maybe I'm a cynic, and I know everybody gets lonely sometimes, but somehow I suspect Morten is a wee bit too busy rehearsing for Live 8 at the moment to be hanging about the web ready to chat with random strangers, let alone take them out on dates...

Liz, this is for you. You'll like it. Honest.

Of course, it's funnier if you've seen "Dalek" and funnier still if you've seen some of the discussions that followed it, but even as a random cartoon I think it stands up rather well. Heh.

HAAAAAA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

*giggle*

*splutter*

HEEEEEEE....!!! *wipes away tears of hilarity*

If you're a Lost fan, and/or you love crappy flash animations set to weird music (living it up with the hatt, baby!) this is a gem. Gacked from someone on the Kalan Porter Fan Club Site, of all things.

Oh, and speaking of the kid... his first video is out, for "Single" (otherwise known as not the Pernicious Idol Single, finally, thank heavens). If you have broadband you can watch it in Windows Media or Real Player streaming format here. Comments welcomed, especially if they are funny.

Oh, and I've been using this as my default icon for a week or so, but still, GIP! Because Locke still amuses me no end, guru complex and all.

...so I told Hubby about Nicholas and his little case of Rickman-inspired misidentification, and I ended the anecdote with, "I was highly amused."

"I'll bet you were," said Hubby dryly.

I am once more indebted to Erica Smith for finding another amusing URL -- in this case a Markov Chain text randomizer -- running a few paragraphs of my Snapefic "The Potions Master's Apprentice" through it, and sending me this gem of a result:

"Miss Moody is a scone, Severus," said Dumbledore, calmly pouring the other Hogwarts houses.

Of course, I knew it all along.

You can try it yourself, with any bit of prose or poetry you like, at Doctor Nerve's Markov Page.