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Pomplamoose, a boyfriend-girlfriend "band", created the concept of the VideoSong, which has two rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds). I've always loved the sultry sound of lead singer Nataly Dawn, as seen/heard here the Pomplamoose cover of "Single Ladies":

By the way, this is a male seahorse: The reason that the male gives birth is because the female seahorse deposits the fertilized eggs in a pouch on the males stomach.

… you read that Winnie Cooper is pregnant.

Daisey Bailey, who was 113 years, 342 days, died Sunday, enjoying only a few hours as the Oldest Living American.  (Well, perhaps "enjoying" is not the right word). Daisey became the Oldest Living American on Sunday morning when Mary Josephine Ray (of Westmoreland NH), who was then certified as the oldest person living in the United States, died at age 114 … Read More

Out of Florida: Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash Tuesday at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat. "She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit," … Read More

Okay, so despite what I blogged about a week or so ago, record producer David Geffen is apparently not the subject of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain". This comes from Dick Ebersol, who… told The Post, "I've never before spoken on this issue and I never will again . . . but I can assure [you] the David is not David … Read More

It's got a cult following in San Francisco: 1. Go to McD's right when they are transitioning from breakfast to lunch. 2. Order one of the remaining Egg McMuffins from the breakfast menu and also order a McDouble since the lunch menu is now open. 3. Take the egg and Canadian bacon from the Egg McMuffin and put it on … Read More

This has beenmaking the rounds lately.  It's a singer on A Russian TV show singing a song that has no lyrics.  It's an ear worm, meaning that once you see/hear it, it's not going to leave your head for a while. Here's a background explanation of the performer and the song. By the way, doesn't it remind you of this … Read More

Because it's National Grammar Day. I'm not observing it because both my grammars are deceased.

They've taken away his Twitter account:

1. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. 2. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle. 3. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass … Read More

Given that a Seaworld employee was killed by Shamu at a "Dine with Shamu" event today, I think Seaworld might want re-think having the event at all.

(1)  The Russian curling team is hot.    (2)  Hilary Duff knows how to respond to a marriage proposal (NSFW photos) (3)  I'm not sure I'm on board with this series of French anti-smoking ads (4)  What is it with beauty pageant winners from California?: Miss Beverly Hills Thinks God Wants Gays "Put to Death" (5)  "The Purple Rose of … Read More

This Esquire article on movie critic Roger Ebery is a must-read if you've ever been wondering what's been happening to him.  A selected quote: I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear, he writes in a journal entry titled “Go Gently into That Good … Read More