DooDah Goes Green

As regular readers know, we've got a long-standing beef with the peace movement and Green Party types: what's with the freaking puppets and stilts at their protests? How do they expect to be taken seriously? So when our friend Lisa Taylor pointed us to this page, I braced for the worst: Green Party members actually turning into trees. It was really part of last weekend's historic Pasadena DooDah Parade, a wacky parade that spoofs the Rose Parade. It's always a hoot. And in this case, a funny way to make a political point. I love that Ent costume.

Al moves to MT

Al Hawkins has moved his blog to Movable Type. What's this now, Al—tool number three? Four? Five? Stick with MT a while; we'll bet you'll like it.

RNC cleans up Bush's act

Check out Technological Dub Erases a Bush Flub for a Republican Ad (NY Times, may require registration). If you think that Bush has trouble speaking clearly, you'd be wrong. He's speaks just fine— well, at least he does after post-production and a little audio engineering.

OneLook Reverse Dictionary

Here's a useful search engine: OneLook Reverse Dictionary. It's for (among other things) when you know the definition of a word, but can't remember the word itself.

Really Don't Try This at Home, Kids!

Thinking of enjoying some yummy deep-fried turkey? Well, you would have to get one of those newfangled turkey fryers, right? The only problem is that you'll probably fry your way straight to Hell! Don't believe me? Check out this page from Underwriters Laboratories, Use caution when deep frying that turkey. Don't miss the 13 Mb MPEG video of deep-fryin' mishaps.