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• If you are one of those savvy TV viewers who gives a knowing nod when, say, Britney Spears or Cher suddenly shows up on your favorite network show (”sweeps!” says I), some of these ridiculous celebrity cameos will probably look familiar.
• The ultimate show of fandom—how about a person who makes the entire Godfather script into a piece of art? I tried to do the same thing with Drillbit Taylor, and have been banned for life from the LA art scene.
• Sure, talk of third ears and buttocks injections are all fun and games when you’re talking about jocks … but what about geeks? Slate.com reports on the rampant use of “enhancement” drugs by a faction of the populous you may not expect.
• Sometimes it’s just best to walk away: a story on why, forty years ago, LBJ chose to bow out.
• Reader Lance directs our attention to WiseGeek.com, host to a sundry of interesting queries. Sometimes they compile information, but the best is when they go searching for it, such as how to make the most of an all-you-can-eat buffet…

…and which pro sports teams fail to own their own domain names.
• A story on the strange power of slow-mo that offers up clips and history on the process that makes the mundane become so gloriously dramatic.
• It was a big deal at Emory when they added a Visual Arts minor, but what if you could major in a person? Say … Joe Pa? ESPN Page 2’s dubious sources have uncovered a test from Penn State for those taking the Joe Paterno class.
• After being saturated by news of the pregnant man, here’s a fresh look at the matter: a blogger who takes on a labor of love—24 hours of male pregnancy.
• This oldie but goodie, just because.
• An in-depth look at some of the theories on how Deja Vu works. I experience it myself from time to time … just a glitch in the Matrix, right?
• Ah, now this is what I log on for. Radar counts down 10 personalities we love to hate on the internet. Would you rather be loved and forgotten, or hatefully remembered? Most of these people would probably choose the latter (but not Tony K, I love that guy). [via GorillaMask.net]
• Yikes—some truly terrifying comic book covers from the 1950s. Would these be allowed today? Imagine the Congressional hearings … (via blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy)

• More good stuff from WebUrbanist: 8 Remarkable Palace, Fort and Castle Hotels: Living it Up in (Ancient) Luxury Around the World. Can we convince this guy to guest blog for us?
• Great list of pet peeves from McSweeney’s. Some are funny, but you may find some to be very familiar and true (Thanks Stuart!)
• If you haven’t heard about the Chinese Democracy album and Dr Pepper’s promise of one beverage for every American if it’s ever released, educate yourself on the latest happenings. (Much thanks as always to Kevin).
• As Jerry Seinfeld says, “There’s no such thing as dry cleaning. There’s no way of cleaning with dry. If I gave you a filthy shirt and said, ‘I want this immaculate. And no liquids!’ what are you going to do? Shake it? Tap it? Blow on it? Give me a break. You almost can’t get something dirty with dry, let alone cleaning it.” Here’s a clip on the science of dry cleaning and how it can be environmentally friendly … but yeah, using liquids.
OK guys, I go into the link trenches every week to suffer out the link mines (and make my friends do the same), so help a comrade out! Send in your links and internet oddities to FlossyLinks@gmail.com. Helping me, helping you.
Whether it was cheesy or not, the main reason why The Beach Boys were on Full House was because of John Stamos. They are good friends … he even tours with the band sometimes for crying out loud! And for true tv junkies, you may remember that this is not the first time Stamos plays with the Beach Boys in a sitcom … Anyone remember the show “You Again?”
posted by Rachel L on 4-12-2008 at 4:10 pm
If you had just done the lyrics to Stuart Davis’ “Already Free” (the song that closes out Drillbit Taylor) I’m certain LA would still accept you.
Doubly accepted if you had made it into the shape of Stuart (a buddhist monk who on 2 of his CD covers has worn nothing but silver or white paint while sitting in the lotus position)
posted by Kevin on 4-13-2008 at 6:06 am
“faction of the populous…” — Do you mean “populace”?
posted by Erika on 4-13-2008 at 7:09 pm
“host to a sundry of interesting queries” - “Sundry” is an adjective, not a noun. “Host to sundry interesting queries” would work.
posted by Jess on 4-14-2008 at 11:47 am
If you think the transgender man being pregnant is odd (which it really isn’t that odd, he HAS a uterus)… then check out the pregnant man at RYT Hospital! He’s an actual male who has had a fetus implanted, its rather odd.
malepregnancy.com
posted by Korin on 4-14-2008 at 1:59 pm
*edit
appears to be the same person, somebody isn’t telling the whole truth
posted by Korin on 4-14-2008 at 2:00 pm