Burma! I panicked!

I love Monty Python, and therefore I bring you the penguin on the television skit. I can't embed this one unfortunately, but it is really worth watching.

Another favourite: Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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The Daily Show: Awesomely Cringeworthy

Last night's coverage of the Mark Foley scandal on TDS is why this show is brilliant. So biting, but pretty darn appropriate in the situation. (And they used Monty Python!) If you watch the second part, I can't believe Newt Gingrich's comment about not stopping a pedophile because that would have been perceived as gaybashing. WTF? No words. Oh, and years of NAMBLA jokes finally paid off. Although I really wished they didn't.

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Favourite Things

Just because it is nice to post positive things once in a while.

My top 35 favourite things:
1. My family
2. Caffe latte
3. My cat Portia
4. Cooking for a whole afternoon
5. Montreal
6. Getting a call from a good friend
7. High speed Internet
8. Falling asleep on the couch
9. Cinnamon buns
10. Reruns of 80s and 90s sitcoms
11. Bookstores
12. My goddaughter
13. Walking randomly around the city
14. Crossword puzzles
15. Spending time talking with patients
16. My iPod
17. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
18. TV series on DVD
19. The first snow
20. Red wine
21. Pride & Prejudice (the book)
22. Shopping for kitchenware
23. Nail polish
24. The sound of rain falling
25. The Office
26. Dictionaries
27. Singing while driving
28. Post-Its
29. The human brain
30. Oregano
31. Green pens
32. Purses
33. Lemon-flavoured anything
34. Pyjamas
35. Making lists!

Funny Old TDS Stuff

Well, as I was mentioning to Gina last night, I'm not posting much because I don't feel like writing so much. But when I find something funny, I can't resist to post it for everyone's enjoyment. YouTube is the best thing on the web these days. I can watch clips when I take breaks in marking... :) Anyway, I found old Month Python skits, and some Daily Show stuff I had never seen. One TDS clip stood out particularly. It is a parody of Schoolhouse Rocks, and features explanations on midterm elections. (As an aside, I'm not American but I totally remember seeing Schoolhouse Rocks on PBS as a kid. The one about the bill that becomes a law anyway! LOL)

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