I’m pretty sure this just became my favorite video ever.

YouTube – OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – RGM version.

A nail from the time of Christ’s crucifixion which was hidden by the same knights who featured in The Da Vinci Code has been found in a dig.

The four-inch Roman relic, stored in an ornate box, was uncovered by archaeologists working at a fort thought to have been a former Knights Templar stronghold.

It was buried with three skeletons and three swords, including one with the religious order’s cross on its blade, on the tiny island of Ilheu de Pontinha, off Madeira.

Excerpt from: THE HOLY NAIL – mirror.co.uk.

Roger Ebert just posted this about his efforts to recover his ability to communicate orally.   When I first heard that he lost his ability to speak, I immediately thought of Stephen Hawking’s Speak-n-Spell robot voice.

But they’ve made huge leaps forward in computer-generated speech synthesis.  Roger realized that, using professional-grade audio recordings of how his voice used to sound, some audio-engineers might be able to re-synthesize his own voice.

IN his own voice.

And that’s exactly what they’ve done: Hello, this is me speaking :: rogerebert.com :: People.

Isn’t it time you took another look at . . . the Taliban™?

Not your father’s Taliban™. The New Taliban™. TalibanLite™.

We know what you’re thinking: “The Taliban™? Aren’t they the dudes who blow up shit and cut off body parts?”

LOL! You’re thinking of the Old Taliban™.

How do we know what you’re thinking?

Focus groups.

Excerpt from Not Your Father by Andy Borowitz The New Yorker.

Enjoy…

YouTube – Bohemian Polka – Weird Al Yankovic.

A new report estimates that currently 68 adults under age 65 die every day because they don’t have adequate health insurance coverage.

That’s over 2000 Americans every month, almost as many as were killed on 9/11.

9/11 is happening every month.

(but only if you’re under 65)

Because those over 65 qualify for our wildly popular single-payer socialized-medicine program, Medicare.

Sure, you can challenge the numbers, but let’s say it’s greatly exaggerated. What if it’s half that?

What if it’s only a quarter?

Hell, what if only ONE American under the age of 65 dies each month from lack of health insurance? Is that acceptable?

NO FUCKING WAY.

I encourage you to share this with your friends, neighbors, followers, parents, uncles, aunts, pundits, naysayers, doom-and-gloomers, eternal optimists, Senators and Representatives.

9/11. Every Single Month.

Deaths Rising for Lack of Insurance, Study Finds – Prescriptions Blog – NYTimes.com.

Remember good ole Oily Taints, er, ORLY TAITZ?  She’s the attorney/dentist/real estate agent that has been the most visible face of the anti-Obama “Birthers”, who believe that Obama is not a natural U.S. citizen and therefore not legally allowed to be the President.  I first wrote about her in August, 2009 in a post called “Who is Orly Taitz?”

It appears she’s been feeling the heat because she is under “increasing legal attack in the United States from groups and individuals opposed to her legal actions challenging the Constitutional qualifications of Barrack Hussein Obama to hold the office of President of the United States.”

Perhaps some of the heat came from the Georgia Judge who fined Orly Taitz $20,000 in October for, among other things, “baseless attacks on the Court.”

Where does she turn?  The United Nations, of course, where she has appealed for “urgent action under the mandate for human rights defenders.”  Taitz claims she has been the victim of death threats, vandalism, false complaints, and a suspected assassination attempt and that her reports to law enforcement have been ignored.

Could it be because Orly Taitz is the antichrist?

Orly Taitz Appeals to United Nations for Protection, Investigation « The Washington Independent.

I was looking for a different commercial when I stumbled upon this one. Nice enough, until about halfway through when they put poor Frosty the Snowman and all of his snowman friends into the chipper. Why does Coke hate Snowmen?

YouTube – Beautiful Coca Cola Commercial Full Version.

Because he’s in love.

YouTube – Captain Kirk is climbing a mountain, why is he climbing a mountain?.

Meet Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,  the German prince who is skiing for Mexico in the 2010 Olympics.  I don’t really care about the Olympics, but when I see a name like Hubertus von Hohenlohe, I can’t help but take notice.  I’d tell you more, but Time magazine has beaten me to the punch.  Although, I’m considering him for honorary inclusion into the Foppish Dandy Database, purely based on his name alone.

Apparently he’s also a photographer AND a pop singer who performs under the names Andy Himalaya and Royal Disaster.

Here’s one of his videos, a song called “I Want Pop”:

This video for “Undiscovered Streets” highlights some of the 51 year-old’s accomplishments:

And if you just haven’t gotten enough of Hubertus yet…here’s the TIME MAGAZINE feature:  Who is Hubertus von Hohenlohe, and Why Is He Skiing for Mexico? – TIME.