So I'm afraid I have nothing to say this week (except that the FISA bill fight is taking a bit of shine off of Obama for me). Instead I will simply post links to funny videos.

This video teaches you how to use the internet:

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The best part is when he says “finger's tip.” Fantastic.

This next video is a very well acted tribute to the legalization of gay marriage.

This actually features a pretty great spit-take--the funniest part is the noise he makes after he spits the water out.
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If you don't know anything about Spore, then you should read this Wikipedia entry so that you know what everyone is talking about in the fall. And then once you've read the piece, you should check out this article on the Spore's creature creator, which looks pretty fantastic.

I'd download it myself but I'm supposed to be getting some reading done.

Next week: some amazing facts that I learned from reading a historical linguistics textbook.