I just had a look at Scribd: "Scribd's mission is to create the world's largest open library of documents."

Here is an embedded version of their most popular document:

Have a look over here to see the fullscreen-version and the various options to work with this document. Interesting!

Scribd.com: RSS-Feeds for popular documents

Via Basicthinking.de

"Hillary, Obama, Edwards and Gore use their superpowers to thwart the administrations conquest of the universe. "

Via Metafilter

Für Roisin: Neues aus der ehemaligen Stalinstadt: Weblog für eine alternative Wahrnehmung der Stadt.

Hape Kerkeling als Hundefänger im Studio Berlin. Aus "Darüber lacht die Welt" (Sat.1, 2006).

If you're one of those people who can't get enough of those Muppet videos, check out this site hosted by the university of Maryland.

Build Your Own Flux Capacitor

The mighty folk comedy duo New Zealand's Flight Of The Conchords perform their song "Humans Are Dead".

Here is what me MySpace-friends of the week have to say: "Our musical sphere expanded when we accidentally invented rap in 1998 while at a friend's barbecue. Our real breakthrough came in 2001 when folk music reached New Zealand in the form of a Roger Whittaker EP. Suddenly New Zealanders understood what we had been parodying and 'folk parody' became New Zealand's biggest entertainment craze since rugby was invented (also by us in 1989 at a school social)."

- Gizmodo about Hotdoll: The Sex Doll for Dogs

A short propaganda and information movie for US soldiers directed by Frank Capra, written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel and produced by the United States Information & Education Division of the Army Services Forces in 1946.

"Every German is a potential source of trouble."

Via Monochrom

Plastic.com: "By the time it became clear that steroids could cause a range of health problems, a lot of damage had already been done.

But what if there were drugs that could make someone more intelligent for a while, that could make him get the right answers more often on tests, that could make him remember where he left those vital papers he needs for his project? "

Die Berliner Zeitung rezensiert meine Biografie über "den phantastischen Rebellen" Alexander Moritz Frey und ist nicht unbedingt restlos begeistert. Muss es auch geben.

"Ungeachtet dessen aber wird man neugierig auf diesen verbrannten, verbannten und gründlich verdrängten - verdrängt, denn wir hatten keine Gelegenheit ihn zu vergessen - Autor, auch anhand der zitierten, nicht selten noch unveröffentlichten Passagen, dass man hofft, diese Biografie werde alsbald eine Alexander Moritz Frey-Renaissance einleiten."

Ist schon ein komischer Superstar, der Mann, der den Menschen den Knut vorführt.... Und wie sich die Leute vor dem Käfig aufführen... Als würde man Punkt 14 Uhr "Tokio Hotel" ins Freigehege lassen.

(German for "Polar Bear")

Manche haben es womöglich nicht mitgekriegt, aber der Berliner Zoo hat neuerdings ein sensationell niedliches Eisbärenbaby.

Wer heute ab 20 Uhr in der Berlin Bar (SLURL) rumlungert, ist wahrscheinlich auf einem der Bilder zu sehen, die demnächst einen duften Artikel über Second Life im Berliner Stadtmagazin Zitty illustrieren sollen. Zieht Eure schicksten Werbe-Shirts an!

Hier isses: Bundeswehr Motherfucker - Video bei Stern.de

File under Muppets

TVShows is a Mac OS X application that automatically downloads your favourite shows. You don't need anymore to manually download torrent files, TVShows does it for you.

Neil Gaiman - How To Talk To Girls At Parties

Classic muppets song from the early 70s.

This weblog has more muppet-videos and -stories than you might think....

Sesame Street Gangsters - Muppet Wiki: "Although Sesame Street is meant to represent a child-friendly, and somewhat idyllic, New York City street, the neighborhood has a network of seedy underground criminal organizations. These groups are run by an assortment of suspicious characters, most commonly for the purpose of shady and illegal activities such as alphabet trafficking, black marketeering and robbery. Comprised mainly of Anything Muppets, these gangs are typically composed of a crime boss and his lackeys (often named Lefty)."

Lefty the Salesman - Muppet Wiki: "Lefty was a shady-looking salesman in a trench coat who appeared on Sesame Street. He spoke in a whispery voice and usually tried to sell Ernie such esoteric items as a letter U or O, an invisible ice cream cone, and an empty box. His sales pitches were rarely successful.

Lefty is best known for singing "Would You Like to Buy an O?" to a skeptical Ernie. "

Lefty was known as "Schlemihl" in Germany. Think about that!

Wikipedia: Schlemihl (im Original: Lefty, the Salesman), ein Händler in der Sesamstraße, trägt einen langen Mantel und versucht mit stets etwas dubios anmutenden Geschäftspraktiken seine Partner über den Tisch zu ziehen. Im Auftreten erinnert er stark an einen Schwarzmarkthändler, der illegal seinem Geschäft nachgeht. Legendär seine Versuche Buchstaben oder Zahlen zu verkaufen, wobei er regelmäßig mittels 'Psssst' auf die Exklusivität des Angebots hinweist."

Schlemihl - Wikipedia: "Der Ausdruck Schlemihl (von jiddisch: Schlamassel) bezeichnet in der ostjüdischen Kultur den sprichwörtlichen Pechvogel, Unglücksraben, Narren. "

Here are the best clips I found on YouTube:

"Lefty tries to sell Ernie an Invisible ice cream cone. Ernie pays with an invisible nickel."

"From 1972. Lefty can't get in until he gives the Secret Knock ... which shouldn't be too hard. Right?"

Would You Like to Buy an O? (Great song!)

Classic Sesame Street: The Golden "AN"

More: Lefty and the Painting

Classic Sesame Street - Lefty and the Carrots, part 1 "From 1971. Lefty the Letter Salesman tries his latest shady pitch on Ernie. "

LOL!

No true Muppet-fan can live without this:

View web pages or mail as spoken by the Swedish Chef like this:

"Feeoo veb peges oor meeel es spukee by zee Svedeesh Cheff."

Get BORK BORK BORK!

Muppets Swedish Chef Collection (14 minutes!)

More Swedish Chef Videos

McCollection: "McDonald's isn't all the same. Every McDonald's is unique in it's own way.

(You can also find McSets that are related to a specific country.)"

Vox Pop: Please Do Not Remain Seated :"Sometimes small gestures contain larger meanings. For me, the decision to sit rather than stand at a concert is a sign of giving up on the youthful exuberance that defines the rock concert experience."

_I agree!

Bizarre American Holidays Home Page: "Only in the USA can we celebrate the glory of egg salad, dictionaries, and procrastination.

Here we celebrate these lesser known holidays. You won't find boring holidays like Thanksgiving and Mother's Day in here!"