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Werner Herzog is a movie director. He has chosen to narrarate several famous children's books: Curious George, Madeline, Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel, and Where's Waldo. Much hilarity ensues, as he inserts his opinions on the symbolism and moral instruction.

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I am downright annoyed I just became of this today. It's a BBC advertisment for the 2008 Olympics, featuring the main characters of The Journey to the West.

And if you've never read a translation of Journey, you are missing out on one of the classics of great literature.

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According to the Columbus zoo, young otters need swimming lessons.

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The greatest episode of Doctor Who ever made. (For a comedy charity special.)

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This is the best ad I've seen in quite a while. It's obvious that the new Burger King "breakfast muffin sandwich" is a total rip-off McDonald's Egg McMuffin. Rather than disguise that inconvenient fact, BK makes a joke of it. Well done!

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In Okinawa, the weather is warm, it rains for weeks on ends, and everything is swept by salty sea winds. Rusty Toyotas were everywhere.

On Top Gear, the British presenters get a Toyota Hilux with 190k miles on it, and see how tough it really is. In three parts:

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The university's student paper, which I've been calling the "Tri-Weekly Bird-Cage Liner" for years now, runs a police blotter. Public Safety seems to spend most of their time mediating boyfriend/girlfriend disputes, collaring drunk students, and taking note of stolen laptops.

In Wednesday's paper there was a doozie.

2/25 - A person used false credit cards for tuition payments.

Now, using stolen or forged financial instruments is certainly a bad thing. But leaving morals aside, there is a practical matter: if you think using a stolen credit card to pay your tuition is a good idea, then maybe you're not really college material to begin with.

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