Who Needs a Man?

I just love the way Japanese people think. And yes, this is sold on Japan's version of QVC.
-10-key princess

Charting Your Favorite Song

Every morning, I scour the internet to see what's going on in the land of pop culture. And every morning, I come across a lot of weird stuff, which is near and dear to my heart. It's like my fuel.

This morning was no different. It seems that someone created a group on Flickr where members can upload their own song charts. Now you're probably asking yourself what a song chart is, so let me provide an example:


If you still don't know what a song chart is, it's a chart that conveys a song title. A lot of them are Excel-based, but they don't have to be. In case you're stumped, the above song chart is "Groove is in the Heart" by Dee-Lite. Get it? There are tons more here.

I haven't checked all of the song charts out yet, but I'm guessing there has to be a few that William Hung has belted out in his day. And if not, I'm sure he's practicing them for an upcoming karaoke contest.

-JT

Ready, set, freeze!

You may remember how last month, an improv group staged a pants-less commuting day on Chicago trains and buses. Looks like the group, which goes by Improv Everywhere, is at it again. Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station in New York City. No joke - check out the clip below.



These guys are brilliant. How freaked out would you have been had you been walking through Grand Central Station with all kinds of people just frozen in place? Not even a performance by William Hung would have gotten them to move. Actually, that's probably not true.

For more of Improv Everywhere's shenanigans, including what they did at a Starbucks on Tuesday, click here.

-JT

Can a Mormon Win This Race?

We all know Mitt Romney's out of the race, but what about David Archuleta?



This 17-year old kid from - you guessed it - Murray, Utah is "the one to beat" this season. I like him. And not just because I'm Mormon. If that were the case, I would have liked Carmen Rasmussen, Jon Peter Lewis, or even jump on the Brooke White bandwagon.

Who's your favorite for American Idol Season 7?

-SM

O Canada

Can anyone guess what this is?(Hint... It's Paul trying to be patriotic - amid designing centrifuges and while patiently trying to explain the very basic principles of physics to me, no less.)

-10-key princess

"Casse-toi alors, pauvre con"

If the French didn't embrace their President Nicolas Sarkozy to this point, this probably won't help either:

Man in the crowd: Ah non, touche-moi pas (No, don't touch me)
Sarkozy: Casse-toi alors (Get lost, then)
Man in the crowd: Tu me salis (You dirty/disgust me)
Sarkozy: Casse-toi alors, pauvre con (Get lost, idiot/dumbass/bastard)

This was in the middle of a meet-and-greet at the annual French farm show last weekend. Can you just imagine President Bush saying something like this to some random dairy farmer in Wisconsin? Hilarious. I've already watched this clip over 10 times and I can't stop laughing.

-10-key princess

Lost in Translation

I'm a first generation American. My mum's Bri-ish and my dad's from Israel. It's an unusual mix to say the least. I've had many interesting conversations and countless anecdotes over the years, so allow me to share one with you that I recently was telling a friend about.

A few years ago, my sister was in town from D.C. visiting my parents, and so I went up to my parents' house as well. We were all sitting around talking when my mom starts telling my sister about what an old friend of hers is up to. My sister lost touch with the girl, but since my mom's still friends with the girl's mom, she was filling my sister in. It was nothing too great, from what I remember, and my sister's response was, "Oh well. She gets an 'A' for effort."

The conversation moves on, we're talking about other things, when maybe two minutes later, my dad, looking at my sister all quizzically, interrupts with, "Wait. Doesn't effort start with an 'E'?"

My sister, my mom and I about lost it right there. We were cracking up. My dad didn't understand what was so funny. When we finally were able to catch our breaths, we tried explaining things, but I think he ended up more confused.

In all fairness, my dad has a pretty good grasp of the English language. And his question was valid. But what makes the story priceless, at least in my opinion, is the fact that he waited so long to ask the question. You could practically see the gears turning in his head as he was trying to figure out how "'A' for effort" could make sense. Poor guy.

-JT