It's Monday February the 19 around 8:17PM and

Supersized Buzz Dump: Condiment Pens, PVR, Smurfs, and More.

It occurs to me, while watching last night's Simpsons, via the magical technology known as PVR (Why yes, that was so in "air quotes" deal with it) that I haven't really told you about how amazing this device is. Bottom line, it changes your life, period. The fact that you can never miss things like Homer inventing "The Condiment Pen" is its own reward. Seriously, "Just click the button at the top and you can choose from ketchup, mustard, mayo, and relish." that is amazing. In your face death of TV. Oh yeah, and I'm not even going to explain how I'm now two weeks behind on 24 and Heroes but will be having marathons of both next week. It's like saving a bit of goodness for later.

On with the links:

*Did you watch Family Guy last night? Good lord please let me recap. Title, "The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou": Cleveland in Nixon mask, worst parent than Britney Spears using baby as ashtray, "You want fun, go home and buy a monkey", cutting in line in front of Italians, Gremlins reference leads to Fran Drescher's head exploding in microwave, Stewie tanning drinking a Tab (and can I digress with more Tab links? Tab ad from '82 with Elle Macpherson and this amazing one?), creepy Mr. Herbert plays, "see who can swallow the most Tylenol PM" with the paper boys, Terry the Tiger (not Tony), Stewie has a pencil thin mustache "the kind that says, ya I've been nude on camera what of it," diner with Martin Landau, Brokeback Mountain - from the view of the horses, Mr. Furley catches Brian putting lotion on Stewie, short disertation on lego, hand made electric razor, "Stewie Jerky", Jim Henson and wrong sounding Muppets, amazing Ferris Bueller visit to Chicago Museum of art and "Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat, and i'm done. This show still brings the funny.

*I saw this and thought it wasn't real. Then someone else noticed it. It's the poster for a new film called "Firehouse Dog". As I Watch Stuff notes, "a certain canine wearing sunglasses has me very intrigued, to say the least." Indeed.

*Even though our posting has been light around these parts recently, it hasn't stopped lots of emails. This weeks favorite might just be the link exchange request for Go Nanaimo. That's not fair, its the thought that some people wanted to invite me to thier restaurant opening in Steveston. What are you, nuts? Okay, the video 'momment' is amazing, and the chef's beard is inviting. But when did I ever say I'd be caught dead in Steveston? Please.

*I'm not entirely sure what this is all about, but a magazine called Monocle is pretty amazing.

*This isn't really surprising, but user generated content may not quite be the genuis wave of the future that was promised. Have you been to YouTube lately? Ad Freak discusses with case study. Really. Who could have predicted? I mean look at the evolution of content from MySpace, Tila Tequila. She's just being ironic, right?

*Taiwan has rotting houses from the Jetsons. Rad.

*I had to eat a Tim Horton's sandwich today. They gave me the wrong thing. It was a good thing the hot chocolate was artificially delicious. But this brings up the fact that my work doesn't have a cafeteria (they should) and that if I worked at Google New York, I'd totally eat the Bacon Krispy Kreme Burger, suckers.

*The 8 Important lessons learned from 1980's cartoons. "LESSON: Communism works! For naysayers who point to the Former Soviet Union as proof that communism is inherently flawed, may we merely direct your attention to Smurf Village, where everyone shares everything, wears similar utilitarian clothing, battles Gargamel and his turn-Smurfs-to-gold get rich quick schemes and obeys the dictates of a bearded, red hat-wearing, benevolent authority figure. Quoth Comrade Papa: 'From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. Really, he actually said that. " This will plague my thoughts all week.

*Music Monday: 1. This is old news kids, but Lily Allen is kind of fun, non? 2. Rock n' roll from Brooklyn, "The Hold Steady". Thoughts? 3. Feist "One Evening". Holla. This girls sweet, and from Calgary? What the? (More at Breakfast Session and Buzz Sugar.) 4. And for no reason at all, I still have a bit of a McPheever. More so after this and maybe some of this.

*If tonight was the last Studio 60. I say, Meh.

*In defense of Brands, Gordon Gekko style.

*In defense of bacon. Copyranter explains to smug "live strong" set why bacon matters.

*Wow. John McCain's new website now with more frights. "dark neo-noir kinda thing, with just a hint of the dictatorial."

*Trailer park: Knocked Up starring Katherine Heigl. The TV commercials looked good, the trailer is ridiculously smug, "Amazing Grace". Jason Bateman is worth watching even in a movie about advertising douchebags. "The Ex."

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