Literal Barrage

I've been sick in addition to working on that super-secret WordPress-related project this week, so posting has been necessarily light. In a ploy to make up for that lack, I present my well-nigh bi-weekly slacker post, comprised primarily of video links I've found to be of an amusing and/or interesting nature.
First up, in honor [...]

First off, the bad:
2007 Week 2 Fantasy Football Results
League: Fulford's Heroes
Deep Fried Turkey defeats Hiphopopotamuses, 114.30 to 106.40.
*sigh* Jemaine's luck runs out in the second week. I forgot to start Randy Moss who would have netted me another 15 points and secured a win. Them's the breaks, I guess.
Next, the good:
League: RSGFFCL
Rhymenocerouses defeat [...]

Time for a little link dump, I'd say.
Looking for an oldschool flair for your newschool iPod? Best grab a boombox dock, then.
Via Wired, we have the wonder of officeplace Faceball.

[Yes, the post's title is an invocation of a certain Futurama episode. -ed.]
Presenting, with very little fanfare, a collection of (mildly) amusing links, etc. collected lo these many days.
The USS Robert A. Heinlein? Too cool for school.
Every friggin' Transformer, like, ever sold on eBay for a cool $1 million. Fark Photoshoppers envision [...]

The Onion has a delightful piece this week titled Media Landscape Redefined By 24-Second News Cycle. As an avowed hater of CNN: Headline News and the idiotic 20 minute news spin cycle it has ushered in, I was howling at quips such as

CNN is widely credited with initiating the acceleration of the modern news [...]

Heh. The Onion takes the media's "disgruntled soldier" meme and does it one better - Call Of Duty 2 Gamer Wonders If War Is Worth Dying 79 Times For:

"After weeks of fighting for every pixel of ground and seeing 180 degrees of carnage in every direction, you start to wonder if it's really worth it," [...]

I wonder if the official Chinese media will take this story literally too? The Onion: Bill Introduced As Joke Signed Into Law. Heh.