Weekend Weirdness (or POTATOOOOOOOO)

 Hi folks...here are a few random weird blog and Web links for your weekend perusal and amusement.  It is mostly an excuse for me to post a picture of my Darth Tater:

(That background is actually a metallic fabric curtain that a co-worker of mine uses as a cubicle door...it looks pretty cool.)

From Boingboing.net (if there are A-List bloggers, the guys who run BoingBoing are it): Neal Stephenson, noted cyperpunk author, defends the Star Wars prequel trilogy in a New York Times op-ed (NYT registration required -- you can try www.bugmenot.com if you are so inclined), by basically saying that if you had done your homework -- watched the animated Clone Wars series,
read the comic books, etc. -- then you wouldn't be complaining about
the movies, making fun of Darth Christensen's overwrought
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO" at the end of Episode III, etc.

In fact, NOOOOOOOOOOO
has taken on a life of its own on the Web, as evidenced by a slew of
parodies such as Darth Vader's appearance on 'Wheel of Fortune': http://vaderfortune.ytmnd.com/ (You might need to refresh your browser after it loads.)

A little background on ytmnd.com (the site has some NSFW stuff -- Not Safe For Work
-- mostly naughty words & such).  YTMND stands for "You're the
man now, dog!", which was a big Sean Connery line from the movie 'Finding Forrester'.

For some reason, it took on new life on the Web at www.yourethemannowdog.com, and has grown into a subculture of sound bites and simple animation, repeated over and over and over again....(KHAAAN!  -- Flash clip)

Lastly, just because it's a pet peeve of mine -- here's a link to the Apostrophe Protection Society,
dedicated to stopping the misuse and abuse of apostrophes.  Like
using them wrongly as plural's [sic]. Oh, the blog bit? I think I found
it off of the Testy Copy Editors group blog.

Anyway, a little random weirdness for your weekend. -- Joe