Paraphernalia

Modern day Dickens

Get some hot chocolate and cookies and curl up by the fire with your kitty and listen to this awesome episode of This American Life entitled "A Very Special Sedaris Christmas". (Full episode available streaming for free). Featuring readings in front of a live studio audience from David Sedaris' book of Christmas stories, "Holidays on Ice".
Maybe wear a diaper because Julia Sweeny's reading of "Seasons Greetings to our Friends and Family!" may make you piss your pants.

And now for something completly different, or not :)

OMG I love this woman! Here's Kathy Griffin's response to the "Suck it Jesus" controversy.

Listen please - let me tell something to your face

I'm tempted to start a "WTF" category for this one. I'm not even sure how to describe her to you. Lady Raptastic is a character unlike any other. I'm currently obsessed with her podcasts. They make me laugh out loud.

The podcasts are on her site, her myspace page, and iTunes. There are also videos on YouTube.

And don't forget to stop by Da Breakup Song site. You put in the person's name and then pick 2 things (like bad breath and talks too much) and your friend receives a link with their personalized break up song.

Here's a little video as an introduction. Hello!

Wait for the beep

Ever notice how people in movies and on TV still have answering machines? Whats up with that? I so totally remember this comercial.

via Hypocritical Mass

What's the point of a relationship without passive aggressive manipulation?

So we've established that I'm somewhat obsessed with The Hills. At least with watching it, I don't watch the aftershows online or troll the interweb for gossip and such. But I did come across this animated conversation on Salon between Heidi and Spencer that I found very entertaining.

University? or Summer Camp?

I'm not really sure where to start with the highlights of this recruitment video for Appalachian State University. Maybe it's when they coincide the picture of the black guy graduating with the gospel interlude in the song? In any case, I fully endorse the below message. HOT HOT HOT!*

*Even when it's COLD COLD COLD!

Vintage Rosie

via Hypocritical Mass

I had my cat baby in the hospital and a cat baby shower sooo

I've never really watched SNL. Sometimes I see clips that crack me up though. Maybe this isn't new to you but it is to me and I feel compelled to share. This is Penelope.

Penelope at the tennants' meeting.

Penelope at house-warming party.

Speaking of *belep*ing censorship

via OMG BLOG via Bad Shape

Sociopathetic

Continuing the theme of TV shows I enjoy that feature people with no conscience or innate concept of normative societal behavior; I present to you Sarah Silverman.

The first season of her show, The Sarah Silverman Program (the page for her show on Comedy Central is strangely missing considering season 2 starts October 3), was brilliant (in that "NO SHE DI'IN't?! kind of way). Here's a clip that will give you the general idea.

Next is a clip from her movie/musical Jesus is Magic.