Friday Follies - Prostrate in '08

Follies return, because it's easier than posting properly.

From the Onion - news I've been waiting for my whole life, and check out the featured country of the week from the Atlas.

How dumb are the kids these days? Well, check out the second item from the SMH's Column 8 on Tuesday. (Wait. A teenager in the 1990s? That was my generation! Goddammit, there goes the whole structure of my existence).

From the blogosphere: Enjoy Lightning Bug's Memoirs of an Osco Clerk (ah, the joys of a first job); Claudia's Room hilarity for those who can't believe they ever enjoyed The Babysitters Club, and another helpful Public Interest Courtesy Rule on the use of backpacks.

Ever wondered where all The Simpsons movie references come from? Heres's photographic evidence.

Well, have a great weekend. It's going to be raining round my way, so I might go to the movies. Possibly to see Juno, because it looks kind of interesting, but mostly because it's directed by Jason Reitman. He's the son of Ivan Reitman, who is fantastic, I think - a genius. So we'll see if that sublime talent has been inherited by his son.