John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot

Mr. Sulu, and other knights of the round table

A mash-up between Star Trek and Monty Python goes down very well at the end of the day. Try not to laugh: I dare you. (I got the pointer to this on Facebook, through Michelle Butler Hallett.)

Best version of Danny Boy. Ever.

The Swedish Chef, Animal and Beaker ... the latter of which does seem to have Irish colouring, at least.

Nighttime, daytime

This very, very short video made me laugh. Bet you will too.

An underground pizza party

Spotted here. For my kid, and loads of others, I'm sure.

From St. John's to the other side of the world

When you were growing up, did you ever think that if you started digging a hole, you would come out on the other end of the world ... and in China? You wouldn't be alone; that's why this interesting mashup involving Google Maps was created. The idea is that you identify where you are, and a second map below shows you where the opposite part of the planet actually is.

As you can see, the opposite end of the planet from St. John's is south of Australia.

[Incidentally, if you ever did want to a dig a hole and go straight through to China, you might want to start from Argentina and environs.]

Let Margaret Thatcher crack your nuts, and other things for your home

Everyone likes to bring something unique to their home, and it goes way beyond the paint on your walls. Here are some home-accent things I've spotted recently online.

Let's start in the bathroom. What guest would not be amused by the faux-blood stained shower sheets and matching bathmat? 

For the kitchen or living room, how about this, the Margaret Thatcher nutcracker?

More of a time-piece as the years pass (I had to explain who Margaret Thatcher was several months ago to a younger person in our newsroom), yet taking advantage of the persona that Thatcher herself seemed to like to magnify. (Michael Heseltine, anyone?) As seen here.

For the dining room table ...

Put a deity to work, and have Buddha direct your guests to the right seat at the dinner table.

Here's one for the bedroom or the foyer, or wherever you pause to check your look. If you're going to get a mirror, there's one that helps you boost your pirate appearance:

Drivers: they get younger all the time

Pretty cute, I have to say.

It's a Wonderful Lime

... and it's one of the entries in a Worth 1000 competition this summer called One Letter Off, in which players rejigged movie posters by adjusting a single letter in the title. Hence, Wall, The Depanted and Pam's Labyrinth, among others. 

This is not the robot you're looking for

What do stormtroopers do during their downtime? This page has a fantastically funny gallery of domestically posed stormtroopers, generally well away from the Star Wars universe. The images all come from the Stormtroopers 365 Flickr feed.

Banksy steals Picasso's quote

A link to this photo arrived earlier this week; a nod to the U.K. street artist Banksy, and an illustration of what Picasso was getting at. Sort of.