Cookie Monster's away on God's Business

I am having a very difficult time reminding myself that this is really Tom Waits and not Cookie Monster. I mean, I've always had the highest regard for Cookie Monster's brutal honesty in all things, but I'm not used him to being this cool.

Thanks be to Ted M. and Andrew O. for sharing this with me.

A Moment to Remember a Super Man

I wanted to take a moment to remember the inspirational actor Christopher Reeve who refused to give up on the beauty of living after his tragic accident that left him paralyzed and facing many difficult years.

In this clip, he is joined by actor Tom Welling who plays Clark Kent on Smallville (on which Reeve has just made a cameo appearance). Immediately after the show credits, this clip appeared to promote the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.

Watch for the priceless moment when Welling and Reeve run out of script to follow. It's a heartwarming and genuine moment and I never get tired of watching it.

Web Nostalgia

I'll admit it: I had a couple of webpages at Geocities. I had one that listed Canadian folk bands per province and another one for a local Montreal band called Orealis. I tried to keep the website design clean and conservative, but I also remember that they had a few spinning logos and colour schemes that were closer to colour conspiracies.

If you don't know what I mean, or if you do remember and you want to take a trip down memory lane (against your therapist's recommendations), the Geocities-izer is your time machine. Just submit a current website and it'll get sucked into the 1990's sense of awesome design and animated GIF glory.

For fun, here's what the CEA would've looked like in 1996. Make sure your speakers are set for STUN.

Thanks be to Suzie P. for the link!