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So apparently the Powerpuff Girls have been reimagined for Japanese television.

Powerpuff Girls Z

The show, Powerpuff Girls Z, premiered yesterday, according to the accounts I’ve read. If you can read Japanese, I’d guess there’s a bunch of information available to you. [1, 2]

Opening title video (with a damn annoying song):

Episode screenshots here.

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Spider-Man 3 teaser trailer

Yo ho, yo ho: “That’s Captain Jack!”

Take a tour of the just-renovated Pirates of the Carribean ride along with Jack Sparrow himself, Johnny Depp.

Damn you, Keith Urban (part II)

It’s Fiji For Kidman, Urban Honeymoon

Australia’s hottest celebrity couple, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, jetted out of Sydney on Monday, likely bound for a secluded honeymoon getaway on the golden sands of the South Pacific.

The Oscar-winning actress exchanged vows with the Grammy award-winning country music star in a tearful, candlelit ceremony overlooking the Pacific late Sunday.

[Previously: But she's MFWNK..!]

DO NOT PRESS

Do not press this button.

Musical 8-Ball

(via [info]rmjwell)

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press next track for each question.
3. Use the song titles to answer the questions, even if it doesn’t make sense.

NO CHEATING!


Will you get far in life?
“Explosivo” by Tenacious D

How do your friends see you?
“Free Your Mind” by En Vogue

Will you get married?
“Forbidden Zone” by Danny Elfman

What is your best friend’s theme song?
“Smack My Bitch Up” by Prodigy

What is the story of your life?
“Baby Seat” by Barenaked Ladies

What was high school like?
“Violet Beauregarde” by Danny Elfman (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

How can you get ahead in life?
“Number Three” by They Might Be Giants

What is the best thing about your friends?
“Sumiregusa” (”Wild Violet”) by Enya

What is today going to be like?
“In the Shadows (Radio Edit)” by The Rasmus

What is in store for this weekend?
“Basketball” by Lincoln

What song describes you?
“In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins

To describe your grandparents?
“Lovefool” by the Cardigans

How is your life going?
“Box Set” by Barenaked Ladies

What song will they play at your funeral?
“The Skins” by Scissor Sisters

How does the world see you?
“Wheels in Motion” by Danny Elfman (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

What do your friends really think of you?
“Yes U Can” by Jewel

Do people secretly lust after you?
“Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” by Crash Test Dummies

How can I make myself happy?
“I Fought the Law” by Green Day

What should you do with your life?
“The Underwater Song” by theSTART

Will you ever have children?
“The Mariner’s Revenge Song” by The Decemberists

Cats being awesome

Check it. (cool video)

“Towel Day” is tomorrow

Sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? Now there’s a frood who knows where his towel is.

And you want to be like Ford, dontcha?

That’s right. You know you do. And tomorrow, you can.

(If I’ve just written a bunch of words that you can read but which appear to be just this side of gibberish, see the Wikipedia entries for towels and, particularly, for Towel Day.)

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“Wow” is wholly inadequate

Ethan Kaplan of blackrimglasses.com called this one of the best Flickr visualizations he’s ever seen.

So amazing it physically makes my toe twitch.

I can only agree with him completely.

link

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