Procrastination Break

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The Theme Song for European Central Bankers

Apparently today would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday. (And people told me Facebook was useless.) In honor of him:

Go to West, Young Man

I stumbled across this while putting off my work for the evening:

Existential Star Wars

Tyler Cowen linked to this. It’s pretty funny if you’re a high-brow sophisticate like us.

The Best Argument for Decentralization I Have Ever Seen

This is real. I heard NPR interviewing one of the instigators from the Oregon state legislature. They decided it would be funny to Rick Roll the official legislative proceedings by having various people insert snippets into their prepared remarks. The video below is a collage of their individual efforts.

You Don’t Surpass Simon & Garfunkel If You Don’t Take Chances

[UPDATE below.] Not even sure how I stumbled upon this… It’s definitely time for night-night: UPDATE: This is freaky. The thing that actually led me to the above video, was an SCTV clip featuring Hall & Oates singing “Did It in a Minute.” Turns out the guy who posted that YouTube was none other than […]

More Potshots at Pelosi

Justin Longo sends this short clip. It’s not bad, especially if you have something you absolutely have to get done at work before the holiday break, and so can quite comfortably watch a YouTube “that’s only 1:22 after all.”

The Bush Doctrine in an Aquarium

This is pretty neat, if you’ve got 3 minutes to spare:

Carrie Fisher Steals the Show at George Lucas Tribute

I have no idea what chain of events led me to watch this. But it epitomizes the Procrastination Break category on this blog. (Incidentally, I also saw the Mark Hamill speech, which I will not reproduce here. I can only hope for Master Skywalker that he went first that night.)