If you have 20 minutes to spare, this is fantastic. And also this is hilarious (via xkcd). OH AND ALSO, the quality of the Joystiq podcast is very spotty, but this week's was very titter-some. Also holy cow, were you aware of this? Were you aware of it?

Okay and also here is the question part. So there has been much talk lately about the latest adventure of Super Mario, and it brought back to mind some of the stuff you do in Super Mario Bros., and maybe you do this in the new game too. So here's the thing, you run around and collect coins, and when you have collected one hundred coins, the coin counter rolls over back to zero and you get an extra life, right? So who does Mario buy these lives from, and how can that person afford to sell them at the bargain basement price of $100?

And also I did finally put up that photo set depicting my walk south down Meridian Street to work every day, maybe this is of interest to you:

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Also, put into a briskety frame of mind by recent brisket propaganda, I suggested we grab dinner from the flying barbecue restaurant, so called because of the giant barbecue bolted to its exterior high up in the air. We'd never tried it, and it had the advantage of being nearby, and though it was too expensive it was extremely delicious, but my main question is if the barbecue fell off the side of the building and happened to fall on your head such that you ended up wearing it like a helmet, and also there happened to be a lot of delicious meats in there, could you live in the meat dome forever, or would you have to give it back?