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"Skullcrusher Mountain" by Jonathan Coulton

Singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton was previously featured on Neatorama a year ago for his zombie song "Re: Your Brains."

But I'm a softie for romantic ballads, such as Coulton's sweet but sad tale of unrequited love between a mad scientist and a kidnapped damsel, titled "Skullcrusher Mountain."



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Especially moving are the heartfelt lyrics of the second verse:

I made this half-pony half-monkey monster to please you

But I get the feeling that you don't like it

What's with all the screaming?

You like monkeys, you like ponies

Maybe you don't like monsters so much

Maybe I used too many monkeys

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

Sheesh. Some women are just never happy, no matter how many abominations against nature that you clone for them.


Practical Latin

Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio.

That's how you say "Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway." in Latin. Courtesy of MIT, you can learn how to say handy Latin phrases such as:

  • Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

  • The designated hitter rule has got to go.

  • Gag me with a spoon!

  • How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
  • Link via Ironic Catholic

    Previously on Neatorama: Latin You Should Know

    Image via Flickr user raypilla


    So Much Depends Upon A Red Wheelbarrow

    Yankee Pot Roast, a blog of literary satire, has a great spoof on poet William Carlos Williams, assuming that the famous modernist poet is your really bad roommate. Not as bad as the nudist obsessive-compulsive insomniac roommate that I had in college, but pretty bad. Here's a sample:

    This Is Just to Say

    I have eaten

    the soy ice cream

    that was in

    the ice box

    and which

    you expressly asked

    me

    not to touch

    Forgive me

    it was so gross

    I threw half of

    it away

    Link via Grow-A-Brain


    The Theme from "Shaft" Performed on a Ukulele Orchestra


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    From a live performance of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Can you dig it? Run time: 3 minutes, 32 seconds. Via John Carney

    Star Trek Barbershop Quartet


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    The Hi-Fidelity Quartet performed this Barbershop song about Star Trek while acting out the roles of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scotty. Run time: 4.5 minutes.

    Additionally, here is a recording of what they call the "Enterprise/Sulu Medley", also about classic Trek.

    The Film Strip Version of Star Wars


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    Here is a 1978 film strip presentation by Pendulum Press of Episode IV of Star Wars. Run time: 20 Minutes. Via Topless Robot

    Star Wars Themed My Little Ponies



    Artist Mari Kasurinen creates My Little Pony models based upon Star Wars, DC Superheroes, Cthulhu, and other speculative fiction themes. Pictured above is the Leia pony, part of a collection of models from Star Wars. Link via Great White Snark


    Mail Order Husbands



    Need a hubby of quality? Through Mail Order Husbands, you can snag a top-tier bachelor like this one. Link via The Presurfer


    Art from Pregnant Women's Bellies

    Artist Tisha DeShields and her company Original Belly Works make decorative fiberglass shells from the protruding bellies of pregnant women. There's something especially beautiful about a very pregnant woman. But as my wife's nine months pregnant, I'm partial.

    http://www.originalbellyworks.com/home.html via Yahoo News, where there's a video.


    Zombies Singing "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas


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    A music video by puppeteer and special effects artist Matt Ficner. RT: 4 minutes. Via Zombie Monkey Projects

    Star Trek: The Love Boat

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    What would Star Trek: The Next Generation be like if the Enterprise was an interstellar cruise ship? RT: 1 min, 35 sec.

    Update 9/4/08 by Alex - original link [MySpace video] - Thanks Charley!

    A Beauty Contest for Nuns

    Hot or not? An Italian priest invites readers to decide:

    An Italian priest says he is organising the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour.

    Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September.

    "Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God," he told Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper.

    Link via This+That


    Honesty

    Honesty is a series of short films taking place in a world where people say exactly what they think. Pretty funny stuff. The one above takes place at a funeral. Link to the whole series

    The Biggest Hole in the World


    It's a diamond mine in Mirna, Siberia.  It measures 525 m deep and 1.25 km in diameter.  The suction from the hole is so powerful that helicopters flying over it have crashed.  Link via Absolute Moral Authority

    Still Life


    [Video Link]  A spooky short film about an over-caffeinated driver who finds himself in an alternate reality after a body crashes through his windshield.  Directed by John Knautz and starring Trevor Matthews.  9 minutes, 3 seconds long.

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