Seinfeld makes a reservation

With all the wonderfully unpleasant experiences I have had lately with various businesses, I got a lot of enjoyment out of watching how Jerry Seinfield deals with companies that don't seem to fully understand how to properly conduct a transaction. This car reservation scene makes it to the top of many lists of great Seinfeld moments. Take away the canned laughter, and it would be perfect!

My Two Fans

My Two Fans is a 'webisodes' comedy series about a young woman who is always accompanied by two platonic male fans/cheerleaders. The guys offer encouragement, wear matching shirts, sing bedtime songs, and remind her why her ex-boyfriend was a fascist. Created by Lauren Iungerich, it's a lighthearted situation comedy (thankfully, with no laughtrack), but there's something not only sweetly romantic about it, but also deeply true to reality, despite the full-on fantasy concept.

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My hook into the series, which has now run for at least 5 short webisodes, is the guest appearance of Fran Kranz (Topher from Dollhouse) in episode 5.

Iron Man Trailer to be expanded into full-length Iron Man movie

Here's an oldie but goodie from The Onion: the story of how Paramount decided to expand the extremely popular Iron Man trailer into a full-length feature film - despite the inherent risks to the fanbase. I think this struck me as even more amusing since I just heard that the Star Trek XI trailer has set records for most downloads.


Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film

Mass Lottery? Massachusetts Lottery? What's Up With That?

The Night Googler was feeling out of the loop, wondering why there are all these Google searches going on for lottery related things. Here's a list of all of the current lottery-related searches, listed by rank:

1. mass lottery
2. massachusetts lottery
3. mega millions winner
4. ma lottery
5. mass lottery mega millions
6. michigan lottery
7. ocean county nj
8. ohio lottery
10. nj lottery
11. ga lottery
12. megamillions
13. nys lottery
14. virginia lottery
16. va lottery
18. ma lottery winning numbers
19. georgia lottery
20. new jersey lottery
21. md lottery
24. mega millions winning numbers
27. maryland lottery
28. ocean county new jersey
31. ny lotto
32. illinois lottery
35. megamillions lottery
36. nylottery
38. new york state lottery
41. ga lotto
47. nj lotto
49. michigan lotto
52. mi lottery
55. www.michigan.gov/lottery
63. texas lottery
64. new jersey mega millions
65. il lottery
72. megamillions numbers
87. michigan.gov/lottery
91. megamillions ma

That's an amazing 38 lottery-related searches out of the top 100! The reason was the occasion of the draw for the winning numbers in a multi-state lottery. No one won this time, sadly for all those ticket-purchasing Google searchers. By the way, the past winner was from Ocean County, New Jersey; this explains those search items.

The Night Googler wonders if the current economic woes are driving people more toward a quick fix solution: buy a lottery ticket, and all those problems go away.

Saudi Arabia Appoints First Female Minister

Mmmm...and she's quite a looker, too. I must admit, I've always had a thing for a woman with a goatee. :)

You've got to love it when Google chooses an only partially related file photo next to the headline of a web news article...

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Google Earth now has Google Oceans!

Google Earth is a great free way to learn about the world's geography, history, culture, and biology. It's a free program that presents an interactive earth globe. Travel around through the satellite images enhanced with photos, videos, informational pages from various organizations, and much more. And now, Google Earth has charted the oceans as well! Dive deep down to find marine life, shipwrecks, and much more: Find out more about Google Earth 5 with oceans

Groundhog Day!

That shadow-gazing groundhog is on the minds of most people today, according to the top 100 current Google searches. Out of 100 searches, the groundhog is evident in an amazing figures in 30 of them, including the top 5, and 7 of the top 10. Among the more interesting are #62 (groundhog day lesson plans) and #88 (groundhog puppet). It's also great to see how many ways people can spell Punxsutawney, the groundhog's home town, in Pennsylvania, USA. Here's the full list of groundhog searches:

1. did the groundhog see his shadow
2. punxsutawney phil
3. groundhog day 2009
4. puxatony phil
5. ground hog
7. punksatony phil
10. groundhog phil
13. groundhog coloring page
15. punxsutawney pa
17. jimmy the groundhog
19. groundhog video
20. groundhog day coloring sheets
21. groundhog day word search
25. georgia groundhog
26. ground hog day movie
27. groundhog picture
29. groundhog day activities for kids
36. groundhog prediction
40. groundhog results
48. free groundhog day worksheets
49. groundhog day reading comprehension
50. groundhog clip art
55. punxy phil
56. gobblers knob
62. groundhog day lesson plans
76. groundhog pattern
79. puxatony pa
81. punxsutawney pennsylvania
83. groundhog poem
88. groundhog puppet

By the way, Phil the groundhog saw his shadow, and that means 6 more weeks of winter.