Movies and TV
Fraggles + Ben Folds Five = Lots of fun
Ben Folds Five “DO IT ANYWAY” f. Fraggle Rock [Official Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEyrfFwf3rI
The 2012 election in a nutshell from The Simpsons
Added March 5, 2026: Continues to be accurate or at least still applies to the elections since then.
Homer Votes 2012 – Season 26 of The Simpsons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArC7XarwnWI
Sesame Street: Share It Maybe
Added March 6, 2026: Another link from salvaged from my Twitter account. Please share your cookies with Cookie Monster! Don’t torture him like that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8
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Hello Kermit the Frog here. Can I interest you in an IBM?
From Technologizer
https://technologizer.com/2010/05/31/ibm-muppets/
Before Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, Jim Henson made short films for Big Blue. The tech may be archaic, but the entertainment is timeless.
Andrew Leal – The IBM Muppet Show
Murderball
Watching Murderball right now, a documentary on quadriplegic rugby, a very tough sport. They use these ultrafast wheelchairs that are built like battering rams. Not a sport I’d like to play, but interesting to watch.…
Serenity
I saw Serenity. It’s a good continuation of Firefly. Here’s a good article/essay about the philosophy behind Firefly/Serenity: Out to the Black – The existentialist libertarianism of Joss Whedon’s space western…