There I was, in the business center of a nice hotel in a major American city. I inadvertently double-posted a comment on this site, so I tried to go inside and fix it. What did I get?

Uh, what kind of a website are you guys running here anyway?

Cool piece in the Times last week on the proliferation of skull fashion, and how the once menacing symbol is now the smiley face of 2006. Is it news though if MSNBC, Fox News and USA Today spotted the trend first?

5) Lucien Pellat-Finet started the whole thing, even adding mouse ears for comic effect.
4) Your kids can get in on the act. And really, how badass is a five year old with a skull-tee?
3) You can be bitchin' in the boardroom with your very own skull links. Skull montblanc sold separately.
2) Rehabilitated skull and swords plates by Sarah Cihat. Becuase the tuna casserole wasn't scary enough.
1) And a gold old pair of Vans for when you want to catch up to a trend but don't want to try to hard.

Nothing like a good old fashioned dose of homophobia to sell a meat pie, especially if you're a Kiwi. (via Spare Room)

Via CityRag. Also, see cat+screen+door on Flickr

A shout out to a group of ex-colleagues, all of whom have been working on projects to promote their respective workplaces:

• Lance Williams, briefly a contributor to YBNBY, works for digital consultancy, Agency.com, who have created a 9 minute pitch video for the Subway account. While these kind of videos are pretty standard in the agency world, I think it's the first time any of them have been brave enough to post it on YouTube. Very transparent.
• Meanwhile, a happy band of creatives over at my old agency JWT have created an unofficial soundboard of "Montagisms" by Chief Creative Officer, Ty Montague. I guess they'll either promote them or fire their asses.

Strange (or maybe not so strange) that the interactive agency is using a tool that traditional agencies have long used, while the gray old lady, JWT, is using the darling of viral playgrounds, the soundboard. Is this what they mean when they talk about convergence?

UPDATE: For those who missed it, the Montagisms site is no more. Which is a shame, because not only was it pretty cool and funny, it was also probably the best digital piece to have come out of JWT in a long time. Oh well - let's hope the guys behind it DIDN'T get their asses fired.

Mary at Mental Floss magazine wrote to me to say that Jellio's Top Ten List of Obscure Sports had inspired them to create a competition to find a new and inspired sport. I was unfamiliar with Mental Floss, but any magazine that has as it's description "an intelligent read, but not too intelligent" is OK by us. So head on over and take part - it'll be interesting to see the entries.

In a similar vein, I've decided to run a competition based on my own Top Ten Lady Liplocks - any young ladies out there who'd like to send me video of them making out will be entered into a draw for a free YesButnoButyes T Shirt. And coming soon, the YBNBY Female Streaker of the Year award.

With all the hoopla around team Chorizo being added to the sausage race last week, no one noticed that the Italian was edged out at the finish line by the German runner. Very suspicious indeed, as we, I mean the Italians had won 19 of that month's previous races. I submit that the German runner must have been on the juice to beat such a vastly superior pork product. And I will not stop until the truth comes out.

When asked who he thought could have fixed the race, Mel Gibson was quoted as saying: "C'mon, you know who."

- What exactly should you do when your mayor declares a heat emergency? Drinking heavily comes to mind.
- I must have the maturity level of a six year old, because the SNL cork soakers bit never fails to crack me up.
- Via GMask, have you heard about the new Will Ferrel flick called Stranger Than Fiction...looks awesome.
- In a battle between a vicious giant centipede, and a cute little grasshopper mouse, who do you think wins?
- And some sequels don't need to be made (Rocky 6, anyone?), but this follow-up to American Pie is pure poetry.

Life on Mars is a great sci-fi drama appearing on BBC America that deserves some Yesbutno love.

The premise has Manchester England police detective Sam Tyler being hit by a car and somehow propelled back in time to 1973. Sam retains all his knowledge of the future as he tries to figure out if he's really back in the past or simply living out some coma induced fantasy. It doesn't help that the reality around him shifts and bends as the future world of 2006 tries to break through.

The title of the series comes from the David Bowie song playing on both Sam's Ipod in the present and his 8 track player when he awakens back in the land of polyester and double wide collars.

The show features a great cast, a gritty, realistic portrayal of the early 70's, (Sam's apartment will make you glad someone invented IKEA) and some of the best tunes from the era. In fact the only fault I can find is that my American ears sometimes have a hard time understanding the dialogue because of the dialect.

It's currently airing on BBC America and you can catch the premier episode on BBC America on Demand.

French mashup producer Totom combines the Dandy Warhols with Air to create the hauntingly beautiful "Godless in Kyoto."