Have you ever noticed that if you say something over and over a few times, it starts to sound really silly?

Over the last couple of weeks I've been catching up with Season Two of Extras, which has already run on the BBC in England, and I have to say I think it's even better than the first series. As before, it took me a couple of episodes to get into the swing, but the series really ramps up towards the end, and episodes five and six are just classics.

Extras will eventually air on HBO, although as far as I can see, the date is TBA. But be prepared, because in a few weeks, you'll be having a laugh.

Whoever is handling the marketing for this movie is a genius. So far, I don't think they put a step wrong, and releasing the first four minutes of the movie on YouTube is yet another great decision.

Today on the veg...a few memorable movie quotes

The bastard love child of the Virtual bartender & Google, Ms Dewey is a search engine hosted by the delectable - err - Ms. Dewey, that kept me entertained for all of 3 minutes.

See some amazing props and costumes at Kropserkel. They call it “our creative efforts to enhance, distort, and conceal the human form.” You betcha. Its part of the Halloween Costume roundup today at Miss Cellania.

This video shows how to grow a condom plant. This is a somewhat clever parlor trick that you can use to explain the principle of matter displacement and a simple chemical reaction to children, after which you will have to explain condoms.

Stationery Movies is a game to suck up some of your time on the clock. In the spirit of the M&Ms game, you are supposed to identify movies from scenes made from office supplies. I know all the answers. Because someone told me.

Interesting piece in the Times yesterday about the resergence of hand-painted billboards in New York City.

Actually, it's not that interesting really, but since the main image is of the building I just moved into last month, and I'm really, really vain, I thought I'd post it. (Yes, I live in a building with a large freakshow mural on the side.) Now go back to what you were doing, and I'll go back to having the world spin around me.

Pretty good Rocketboom today. Apparently, there was an alcoholic's dream of a trade show called Brewtopia at Javits this weekend (for the love of God, why doesn't someone on this blog mention the important shit), and Joanne Colan was there.

If watching Joanne get hammered isn't enough for you, how about seeing her trash the beers she doesn't like, right in their faces. This is good stuff.

- CBS newsman Chris Glenn recently died. Don't know him? Think Saturday mornings, and listen.
- This may be the dumbest, fakest viral video I've ever seen on YouTube...so I better post it.
- Ben takes a photo of himself everyday until it adds up to a great video poking fun at the real ones.
- Think of a really bad day you've had recently, then multiply it by one hundred, and you have this.
- And I thought he'd be the VP on the ticket, but if Obama gets the nomination, he's got my vote.