African Hip-Hop gets Zeffed up? The Crumbville Times:

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Hip-Hop music is certainly respected world-wide, from Russia, to Japan, to Australia to basically everywhere else (seriously) there are beats and lyricists galore.  We zombies aren't exactly annoyed by this, in fact we have Canadian, British, American (and Asian-Asiafile? wtf?) voices going into our posts so...  Its good to always have at least the beats rhymes and our lives to talk about.  Right?  Well, we have that and of course discussing zombie life...  That gets boring though. The music stuff is much better.

Anyway, a couple weeks ago I came across a link (provided by 바나나) to a video by a South African group called Die Antwoord (or "The Answer" in Afrikaans) called Enter the Ninja.

How to maximize the value of web meandering

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Here's a great time wasting activity, that arguably is more interesting then facebook.  We have already used Google's street views on their maps to show this or that place in 3D, and we have certainly posted links to Wikipedia / encyclopedia etc. things to educate our minions.  But what about places that google can't get street views?  That's when its time to call in the Panoramio..  Let's say you just watched Borat and wonder wtf Kazakstan is really like? Go there and find out b--ch!

Fear the Albatross!

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One day I was in the shower and Schmootzie was singing an awful song.  Listen to the "Albatross Song."  He sang it to anyone who would listen.  Actually he sang it to anyone within 10 feet of him.  He sang it out the car window.  He sang it to his parents.  He sang it to his 97 year old grandmother who has lived through 2 depressions.  I thought that with all of her wisdom she would have something to say.  She said, "I don't like it.  Please don't do that again."

Somehow, Schmootzie didn't even know what an albatross looked like.  He imagined it to be a menacing giant bird that spreads doom and evil.  It's more evil then a blue jay.  It's basically a flying death machine.

Here is an albatross picture for your viewing pleasure:

 

Upon some research, I discovered that Schmootzie wasn't insane.  At least, not that insane.  An albatross is often a metaphor for doom and gloom or a "wearisome burden."  The following passage is from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."  Hope you enjoy...

Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks

Had I from old and young !

Instead of the cross, the Albatross

About my neck was hung. 

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Congratulations New Orleans!

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Congratulations New Orleans Saints!  You've won the Super Bowl a few seasons after you had the worst luck imaginable.  Let's hope that this attention and great accomplishment can remind people that the aftermath from Katrina is still ongoing.

Read more here or here regarding New Orleans reaction to the victory.  Read here about the current neighborhood impact of the hurricane four and a half years ago (note: this is an editorial), or watch this video.

It's about time NOLA had some good luck!  I hope this speeds up recovery for a city that is still in need of many things just to get back to where it was before Katrina.