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I bought 500 live mealworms yesterday with the intention of feeding them one by one to Paisley.  (Dexter isn’t a terribly big fan of live food.)

$8.50 was a bargain for the amount of entertainment Chopper and I have gotten out of the worms thus far, and we’ve only used maybe two dozen of them.  Mwahahahahahahaha.

We got video of the carnage for your amusement (more on Flickr).

I am stupidly happy at this video of Beaker singing Ode to Joy. And Habanera … good Lord. The Muppets rule the world.

I’ve now seen WALL-E twice, and I cannot recommend it enough.  It is by far my favorite movie that Pixar has ever done.  (Yes, that is high praise and I mean it.)  It’s smart, funny, visually striking, touching, and generally brilliant — and the characters are so well fleshed out, even if they’re mostly robots.  And I love the cockroach.
I discovered that Pixar released several vignettes to promote the movie and they are wonderful, too.  “Cups” is my favorite.
Cups
Vaccuum
Bouncy Balls
Magnet
Fire Hydrant
Hula Hoop
Headphones

I’ve just been watching a series of four or five minute clips of a show called Miniscule on YouTube, and I am utterly transfixed. The first one that I caught was a very rude ladybug who torments both a spider and then flies — and there’s the most outstanding animated aerial chase I’ve seen in ages. And then there’s the love story.  This is really, really good stuff, especially for such short films. I love the combination of animation and real video footage, and the sound effects are classic.

Pixar’s classic For The Birds is this good, but for everything else, I’m with Miniscule.

I freely admit I love World’s Strongest Man. So, what’s harder than pulling a truck? … pulling a truck across ice in -10 degree weather. Are you KIDDING ME?