That Star On Life's Tremulous Ocean

To those that are still searching. To those that have yet to be found. To those that seek the answers. To those that are the answers. To those people that feel like a statistic. To statistics that feel like people. It is to you guys that I dedicate this very special entry of The Weekly Flippo.

I'm sorry, Flip-philes. I'm in a contemplative mood this week. What's happening to the world today? Economic crisis. War in the Middle East. A new Jonas Brothers album. Where have we gone wrong? And, more imporantly, how can we set it right?

This week, I'm going to give you a heapin' helpin' of hope and list some stuff I think are worth living for (in no particular order). You may agree that these are great things or you may not. I just know they give me a little bit of hope. If I am able to find these anchors, I know you will be able to find some as well.

*Futurama is renewed! Yep, Comedy Central is bringing back my favorite television show about a twentieth century man waking up in the wild world of the thirtieth century. This classic may not be for everybody, but if you think jokes about A Brief History of Time and the binary code are funny, then I think you'll have a blast. My favorite episode remains "The Sting." If you are a fan of comedy or just good writing in general, I encourage you to check this episode out. Hopefully, Futurama will be able to generate more classics like this over at Comedy Central.

*DVDs are getting cheaper! The other day, I bought Congo for $5. How can you beat that? Congo... for five clams! Thank you Blue Ray... not because you are a substantially better format, but because I can now buy okay movies for super cheap. I recently bought the Director's Cut of Dark City for less than ten bucks. What a glorious time to be alive!

*Jeff Goldblum is alive! Yes, those nasty rumors were thankfully proven false and our favorite chaos theory spewing, fly mutating, "must go faster" saying actor lives to fight another day! Watch this video and see what has thankfully not been lost: http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14086&count=0

*Sneezing stills exists (or, as I like to call them, "nosegasms"). Who doesn't love a good sneeze? That right. Nobody. I love it when its a sunny day and you step outside and you sneeze and it makes a little mist. Long story short, sneezing feels so good, you're gong to need a tissue afterwards.

*Jack White is still making music. I believe that if Jack White were born in an earlier decade, his the songs he is writing right now would be the old standards. Enough said. Thanks for playing. Check out this video for The Dead Weather, Mr. White's third band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scJ8ITsZsl4

*Lost is about to start its final (and sure to be blockbuster) final season. Its kind of amazing to think that this time next year, we're going to know what the island is and what the smoke monster is all about. Tell you the truth, I'm more concerned about the series providing closure to these characters that we have come to know and love over a period of five years. If episodes like "The Constant" and "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" provide any insight into what they plan to do in the final season, then I think we may just have a satisfying ending on our hands.

Anyway, here are some youtube videos I'm digging this week.

*A Watchmen video unlike any other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w

*A trailer for Daybreakers. Awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayYiMygqlfo&feature=fvst

*A music video for Weird Al's "Craigslist." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZqciuoiikw&feature=fvst

And with that, I believe we're all wrapped up for this week's special edition of The Weekly Flippo. Hopefully I have given you a glimmer of hope, a simple beacon in these alarmingly dark times.

Flippo