Wednesday various

  • “Keep it down, I’m trying to SCIENCE in here!” Watchmen Condensed is deceptively simple and crude but also very funny and spot-on. (Okay, some of it might just be as simple and crude as it seems. But still.) [via]
  • Wow. I’m getting the sense that Virginia Heffernan really doesn’t like Sarah Vowell.
  • There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about Sesame Street being dumbed down, primarily to appeal to its increasingly pre-school audience. But then it goes and does something like this winning nod to 30 Rock, or the Law and Order: Special Letters Unit spoof from a while back. It’s clearly not just all Elmo’s World over there.
  • Today’s Wal-Marts and Best Buys — tomorrow’s cathedrals, museums and artists’ communities? [via]
  • I don’t drink coffee very often, and I’ve never actually used a hotel coffeemaker, but this is helpful advice nonetheless. If I’m staying overnight someplace where methamphetamines are regularly brewed, I think I should know about it.
  • Out for Justice? Steven Seagal has been a New Orleans cop for the past twenty years. You just can’t make that kind of thing up. [via]
  • There’s something distinctly weird about watching this promo for the upcoming Cupid remake. I was a fan of the original, but it was canceled pretty quick. If this one fails too, will Rob Thomas try again in 2018?