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Every once in a while, the Internet really does turn up a gem, from some random blog.

This is one, from blogger Anthony Morcom, that includes the classic line:

“[Y]our beard will make you appear many years older and your cuts would add weight to the idea that you’ve come from a post-apocalyptic future where a war is currently taking place.”

I think sometimes, sketch comedy only is appreciated in reflection. When you saw ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ rap the first time, did you know it may embody SNL of the past 5 years? I know, I didn’t.

Which is why, when I stumbled back onto this clip from the SNL hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, and I realized that the writing is some of the classic Saturday Night Live stuff. It’s not always original, and it’s certainly cliched and hackneyed, but it is still incredible.

The global import of Pearson v. Custom Cleaners was evident from the start.

Reading the coverage today about the D.C. judge who sued his dry cleaner for $65 million over a pair of lost pants, the last thing I expected to see was a connection to Germany and German news.

But, as always seems to happen, as the Soup Nazi gave Jerry Seinfeld his ‘fighting the S.S.’ moment, this D.C.-area dry cleaner was made subject to the now-cliched comparison, per the Washington Post’s Marc Fisher:

An 89-year-old woman customer “compared the owners of Custom Cleaners in open court to Nazis.

“I knew it: It’s all my fault,” said the reporter from German television who was sitting next to me.

In today’s must-read and must-hear pieces, blogger and NPR contributor Xeni Jardin exposes the real truth: the Internet isn’t a big truck, and it’s not even a series of tubes; it’s a bunch of hotels, like One Wilshire in downtown Los Angeles.

And secondly, my favorite show on KCRW, The Drop, well the host of that show is DJ’ing the Oscars this year, and the New York Times caught up with Liza Richardson, to ask her about the job.

My only complaint about the article is the lede, where reporter Monica Corcoran decides to (totally unprovoked, mind you) pick on my current hometown:

Every performer has a different definition of a tough crowd, from comedy clubs in Berlin to the buffet-obsessed folks aboard a cruise ship.

So, here is the best opening 10 seconds to an ATC story I’ve ever heard. Good to hear unexpected humor on NPR — it happens too rarely, in my opinion.

As a radio journalist, particularly well-timed was the great set-up toss from the host, Melissa Block.

Plus the story itself is a good one!