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Turkey lifted a 2.5 year ban on Youtube. Around the same time, NBC lifted a 6 month ban on the most funny TV personality in the states -this is a exaggeration of course.  Good things happen in the world from time to time! Of course, if one fools oneself into forgetting the fact that these good things were preceded by the bad judgement or plain stupidity of some people. I mean, its great that Conan had to promote his new show and came up with the idea of live streaming 24 hours of absurdities. But, why does it have to come after a 6 month leave. Anyway, enjoy the hilarious clip without too much philosophizing.

Me and my friends were on our way to King Hekataios' banquet. Except that I don't have a Facebook account, and its not my picture. This is from one of the newest archaeological finding in South Western Turkey. Do have a look at the pictures of the findings ( link to the gallery )

The weirdest email I got in my life. No Sender, No Subject, No Content, sent on 1.1.1970. Surely this is a message from the Gods. The worst kind of publicity for a watch making company like Tissot. The time this picture taken in Istanbul Ataturk Airport was 14:50.

Finally a good use for the quackery that goes under the name homeopathy: Birth control! Link to the xkcd comic.

This is insanely funny.

Mr. Deity is God. Lucy is Lucifer. Mr. Deity is funny. Mr. Deity is serious. Everyone should watch Mr. Deity.

I had mentioned in my previous post the humor and kindness of last.fm error messages. Here is another one from today: Someone chewed through our cables Unfortunately, a third party provider has poured tea into their equipment. Tea is dangerous. But we suggest you go and grab a cup whilst we run around shouting at people. We're sorry for the inconvenience. Please come back soon. Lots of love, The Last.fm team. By the way the previous message is 6 months old. Errors don't happen that often in last.fm. This is exactly why I don't want Microsoft buying facebook.

My sister made an entry about one of the tragicomic Turkish movies of the late 90s called "The Forbidden Streets" on her blog . A child music star, Emrah was unfortunate to play -on more than one occasion- a boy whose mother has to consult prostitution to survive, and is therefore subject of many not so nice jokes in Turkish pop culture. In this low budget direct-to-TV movie he plays a poor guy falling in love with a rich girl whose brother is a gang member a.k.a West Side Story. This movie reminded me of another Turkish version of an international blockbuster Cocktail. Thanks to Seckin, I came up with the name of this "great" Turkish movie called "Never Without You." I found two great clips from the movie which thought me a lot how (not) to dance. PS: Ilk video'da Yasak Sokaklardan Amerikan Ceketli Tayfun diye hatirladigimiz, Seckin'in ise kimligini Nartallo olarak desifre ettigi dansci bir cok Turk filminde dansci roluyle karsimiza cikan biyik...