I'm not a huge fan of "The Simpsons" but I've watched more than my share of episodes over the years. Two things related to the show are currently tickling my fancy.

The first is this clip from the new Nike commercial (made for the upcoming World Cup and called "Write the Future" - if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend you check it out) which makes me smile every time I see it which, right now, is quite a bit since I've set it up as the video that comes on when I turn on my phone. Always good to start the day with a smile:

The other is something I found just today, a website dedicated to the messages Bart writes on the board during the opening credits of the show. It's called Bart's Blackboard and they have screen shots of that scene going all the way back to Season 1. It's fun to click through though this one, from a recent episode, pretty much reiterates my feelings on the "Lost" finale.

So how do you escape the paparazzi? If you're Taylor Momsen (Little J from "Gossip Girl"), you run away parkour style.

The folks at Just Jared speculate that this is actually a commercial for Nike and I can't help but agree with them still, it's a whole lot of fun (not to mention genius and fitting with the show's fanbase).

Check it:

My mom is not computer friendly. While my dad makes the effort to read the news daily, I'm pretty sure mom has no concept of how to even turn the computer on.

Since hubby is on his road trip and I'm home alone, I went up to spend some time with her and cruise YouTube for Portuguese language content - that always makes her smile. An hour later, and gosh knows how many hundreds of clicks later, we do a search for something or other that leads me to stumble on what is likely the greatest commercial. EVER. Mom has informed me that it was in heavy rotation during the World Cup tournament but this is the first time I've ever seen it and it's BRILLIANT. But don't take my word for it. Check out Portugal vs. Brazil:

And of course, this IS YouTube we're talking about here so in come the related videos that will keep you busy for months but amongst much of the drek, I did find one of my favourite commercials from a while back. I call it, Elimination Chamber (trademarked, but not by me):


And Figo makes me a bit weak in the knees...


Photo care of Abdel-Aziz Hammad on Flickr.