Okay, everybody in the world has linked to the “Rube Goldberg Machine” version of OK Go’s new video “This Too Shall Pass.” And you should watch it, because it’s awesome. But what I didn’t realise is that there’s also a marching band version featuring the Notre Dame Marching Band! The band play along with them in a field with camouflaged musicians popping up and kids running around with ribbons. It’s very cool. (I wonder what the ND association is. The ND band famously played “Here It Goes Again” at a halftime show a couple years ago. Maybe that was the genesis?)

Edited to add: Okay, I just found another version of Notre Dame’s “Here It Goes Again” routine and the YouTube description clearly states that this led to the collaboration on “This Too Shall Pass.” Man, could I love the ND Band more? I could not.

Ebert’s new voice. I was tearing up.

Some amazing photos from today’s naked photoshoot. (Warning! You probably don’t want to open that link at work.) And no, I still haven’t been able to spot me and the Snook in any of them, so you don’t have to feel ooky about possibly spotting our bums.

“Sydney stripped bare for Opera House shoot.” And we were there! I’ll do a full write-up later today.

Photoshop Rain Tutorial. In case you need to, you know, make a sockmonkey werewolf look like he’s in a downpour.

The Snook hates talking on the phone…

Do women take the backseat to men? I actually reflected to the Snook on the weekend how much I appreciate the fact that I get to do all the driving in the relationship. Which is kind of a weird observation in and of itself, because he’s not really giving up any task he wanted to do anyway. From my perspective, I’m thinking about particular women I knew back in Indiana who never drove and wouldn’t even pump their own gas. From the Snook’s perspective, he just really hates to drive and I’ve got a lot more experience with it. So we both get what we want, really.