Daria: TNG

Not surprisingly, I was one of the hordes who ordered Daria last week.

I got Elayna to watch the first episode of Season One on Monday, and she seemed to enjoy it well enough, but I wasn't sure if she was hooked.

Well, between Tuesday and Thursday, we watched sixteen more episodes. And she now has the theme song on her iPod.

Yeah, I think I've passed on my love of the show to the next generation.

And yeah, the show holds up wonderfully. The animation was never the high point, of course, but the writing is just spot-on. Episodes like "The Misery Chick" are every bit as funny now as they were fifteen years ago.

Free music from Spin!

Hit their October Playlist here for 18 free songs (requires iTunes), including Bad Religion, John Legend and the Roots, The Posies, and more.

Amazon deals: Sarah McLachlan, Rick Riordan, Super Mario Galaxy, Guitar Hero 5.

Amazon's MP3 Deal of the Day is Laws of Illusion, Sarah McLachlan's latest album, for $3.99 (including the digital booklet).

In books, the hardcover edition of The Maze of Bone (book one of Rick Riordan's The 39 Clues series) is $5.49 (58% off).

Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii is $37 (26% off).

Finally, the Guitar Hero 5 Bundle with Guitar is on sale for $49.99 (44% off) for all next-gen systems, and $39.99 (50% off) for the PS2.

I'm shocked!

I just can't believe that the whole Joaquin Phoenix/Casey Affleck thing is a hoax.

I mean, did anyone see this coming?

Note: this entire post is surrounded by invisible sarcasm tags.

Friday afternoon video

I know what you've been thinking. You've been thinking, "gee, I sure wish that there was a mashup featuring Billy Idol, The Hives, and French DJ (and occasional Dragonette collaborator) Martin Solveig." And, following one of the non-obscene corollaries to Rule 34, not only does such a thing exist, but there's even a music video mashup of it: