This Ain't No Holiday

Points of interest, point out by me. Point point.

• Soviet-produced Mayan-themed playing cards are about as cool as I thought they'd be.
• No one knows exactly where hobo came from, apparently.
• It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown: The undisputed worst of the Peanuts specials.
  
• The strange relationship between Fred Armisen and John Waters.
  
• An idea I will probably steal: The many faces of Street Fighter II's Ryu. (Kramez's blog, via Joystiq.)
  
• The 60 most notable words and phrases of 2008 — in Japan.
• Why Prop 8 passed.
• Meet Maru the Cat, who is fat.
• Onomatopoeia in the U.S. and U.K.
  
• Super Mario east a bad mushroom. (Eegra.com, via That Video Game Blog)
• The word meh apparently originated with Lisa Simpson. Who knew?
  
• Catmonsters: Free the Radicals!
• A very strange Chinese legend.
  
• The random recipe generator (Jamesoff.net, via Neatorama)
• Donkey Kong Jr.'s identity crisis.
• Bradshaw of the Future etymologically connects a dinky boat with the tree women of Greek mythology.
• Voice Input Child Identicant: Remembering TV's Small Wonder.
• The five greatest kid-oriented toylines based on R-rated movies.
• Did Conan O'Brien inspire Futurama's Philip J. Fry?
  

And, finally, a video clip for the text-averse: Something amazing titled Western Spaghetti, which saw via Dubious Quality.

Delightful, if not especially appetizing.