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Anybody who knows me knows that I spend an inordinate amount of time on the Internet. It’s not like I’m addicted to it or anything (and if I am, then we all know I’ve yet to take the first step towards recovery), but whenever I have a free moment and a computer is nearby, I jump on it and see if there’s anything new to gander over. When I get really bored, I head over to Google and see if I can find anything new. Seriously. I just type something random into the search bar and leave it to the Gods to provide me with something entertaining within the first 30 results or so. I literally have a folder in my Favorites dedicated to nothing but the random sites I find every now and then.

While in the midst of a caffeine-driven, sleep deprived frenzy last week, I was racking my brain for something new to search for. It was then that two random brain nodes decided to spark each other and give me the idea of typing in “Japanese Commercials.” The first result turned up a priceless site full of American celebrities doing commercials in Japan, otherwise known as Japander’s. Some of the best ones on there are done by Governor (you don’t know how hard it is for me to type that) Schwarzenegger. I suggest the left and right ones on the middle line for him. The Simpsons have a few funny ones as does Sean Connery and a talking stuffed bunny.

But even B-list celebrities are cashing in. Stevie Wonder saw well enough to recognize the easy money, Whitney Houston found a new income for her crack habits, and hellMichael J. Fox was even able to control his Parkinson’s long enough to cash in on the fad!

The basic rule of thumb for finding the really funny ones is to look for screenshots of the actor or actresses with an extremely heroin-driven, murderous, crazed look on their face. Then you know you’ve struck gold. But have a look around. The laughs you’re sure to get are well worth the time.

And finally, I want to share a few things from an IM conversation Dave and I had earlier. I received an IM from Dave telling me that he’d been kind enough to sign me up for a new dating service and that I could check out my personal video here. Once I regained the ability to breathe from the fit of laughter I had, I went and made this to counter the one he made of me. And then I went ahaed and made this one just for the pure hell of it. =) They’ll only be good for another 10 days or so, so go check them out.