Today is the 40th anniversary of when the zebra crossing shot from the Beatles Abbey Road album cover was taken.  Wow. Doesn't time just fly away. Guess there's just "Something" about this album that makes us all want to "Come Together" and  commemorate this day with The Beatles Abbey Road T-Shirt.

This shot is probably the most parodied album cover ever. And it only took 15 minutes to shoot!

Here's the live webcam for that intersection:

http://www.webviews.co.uk/network/camera/england/london/abbeyroadbeatles...

The year is 1980, and the aliens have landed. Earth's only hope is S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization), led by the stalwart Ed Straker (the only American actor in the cast). The Complete UFO DVD MegaSet shows you every bit of their future; a moon base, a submarine with a Skydiver sub/jet and lots of other cool high-tech gadgets.

I love British tv shows. This show is from 1970, created by Gerry Anderson after Thunderbirds and before Space:1999.

And the cars are the coolest! GM should have considered some of these designs!

Today is Paul Bunyan Day. Paul Bunyan was a legendary mythical lumberjack in American folklore. This I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK T-Shirt is from the Monty Python lovers at X-tremeGeek.

Pressed wildflowers not included.

It's going to be incredibly hot this weekend, so I'm going to stay inside, make some chocolate chip cookies and watch some DVDs. This set is very high on my list of "gotta have" videos. DangerMouse: The Complete Series DVD MegaSet has 9 DVDs with 89 episodes, enough for a full-bore DangerMouse marathon!

DangerMouse is a wacky and hilarious adventure featuring a secret agent mouse and his trusty bumbling sidekick hampster assistant, Penfold. Along the way they poke fun at James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Who, the movie Alien and Indiana Jones. So make a pitcher of iced tea, nuke some popcorn, pop in the DVD and - say, "Penfold... Shush!"

The  Infallibly Polite Speaking Alarm Clock plays 126 different wake-up messages in the reserved voice of Stephen Fry, the original actor from the English comedy Jeeves and Wooster. (fyi - Hugh Laurie played Wooster, for all you House fans out there.)

"Shall I inform the news agencies that you are about to rise, sir?"

I'm waiting for the H²G² version -

          Now I lay me down to sleep
          Try to count electric sheep...

This penny was originally created as local currency in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a small island off the couast of France that was controlled by The British Crown. They minted their own money from 1822 to 1836. This Crab Coin Cut Out Pendant was created from a Guernsey penny that has been layered in gold and silver, then cut out with a very fine jewelers saw.

I have chosen this necklace in honor of the Annual Blessing of the Fleet in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. (Missed it again, darn it!) The shrimp boats are decorated with flags and religious symbols and  blessed by the local Archbishop. Then we eat!

"God bless your going out and coming in."

Claim the frozen land of Nador as your own, then swing by Certain Death to gather your measly 200 pence in Python-opoly, the game based on The Holy Grail movie.

Pythonites will howl as they pay tax to the Knights Who Say "Ni!"

Sculpted playing pieces include a coconut, de-limbed Black Knight and of course, the Grail.

Developed by a professor at Brunel University in London, this fascinating kit lets you explore magnetism in a completely new way, thanks to the magnetic properties of British pennies and two extra strong Magic Penny magnets. (In case you didn't know, since 1992 the British penny has been minted in copper-plated steel, thus allowing it to become magnetic. I watch WAY too much BBC.)

Includes one US penny for comparison.

Note: This award-winning kit has been declared illegal in several southern states as it has been condemed as  "witchcraft", because, as everyone knows, you can 'spend a penny' but you cannot 'spin a penny' without touching it.

The Dead Parrot sketch. The Lumberjack Song. Classic moments in British comedy. Use it in the car to liven up the morning commute or keep it handy for the 5 o'clock gridlock. The Monty Python's Flying Circus Greatest Skits Audio CD is full of songs and skits we all remember. (The G-rated versions, anyway.)

"Oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm o-kay..."