“Just think what we can buy with that money: history books that know how the Korean War came out, math books that don’t have that base six crap in them, and a state of the art detention hall where children are held in place with magnets.” – Principal Skinner

For whatever reason there were a lot of lists of ten this week, which gives me the perfect excuse to link to the classic “Powers of 10” science video.  We’ve also got lots of excellent usage, a giant donut I assume was a movie tie in, a technical discussion that cites Comic Book Guy, and the best Mother’s Day video ever.  Enjoy.

Creatively uncommon – Excellent usage. 

Proud of Being Ignorant – Barack Obama gave a speech where he said:

With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations–none of which I know how to work

Which lead to video of Bleeding Gums Murphy’s guest appearance on The Cosby Show. 

It’s a good thing mothers can even love nerds – Awesome and uber-nerdy Mother’s Day YouTube video combined with slightly off but perfectly apt usage. 

Dear L. L. Bean: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Bart’s definition of a paradox is ever so slightly off here, but it’s not in quotes so I’m still calling it excellent usage. 

Lisa Simpson fan… – Click through for a cool as hell Lisa collage that’s signed by Yeardley Smith. 

donuts are awsome! – I assume this is old, but I’d never seen it before.  Basically, it’s the ur-donut. 

Tera Trevino Will Bring Friendswood’s Low-Rider Culture To A Shocked America – Excellent usage:

Remember Nelson Muntz coming out of Naked Lunch with Bart Simpson et al? "I can think of at least two things wrong with that title," he says.

That’s the general sense viewers of ABC’s Wife Swap get.

The 40 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time – This is one of those lists that’s spread over a ton of pages to artificially inflate the pageviews, so I’ll just give you the summary:

#35 Flanders
#26 Krusty
#20 Bart
#12 Lisa
#1 Homer

It goes almost without saying that no other show had anywhere near that many characters on the list. 

Top 10 Simpsons Food References – This is an excellent list from top to bottom.  (via Springfield Springfield’s Twitter feed)

Top Ten TV Moms. (Now with 50% more Marion Ross!) – Marge checks in at #5, and I like the inclusion of Bob Saget. 

10 Clowns That Won’t Make You Laugh! – Though he makes me laugh, Krusty is #10.  #1 is John Wayne Gacy. 

Bit Rate and Baud Rate and THE SIMPSONS – A discussion of bits and bauds with excellent usage from Comic Book Guy’s failed attempt to see Kate Mulgrew naked.

Last Night’s Top Chef Masters Didn’t Have Me Saying "D’Oh!" – Groening and Azaria were on Top Chef Masters, this reviewer was pleased. 

Ranking Bob Dylan Songs, #23: Blowin’ In The Wind – Our old friends at No Pun Intended are breaking down Bob Dylan, and this one comes with excellent usage. 

Today, I made Matt Groening Proud! – Excellent usage and a neat t-shirt.  Bravo. 

Music Editor for "The Simpsons" shares the importance of music – Pretty much what it says, with a little behind the scenes info on the scoring. 

Post Final Musings – Congratulations on graduating, and I enjoyed the backstory behind the quote, but nobody ever seems to get this quote right:

(Lisa) “I’m going to become a vegetarian”

(Homer) “Does that mean you’re not going to eat any pork?”

“Yes”

“Bacon?”

“Yes Dad”

“Ham?”

“Dad all those meats come from the same animal”

“Right Lisa, some wonderful, magical animal!”

For the record, the quote is:

Homer: Lisa, honey, are you saying you’re never going eat any animal again?  What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad!  Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: Yeah right, Lisa, a wonderful, magical animal.

Simpsons Charactors We Need More Of – I long ago gave up any hope of the show becoming watchable again, but this is a mildly interesting list, and I love the picture of Kang and Kodos.

Happy Birthday, The Simpsons! – Much too much Zombie Simpsons on here, but there’s some decent Simpsons love as well. 

Ten Times The Simpsons Jumped The Shark – This is an excellent list, what it’s doing on nerve.com I have no idea (via JG2Land). 

That one animated TV show – And finally, someone who agrees with us:

Remember when you looked forward to watching a new episode of the Simpsons?

Click through for a sweet animated .gif.