Joost Blog

So many choices...so little time. So why not take it easy on a Friday afternoon and start your weekend early? Plus, it's certainly a lot more refreshing to watch Joost than it is to track today's financial markets.

Up first, we have A Very Special Episode: Thanksgiving. I admit, I started watching these yesterday to help get in the mood...and realized that my family Thanksgiving is missing a bit of the drama and comedy – instead of a homeless person, we invited over my dad's colleague. Instead of beefy dessert, we had pumpkin soup (which, after much protest, was finally removed from the menu).

Next we have the Music We're (Secretly) Thankful For. I will admit – I am not ashamed – I picked many of the songs on this list. This prompted my colleague David to say that I had the best bad taste in the office, and I took that as a compliment. Anyway, there are some real gems. Like, remember when there used to be the versions of songs that were cut in with scenes from movies? Some of my favorites were the Celine Dion/Titanic duet, and Bruce Springsteen's "Secret Garden" mixed with Jerry Maguire (and OMG, I didn't realize that the video for "Secret Garden" has scenes from the movie...pure gold). One might stop to wonder if Tom Cruise secretly harbored dreams of a music career – and showing up in these music videos was the way he made it happen.

Oh, and you might have heard about a little movie that opens this weekend? If you start watching Vampires Suck now, you can learn everything you need to know about vampires before twilight.