Björk

Today was the Florida Primary. I hope everyone in Florida took the opportunity to vote. We got to find out who endorsed whom and who probably won. It's confusing but let me try to fill in all the blanks. Herman Cain endorsed Newt Gingrich but would be comfortable with Mitt Romney. Stephen endorsed Cain's endorsement of Newt. Duke Cunningham has endorsed Newt and has said, "I have 80% of inmates that would vote for you." And finally, Sarah Palin has endorsed Newt, at least, I'm pretty sure that's what she was talking about. But maybe not. Hard to tell. Just ignore what I wrote about Sarah Palin and wait until I find out for sure. She will probably speak again.

Founding Fathers - I didn't even know they were lost! Those were those guys who lived a long time ago and started this country with all that liberty and freedom stuff. Turns out lots of them owned slaves which would kind of be the opposite of liberty and freedom. We learned that some folks don't like that stuff in the history books. They don't like talking about it. For example, Stephen had a clip of a news team (I'm not sure who the guy and gal were) reporting this: "The Tennessee Tea Party is telling state politicians we need to tone down talk of slavery and stop making it about race."

You can read about changes to history books here. Or read about it here. Maybe they can just take the word "history" out of the title, that might work. Just call them books. They can get the Grimm brothers to write the books.

Björk - I don't typically give a fashion update on Stephen's guests, but I would be remiss if I did not say something about Björk. She was wearing blue and had very fluffy red hair with blue, green and purple highlights.

It was a short but interesting interview. Stephen accused her of combining science and music. She probably even threw in some math. Just go look at her website and have some fun. I am impressed, I will admit that. Very interesting animation. (Click and move mouse.)

She sang for us and of course the good news is that if you didn't watch tonight, you can watch on Colbert Nation tomorrow. But of course you already knew that didn't you?

Update: If you want to get the maximum enjoyment from her website, I recommend using a regular computer. On an iPad it is cute, but nowhere near the detail and experience as on a full screen device. Also, Björk is Icelandic. If you are looking for a wonderfully different vacation destination, look no further than Iceland which was my suggestion for Stephen Colbert's vacation for August 28, 2011.

And if you are wondering why this artist just uses her first name, here's one possible explanation.

Björk Guðmundsdóttir is her full name. Not that difficult to pronounce, (click on the speaker icon in the box with her name) but still probably a smart decision on her part.

Colbert on Vacation - Day Eight

Iceland.

Really? Yes, really. Stephen should go to Iceland. I bet he has never been there before and probably doesn't actually know that much about Iceland. So, first off, here's a little bit about Iceland from Wikipedia. Actually, there's quite a lot of information there. For people who like their information concise and to the point, The CIA has tons of information about countries that they share on their website. Here's what the CIA's World Factbook says about Iceland.

But, maybe Stephen already knows all that stuff about Iceland and just wants to get out and about and enjoy himself in Iceland. Here's a tourist website about Iceland with photos to get you interested in visiting plus lots of links to enjoy a vacation in Iceland. And Stephen will need a sweater or light jacket today, but it's not as is if is always ice cold in Iceland. The temperature in Reykjavik is about 10C which I am told is equal to about 50F, so not bad at all.

Probably first on Stephen's list of souvenirs to buy in Iceland will be ice cubes. Then some ice cream, and maybe even a Sno-Cone. I am also quite sure he will want to visit some of the many museums in Iceland, including the Aquarium and Museum of Natural History, the Library of Water, one of the Maritime Museums, Petra's Stone Collection, and the Icelandic Phallological Museum. Stephen can find links to those museums and others at the Visit Iceland website.