In a time . . . when the YouTube film is the lingua franca of visual communication . . . and when the randomness of search makes the most surreal juxtapositions commonplace . . .

 . . . it takes a great deal to make a fellow nonplussed.

But it happened.

Digital writer and artist Jason Nelson has put up a website that is so beyond having a point . . . that one is tempted to think of it as the most important thing on earth. The title is part of its allure --- Stunningly Harmful Songs.

Be that as it may --- I can't get it out of my mind, which is the only reliable indicator I've ever found of contemporary creations that may have lasting power. Call me a glutton for punishment, but I've returned regularly for my dose of annoyance . . .

 . . . and there's something about the grainy-pixelly film image quality combined with the backhanded graphics and cheerfully inane music that seems ultra-2008 to me.

Let the economy tumble --- we still have our jolly human brains and our jolly ability to hum and appreciate the nutty world!  "Apples just the way that you like them!" indeed!