Fans of the scandinavian siren, Björk, know how crazy eccentric she can be.

I don’t count my self a fan of her music, her philosophies, or her social or political views, but she is kinda hot in a pixie-cum-Bellevue sort of way. What I do like about her is her creativity. Her music, videos, and stage presence are always surprising, inventive, quirky, and fun (and sometimes disturbing).

Of course, anyone that far off center is bound to attract the attention of comedians, or, in the case of the podcast I found on the iTunes Store, comedian wannabe.

Björk Bjlög is an attempt at lampooning Björk. If you don’t know anything about Björk then you might not catch what passes for subtle humor in the video blog. If you do know something about Björk then you might not appreciate what passes for subtle humor in the blog.

If, on the other hand, you feel confident enough to pronounce Björk’s name in the presences of others, but can’t name one of her tunes then you might find Björk Bjlög funny.

Björk wannabe funny in Björk Bjlög

There are only two episodes so far. I watched both and I thought they were amusing enough to tell you about. You should know that the person in the video isn’t Björk, but she ain’t bad looking. She could pass for Björk’s sister, or maybe a Bellevue roommate. You decide.

You can grab both episodes of Björk Bjlög at the iTunes Store.

If you think watching a Björk impersonator complain about her fictitious love life is funny then you’ll probably think Eli The Accountant’s Dirty Jokes are bona-fided knee slappers.

Eli tells it all and does your taxes in Eli’s Dirty Joke

The animation is basic, but effective and the jokes are OK, not terribly funny, but I don’t believe that’s the point of the video.

The voice of Eli is the kicker here, the guy does sound like an old Jewish accountant from New York, Queens maybe. The voice is what makes these short episodes work.

These are dirty jokes, mind you. There isn’t a lot of foul language, but there is plenty of explicit sexual reference with visual aids. So if you don’t want to hear, "Daddy, what are those two cartoon people doing?" I suggest you keep Eli’s Dirty Jokes out of ear and eye shot of your kids.

But YOU should watch them. Pretty funny stuff.

Rounding out the my look at odd podcasts this week is The Bicyclist.

Protagonist, Conrad Miller, moves to sunny Portland Oregon and learns to adapt. The series is a great way to see Portland up close and personal, and Conrad reminds me a bit of Kal Penn of Harold and Kumar Goes to White Castle fame.

The Bicyclist is also amusing. I didn’t get a belly laugh, but watching a few episodes did induce some knowing smiles, maybe even a snicker. You folks in the Great Wet Northwest will probably like this more than most, but I think it’s a good watch for all.

That’s going to do it for this week.

One last thing: If you’re a book fan and you like Dean Koontz then you’ve likely read all of Koontz’s Odd Thomas books.

I mention Odd Thomas because I’m doing quirky this week and Odd Thomas is about as quirky as they get.

I’ve listened to the audiobooks of the first two novels in the series (Odd Thomas and Forever Odd) and I’ve read all three (Brother Odd is the third book) and I think it’s a very good series. Now there’s a forth book in the Odd series, Odd Hours. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s on my list.

To those of you who haven’t been introduced to Odd Thomas may I suggest that you either pick up the audiobook or print version of the first book. It’s pretty good reading. The audiobook of Odd Thomas is available at the iTunes Store.

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Vern Seward is a writer who currently lives in Orlando, FL. He’s been a Mac fan since Atari Computers folded, but has worked with computers of nearly every type for 20 years.