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Welcome back to Around the Creative World. “We’re like fire and ice, taking over the whole world.” Today is Tuesday, December 8th, 2009.

I kind of feel like Conan O’Brien doing a monologue right now. Why? Because, unlike some past “shows,” I know today’s list of links is good. Not that others have been bad…but, I’m especially excited about today’s crop of URLs.

As Diddy always says, annoyingly, on Twitter, “LET’S GO PEOPLE!!!!”

• Let’s start this morning off right with a little Rhianna featuring Shy Ronnie. (I can’t believe how sick this track is, bro.)
• That’s not doing it for you? OK, watch this new UPS White Board ad while I find a better link.
• Oh. Here it is… Complete episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are now streaming on Hulu. Merry Christmas.
• The United States government has deployed Lil Wayne to Mexico to battle Mexican drug cartels. Operation “Weezy F. Baby” is in full effect. Nancy Reagan must be so proud.
• NBC Universal’s Jeff Zucker praises the Comcast deal. (I didn’t really read this article. I just wanted to namedrop Jeff Zucker.)
• Twilight‘s rein at the top over? Somewhere a fake vampire teen is crying…but The Blind Side has taken over the top spot at the box office. Yes! Jocks win again!
• AdvertisingAge: Google Goes After Social-Network Search With Facebook, MySpace
• JetBlue releases a holiday gift guide “for those times when you’re not on JetBlue.” I need one of those “knee jockeys”…for real.
• Quenton Tarantino is featured in a random commercial for Japan’s Softbank here.
• American kids love Paraguay’s Pulp Cola! (Even though I think this actor is 33.)
• North American Breweries is planning to display the world’s largest beers at their headquarters in Rochester, NY. (Is Tuesday morning too early to be thinking about beer?)
• Anybody else notice the cool Popeye logo on Google today? For that matter, does anyone in the world have a day where they don’t use Google?
• Russell Simmons and Global Grind have acquired CelebrityTweet. I’m guessing that the name Russell Simmons is what makes this acquisition a story.
• On that note,  I leave you with the latest effort from the newly-signed Def Jam artist (not really) Shy Ronnie. (Yes, again.)

Brian Laesch will someday retire from the link-compiling game. But until that day, he’s known as the “Best Link Compiler Alive.”