Sometimes it’s good to take a break from figuring out business models, closing rounds of funding, and worrying about whether we’re in a bubble to focus on what’s really important: horny manatees. At least that’s what the NYT is doing today, with Jacques Steinberg’s story about how an offhand comment by Conan O’Brien has led to a web phenomenon. For those of you who go to sleep early or don’t have TiVo: On Dec. 4, O’Brien’s Late Night ran a skit about ridiculous college mascots that, er, climaxed with a piece about a lewd manatee being watched by a voyeur. “At the end of the skit, in a line Mr. O
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