Big news day

Stories with a big ol' humorous caption slapped on top; makes it part current event, part cartoon.
http://thebigcaption.com/


"Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something." - Plato

Pencil vs Camera

Eight hybrid works of [drawing + photo] art.
http://dornob.com/pencil-vs-camera-8-hybrid-works-of-drawing-photo-art/

And stuff you can't have (and probably don't want)... embroidered Wonder Bread


"It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." - J.R.R. Tolkien

Were you happier before you had that?

A little social commentary on the compulsions currently dominating the interwebs.

New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users' Ears

Facebook Reunion (Thanks Joe)


"For everything you have missed, you have gained something, and for everything you gain, you lose something else." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Flip Flops

Nope -- it's not about John Kerry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjcwlZUZ3PU


"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - Jimmy Dean

Life as we know it

A couple contraindicators of modern happiness...


Shit my kids ruined

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed." - Maria Montessori


Things people will do for a fiver

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance." - Samuel Johnson

Kung Fu Bear

Shameless self-promotion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgg_fukbvU


"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Jerry Pournelle

Soccer fans make giant LCD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52hch0xWDAA


"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Mahatma Gandhi

One hail of a storm

Footage from the storm that recently hit OKC. As someone aptly described it: amusing at the start, surreal at 1 minute, Armageddon at 2 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFv2W7Duqiw


"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." - Maya Angelou

Händewaschen Ultra Fail

Big misunderstanding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ctK94EkHU


"Deliberate often -- decide once." - Latin Proverb

What does DJ stand for?

Worst wedding DJ ever, supposedly. Almost certainly one of the most ridiculous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZP4Ugev82I


"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney

Total Recall: The Musical

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/05/ill_find_out_who_i_am_by_climbing_the_mountains_of.php


"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'" - Sydney J. Harris

Bogus yo-yo champ strings 'em along

So much for reference checks.
http://deadspin.com/5535220/fake-yo+yo-trickster-fools-every-tv-station-everywhere


"Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Unpronounceable Iceland volcano time lapse

"So I saw all of these mediocre pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do better," said Sean Stiegemeier.
http://vimeo.com/11673745

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on." - Robert Frost

Higuy and get out

A none-too-shocking trend exposed...lots of lady videobloggers or "vloggers" saying "hey guys" from the start of their "vlogs".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOw12oUzYYA

"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." - Margaret Thatcher

And, one of the oft-said lines in action drama: "Get out of there"

Microsoft Office Alarm Prank

Boys in Redmond getting tough on piracy.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1935216

"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand." (Putt's Law)

Mr. W

Very clever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY

"You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." - Will Rogers

Cats Attack Babysitter

http://www.break.com/index/cats-attack-babysitter.html

And...Meowmania/

"Security is always excessive until it's not enough." - Robbie Sinclair

Shag beach

Ewe heard/read it in the news and were just waiting for someone to send you a link.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1934500

"A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Beatboxing dog?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhz9Aa6tDwk

"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." - Henry J. Kaiser

Care Bears: Back in Action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCy2A_zbfLQ

"When you have given nothing, ask for nothing." - Albanian Proverb

Ever heard a North Korean joke?

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/ever-heard-north-korean-joke-3459547


"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire

The Rosa Parks of Blogs

Everybody is the Rosa Parks (or whatever) of something, and this blog collects examples of these snowclones, the "X is the Y of Z" cliche.

http://rosaparksofblogs.blogspot.com/

"No generalization is wholly true, not even this one." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Pick a fight...

...any fight.
http://www.debate-zone.com/

Or take a page from the pros, the 50 best author vs. author put-downs of all time.
http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2010m4d16-The-50-best-author-vs-author-putdowns-of-all-time


"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." - Benjamin Franklin

Thanks for everything

Leah Dieterich's mother always told her to write thank you notes. So she does. To everything.
http://thxthxthx.com/

"If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing." - Kingsley Amis

Airspace Rebooted

Cool and entertaining visualization of northern European airspace returning to use after closing down due to volcanic pain in the ash.
http://vimeo.com/11205494

"Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse." - Lily Tomlin

London by hand

Incredible, hand-drawn, zoomable map of London that must have taken as long to put together as the city itself.
http://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/map4.html

Plus, some itty bitty cities...22 Models That Miniaturize the World and "Staple City".


"I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment, and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave." - Robert Mapplethorpe

Magic Helicopter Flies without Moving Blades

This is sync.
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/28/magic-helicopter-flies-without-moving-blades/

"I don't have a fear of flying. I have a fear of crashing." - Billy Bob Thornton

Survival of the roundest

This is amusing, I think.

"We are America's largest companies, and we have a plan to save you from the wide range of catastrophes that are likely to come from our increasingly unstable climate."
http://www.survivaball.com/

And if that wasn't enough, 25 Ridiculous Inventions.


"I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated." - Poul Anderson