Pop a cap in your grass

Though the summer is drawing to an unofficial close, opening a beer using a frisbee is a trick that you might yet get to take advantage of.

"If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?" - Steven Wright

Greener grass

Be careful what you wish for, the moral of the story in "Holy Sh*ep". Animated short as God intended.

"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way." - Henry David Thoreau

cliche.0

Does it seem like every tech commercial is exactly the same? The folks at College Humor seem to think so.

"I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second." - Steven Wright

Incommunicado

The short film "I Forgot My Phone" is either completely depressing or a cautionary tale. Did they say this about books or magazines back when?

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her." - Rodney Dangerfield

Stuck in the middle

Hanging out at the 19th hole with your boys, socks with sandals, voting Republican... JustMiddleAgedManThings gives you the amusing lowdown on that little slice of Americana. And not really related, HowAboutWe celebrates a milestone with One Million Dates, an interactive map about what Americans do out there. Plus a diagram guide to choosing the right seat at a restaurant, supposedly “one of the most complex social situations you will encounter.”

"Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level." - Joyce Brothers

Adulterated

"Sharkspeare in Love", "The Shawshark Redemption", and other movies supposedly made better with sharks. And begging a question that thus far has never been asked... Hot Dogs or Legs?.

"Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life." - Chris Rock

Laps of judgment

More than 100 animators convened via the interwebs to co-independently create this unique short called "Ruuuun!!", which explains the need for 11 minutes of credits after its two-minute run time.

"Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it." - Madeleine L'Engle

Taking it off the chin

Ben Garvin's "Magic Beard" stars in this stop-motion video, morphing its way through defeat.

"Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'" - Mitch Hedberg

Twist and shout

Watching a few seconds of Controversial Baby Dynamics Yoga might be enough to get you bent out of shape.

"When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: 'I wish no gifts, only presence.'" - Unknown

The roof's the limit

Nice but semi-terrifying DIY water slide with the unfortunate side-effect of making you bleed.

"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes." - Jim Carrey

Stuffed karma

Something of a breath of fresh air, Hook is a lilting metaphor nicely done.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs

Texture

Painting with words is a novel way to waste time when you should be doing something else.

And try to draw Batman with your eyes closed. Not so easy...

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." - John W. Gardner

Good old days

Some vintage WTF proves that our ancestors had an ahead-of-their-time interwebby sense of humor.

And strange stuff, that Victorian photography. The cameras were slow and kids just as squirmy, so mom had to hold them still while disguised as furniture or drapes.

"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world." - Helen Keller

Lock of the week

Just in time for your weekend, 10 surefire bar bets guaranteed to secure you that winner's drink (unless the other guy also watched the video).

"Never bet on a sure thing unless you can afford to lose." - Anonymous

Where?

Like something out of a post-apocalypse zombie movie, this "Empty America" timelapse is a little freaky. C'mon, New York without screaming people, choking traffic, pigeons, and stumbling drunks...? (There are similar videos for SF, DC, Seattle, and a couple of other cities.)

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." - William Shakespeare

Hear today, gone tomorrow

How have the years treated your ears? Take this test and see how old the old canals are standing up to the punishment you've dished out (in?).

"Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think — in a deeper voice." - Bill Cosby

WTD?

This take-off of scientifically accurate "Duck Tales" is almost as engaging as the original version, though starkly more mature (and frankly a little disgusting).

"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad." - Aldous Huxley

Clean freak

Though not as cool as sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads, this cat dressed as a shark riding a Roomba probably is a more effective way to clean the kitchen floor.

"There is no such thing as fun for the whole family." - Jerry Seinfeld

New and improved

The Chinese Photoshop Trolls just keep getting better, and this time it's personal, as the trolls again offer gratis photo retouching services and take the opportunity to mock their clients with a humorous interpretation of their request.

And in what might best be described as a sequel to the "There, I fixed it" meme comes "You had one job..." a collection of photos of inept workmanship. Keep browsing for an occasional smirk.

"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." - George Edward Woodberry

Miscreative

This guy thinks that people playing bass look like they're tickling hairy dogs, so he created Bass dogs wherein he replaces famous musicians' instruments with a variety of pooches.

And some "unlikely...but not impossible" everyday objects, Photoshop'd images that deftly walk the fine line between practicality and absurdity.

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." - Albert Einstein

Cornydog

A mere seven seconds that might make you laugh and/or cringe, or maybe crave a frank.

"A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz." - Humphrey Bogart

Ballderdash

On its face, you can't deny that the world's fastest piano juggler is amazing, though it isn't quite what you think it is. (Most disappointing, it's not juggling actual pianos.) But the timing alone is impressive enough for me. All is explained in this NY Times blog post.

"Silence is so accurate." - Mark Rothko

Makes you wonder

The Greek version of Your Face Sounds Familiar apparently aired this contestant. Jaw-droppingly un-#$%!&-ing-believable. (As one commenter wrote, "Thank *bleep* Stevie can't see this mess.")

"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Castaneda

Designer label

Man cobbles together an open source LED Tetris tie, undoubtedly to the delight of his party guests.

"I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit." - Ted Williams

Face-plant

Will Ferrell with Natalie Portman’s voice and vice versa, plus other celebrity congloms on FaceMashups, a YouTube channel of short videos.

"Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better." - William Shakespeare

Pinch to zoom

These guys snapped, uploaded, and then stitched together 1,600 photos to make a stop-motion Instagramimation video.

"Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you." - Aldous Huxley