Thursday, January 30, 2014

Flight risk




Look out — cameos by big hair, mullets, leg warmers, and even Alf grace the latest 80s style in-flight safety video from Delta Airlines.

And semi-related, man uses first-class plane ticket to grub free meals for an entire year.


"Now I know why they tell you to put your head between your knees on crash landings. You think you're going to kiss your ass good-bye." - Terry Hanson

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Fast food breakfast




Sunny side up is how I'd enjoy fried egg rap (by Eminegg), a quick performance from a rising star. He should open for Cracker.


"But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know." - Alan Watts


Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Who asked you?




Fans across the internet are outraged — "Muppets Most Wanted" wasn't nominated for over 247 awards, or so this healthy PoV on reviews via internet commentary would seem to indicate.


"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." - Oprah Winfrey


Monday, January 27, 2014

Meeting minutes




Funny and/or sad but very true, a conference call in real life to start your workweek.


"I soon found out you can't change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it." - Henry Miller

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Wooda coulda shouda


Masterful work from artist Randall Rosenthal, who turns blocks of wood into everyday objects with amazing detail.

And this artist does just one "loop portrait" a week and posts it for all to see. Scroll down a bit; some are pretty creative.


"Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark." - Zen Proverb


Saturday, January 25, 2014

Verticat



If you want to see Mr. Bouncy, the cat with the funny walk, wait or skip to about the 0:18 mark. I'm not sure he was upright enough for the portrait orientation.


"If cats could talk, they wouldn't." - Nan Porter


Friday, January 24, 2014

That sinking feeling




This "teaser" for professional pool trick shot player Florian Kohler's full 49-minute compilation video should be plenty more than enough to boggle your mind, not to mention question the laws of physics.


"Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money." - Leon Lederman


Thursday, January 23, 2014

Squirrel jam



Guy buys animatronic band from pizza place, programs it to perform "Pop, Lock and Drop It", most onlookers find it disturbing.

"Play the music, not the instrument." - Author Unknown


Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Love cuts deep



A wave of nostalgia from back in the 50s, when mom was a knife thrower and her kids well-disciplined.


"Do your kids a favor -- don't have any." - Robert Orben


Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Second stringers



The Norwegian Association for the Blind shows how animals other than dogs would stack up as guides. Go ahead and guess if you haven't already.


"Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind." - Bulgarian Proverb


Monday, January 20, 2014

Hang five



Another but even more terrifying video of fearless kids doing crazy stuff — in this case climbing on and hanging by one hand from buildings and such.


"We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones." - Andy Rooney


Sunday, January 19, 2014

World upside down



Impressive if real and unadulterated, man sings Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" in its original key. Bonus points for the shirt. (Action starts at the one-minute mark if you want to skip the preamble.)

And celebrity faces with inverted eyes and mouths make otherwise beautiful people look like fish on Botox.


"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." - Alan Watts

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Chitter chatter



Non-stop high-speed squirrel gibble, professionally translated to shed light on what the adorable little critter is saying.


"Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm." - Ambrose Bierce

Friday, January 17, 2014

Way out of the box



This has to be, hands down, the strangest video you will ever see. Makes David Lynch seem like Ken Burns.


"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working." - Pablo Picasso


Thursday, January 16, 2014

Seek and ye shall find



What if Google was a guy? Luckily he'd be willing to do the job Americans won't do, as your friends from College Humor would suggest in fairly entertaining, mostly safe for work fashion.


"Weather forecast for tonight: dark." - George Carlin

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Quick trick schtick



Have a look at this Vine medley of "magic tricks" sure to amaze and amuse.


"Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes." - George Henry Lewes


Tuesday, January 14, 2014

For goodness steak



Molly Schuyler takes on the challenge at Sayler's in Portland, OR and demolishes a 72-oz. steak in less than three minutes, shattering the world record of 6:48.


"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." - Orson Welles

Monday, January 13, 2014

KC masterpiece



The Verrückt water slide in Kansas City is the largest in the world, higher than Niagara Falls, and has to be seen to be appreciated. Pucker up.

And the Australian sign language sign for "Holiday" nicely sums things up.


"If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings." - Welsh Proverb

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Truth in media


Amusing parody of most any women's magazine cover you'll ever lay eyes on.

And a pop quiz: Headlines Against Humanity — can you tell the real headlines from the fake ones?


"That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked." - Bill Cosby


Saturday, January 11, 2014

The key of G(if)



Insanely trippy music vid "Morena" by Tropkillaz made from 166 GIFs takes a two-mute toll on your eyes and ears.


"You cannot create experience. You must undergo it." - Albert Camus


Friday, January 10, 2014

Drama-mine



Strange world, wherever it is that SPIN takes place, with lots of moving walkways, an oblique nod to the Jetsons, and a little Dali for atmosphere.

And how the media will report the apocalypse, according to one media source.


"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce


Thursday, January 9, 2014

Best not ottered



Deliver unpleasant news and tidings to friends and enemies alike via Say It With Sea Otters and its whimsically-sketched animal messengers.


"Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them." - Samuel Palmer


Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Don't know much about...



Video pretty much sums the entire history of the universe in one handy infographic.

"Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men." - Jean Rostand


Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Hair raising



Crazy and kinda horrifying six seconds of video, featuring what at first appears to be a giant fake mustache, but then...


"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." - Theodore Roosevelt

Monday, January 6, 2014

Little bearing



Highly entertaining no-rules skateboarding exposition with a little parkour mixed in.


"Not all those who wander are lost." - J. R. R. Tolkien


Sunday, January 5, 2014

Running a little hot



The Slow Mo Guys blow up a car in, you guessed it, slow mo. The money is a nice touch.

"Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions." - Dave Barry


Saturday, January 4, 2014

Tenderhooks



Didn't know there's a world record for bungee jumping suspended by a cord embedded in your back-meat. The fact that it's 170 meters is all the more impressive.


"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." - Cary Grant


Friday, January 3, 2014

Just claus



Impressive in any medium, you won't hardly believe this amazing photorealistic rendering of Santa Claus drawn in MS Paint.

"Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year." - Victor Borge


Thursday, January 2, 2014

Revel in your existence



This short video production, All the Way, based on a Charles Bukowski poem "Roll the Dice" might inspire you to make good on those new year's resolutions to which you so foolishly committed.

"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions." - Claude Levi-Strauss