The 200-yard Gong Shot

Can some golf pros hit a skim shot 200 yards across a lake and hit a gong the size of a dinner plate? I had no idea you could make a golf ball do this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu3OIT7mxDQ

And, if you're OC or you like things just so, Things Organized Neatly might be for you.
http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/


"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Catch and release

Going to the beach? This instructional video about how to catch a seagull might come in handy. Do not eat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3crocmqfcw


"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - Dwight D. Eisenhower


And this anti-theft warning sign has been making the rounds, much to the amusement of many.
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/03/22/now-if-youll-excuse-me-ive-got-call-of-duty-on-pause/

A hunter ______ a bear

TipEx (UK correction tape product) offers up an engaging YouTube marketing campaign that lets you exercise control over the videoutcome by typing the operative verb for the video. As you might expect, the f-word, "gets high with", "dances", and various others will do the trick. As someone described it, a next-generation Subservient Chicken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ba1BqJ4S2M

And, Notes from the Stall, where bathroom graffiti gets its due. "Always lemony fresh and never crude."
http://notesfromthestall.com/


"In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time." - Anthony J. D'Angelo

New dogs, new tricks

Bulldog looking natural just sitting on the couch, watching TV, presumably a Georgia game on ESPNC). Seems to be missing a beer, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8rxXamfh5c




"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill


Doing some merengue, proves man's best friend and dance partner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9xq-TVyHI

Ringtone Nokia

Fine drumming, and an interesting choice for accompaniment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBlhfJAr8EI

And vaguely in the proud drummer tradition, handy to have when you don't want to drink straight out of the bottle. (Thanks Joe)
http://i.imgur.com/bLzIx.jpg


"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle

Give him a hand (or two)

Check out this street artist with extraordinary ambidextrous drawing skills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV9UROo7Dk

And, They Draw and Cook, a blog of artistically expressed recipes.
http://www.theydrawandcook.com/


"I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job." - Sandra Day O'Connor

Bosnian Rambo: Born for Action

Some dork thinks he's a badass and shoots a video to prove it, not surprisingly to the amusement of thousands of idiots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJ-x4CE5Dk

And from the animal habit-at, crabs smoking cigarettes.
http://www.iheartchaos.com/post/964788507/twenty-things-crabs-smoking-cigarettes

And you'll never look at a duck the same way again...
http://pics.kuvaton.com/kuvei/dog_masks_ducks.jpg


"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy

The Zero-View YouTube Video Showcase

If a video is posted on YouTube and no one watches it, is it really there? If you're curious, check out this site that has nothing but unwatched uploads.
http://zeroviews.biz/

And, The 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes of All Time...ten minutes from the dairy section (some profane, of course).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTiAS7cdsYc


"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." - Erma Bombeck

Ninja wedding

As one commenter summed it up, "This has to have been staged. There is no way a pirate could take out 3 ninjas in hand to hand combat..." Lord have mercy; I wonder what would Darwin say...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQI1zh0bVdo

And while we're on artificial turf, make a Blabber. (Not sure where you'd put it.)
http://blabberize.com/


"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." - Aldous Huxley

What the hay?

Watch as a naked redneck tosses hissef into a hay baler.
According to someone at Gizmodo who did the research, this is probably not real. And not the hay ride you usually think of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Co6GAaXFw

Also from the lunatic fringe, now you, too, can quit like JetBlue guy: The SlipQuit. (Includes two cans of beer and one self-inflating slide.)
http://www.dialhouse.org/

And a quick quiz...which historical lunatic are you?
http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/lunatics/


"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. - Louis D. Brandeis

Dali folly

Based on this appearance on "What's My Line?", Dali is clearly a Yes-man, and possibly the most versatile human who ever lived. And there's not a TV host these days with this guy's command of the language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXT2E9Ccc8A

And some scenes inside the gold mine. Art takes many forms.
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Paper-cuts-Rolls/241623


Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. - Sun Tzu

Amateur hour

Utterly godawful cover of Sweet Child O' Mine
If you think it starts out bad, wait 'til the drums kick in and it sounds like they're each playing a different song in a different key (in a different universe) while the vocalist is tortured in a non-native language. Bet you can't last more than a minute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6eMW0cEXY0


"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Ryun.


Or for a more pleasant experience, check out these little experiments...

Tone Matrix, a simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16-step sequencer. No Keanu Reeves.

Musical Rings, where you click click repeatedly to create expanding and contracting circles that chime when they collide to create a hypnotic soundscape.

Human vs Rat: The Maze Challenge

A person running a hedge maze, with a rat working a miniature version of the same maze, as might be presented on a bad version of ESPN. The creator acknowledges he may have overdone the commentary a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwWACB6w8D0

Speaking of idiotic battles, check out this bit of Wikitedium, an infographic of Wikipedia's biggest, lamest edit wars.
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/wikipedia-lamest-edit-wars/


"Once the game is over, the King and Pawn go back in the same box." - Italian proverb

Smells Like Rockin' Robin (Nirvana vs Michael Jackson)

Surprisingly, really much better than you expect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNUTYHJrutw

And something else that shouldn't otherwise be, made out of #2 (pencils). I'm not sure whether to tag this as NSFW.
http://www.boredpanda.com/21-stunning-pencil-sculptures-by-jennifer-maestre/


"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance." -- Kurt Vonnegut

Giant bubbles, tiny tips

Mesmerizing, almost CGI-looking, impromptu summer entertainment at the beach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI335i1L_sY

And some exquisite works of art carved into the tips of good ol' #2 pencils.
http://kronikle.kidrobot.com/pencil-tip-micro-sculptures-by-dalton-ghetti/


"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." - Oscar Wilde

Would the real Horn Guy please sit down?

Is it this guy? Or this guy? Either way...

"The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth." - William O. Douglas


And, other unusual sightings around town...interesting headstones.
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/06/unique-graves-headstones-and-tombstones.html

"The graveyards are full of indispensable men." - Charles De Gaulle

Two paws up...

...from PETA. State of the art moviemaking from back in the '30s...a short from The Dogway Melody, featuring a doggie damsel in distress. Impressive and amusing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II1BkpX03-M


And for that matter, check out this pug "singing" the Batman theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrIp3k5pJQM


"Don't be afraid to see what you see." - Ronald Reagan

Flying-rat traps

Apparently Spain has a major league pigeon problem. (They're actually calling it a plague in Barcelona.) The solution? Throw money and nets at it. The writhing mass of winged rats in these short clips is a little unnerving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwnz9B1xClE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aVOExBFIhg


"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken


And while we're on the topic...Hitchcock vs. The Birds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vATtwGZQO2o