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

Whole sum

Well timed and pretty entertaining, this Breaking Bad / Weird Al Mashup, regardless of your level of interest in either subject.

"My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them." - Mitch Hedberg

No good deed

Puppy shares lollipop with monkey, gets punished for being nice. Can an animal be arrested for animal cruelty?

"My karma ran over your dogma." - Author Unknown

Top story

TV traffic reporter unknowingly adds a new member to the newscast.

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle." - Steve Jobs

Gentle cycle

What better soundtrack for this video of a washing machine self-destructing than the "music" of Autechre.

"Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide." - Kurt Vonnegut

Stop moving

As if you needed more incentive, Beer Labels In Motion makes worthy animated-GIF use out of creative microbrew labels.

And if you played and enjoyed One Second Stopwatch when you were a kid, you might enjoy a go at this re-creation.

"When I heated my home with oil, I used an average of 800 gallons a year. I have found that I can keep comfortably warm for an entire winter with slightly over half that quantity of beer." - Dave Barry

Upon further reflection

The kaleidoscopic timelapse video footage of "Mirror City" makes for a fairly disconcerting and trippy experience.

"My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?" - Henny Youngman

Ice chips

Not sure why, but edits from a couple three hundred movies somehow are formed into "Ice Ice Baby", as if it were necessary.

"You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar." - George Carlin

Green acres

This blooming timelapse is both amazing and a little creepy. Aliens have invaded Earth and we call them plants.

"I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants." - A. Whitney Brown

Rockin' your stockings off

You might have seen this sweet-looking older lady who walks into a drum shop in Wisconsin and nearly rips the skins off this drum set with a heck of a solo.

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" - Satchel Paige

Says you

Nearly a literary genre of its own, The Art of the Humorous Amazon Review includes some worthy highlights. And What your beard is saying about you, a sprouts illustrated explanation of whiskers.

"Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."- Madonna