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