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Star Wars Corsets

You can own both of these for just the low prices of $600 and $500! (via) Your Thoughts?

The Band Tool And The Fibonacci Sequence

Apparently math explains the Tool song, “Lateralus”: And apparently even the powers of math cannot make me like a Tool song.  I couldn’t even finish it. Thanks to Victoria for the link. Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: Iron Baby

Patrick Boivin’s super-cool and hilarious parody.  The special effects are fantastic. Your Thoughts?

This Is Not Photoshopped

In Guatemala, the earth has caved in, due to a landslide caused by a tropical storm.  At least 115 people are dead: The New York Times points to a high resolution version of the photo and a street level view. Your Thoughts?

English As A Foreign Language

They say this song composed of gibberish words was written as a demonstration of what English sounds like to those who do not understand it. I’ve tried to get a sense for what English sounds like by listening to my TV from the other side of my apartment where I couldn’t quite make out the [...]

“Get Out of There!”: A montage

Neat stuff from a youtuber who specializes in montages of film moments: via The Daily Dish Your Thoughts?  

Beautiful Art From Toxic Chemicals

Tree Hugger explains and showcases some of the imaginative work of Algis Kemezys: Your Thoughts?

Scenes Of Extraordinary Luck

Don’t try any of this at home! Your Thoughts?

Hand Walker

After posting Tina Fey’s opening at the Ad Council dinner, I decided to look at the Ad Council’s YouTube page and found this novelty, an incredibly talented hand walker: Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: The Ball Is Inducted Into Toy Hall Of Fame

And Jon Stewart is outraged it took this long for ball to get its due recognition in this utterly hilarious clip. Your Thoughts?

Sportsmanship Fail

This is the first soccer footage I’ve ever found interesting: Your Thoughts?

What Does Google Search Tell Us About Moral Philosophy/Moral Psychology?

Slate ran a contest called Google Suggest where they asked readers to type in a bit of text into Google’s search engine and see what suggestions the search box gave.  Since the suggestions Google offers reflect popular searches from a timeframe specified only as “recent”, the suggested ways to finish sentences that start with the [...]

Furry Animal Overloaded With Cuteness

I’m not even sure what he is but here you go anyway, all you cute animal junkies. Your Thoughts?

Stunning Sand Animation

This real-time Ukrainian sand animator, Kseniya Simonva has to be seen to be believed. I’ve never seen anything like it.  She essentially tells us a story by drawing each step of its progression at a time in real time transforming the same sand into the next portion of the story.  It’s truly, truly extraordinary: Once you’ve [...]

2 Musicians Play One Guitar

This is the most amazingly worthwhile gimmick ever.  Who knew that four hands on one guitar could make such great music? The details from the youtube information bar: The 2009 Brazilian Music Institute in Gainesville, Florida featuring CECILIA SIQUEIRA (Uruguay) and FERNANDO LIMA (Brasil) – Duo Siqueira Lima -http://www.duosiqueiralima.com.br/eng… performing Tico Tico no Fuba (Zequinha [...]

Blood Stained Coffee Set

Click here to buy this: Antonio Murado Salome Coffee Set This provocative 14-piece porcelain coffee set was made in Spain exclusivley for the New Museum. The crimson handprints and smears are an almost Baroque reflection on the act of consuming a meal. Edition of 15. >It’s only $500!  Unless you’re a member, in which case, [...]

Drawing New York City From Memory

And I was impressed by Al Franken’s ability to draw a US map from memory! You can follow Stephen Wiltshire’s live progress here. Your Thoughts?

Ig Nobel Prize Winning Research On Sword Swallowing And Its Side Effects

Fascinating stuff: via True Slant There are 6 videos on Ig Nobel Prize winners on youtube from Submarine Channel. Your Thoughts?

“So Slow You Can See The Bullet”

UltraSlo has the most amazing slow motion videos: Here is a slow motion of Ray Comfort’s hopes that the banana can prove there must be an intelligent designer being visually represented: Bee! The beautiful wasp: More Your Thoughts?

Judge This: Target’s “Illegal Alien” Halloween Costume?

Your Thoughts?

“Look Ma, No Hands!” The Amazing Armless Pilot

This girl drives cars, flies planes, plays piano, is a black belt in Tae Kwon- Do, writes, and apparently does anything else she wants with no arms. So what’s your excuse for not doing whatever you most want to in life? Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: “Alarmed”

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Mystery Google

This is kind of neat, it’s called “Mystery Google” and you type in your search term but instead of getting your results you get the results of the person who searched just before you did.  For my token searches I used “Camels With Hammers” as my phrase of course in hopes that the next Mystery [...]

Deluxe Hugs: An Inspiring Video About The Power Of Capitalism

In case you missed this last spring when I wasn’t blogging, here’s one of my favorite videos: And if you really like it, this summer he offered an uncut version, which begins at the 1:42 mark: Your Thoughts?

Dead Fly Art

Thirteen more neat poses here. (via) Your Thoughts?