I’m sure you’ve read those little articles that show how various combinations of vinegar, baking soda, eye of newt and wing of bat can clean almost anything in your house. Back in the 1960s, there was a craze to scrape banana peels and smoke it, in hopes of getting high. I don’t remember trying that, [...]
A few months back I got a ticket for sailing down the mountain from Lake Arrowhead, singing at the top of my lungs, oblivious that I was speeding. The phenomenon is called “velocitization.” Deveyesh Mistry writes in the blog Tips for Driving:
Wondering what Velocitization is? It’s the basic feeling you get when driving at a [...]
And now for something completely different. (Thanks Mark!)
This just in from Chad and Michael who have twins. They are considering buying coming out insurance: just in case.
Finally, an antidote to Hallmark Cards sentimentality: ReelGreetings.com. Pop in an take a look at a whole variety of hilarious video postcards from different points of view. Take Grumpy Grandpa here, gee this dude looks familiar. I could swear this is John Hall, but, well, you never know. The website tells us: “Grumpy Grandpa has [...]
Frank Zappa wrote a song that said “Call any vegetable, call him by name…” The Vegetable Orchestra decided to play any vegetable and regularly bands together to show off the fruits of their labor. They were kind enough to share this video with us.
I stumbled across an amusing short film (this is a clip of the first part) by Tom Gianas, called “Gay Robot.” Yes, the robot is totally gay. And since it’s gay pride month, it seems appropriate to kick it off with this.
“The Gay Robot” seems like a student film and is shot on the [...]
Alex Ross’s blog is worth $179,523.72.
How much is your blog worth?
Roger Bourland’s blog is worth $27,092.97.
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I have no idea how Dane Carlson has come up with this information, but he has created a little program to determine how much blogs are worth.
Tonight I entertain a serious issue: who were the most handsome (dead) composers, and who are the ugliest ones? Better yet, let’s be specific:
Who was the cutest (dead) composer?
Henry Cowell
Who were the most handsome (dead) composers in their youth?
Schubert and Paderewski
Who were the most handsome (dead) composers?
Busoni and Bernstein
Who was the geekiest young (dead) composer?
Gershwin, [...]
Here’s a song that I knew and sung as a little boy. But this is a jazzed up version from Perry Como’s 1958 TV show that just might be categorized as post-modern.
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away!
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Save it [...]
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