Jan
04
2009
Possibly the most annoying and rude commercial I’ve seen in a while; it doesn’t sink in as to what’s going on until the end. Aaaaargh. (NSFW, really mostly crass as heck, and it sure helps if you know the slang reference to the anatomy.)
Dec
15
2008
Odd video of a semi-kaleidescope of small aminals and mirrors. Very odd, very compelling in a strange way. Totally safe for work, but keep the music low.
Dec
15
2008
A novel way for a penguin to escape from a hungry killer whale. Props to beldar.
Dec
05
2008
“…I thought penguins could fly.” (you tube, SFW)
Nov
27
2008
OMG. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade just got Rickrolled. By Astley himself. Totally SFW, and hilarious if you get the whole rickroll joke.
Nov
23
2008
No, really. This is. A web friend who adopted a young girl from China who is deaf (but has cochlear implants) posted this on her blog, and it took my breath away. It’s the story of a deaf girl who wants to learn how to play the violin…watch it. it is about four minutes long, [...]
Nov
23
2008
Youtube video: very very weird, and not for the animal lovers in the audience. Nothing gross, as such, but…seriously twisted sense of humor. Yes, the subtitles are in Spanish. ‘Perro’ means dog, and ‘pata’ means duck. I think you can figure out the rest.
Sep
26
2008
Video note: this is a humor video, but pretty darn clean. Tip of the hat to Tom Smith, and to Sarah Palin and John Mccain for making it all possible.
Aug
07
2008
Warning: video of man singing puppies to sleep will expose you to risk of saying *aaaaaaaawwwwww*.
Jun
12
2008
Movie tagline: In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back.
AH on Nazis on the Moon, etc. The trailer looks spiffy! (youtube)
May
23
2008
This is just sick. There’s been all this stuff about Teddy Kennedy (who is probably on a very short fuse with a brain tumor) in the news, and Hillary uses (in a video’ed discussion with the editorial board of the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader) Bobby Kennedy’s assassination in June of 1968 as a part of [...]
Apr
18
2008
Meredith, the filmmaker, introduces the various members of our household (March 2008). Youtube, 2 minutes. Ham on a stick, of course.
Apr
18
2008
YouTube video of the twins (with little Ally as the announcer) having an impromptu dance recital - at the cabin in Kentucky last month. Large amounts of child goofiness. You are warned. (about 2 minutes long)
Apr
14
2008
YouTube video of a Suriname Toad giving birth - right out of eggs embedded in her back skin.
Apr
10
2008
Youtube from Secret Talents of the Stars: George Takei singing On The Road Again.
In other news, Willie Nelson was instantly found to have dropped dead.
h/t to Deb Geisler on this one.