Tay Zonday strikes again!

Ok, so it's a Dr. Pepper ad, check out some choice parodies at Wired.

Rotten Hell: this. is. school lunch!

Colbert 08

Chocolate Rain Live!

[Minnesota Stories]

Uptown pisser gets his due

This guy has a number of cameras in his house, a block away from me. Checkout his other videos for some awesome shit. Literally.

9 things I learned about the world from anonymous stock photo models

Checkout the rest of the 9 things:
[thebestpageintheuniverse] [via branddame]

Speedbandits (NSFW)

Innovative traffic calming measure from Denmark.

Me and Joren: Famous!

Really, this is to highlight the hilarious comic stylings of Paul F. Tompkins, but really it's for the cutaway of Joren and I laughing during one of the jokes. This was on TV people. Be amazed.

i've actually seen this movie... and it rules

i heart golfing

only a ninja can stop a ninja

Bat For Lashes - What's a Girl To Do

Pretty cool video.

The Utter Destruction of A Career

Poor Holly Hunter. She is such a trooper for staying on camera with "interviewer" Merry Miller. This is some of the most horrific 4 minutes of screen time I've seen in a long while. There are too many wonderful moments to go into detail about, but pay close attention to the end, where Merry directs people to nbcnews.com instead of abc (where she's broadcasting from) and there's an audible scream from someone, likely a producer, behind the camera. Incredible.

Li'l Peppi tells it like it is.

skoolizkool

We had to watch this in 4th grade, 5th grade, and 9th and 11th grade health classes

I'm sorry. I had to.

No Tay Zonday experience is complete without Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up."

Chocolate Rain

Your challenge: how much can you take? When do you become drowned by the Chocolate Rain?

Pistil shrimp will kill you now.

Let all of these prisoners go.

This is so great. From the description: "1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment! just a teaser."




And here they are doing "Radio Gaga" by Queen. Wow.

...uhmmmm.....

Nintendo Sixty-FOOOOOOOUUUUR!!!

This is wonderful. The last second is the best part, so make sure you watch it to the end.

redistricting: the game

The Redistricting Game is designed to educate, engage, and empower citizens around the issue of political redistricting. Currently, the political system in most states allows the state legislators themselves to draw the lines. This system is subject to a wide range of abuses and manipulations that encourage incumbents to draw districts which protect their seats rather than risk an open contest.

By exploring how the system works, as well as how open it is to abuse, The Redistricting Game allows players to experience the realities of one of the most important (yet least understood) aspects of our political system. The game provides a basic introduction to the redistricting system, allows players to explore the ways in which abuses can undermine the system, and provides info about reform initiatives - including a playable version of the Tanner Reform bill to demonstrate the ways that the system might be made more consistent with tenets of good governance. Beyond playing the game, the web site for The Redistricting Game provides a wealth of information about redistricting in every state as well as providing hands-on opportunities for civic engagement and political action.

from The Redistricting Game

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By Aaron Koblin

Pound

This is a great short from director Evan Bernard, responsible for several Beastie Boys videos among others.

TV Art

Click To Play

Abstractor can instantly tansform any television into a beautiful piece of art. Watch and find out how to make your own. Visit Abstractor.tv

why take chances?

i've been contemplating the existence of time

Pulp Sculptures

On BoingBoing, they point to a very cool gallery page featuring recent photographic work from Thomas Allen, who also happens to have once been my photography teacher! He used to teach photography at the U of M, he might still, I can't be bothered to check. He's always worked with photographing collage-illustrations. In this series he lifts figures from pulp novels and creates these interesting dynamic scenes removed from their backdrops, and using the books themselves as settings. Check out the full series here.

Jerry Falwell's TRUE Eulogy

Go Hitchens.

I would have gone the perfect dildo route, but…

preschoolers thoughts on aging

preschoolers thoughts on aging
Originally uploaded by Frauenfelder.

This is a really funny, shockingly stripped-down and simplified look at aging by a bunch of preschoolers. Check out some of the others for a glimpse into our collective futures!

And now for some "art"

WXQR The Cool Breeze

Brooke Shields: Comin' Correct

Pretty sure that's Cat Power

The Rules: "N-Word"

Kurt Vonnegut, Requiescat in Pace

Do you know what a Humanist is? I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that functionless capacity. We Humanists try to behave well without any expectation of rewards or punishments in an afterlife. We serve as best we can the only abstraction with which we have any real familiarity, which is our community.

We had a memorial services for Isaac a few years back, and at one point I said, "Isaac is up in Heaven now." It was the funniest thing I could have said to a group of Humanists. I rolled them in the aisles. It was several minutes before order could be restored. And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, "Kurt is up in Heaven now." That's my favorite joke.

Slightly Cracked

Here it is- Quiz Bowl's entry into the 2007 12 Hour Film Race. The theme of the movie had to be "A Fortune" and it had to include an egg as a prop. This version has been slightly modified since the deadline for your viewing pleasure. If you like what you see, head over to YouTube and give us a rating/comment.

Wedding Update

Here's some recent footage from Katy and my wedding preparations. I think the whole thing is coming along really nicely. It should be noted that when I was down, Katy was my clown.

Joke Chasers

These guys all have long histories in the world of online shorts. Channel 101 most notably.

powers of 10

this has to be one of my favorite videos of all time. it will seriously blow your mind. also, the narrator kind of sounds like winnie the pooh, which is always a plus.

The Comfort Gold Medal!

Sent to me by Adam Macleod-Roth, who has impeccable taste, is this amazing product website for UnJeans: Form Fitting Freedom Pants for Men and Women. In particular, Adam wanted to point out the following picture for me:Thank you Adam, and you're welcome everyone else. From their website:

Many UnJeans wearers use a belt waist pack or fanny pack to carry their keys, wallet, etc.

Of course they do.

Steal A Deal!

This is from the best show that never was, NEXT, by Bob Odenkirk. Fox commissioned a pilot after Mr. Show ended but never picked it up, which is another in Fox's long line of brilliance. Word has it that Fox picked up Cedric the Entertainer's show instead. It's perfectly understandishable if that means nothing to you. It meant nothing to Fox either.

This clip stars Jay Johnston who I heart almost as much as Bob.

Someone's Gonna Get Pregnant

Freeloader's Guide to Easy Livin'

Okay, so this is the second thing in a row I'm posting from SuperDeluxe.com. But that's because it is actually an awesome site. I just discovered it this morning, but know I'll be going back for goods regularly. Also, their video is about 1-7 million times better than youtube stuff.
I was skeptical of this piece at first, but it becomes continually more awesome as it goes on.

The Maria Bamford Show

A comedienne I like.

What A Deal!

Go swimming with Lorenzo

The following is a brilliantly edited version of NWA's "Fuck Tha Police" from a new BBC show called Rush Hour. The man providing the live editing is Adam Buxton who also wrote the bit. Hilarious.

"Doing NY like Flav, but prettier."

The above quote from BLive Entertainment's website perfectly sums them up. Recently relaunched with a new design, BLive is a clearinghouse of hot shit to do in NYC: parties, restaurants, music, etc. The Bars section utilizes one of my favorite section descriptions ever:

Places we like.
People we’d do.
Drinks we can afford.

That's brilliant. And true. Betsy, the site's dominatrix, is welcoming restaurant, music and party reviews to add to the brilliance. Get in on the action while you can.

Oh yeah, take that!

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The Inland North
Philadelphia
North Central
Boston
The Northeast
The West
The South
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Kyle, my favorite thing you say is rum instead of room. Like, "it's cold as shit in my bedrum." Which makes me think of chilled rum in bed, which is confusing.

Stayin' True

What American accent do you have? Your Result: North Central   "North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.
The Midland
The West
The Inland North
Boston
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The South
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

whipping shitties

In honor of the 30cm of snow dumped on Minneapolis this weekend, the results of a linguistic survey of the country:
What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car?

I Shall Forever Rue This Day

For today is when I found out about the New York Department of Health's online restaurant inspection results. This is something that gives the already food-paranoid (me) a chance to flip out even more regularly. Now, when Katy and I are trying to decide on where to eat we won't be looking for reviews on signature dishes, but rather how many violation points a particular place has earned and whether or not "Harborage or conditions conducive to vermin exist." Lovely. This can be a real eye-opener. Many of the more expensive and chic restaurants in our area are also the biggest violators. Next time I sit down to eat at one of these places, rather than asking about the specials I'll be asking how they did on their last inspection.

If you live in NYC, check out some of your favorites here (click on Restaurant Inspection results online near the top of the page).

P.S. One of the violations is: Food from unapproved or unknown source, spoiled, adulterated, or home canned. This was found at Queens High Pearl Seafood Restaurant. The mind reels.

No THIS is what the internet is made for

i love all people -- especially those with a sense of humor

This is what the internet was made for:

Oh, and the earth is flat.

Academic discourse:
The Earth Is Not Moving


Why do I even know about this website? Is it because I have been known to enjoy other websites featuring the Apollo moon landing conspiracy? No. I spent half an hour mocking the cognitive capacity of the site's creator because a representative from texas introduced the bill in congress. Don't believe me, check out the Times article:
Lawmaker apologizes for memo linking evolution and Jewish texts (registration, first-born child, naming rights required.)

Thanks to my girl Rachel, UMN Law School Class of 2009

Woo-hoo!!

Get on the train.

Happy Valentine's: "Gettin' Some" Now Formally Sanctioned By NYC

We love New York, we love the subway, and we all love sex. Right? Yes, clearly, you say? Stellar, then you'll be happy to know that today, thanks to visionary NYCDOHMH, we can love them all even more. NYC Subway Condoms are here (and here, and here)!

A city that gives you free (not to mention stylish) condoms is a city that loves you, or at least is sweet on you. So accept the offering and spread the love. And if you work anywhere with a reception desk/lobby/waiting room then get your organization on board already. Condom distribution is the public service for with-it workplaces.

--Maren Olson

Ahhhh, self-employment!

If you live in NYC, you know why I'm feeling super-stoked about working from home right now. It's raining ice. Some snow, sure, but mostly tiny, razor-like pieces of ice right now. And I'm inside. Poor, sure, but very warm and dry.

Things are looking up though. Went and saw an accountant last night, a Mr. Richard Prinzi, who is an awesome guy and awesome at using money kung-fu to get me a bunch back from taxes. We talked a little bit about my new business venture and he used a calculator to show me that I'm going to need to start filing quarterly. Yikes.

I'm not a fan of anything money-related. Well, money itself is nice, but the management and care of it reminds of the time in my life that I had a ferret. It smelled and never wanted to be in its cage and was always stealing things and hiding them in the walls. Just like money. Also it bit people and looked like a giant rat. Again, like money. So it's an associative thing.

Kitchen diaries

and holy shit.

They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To

Ladies and ladies: the one and only Telly Savalas. Staring a cadre of certainly drugged and threatened women, and seen through the eyes of a dying man (most likely beaten by Telly himself).

You get the feeling that you're watching hour 9 of a 37 hour-long event. Simply amazing.

Erykah Badu: How to be a Popstar in 2006

for serious!

BTW

My site for Frontwards Productions is live. Check it out.

Valentine's Day is around the corner...

This year, promiser her anything, but make sure you look good doing it. Click here to take in an amazing collection of outstanding hair. From a 1970s Ebony advert.

Phase Two

Hey all. It's been an interesting week. Last Friday was my official Last Day® at A&E as a freelance production assistant. It was celebrated with almost non-stop drinking from about 5:30pm till sometime around 2:30am (though this is, of course, hazy. I could easily have traveled back in time considering the amount of gin I drank.) It was wicked fun. Some peeps from work, some peeps from home, and Katy all helped me celebrate my emancipation from the daily routine of assured pay. So now I am officially a Freelance Producer™. My new production company Frontwards Productions is active and ready for work. I'm waiting for some forms to go through over at A&E allowing me to do freelance work for them, and I'm also pursuing some job leads at other networks. It's all very exciting/terrifying. The exciting thing was creating a logo and business cards and a website. The terrifying thing is not knowing how much work I'll be getting and how how often. But I remain confidant. Everyone at A&E is cheering me on, and lots of them have given me names and numbers of folks around town who may be looking for a freelance producer with my kind of skills (the ability to create amazing work/time-travel). When my site is live I'll let you all know. So stay tuned for new posts from the freelance world. I'll probably have more time to update this blog (though, honestly, hopefully not) so it should afford all of you a glimpse from an increasingly anxiety-filled mind. Enjoy.

We got it all on UHF

So I'm watching UHF, on Fox, like you do. There's a commercial break right after the scene where they air RJ Fletcher talking shit about how stupid everyone in town is, and what a great audience they make. Guess what's advertised? Enzyte (natural male enhancement, "there's never been a better time to try"), a psychic hotline (over 50,000 customers!) and American Idol. I shit you not. That's what you call targeted advertising.

Who wants a robot ride?

More proof that we'd better make friends with our robot overlords sooner rather than later.

Like this only hotter

Just approved last week, "the military calls its new weapon an "active denial system," but that's an understatement. It's a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they are about to catch fire.

Apart from causing that terrifying sensation, the technology is supposed to be harmless -- a non-lethal way to get enemies to drop their weapons." woah.

I thought I was a sex machine

Recently Japan's 71-year-old health official spoke in front of the Liberal Democratic Party over the weekend. He had this to say... "The number of women aged between 15 and 50 is fixed," he said. "Because the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all we can ask for is for them to do their best per head, although it may not be so appropriate to call them machines." hmm...maybe not...but if I am a baby machine is "the device" my boyfriend's wang?

oh to to!

ahh that dry Japanese wit.

...and practice makes perfect.

Even better than the real thing

If SynthCoke is all it takes to pull chicks like that, I'm giving up my uncut Nicaraguan Thunder!

(We also would have accepted "Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one?")

Wilford Brimley has Diabeetis.

The Great Marshall Fine

Everyone follow this link and check out Marshall Fine's Oscar's State of the Union on Huffington Post. Marshall is a film critic, author, filmmaker, mustachioed all-around great guy. Here he writes about how the Oscar nominations are reinforcing Hollywood's hatred of America. Damn you Hollywood!

Marshall's Bio:

Marshall Fine is film/TV critic for Star magazine.

Previously, he was a nationally syndicated film and TV critic and entertainment writer for Gannett News Service.

He is a member and three-time chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle.

His writing has appeared in USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News, Premiere, Cosmopolitan and Entertainment Weekly.

He conducted the Playboy Interview with both Howard Stern and Tim Robbins.

He is the author of three biographies, including “Bloody Sam: The Life and Films of Sam Peckinpah” (1991) and “Harvey Keitel: The Art of Darkness” (1998). His newest book is “Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film,” published by Miramax Books in January 2006.

His short film, “Flo Fox’s Dicthology,” was shown at the Woodstock Film Festival and the International Documentary Festival, Amsterdam, in 2002. He is at work on “Do You Sleep in the Nude?”, a feature-length documentary about film critic Rex Reed.

Yes! Rock!!

Cityrag has compiled a link list to the 20 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever according to Guitar World. Everything you would expect is there with Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page dominating the list. Spend some time to get back in touch with your inner guitar-wanking self. This is the stuff dreams are made of.

Public Transport Patterns

Bakerloo Line train. London Underground
Originally uploaded by ludd.

Subways and bus seats always seem so ugles until you look at their fabulous patterns all cropped and placed next to one another, as this flickr photoset proves. They're even better when you keep in mind that these patterns are all designed to camouflage all manner of bodily fluids so you'll naively continue to sit during your commutes. Some of the patterns look like they could conceal an entire hobo.

Bowie Meets Crosby

I'm sorry this is about a month late, but it was recently my birthday, and that means I can do anything I want.

The Artwork of Shery Boyle

Check out the amazing fantasies of Shery Boyle, a Canadian artist. Her porcelain works are my faves.

Presented Without Explanation

Cancer cure found in chicken's bottom

From the makers of Dolly - the adorable sheep cloned some 10 years ago - scientists have developed a new kind of chicken. A chicken that no man has known before. She comes with lasers shooting from her beak and drops eggs with anti-cancer capabilities. When asked for comment the scientists responded, "No problem, fag bag. You like it in the ass - you over glorified parking maid? You smell like rancid dysentery." Touche.

>> More on BBC's coverage of the story
>> More from the scientist themselves

See It Again...For the First Time

My Sopranos Game Tip #2 (the "Leaked" version) is now up on A&E's website (not the Insider, the open site). To watch it follow this link.

Playing god

this is superduper cool.

linerider

KBC Just Got Made

The Sopranos premiered on Wednesday night and so did my CSI:Miami image spot! From Cynopsis.com, a television industry newsletter:

The premiere episode of The Sopranos on A&E drew 4.27 million total viewers on Wednesday night, giving it bragging rights as the most viewed off-network premiere on basic cable, ever. The episode that immediately followed delivered 3.45 million viewers.

That means that 4 million people saw my spot! Wicked. I'll put a copy of it up here soon.

The Tip: episode 1

The first of seven weekly insider tips for The Sopranos A&E Connection Game. Starring John Grady as The Agent and Giovanni Olivera as The ... all » Player. Director of photography: Ed David. Edited by Steve Kammerer. Sound design by Mike Dillenberger. Written and directed by Kyle Barron-Cohen.

Dear Mr. President 2

Maybe you were thinking of secretly sending these guys? Cause that would be cool.

Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President:

First, congratulations on another fine holiday video of your dogs. It's truly a joy to see those rascals have fun. Second, I had a question about this whole "Surge" plan for Iraq. I know the 80s come back a few years ago was pretty big and it's only natural that the 90s would follow, but how does the answer to Mt. Dew become the answer to fixing violent clashes of sectarian violence in Iraq? Yes Surge was very refreshing - citrus-y - not heavy, but that's a pretty tall order for any soft drink. Although I'm sure it would be pretty thirst-quenching in the arid landscapes of much of the Middle East, I echo the thoughts of many generals and pentagon analysts - without a specific mission for Surge how can we truly evaluate its effectiveness? Taste tests?

Your Pal,
V

Retro Encabulator

This video was seen circulating the internet, author unknown. The Retro-Encabulator is a fictional device purportedly manufactured by "Rockwell Automation", according to the video. The video has become popular with engineers due to its humurous use of technobabble.

Move Over Dalai Lama!

Dommy138, the poster of this on YouTube, writes:

After Corey fucked himself up on tons of drugs (vicodin, valium, percodin, soma -which was the killer *see Corey Haim sucks in my videos) and was negatively plastered all over magazines he attempted to convince the public he was better by making this video. The purpose of the video was immediately defeated the minute they began taping Haim. Corey was obviously on drugs (probably his favorite combo 10 valium ten mg, 10 vicodin extra strength and 15 somas)and made a complete fool of himself, see for yourself!

Also be sure to see "Corey Haim Sucks" from the same user. Amazing.

Rob Corddry: "Fuck Ben Affleck."

You’ve all heard the parlance. To bomb is to die. To kill is to do well. I bombed and died.

Follow this link right now and read the hilarious and instructional story on Rob Corddry, famed ex-correspondent for the Daily Show, bombing at the GQ Awards. You can feel the awkwardness and almost lung-crushing lack of oxygen in the room as Rob loses on nearly every joke. It's almost like a fable, only the only thing that can really be learned is that Ben Affleck is a douchebag. But what child doesn't already know that?