Black Eyed Peas – Chicago All Dance

by | March 5, 2011 | Videos | 0 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX6oSs7FHs0 I thought this was cool. The big O seemed to be surprised....How did they do that?
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World War II: Color Photos From Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939 – 1940 | Time.com

by | July 27, 2019 | Photos | 0 Comments

Haunting color photographs made by Adolf Hitler's personal photographer, Hugo Jaeger, in the ghettos of Warsaw and the smaller Polish city of Kutno in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1939 and 1940. Source: World War II: Color Photos From Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939 - 1940 |...
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Dead Space 2 – Hardcore – Pulse Rifle Only

by | March 6, 2011 | Videos | 0 Comments

YouTuber moonable does an awesome job with this speed run through Deep Space 2 on hardcore mode, where he uses almost exclusively the pulse rifle and HARDLY EVER uses stasis. Very cool. Inspired me to get the game. During my first play through on casual, I was running...
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“Imagine” cover by Pentatonix

by | May 7, 2017 | Videos | 0 Comments

I found a lot to love about this Pentatonix cover of John Lennon's Imagine.
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xkcd’s advice on creating memorable passwords

by | May 3, 2017 | Words | 0 Comments

xkcd comic offers some helpful advice on creating memorable but still difficult to hack/guess passwords.   "Through 20 years of effort, we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess."...
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The Greatest Tragedy of Mankind ~ According to Arthur C. Clarke

by | March 5, 2011 | Photos | 0 Comments

The greatest tragedy of mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. ~ Arthur C. Clarke Notable Deaths of 2008 - The New York Times > U.S. > Slide Show > Slide 13 of 22.
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Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz commits suicide

by | January 12, 2013 | Videos, Words | 0 Comments

Cory Doctorow wrote a very touching blog post on BoingBoing in response to the suicide of his friend Aaron Swartz. Such a loss. Doctorow ends his piece with this: I'm so sorry for Aaron, and sorry about Aaron. My sincere condolences to his parents, whom I never met,...
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Komen Foundation Ends/Restarts Planned Parenthood Funding for Breast Cancer Screenings

by | February 1, 2012 | Words | 0 Comments

After facing pressure from anti-women's health political organizations, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has announced that it is ending future funding for lifesaving breast cancer screenings and breast health education at Planned Parenthood health centers....
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Donuts ~ Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography

Claiming that someone else’s marriage is against your religion is like…

by | February 28, 2012 | Words | 0 Comments

Brilliant quote from the twitterverse... Claiming that someone else's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet. Twitter / @DavidRobert: Claiming that someone else ....
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Renegades ~ by X Ambassadors ~ Jeep Commercial

by | April 28, 2015 | Videos | 0 Comments

Yet again, my music taste is expanded by music used in a commercial. As Apple did for Feist's "1,2,3,4", Jeep does for the X Ambassadors' "Renegades." I simply can't get the melody out of my head, nor the message out of my soul. We all need to be Renegades at some...
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Florence Pugh Eats 11 English Dishes

by | Feb 9, 2020 |

Florence Pugh's modern, almost boyish mannerisms create a fun contrast to her Victorian (?) attire in this video where she eats  "a bunch of British food." Done for Vogue, this nicely produced video of a very witty Florence Pugh (pronounced "pew") was surprisingly...

Invictus ~ William Ernest Henley,

by | Sep 11, 2019 |

I don't recall ever being so struck to the core by a poem... Invictus ~ William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not...

The Traveling Wilburys – End Of The Line – Lyrics

by | Jul 20, 2019 |

  The Traveling Wilburys Lyrics "End Of The Line" Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze Well it's all right, if you live the life you please Well it's all right, doing the best you can Well it's all right, as long as you lend a handYou can sit around...