A superstar schooled
on Nov 15, 2009 in video adrian peterson detroit tyson football leon lett sports video defense minnesota larry holmes peterson amazing sports buchanon lions nfl philip buchanon fumble vikings Adrian Peterson is a brilliant young athlete, a legend in the making and a joy to watch. He's smart, powerful, fast and a student of the game. Combine that with a wise and wily QB like Brett Favre and you have a core of greatness that will bring your...

It hurts a bit, but I can walk
on Nov 13, 2009 in house of the dead voiceovers shining force arctic blast dana gould voice acting playstation neo ps2 funny audio resident evil dexter grandia pollo loco videogames "Oh no, something's coming! Oh no, he's going to explode!" a saucy lass exclaims."Now bear my arctic blast!" cheerily intones a lispy voice.Enjoy this round-up of truly awful videogame voice acting, rife with cheesy accents, stilted enunciation and h...

Consider me transformed
on Oct 30, 2009 in costume clever transformers green army man awesome Halloween cool video neat I used to think that this was the coolest Halloween costume ever. Not anymore! Watch this all the way through.

Horrors!
on Oct 28, 2009 in scholars mike sheehan Nota Bene rogues raven sandr poem Halloween MAS poetry poe horror I'd like to steer you all to a weekly feature I write at my group blog, Scholars and Rogues. Here's a Poe-like poem I wrote to introduce this week's Halloween-themed post.Once upon a midnight dreary, as you quaffed drinks brown and beery,Came a tappi...

Auto-Tuntuntuntuntune the News
on Oct 16, 2009 in bolverk couric humor hugo chavez comedy auto-tune the news music video olbermann gregory brothers junkie einstein reinfeldt funny video Obama schieffer satire grayson Who knew that fearless Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), who has steamrolled the GOP's paper tigers, sent potential opponents scurrying, and once made Matt Taibbi almost pee his pants, had such a sweet singing voice? And Hector Chávez plays a mean flamenco...

Strange wonders of old ads
on Oct 14, 2009 in 1950s ads advertising graphic design snark gay homoerotica sick hilarious innuendo 1940s twisted plan59 weird subversive nick cargo mr. cargo suggestive strange pickle These sick, twisted, subversive, suggestive, hilarious gems of mid-20th century advertising and graphic design were plucked from the treasure trove at Plan59.com. I suggest you go there just as soon as you're done reading my smart-ass comments below...

Buzzkill
on Oct 11, 2009 in flies photography insects fly weird odd whimsy magnus muhr strange Dead fly art by Magnus Muhr.

Flickrpick: Ebon Edo
on Sep 18, 2009 in takaosan photography takao buddha edo kiri-fuda temple flickrpick hachioji alan d. newton flickr tokyo ebony photos japan A man standing before a depiction of Buddha at the Takaosan Yakuoin Yukiji Temple on Mount Takao in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Alan D. Newton.

Twitload for 18 September 2009
on Sep 18, 2009 in tweets twitload larisa marsalis borowitz matlin twitter atrios fry willis brazile lileks posehn duss kutcher coulton dashiell foxx cortes lazzaro Seen recently at Twitter:"During the Rapture, can I trade for a ticket to Valhalla? It just sounds cooler." - Chris Dashiell"You will not read a more dazzling book this year than David Eagleman's "Sum". If you read it and aren't enchanted I will eat...

Twitload for 11 September 2009
on Sep 11, 2009 in tweets devito twitload anthrax yankovic patriotboy rocca twitter allahpundit cargo mcfarlane tapper lileks simmons savage dashiell nezua greenwald hynd lazzaro Seen recently at Twitter:"Just got home from dinner I ate like I was going to the chair" - Danny DeVito"It took Ayn Rand 1000s of pages to flesh out a new core philosophy of 'Screw You All'. That's not smart, that's just wasting paper." - Michael Laz...