Recently in Junk Category

I've sent this out to a few people already, but for my own memory's sake wanted to put it somewhere I won't forget:

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562

I've had already nightmares inspired by this video, if you're at all acrophobic it's quite a thrill-ride. Enjoy the sweaty palms!

This was too funny not to post. Thanks to Lisa for sending it along, and kudos to the unknown author who has a good sense of humor (and no Mark, this does not qualify as a 'KFC Moment'!)

Thinking of having kids? Please complete this 11-step program first!
        
Lesson #1

1. Go to the grocery store.
2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to the grocery store's head office.
3. Go home.
4. Pick up the paper.
5. Read it for the last time. Ever.

Lesson #2
Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who are parents already and berate them about their:

1. methods of discipline.
2. lack of patience.
3. appallingly low tolerance levels.
4. allowing their children to run wild.
5. suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners and overall behavior.

Then enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.

I loves the Bigfoot stories... compliments of the Bradford Era, and some guy who setup a tree camera to take pictures of deer.

What Is It?
What About Bigfoot?
BFRO

PS3 vs. Wii
A spoof on the Mac vs. PC ads.

GTA Coke
Pretty neat play on expectations with the GTA franchise.

Got a new Flash animation link that reminded me of some classics so I thought I'd make a post.

Animator vs. Animation
Flash animation reminiscent of the old Bugs Bunny (artist) vs. Daffy (victim) skit.

XiaoXiao No.3
A popular Flash animation from a while back, some pretty impressive stick-figure fighting. Violence.

Pavement Illusions
Julian Beever's pavement drawings are pretty amazing.

A few months ago, a friend IM'd me a link to the Top 100 Facts for Chuck Norris, which anyone living with me can attest I got a huge kick out of. Probably more than than the content deserved, but it's pretty funny.

The intensity of my reaction, I think, was due in part to a nostalgia for the days when I was "wired" into this sort of thing on a regular basis. Working in an office full of geeks, all connected via instant messenger and email to hundreds of other geeks, you don't have to wait for Newsweek to do a story on All Your Base or to feel connected. You're getting it right up front, way before it makes the "viral video" segment of some website.

It's why people pay for HBO rather than just wait to rent The Sopranos on dvd: you want to be part of the big pop-culture water-cooler conversation, to be able to relate when someone mentions something from the latest episode. Getting the Chuck Norris FAQ months behind everyone else somehow reduces the hilarity of it, I guess because you're laughing on a delay, by yourself rather than with the LAN.

Brandie & I were relating this nostalgia to our friend Anthony on his recent visit, and he offered to pass along a boiled-down, "best of" version of all the stuff that he gets over the wire. Here are some of them, for your (and my continued) enjoyment. Thanks Anthony!

I've also made a new category to file future posts under, named 'Junk'. For these below you need to sign up for a YouTube account, but don't let that stand in the way of some good laughter!

Evolution of Dance
A very abbreviated look at American dance from the 50s to today.

Death Star
A Claymation Palpatine receives news that the Death Star has been blown up.

10 Things I Hate About Commandments
A revisionist trailer for The Ten Commandments.