Spring is in the air, Easter is just around the corner and the daffodils have started blooming in the yard. Aside from loving to use my vintage um-buh-rella on rainy days, my favorite thing about this time of year has to be the Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest!
The first year “Reservoir Peeps” won my heart. [...]
In these troubled economic times, there’s only one thing on people’s minds. Gold, and how to get some. Fortunately for some, there is a Leprechaun on the loose in Mobile, AL, but so far there are no reports of gold.
Posted on February 25, 2009, 11:49 PM, by Ben Swift, under
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click to read it better, if needed I guess.
Posted on February 25, 2009, 9:26 AM, by Ben Swift, under
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On a recent Saturday afternoon I posted a quick Twitter about the music I was listening to, which happened to be one of my favorite “local” bands: Bloodcow. I have my tweets set up to sync to my Facebook status. A few minutes later, I got a Facebook message from a talented Minneapolis artist D.Witt [...]
Extreme ball bouncing:
Chad (Vader) After Dentist
Travis Pastrana backflip on a Big-wheel
that is all. I know there is more good news out there to post. somewhere.
Posted on February 6, 2009, 9:58 AM, by Ben Swift, under
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MOVIE & FILM,
MUSIC,
RANDOM,
YOUTUBE.
I haven’t had a lot of time to put together any posts this week, so here is a quick post with 7 things in it:
The Ex-Masurbators!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/0 … 63937.html
from SCS forums
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Chunklet posted a recording of David Lee Roth’s isolated vocal track for the song Running with the Devil. It has to be heard to be appreciated. [...]
The Website Is Down: Sales Guy vs. Web Dude - from http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/
this is an instant classic for internet nerds and tech geek slackers. And probably for anyone who organizes their desktop in such a way that they might never be able to find their files again. You can’t “sort by penis” by the way.
This is a Cadbury’s chocolates commercial in the UK. Sometimes I wonder about the intense boredom and desperation that must lead to things like this getting made. It’s wonderful.
I wish I would have done this first. I do have the eyebrow motion skillz needed.
I can also wiggle my nose and ears. Does that make me [...]
The first is an amazing new product roll out courtesy of the Onion.
The original post is here: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary
The second is the Mactini from The Peter Serafinowicz Show on the BBC.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peter_Serafinowicz_Show