Loving One Another - Issue No. 011

There's nothing - like proving to your significant other how much you love them, than with a fun time in the shower.

Love One Another
Especially if it's this sensual.

Cyanide and Happiness: A Reaction

I Quote That - Stolen Shots

Must Watch: A Day Made of Glass 2: Unpacked

I just finished watching this video and was so mesmerized by it I watched all 11 minutes of it.  And to think we should have been buying Corning shares while everyone was making fun of their dishware.

My mother used to have their glass cookware, and while it wasn't as great as steel or aluminum, Corning changed our future in more ways than you could possibly ever know.  I am truly envious of the future our children and grandchildren will have. 

Watch and share "A Day Made of Glass 2: Unpacked," to see how Corning's highly engineered glass, with companion technologies, will help shape our world. Take a journey with our narrator for details on these technologies, answers to your questions, and to learn about what's possible -- and what's not -- in the near future.

You can watch A Day Made of Glass here.

Create Art Using Your Old Cassette Tapes

 

Being that I'm a huge fan of anything artistic in nature, I had to share these awesome images from artist, Erika Iris Simmons. She used old cassette tapes and created art by using the tape running inside these little boxes of music.  From Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, and Bob Marley to Blondie, The Beatles, and John Lennon - they are all pretty darn cool.  She even created art using old film reels and video cassette tapes - you can check those out on her Flickr page.

Source: Erika is a self-taught artist currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia. In her incredible series titled Ghost in the Machine, Erika uses film from recycled cassette tapes and old film reels to create fantastic portraits of iconic artists and musicians. Below is a small sample of this wonderful series. You can find the complete gallery on iri5′s Flickr page.

It's Purely Animal - Issue No. 48 - Monkey is Threatened

So this is pretty interesting. A man was warned by a zoo worker at a Memphis Zoo that a monkey will feel his alpha-male status threatened if any tall men were to walk into the area. When he's told to turn his back to the monkey, the monkey takes advantage of his unaware state.  Just watch.

YouTube: This is at the cafe inside the Memphis Zoo. The manager of the cafe told me that the alpha male monkey noticed me the second I walked in the door and started going crazy, because, as the alpha male, he feels threatened by tall males. So she told me to go stand by the window and turn my back on him and that he would "attack" me...

Isn't This The Truth? School vs. College

Be prepared, because this is oh... so true! LOL.

Poster of the Week - Issue No. 46 - Meetings

Continuing alphabetically, I bring you this week's poster, "Meetings".

Just Sayn'

Cyanide and Happiness: Burritos

Entire Houston Area High School Lip Dubs to "Wavin' Flag" by K'naan

If you want something to make you smile, something to make you proud we live in this great country, or something just to make your day.  WATCH. THIS. VIDEO.

 

With all the craziness in the world, it's amazing how a video with over 1,800 High School students can make your day feel so much better.  Maybe it's because we were all high school students once, or maybe it's because we had or have teenagers who are in school, I don't know.  Maybe it's a combination of all those things.  Regardless, the entire student body of Stratford High School in Houston, Texas, created this video of them lip dubbing to K'naan's song, "Wavin' Flag" and it was absolutely fantastic! Absolutely, absolutely wonderful!

How People Really See The Four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Here's How The Majority Of People See The Four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Here's How We Look At Them...

LOL.  Thought you might like that!

Must Watch: The San Francisco Police Department Wants To Let You Know "It Gets Better"

This morning I watched an emotional video by the San Francisco Police Department that would make anyone who has ever been bullied cry, and anyone who has ever been made fun of, proud.  It really hit me hard, especially around the time this officer (pictured right), said "I will help you... and I will protect you... and I will listen."

These videos are like books, you get so ingrained with the characters in the story, you start to feel their pain, and before you know it, it feels like you're a part of their lives. Only difference is, these are not characters, they're real life police officers who were bullied themselves.  And they're here to tell you, "It Gets Better."

Please watch this.  Trust me you will not be disappointed.

The Ever So Dashing Nicholas Jonas

I tell you, this young man is absolutely handsome - pro gay-rights, pro-diabetes awareness, pro-muscle conscience, and pro-Broadway.  When Nick Jonas decided to go solo I remember telling Ryan he was the hottest of the Jonas Brothers, and was going places - it turns out I was right.  He also reminds me so much of John F. Kennedy Jr.

The youngest of the Jonai posed up a storm on the red carpet of the 2012 Drama League Benefit Gala at the Pierre hotel in New York City. The night, entitled “A Musical Celebration of Broadway Honoring Tony and Emmy Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth,” featured a performance by Nick of “A House Is Not a Home” from Promises, Promises. He later tweeted: “Congratulations @KChenoweth you are a ray of light. I was so honored to be there tonight at the drama league.” - James St. James

The Annoying College Roommate

Everyone's been there - I know I have.  You get stuck with the most annoying roommate or suite mate ever!  But the ones you really despise are the ones who keep you up all night, or better yet, they keep you up after a night of binge-drinking with your frat buddies. If I roomed with you in college - I'm sorry, but you really pissed me off dammit!  Watch the video, and you'll know why I don't feel bad for the guy in the top bunk. LOL.

Quoted - President John F. Kennedy on Being a Liberal

Cyanide and Happiness: I Have Been Wanting To Do This In IKEA - SO BAD

Valentine's Day Heroes - The Frat Boys at UBC

This was just a cute video I wanted to share.  It's the frat boys at the University of British Columbia serenading the girls on Valentine's Day early this week.

They Screwed With Our Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies. What's Next?

THE VAMPIRES

THE WEREWOLVES

THE ZOMBIES

RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN MUMMIES!!!!

Crimes of the Century - No. 11 - The Patty Hearst Kidnapping

THE PATTY HEARST KIDNAPPING, 1974

The kidnapping of Patty Hearst in the 1970s is pretty much the equivalent of someone today kidnapping Rupert Murdoch, Brian Williams or Donald Trump's daughter for ransom.  So you can pretty much imagine how big of a story this was back then. - Peter aka Blade7184

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Her family is a storied one, albeit the kind of stories that involved yellow journalism, character assassination, political manipulation and gossip mongering. Who knew that Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, the inspiration for Orson Well's biting film Citizen Kane, would herself become the central character of one of the biggest news stories of the turbulent 1970s? It was shocking enough on Feb. 4, 1974 when the 19-year-old heiress was kidnapped by a ratty band of Bay Area urban revolutionaries, the Symbionese National Liberation Army, who demanded as ransom that her father feed all the hungry in California. But then, just over two months later, she was seen on camera assisting them in a bank robbery. Soon enough, the kidnap victim had an arrest warrant of her own. 

It would be nearly a year and a half before she was captured. Despite the defense's strategy of brainwashing, her two-month trial in 1976 led to a seven-year sentence. It was later commuted by then-President Jimmy Carter and she served only 22 months. President Bill Clinton granted her a full pardon on the day he left office. Nowadays, Hearst is a socialite, not a guerrilla, though she appears in a number of director John Waters' subversive, sly and crude comedies.

TIME Magazine posted this article online several years ago, along with a list of 24 additional notorious crimes that I have been posting and will continue to post every Saturday on my blog.  Hope you enjoy.

Go back and read the previous 10 crimes here.