If The World Were A Village of 100 People: Issue No. 14 - Food

This is the 14th poster out of the 20 posters I have shared with you over the past several months.

Every week I have been asking, "What if the world were a village of 100 people?"  And by using statistics based on the spread of the population in the world, Toby Ng Design created these posters as another way of looking at how our world is today. 
 
If you missed any of the previous issues, click here.

School Portrait

No matter what you do, you cannot tell the girl with the ginger hair to stop smiling.  Directed by Nick Scott and Produced by Michael Berliner, this cute short film will make you smile and laugh.

The film, titled, "School Portrait," features students coming in to have their school pictures taken.  Unbeknownst to them, the photographer will do what he can to keep them from smiling.  And he does this by having the kids say things like, "The banking crisis means I will never afford a home" or he tells a little girl, "there isn't a pet heaven".  Sounds cruel, I know, but it's actually quite funny.

OMG Hilarious! - Expected

I Quote That - Walk Away

Cello Wars: The Phantom Cellist

I'm sure none of you have ever seen something quite like this.  Those who have been in a high school band, college, or elsewhere would probably appreciate this video more.  I actually enjoyed it, it was pretty cool.

The guys behind the video never expected it would take them 70 days to put this together, but it did.  It took more than 7,000 frames, 72 audio tracks, 24 hours of filming through the night in front of a green screen, the most props and costumes they ever used, several broken bows and strings, and over 1,000 hours of editing and rendering -- they felt like they had taken on the entire EMPIRE! 

So without further ado, The Piano Guys and Steven Sharp Nelson present to you...

Cello Wars: The Phantom Cellist

 

Pets Love Christmas

Isn't This The Truth? The Many Levels of Drunkeness

OMG! Isn't this the truth?!? If I was given a nickle for every time I started crying, spoke in tongues, or did exotic dances, I'd be filthy rich by now.  Looking at this bottle, and it's many level of drunkeness, I'd say I've been here many of times, especially to the point where I'm saying, "I'm fine, I'm fine." LOL.

Sunday Funday: Dancing Video of the Day - Part III

Man, I'm on a roll with these Sunday Funday videos.  I've seen several pop-up on Facebook this week alone.  Here's one of my favorites. :-)

Let's me just say, hot, hot, and hot!  I could have easily posted this under Treasure Trail Fridays too!

Without further ado, here's your Sunday Funday hottie dancing to Nelly Furtado's, "Glow".

The Many Bodies of Christian Bale

Wow, it truly is amazing how a movie can make you do something as crazy as this.  Christian Bale went from 184 lbs in 2002 to 121 lbs in 2004.  Check out the losses and gains the star incurred over the past decade.

Image courtesy of Buzzfeed

OMG Hilarious! - Dog Died

Computer Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love

Can you find love online?  Yes, you can.  Look at Ryan and I.  We're at 6-1/2 years and counting. :-)

I posted this video on Facebook over a year or two ago.  Once again, it goes to show why I started blogging again.  I can't find things I posted on Facebook older than year or more.  Memories, kind words, loving comments, ridiculous shenanigans (all gone).  

Luckily, someone on Facebook posted this video online the other day, and I can store it on my blog forever.  It is absolutely adorable, never mind that the guy is hot.

Putting that aside, Jacob, the 21 year star in the video, became a YouTube sensation with over 500,000 hits within a matter of days. He uploaded the video you're about to see, as a love confession to his online friend, Anthony in sign language. It literally melted the hearts of millions within weeks!

Jacob and Anthony have been together since April, 2010, and are still madly in love. In a recent interview, they both confessed that neither is deaf or hard of hearing. Anthony says he is a fan of sign language, and wanted the opportunity to converse with the deaf. Jacob took notice of this, and took the time to learn as well, "For me, sign language is an art form. It is like teaching your hands to dance! From our very first date, Anthony and I started to learn sign language; we spent an entire evening together, discovering each other."

The beginning of the video was a completely private moment between them. Anthony remembers his reaction when he saw it for the first time: "Even if you do not know sign language, it is clear that every gesture has a sexual meaning. When I saw it, I was left speechless. He was so adorable, so personal, so beautiful ... "

Asked on why they decided to upload something so personal on the internet, they stated, "We see it as an expression of gay love, as many people try to connect gays with sex. The responses were amazing, but we do not think they were posted only because they see a delicious boy without a shirt using sign language. We think the reason it has become successful is because of the message. "

"The video means a lot to us, and has given many people the opportunity to see what real love between two boys consists of. We are glad we gave the world a chance to smile. "



and now, time for the video...

The song playing in the background is performed by Aaron & The Gays, and it's titled "Computer Sex".  Lyrics are after the jump...

Get More Out of Google

Hack College has come up with the following Infographic that I have posted on my blog on a permanent basis (located on the left sidebar).  It provides tips and tricks for students wishing to do online research.  

A recent study has found that 3 out of  students don't search Google efficiently, hell, I know people that could use help with Google.  One example, "Don't ask Google questions. Think about how an answer would be phrased, and search for that(ie, never search for 'What is the air speed velocity...')."

Yes, you have people who are Google masters, and know every Google trick in the book, but most of us don't, so this definitely does help.  Give it a try if you're doing a research paper, project, or just simply at home searching for useless information.  Enjoy.

Freaky, The Scary Snowman Returns

If you missed him last year, that's okay. Fear no more, Freaky, The Scary Snowman has returned for Season 2!  

Watch as Freaky scares a woman walking her dog, a woman jogging, and an old lady who Freaky  thought was going to have a heart attack. Freaky also scared a bunch of girls, with some great reactions and screams.

Text Me Your Naked Pic

LMAO!  Who hasn't come across someone who has asked them for a pic?  Not just any pic, but a naked pic?  Yeah, you see it on Grndr, instant messaging, Skype, from the person you met at a bar, or chat rooms (wait, do those still exist?).  But how many of you have actually sent it?  Maybe you should have taken it in this direction... LOL.

Poster of the Week - Issue No. 37 - Intimidation

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

It's Purely Animal - Issue No. 38 - Jerry Needs No Help

I absolutely loved watching this! See Jerry fetch his own ball.

The creator of this fabulous machine had this to say:

I built the ball machine because I thought my dog Jerry, might like it and that it would be something fun for me to build. So after two years of on and off work, with many safety features such as IR proximity sensors to protect Jerry and my son from the machine, I finally complete.

Far from being a replacement for me, I was always right there with him enjoying his fun. And with all the troubles that I went through to build the ball machine, I still end up throwing more balls than that the machine could count! According to the computer, he played with the machine by himself only 3 times in his life.

I recently put this video on YouTube to keep alive my earlier memories of him and (hopefully) provide some "humorous distractions" for anyone that might drop by.

Please enjoy the video.

Oh Steven, Oh Steven

Vampire Diarie's most gorgeous guy, Steven R McQueen takes his dog for a run, and he looks absolutely fine doing it.

 

 

Red Ribbon Runway Auction

The National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) and the dancing queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race will be auctioning off the red ribbon-inspired gowns they wore in a public service announcement back in July.  It started on December 1st, but Logo TV, along with eBay, will be auctioning off these dresses until December 11. 

The PSA featured Carmen Carerra, Alexis Mateo, Delta Work, Shangela Laquifa Wadley and Manila Luzon.  Unfortunately I couldn't find Delta's gown, but I'm sure it was just as fabulous!

You can catch the PSA after the jump.

Crimes of the Century - No. 2 - Stealing The Mona Lisa

STEALING THE MONA LISA, 1911

As I continue my series, "Crimes of the Century," it boggles my mind that people would go above and beyond to steal precious art.  But it happened to the Mona Lisa in 1911.

In the coming weeks, as you read through the 25 crimes Time Magazine has selected, you will wonder which of them will remain in the popular, perhaps even the artistic imagination in the years to come? How will they be retold and with what kinds of lessons and cautions in mind? Here's the second issue, the second crime on Time's infamous list.  How do you think they will fare?  Visit my blog every Saturday as a new crime will be posted each week.

 

She had been the chattel of French monarchs. Francois I bought her. Louis XIV set her up in Versailles. Napoleon moved her into his bedroom. She was Italian, created by Leonardo da Vinci over four years' labor in Florence, but France was her home and there she stayed for four centuries. Then on Aug. 20, 1911, the space she occupied on the walls of the Louvre was discovered bare. The theft shook France: the country's borders were closed, administrators at the museum were dismissed, enemies of traditional art were suspected of evil intentions. (The avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire was arrested as a suspect; he implicated Pablo Picasso. Both were eventually dropped as possible culprits). As the months went by, the fears grew that the Mona Lisa had been destroyed. Then the Louvre received word from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The Italian officials said they had arrested a man named Vincenzo Perugia, who had brought the Mona Lisa to a local antiques dealer in order to sell it and restore it to Italy. (Perugia, who had single-handedly stolen the masterpiece, may or may not have been part of a plot to inflate the prices of forged Mona Lisas; he had lost contact with his co-conspirators and decided to sell the original wood panel painting himself.) On Jan. 4, 1914, the painting was returned to the Louvre. Hailed as a patriot in Italy, Perugia, while found guilty, served only a few months in jail. Patriotism is also a refuge for art thieves.

OMG Hilarious! - Blow-up

The Flowers of Evil [NSFW and not suitable for Children]

So how do you introduce your latest fashion designs?  Oh, I don't know, make a short film that will scare the crap out of you? LOL.  

Agent Provocateur, billed as the sexiest website in the world, released their latest luxury lingerie in early November and used director Justin Anderson to do it.  The short film titled, "Les Fleurs du Mal" was produced by Epoch Films, and I'd have to say its pretty darn creepy.

The short film is not safe for work and not appropriate for minors.

Isn't This The Truth? Drunk At Your Holiday Office Party

Yes, oh yes!  I guess it all depends if you're hanging around some cool people or not so cool people.  Oh, and for those who don't know what the slang "cog in the machine" stands for, it just means the unimportant people at your job.  You know, the majority of us.

Post Secret Fridays - Issue 084

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.

 

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 Want to see older Post Secret Friday issues? Go here.

 

An 8th Grader's Public Service Announcement

We have truly come a long way.  This would never have happened when I was in Junior High.  Are you kidding me?  My ass would have been beaten black and blue.

Eighth-grader Playahata646 and his little brother filmed this Public Service Announcement “Don’t Say Gay” for a school assignment.  This also would have been excellent post for my series, "The Joys of Being a Parent".  Kudos to you kid!

He says this on his YouTube page:

In 8th grade we had a PSA project. ( Public Service Announcement) Don't Say Gay. I chose a funny way to present it. Subscribe! And thanks to my little brother for being the star!

OMG Hilarious! - Family Problems

Death To Pennies

They cost more to make than they're worth, they waste people's time, they don't work as money, and because of inflation they're less valuable every year, making all the other problems worse.

U.S. Military bases around the world have already abolished the penny by rounding to the nearest dollar.  So why keep them?

From the same guy, CGPGrey who brought you Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever and Daylight Saving Time Explained, comes this great, informative video on why pennies should be abolished.  Check it out, it's pretty damn cool, and I agree with him.

Which Companies Are "For" and "Against" Merry Christmas?

Does it really matter?  I mean, are you going to stop shopping at Victoria's Secret, or any of the Gap stores, which are Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Office Depot, or Staples, just because they are against saying, "Merry Christmas"

So let's see... you have those who are for Merry Christmas, those who are marginal, and those who are against it.  Which companies will you be shopping at this year?

A Cyclist's Legs

Cyclists have gorgeous thighs, calves and great asses, because each of these muscles fire through the pedal stroke.