Enthusiasm Beyond Reason

Linked below is a feat that is American down to its core.

Dedication to a seemingly impossible task; refusal to accept defeat; willingness to experience utter humiliation in pursuit of a dream.

Oh – and it's totally, completely pointless. Ridiculous, in fact. Done only because maybe it can be. Not for any benefit to mankind or personal gain. The mountain is climbed because it is there.

O beautiful, for spacious skies...

East vs West

I've got as good a geographical sense as the next guy, but Randall Munroe over at xkcd has a damn good point.

It goes to show, sometimes obvious reasons aren't so obvious from another point of view. Just like Obi-Wan Kenobi told us 25 years ago.

Not Quite Eminem

Because nothing brings the funny like ironically repurposing something hip and urban, and using it as a context for a geek-chic in-joke, check out the Battle of the search engines.

My favorite part of the whole affair may be the still images used as profiles on either side of the video. Why Yahoo! ends up as a cowboy, I can't say, but that's one hell of a funny pose. Ditto Google hanging out on a Segway.

See here for more in the same vein, id you need it.

Snuck Past The Censors

Over the years, Bart Simpson has made plenty of crank calls to Moe's Tavern.

But he's never come up with something this perfect, and his have never made it on the news.

Huzzah!

Anti-Helium

Be warned: the following video will make you want to try something really, really almost immediately.

The MythBusters deomonstrate what happenes when you inhale sulfur hexaflouride.

Pretty please can I do this? Please?

GOB Would Be Proud

This one goes out to that Segway-riding Bluth brother, as well as AHB.

Watch some Syracuse boys bring out the funny with some "classic" eighties rock.

Sweetest air-synth ever. And isn't the guitarist cheating?

Politics: The Lighter Side

Here are a couple of attempts by one Hutson Hayward to lighten the eff up regarding the current US presidential election.

• This is a little snarky, but this is pure genius (the secret is reading it in Samuel L. Jackson's voice).


• Sarah Palin has a blog! Just Like Steve Jobs!


• Will has been keeping up a fantastic series of faux-slogans over on his blog, a few of which I've helped with; you can see the whole run (and future updates) here.

It may not be much, but it's a start.

Ha ha ha.

An Alternate Campaign

This one goes out for Brett and Will: now this is change I can believe in!

Phallic Slide

Follow the link for some truly bad creative decision making.

I mean, really?

Helium & Sulfur Hexafluoride

Quite possibly, the coolest thing ever.

EVER.

Check it out!!

"Tell It To Me In Star Wars"

Brilliant explanation of the Uncanny Valley.

Here's Wikipedia with a little more.

Huzzah!

So, as of tonight, Dan is done with the bar, while Kevin and Sarah wrapped up yesterday. With a little luck (and a lot of hard work), they have passed muster and become lawyers – now just waiting for official confirmation. And an additional shout-out to John, who recently smoked the GMAT, and has every reason to be proud himself.

In celebration, a brief audio grab, from a... ah, trusted authority:



I raise my glass and toast to the former, my friends. Well done!

(Say friend, you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?)

Saturday Laugh

Because everyone else seems to be e-mailing or posting this, I guess it's time to join the fray and throw up a link to Manbabies.com.

Who knew swapping heads between father and son in Photoshop could be so funny?

The Popular page gives an easy way to peruse the crème de la crème, but I've got to give special notice to May 17, which looks like something out of a Terry Gilliam movie.

Tonight We Dine In Hell

Courtesy of David H, here's something good for a quick laugh... Andrew Jackson has never been fiercer!

Boss Fight: The Return

Remember "Boss Fight," Jamie's Video-Game-Score Opus?

A friend of his did a remix, and it's totally worth checking out.

I still prefer the original, in all of its 8-bit glory, but this cracked me up.

Good For A Laugh: April 3, 2008

Fuckingrad over at Muxtape.

Because having "The Final Countdown" unexpectedly pop on while you're getting dressed in the next room is hilarious.

Special shout-out for the simple CSS and excellent use of Helvetica.

Re: Coins

From E.B. via iChat:

coins am stupid. Why sombody would need coines if they were a smart. dumb coin is for dumb londons.

check out these coins http://tinyurl.com/2lrx46

That's right, he Rickrolled me.

Lesson of the day: beware the TinyURL!

Not April Fools

Kevin sent me another gem today; the first paragraph is a shining example of comedy writing:

A New Zealand man who claimed he was raped by a wombat and that the experience left him speaking with an Australian accent has been found guilty of wasting police time.

As Josh put it, "I don't even know where to start with that."

The date on the byline is March 29.

A Different Kind of Change

Kevin sent this in on Friday, and I almost spit water all over my workstation:

"I'll be honest, when that black guy said he would 'stop at nothing' to get change, it kind of scared me," local mechanic Phil Nighbert said. "Just leave me alone."

Funniest thing I've seen all week.

Heyyyyyyyyyy...

Looking at the newest Jake and Amir video, it looks like Jake might have gone to Wesleyan. His Tumblr bio says he grew up in Connecticut...

Or not, as his College Humor bio says he went to Hunter College.

Well, at least he has good taste in shirts.