More than ten years ago Thomas Frank wrote a book called What’s the Matter with Kansas? (later made into a documentary film) that pondered how so many working people have been persuaded to vote against their own self-interest. The same … Continue reading
Here’s a 30-second video clip captured in March in the Czech Republic. Presumably this started with the boy taking the St Bernard dog for a walk, but admittedly that’s not quite what the video shows. Link: https://youtu.be/jBKkuYYzu70 (Updated to new … Continue reading
Here’s yet another John Green clip I found entertaining (though I’m old fashioned enough that it annoys me that he says “lay” when he means “lie”), this time revealing some interesting facts about that under-appreciated noble animal, the pig. Link: … Continue reading
Back in 2014, the University of Maryland’s Memorial Chapel played the following from its bell tower on the first day of April, sometimes known as April Fool’s Day: Link: https://youtu.be/tmehbkhPWGs by … Continue reading
This is one of the longest videos I’ve ever posted or linked to here (it runs a bit over 33 minutes), but I think it’s worth watching. John Oliver talks and jokes about the Patriot Act (sometimes beating the jokes … Continue reading
Texas filmmaker Ryan Connolly has released another entertaining short, this one called “U.F.Oh Yeah.” It runs a bit over five minutes and is well worth your time: Link: http://youtu.be/qQB2wtKQkvM The star is Ryan’s younger brother Josh, who is in real … Continue reading
If you haven’t already seen this, below a math teacher named Matthew Weathers pranks his students on April 1 with a clever bit of mixed live action and video. Link: http://youtu.be/P2SsIYEbCio by … Continue reading
The following caution from the packaging for a flying Batman toy is among the most poetically cryptic I’ve ever read. It’s not often that instructions include the word “prythee” or the expression “till the cowcomes home.” Someone named Sandy Moritz … Continue reading
Two items from FailBlog. The first is probably a doctored photo but still amusing. The second reminds me of when I worked in local television production. by … Continue reading
Two-minute example of bad decision making: Link: https://youtu.be/rg80-vhEH6g by … Continue reading