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My friend Bruce Sherwood recommended this and I think you’ll find it worth watching. It runs only 15 minutes: Here’s a transcript. by … Continue reading
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One more from the Just for Laughs YouTube channel: by … Continue reading
The “Buffett Rule” refers to an idea attributed to investor Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in America, that the rich shouldn’t pay a lower tax rate than the middle class. People who think the rich are being cruelly … Continue reading
Thanks to my brother Tom for pointing this out. The folks at Bad Lip Reading have done a number of videos like this, and another team calling itself Day Job Orchestra has done quite a few more (the latter often … Continue reading
Another Candid Camera-type gag from the Just for Laughs channel on YouTube: by … Continue reading
This is really remarkable. Scientists at UC Berkeley used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan the brains of members of their own team while the subjects watched movie trailers, after which the scans were run through computer analysis to … Continue reading
This is a Candid Camera-style prank from the YouTube channel Just for Laughs: by … Continue reading
It’s become fairly popular to give professional and amateur artists the same basic object (or perhaps a small selection of similar ones) and invite them to transform whatever it is into a work of art. In Cincinnati this was done … Continue reading
Listen to at least the first 30 seconds or so of this theremin and piano duet. If you’re not familiar with the theremin, it’s an electronic instrument played by placing a hand near each of its two antennas, one of … Continue reading
A male lyrebird in the Adelaide (South Australia) zoo has learned to mimic the noises of nearby construction work — hammering, sawing, drilling, etc. — mixed in with what sounds like Tarzan movie sound effects. Incidentally, while calling this sound … Continue reading