Jimmy Kimmel last night noted National Teachers Day was this week.
He was kind enough to provide us with this blunt little message from your little darlings' teachers.
I'm sure some people will be horrified, but I bet others will be nodding their heads in agreeement through the laughter. Watch:
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Mouse is Smarter Than You
You might have heard of the show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader," but are you also smarter and more agile than a mouse?
Maybe not, if you watch the video in this post. Yes, the video is maybe four years old, but I just discovered it, sue me.
The agile mice have their own Facebook page, with several other videos featured. I guess some of the mice can even play basketball. Cool!
Maybe not, if you watch the video in this post. Yes, the video is maybe four years old, but I just discovered it, sue me.
The agile mice have their own Facebook page, with several other videos featured. I guess some of the mice can even play basketball. Cool!
Attach a Train Horn to Your Bicycle!
You're riding your bike down the street or bike path, and your little, ring, ring, bell just doesn't cut through the fog of cell phone chatterers, clueless strollers, oblivious motorists and the just plain rude
Well, there's a solution for you now. Found on Wired via BoingBoing, we've found the Hornster! The bike has an attached horn, and a scuba tank filled with compressed air on the bike. When you need people to get out of the way, just blast the horn! It's no different and no quieter than a train horn. Really!
It blasts away at 178 decibels. Hearing loss starts at 140 decibels. I said decibels. No, DECIBELS!!! Get your hearing checked for crissake!
The whole shebang sells for the low, low price of $8,000.
Watch the video for proof, then try it! Buy it! Operators are standing by!
Well, there's a solution for you now. Found on Wired via BoingBoing, we've found the Hornster! The bike has an attached horn, and a scuba tank filled with compressed air on the bike. When you need people to get out of the way, just blast the horn! It's no different and no quieter than a train horn. Really!
It blasts away at 178 decibels. Hearing loss starts at 140 decibels. I said decibels. No, DECIBELS!!! Get your hearing checked for crissake!
The whole shebang sells for the low, low price of $8,000.
Watch the video for proof, then try it! Buy it! Operators are standing by!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Best, Funniest, Strangest Dubstep
YouTube is now stuffed with great, good and bad dubstep dance performers, some of whom can really move their bodies in seemingly impossible ways.
Some of them are too cool for us. They just give that menacing glare, and turn their dancing into a cliche.
However, I found on Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish blog, a perfect dubstep video of two brothers, Johnnathan and Joshua Gerard. The pair show a sense of humor, and a willingness to be a little strange and weird. That's what makes the video, below, so fun to watch. Enjoy!
Some of them are too cool for us. They just give that menacing glare, and turn their dancing into a cliche.
However, I found on Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish blog, a perfect dubstep video of two brothers, Johnnathan and Joshua Gerard. The pair show a sense of humor, and a willingness to be a little strange and weird. That's what makes the video, below, so fun to watch. Enjoy!
Another Reason to Like Vermont's Billboard Ban
Billboards are outlawed along Vermont's highways. The ban's been in effect for decades, and is designed to allow visitors to see the natural landscape.
Another reason why the billboard ban works is because of the situation with the two ill-placed billboards shown in the photo in this post. The billboards, featured on Buzzfeed last month, were reported to be in Plattsburgh, N.Y., across the "pond" from Vermont.
Click on the pick to embiggen it, so you can see it clearly.
Another reason why the billboard ban works is because of the situation with the two ill-placed billboards shown in the photo in this post. The billboards, featured on Buzzfeed last month, were reported to be in Plattsburgh, N.Y., across the "pond" from Vermont.
Click on the pick to embiggen it, so you can see it clearly.
Monday, May 7, 2012
More Vermont Spring Flowers
Flowers continue to cycle through the gardens around my house, as spring progresses nicely. I've found myself in the yard with my camera almost every day for the past month, checking out and documenting it all.
Most of my daffodils have gone by, but some clumps in colder, shadier areas continue to thrive, as you can see in one of the photos in this post.
My sister Lynn gave me some peonies, divided from some plants that were first established by my grandmother decades ago. So it's nice to have tradition in the garden now. I transplanted them over a week ago. They took to their new surroundings nicely, and the new leaves played off the setting sun in the gardens yesterday.
Ahhh, spring.
My sister Lynn gave me some peonies, divided from some plants that were first established by my grandmother decades ago. So it's nice to have tradition in the garden now. I transplanted them over a week ago. They took to their new surroundings nicely, and the new leaves played off the setting sun in the gardens yesterday.
Ahhh, spring.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Never Walk Again? Inspirational Guy Proves 'em Wrong.
I'm a sucker for those stories of people who overcome adversity and triumph spectacularly. Not in the sense of conquering the world or achieving some top athletic endeavor. The stories I like are little ones, like the one which went viral today.
Arthur, a Gulf War veteran, completely screwed up his back and knees jumping out of planes in combat. He gained a lot of weight, and lost a lot of hope. Doctors 15 years ago told him he'd never walk unassisted again.
He wanted to try Yoga, thinking that would help a little, at least. Everyone rejected him because he was physically so unstable. But one Yoga instructor decided to give it a shot.
Between the expertise and Arthur's newfound, unwavering determination, his life changed, big time. These kinds of stories I imagine help people like you and me. If Arthur can do what he did, then we can easily get through something as trivial as a lousy Friday at work, or an impossibly busy weekend, and be happy about it.
So watch the video and get cracking on your own project. You'll succeed. I just know it:
Arthur, a Gulf War veteran, completely screwed up his back and knees jumping out of planes in combat. He gained a lot of weight, and lost a lot of hope. Doctors 15 years ago told him he'd never walk unassisted again.
He wanted to try Yoga, thinking that would help a little, at least. Everyone rejected him because he was physically so unstable. But one Yoga instructor decided to give it a shot.
Between the expertise and Arthur's newfound, unwavering determination, his life changed, big time. These kinds of stories I imagine help people like you and me. If Arthur can do what he did, then we can easily get through something as trivial as a lousy Friday at work, or an impossibly busy weekend, and be happy about it.
So watch the video and get cracking on your own project. You'll succeed. I just know it:
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