Archive for Category: "Pop Culture"
Musicians Into Actors – The Best and the Worst
Sometimes actors try to become musicians or singers. There are some pretty bad musical performances by actors out there. But what about the musicians who give the silver screen or the small screen a whirl? Well, some are pretty bad, but some are pretty freakin’ awesome, too. Do you like the bad news first, or [...]
Game of Nerds at GameofNerds.com
Another game hit the cyberworld by storm. Game of Nerds at http://gameofnerds.com has been passed from wall to wall in Facebook at the moment. Game Of Nerds is a quiz type of game which enables you to use your brains in answering general information questions in different areas of expertise. You can take quizzes on astronomy, [...]
Movies That Should Have Been Awesome, But Sucked
One of the best reasons to see a movie in the theater (and subsequently pay exorbitant amounts of money for tickets and snacks and drinks and sometimes fancy 3-D glasses) is arriving early enough to catch the new trailers. Naturally, this is a perfect time to exercise one’s expert movie-judging skills (“Oh, that’s gonna rule.”), [...]
A Review Of The Best Bruce Lee Films
Bruce Lee changed martial arts cinema forever. He is a legend and one of the few actors to ever crack the Chinese and American markets. His films are still loved by martial arts films all over the world, almost 40 years after he tragically died. Bruce Lee learned martial arts from a young age, studying [...]
Rolling Through the Bay
Scott Weaver spent the last 35 years making this kinetic sculpture of San Francisco made entirely of toothpicks. The structure actually moves the ping pong balls you see at the bottom around in a “tour” of the city visiting famous locations along the way. More close-ups and video can be found at thisiscolossal.com.
Rubik’s Huge
This shows what can happen when you have a little creativity, some free time, and a lot of dedication. A locally famous landmark in Manhattan got an 80′s makeover as a gigantic Rubik’s cube overnight. The entire process was documented through photographs and even stayed up most of the day after it was “built.” Follow [...]
The Bond Between Captain America & Bucky
Apparently Captain America’s sidekick, Bucky, gets himself all tangled up in a variety of bondage scenarios. Luckily, Best Comic Covers has posted some of the more creative uses of ropes, straps and chains used on Bucky. You can see all 9 covers with commentary at Best Bucky in Bondage. I see now why comics were [...]
Steve Carell Outweirds Dog
I know you’ve seen this video and the dog itself is pretty weird, but the response to this video is even better. You might recognize the track from Bruce Almighty when Steve is possessed by Jim Carrey to make a bunch of weird noises on a live news show. The results are hilarious. The strange [...]
Caricature Map of 1914 Europe
The first map was painted by Keith Thompson for a book called Leviathan written by Scott Westerfield. The second is the actual map of the time for your comparison. Between the two, I would have found History class a lot more interesting if we had used the former. Read the motivations for the animals used on [...]
World Beard Championship
Willi Chevalier rocking a triple curl. Burke Kenny, winner of the Full Beard Styled Mustache category this year. This is the umm…well, the spikey mustache thinger. Two giant hairy balls attached to his face. Gross. Every year there is a competition called the World Beard and Mustache Championships complete with country teams, starting lineups and [...]
The Dwarves are Back!
There’s is an upcoming film set to release next year called The Hobbit (maybe you’ve heard of it) which has just released a few character shots of the dwarves that will be featured. Rather than identify all of them myself, since you will not recognize them unless you are a hardcore Tolkien fan, read up [...]
Banana Phone
I can’t believe it took me this long to find one of these. It’s not practical, convenient, or fully ripened, but goshdarnit is it stylish. Unfortunately it’s been designed to fit phones that no longer exist probably because of all the years of R&D it took to craft this masterpiece. Go buy one now at [...]
Bite the Bag
Go ahead and laugh mockingly about this with your coworkers next to your cubicle. Just know you won’t be able to resist taking your Taco Bell bag outside during lunch and trying to perfect every technique. Personally, I think it would be more interesting if there was a live snake in the bag.
Men’s Suffrage
Zing! Take that, men. The mood swings, changing hormones, and mastery over worldly affairs of the rolling pin obviously make women much better suited to make decisions of national importance. This is what happens when you let your wife take the typewriter into the kitchen.
Uber Zoom
iPhones have changed our culture in many ways. One defining feature has been the ability to shoot videos and pictures with a revolutionary magical device that fits easily into your pocket. So you understand my confusion with this accessory that’s the size of Texas. Defeats the whole purpose, doesn’t it?
Father and Son: First and Last
A father and son sharing the spectacle of man leaving earth in a Space Shuttle. The first picture is the first launch and the second is the last launch. Kudos to the son for keeping the same shirt for 30 years. Bonus points if the father is using the same binoculars from the first picture. [...]
You Sound Just Like Your Father
I feel this deserves a followup image with a record cutting off the tape of the cassette with the exact same dialogue, just to be fair. And then I suppose you would have to include a phonograph slicing the record apart as well. So many family issues! The audio recording therapist is going to be [...]
Home with Phone
At least it looks like he had all his fun before the burglars showed up. Thanks a lot, cell phones! Wait a second, this wouldn’t change the plot at all. He still gets to beat up the burglars in hilarious fashion. Thank goodness.
Best Hat For Kids
Also doubles as a Halloween costume if your kid wants to be Billy Mays, Al from Home Improvement, Zach Galifianakis, Zac Brown, or Justin Theroux nowadays. Comes in white if your kid wants to be Michael McDonald, Kenny Rogers, or Sir Anthony Hopkins. via: I Love Bacon
Flash Mobs – Your Comments Mean Something to Me
So, a while back we did a post on flash mobs, and many readers chimed in saying that the flash mobs posted were not “real” flash mobs. So, you guys provided some links, and I’m putting them up, because even if you call me a douchenozzle, I still care about what you have to say. [...]