The House In The Middle

The message here, I think, is that if you take care of your property, you might just have the luxury of dying more slowly should someone one day drop an atomic bomb on your neighbourhood. Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds (later the Nevada Test Site) show effects on well-kept homes, homes filled with …

The Window ON The Bus Goes Open And Shut

Enjoy this random video of a fellow doing running commentary on two bus passengers fighting over whether a window should be open or closed. I wish we’d seen who eventually won. Somebody did eventually win, right? Or perhaps they’re still there, riding around and around waging an endless war like that Seinfeld episode about the …

A Punk Compilation With No Punk Songs ON It! Order Now!

I first saw this commercial with no context beyond ha ha, look at this silly ass punk album that doesn’t have any punk songs on it. And while yes, it’s amusing enough that way, I’d love to know how this happened. How did we get all the way to the point of this going to …

Me And Some Little Kid Down On Sesame Street

Yes, this is a video of Paul Simon singing “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” on an episode of Sesame Street in 1977, but the real star of the show here is the little girl next to him making up her own words about everybody dancing with her. Apparently Simon had no idea she …

Um? Is That A Good Noise Or A Bad Noise?

I saw this video on Facebook a bit ago, and I’m sure my mom wishes she could have shown me this before we first flew, because when we did, I was constantly going “What’s that sound? That one? That one? Does that one mean the same as that one? Or that? What about that?” My …

TV Shark Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

If you had just gotten that out of your head, I’m sorry. If you clicked play and then said to yourself “what in the hell is this?”, congratulations on not having been around a child in the last four years. And if you’re at your wits’ end, praying to your deity of choice that the …