The Smartest Dog in the World / YouTube An animation short from Graham Annable, an animator living in Oregon but originally from Toronto. He has a series of clips like this, usually about two minutes long, that feature dark humour, grim topics and freakiness. Principal Skeleton is an example, and I actually consider … Read more
These are some recent genre films that I have not seen. Ironclad Here is a blog post from Cal’s Canadian Cave of Cool about a a medieval castle siege type film called Ironclad. It included the likes of Paul Giamatti, but nonetheless went straight to video. Cal’s post no longer has the trailer, … Read more
Q: What’s this? A: It’s that. Are you ready for Blue Circles? This is a rebranding of Twelve. Wouldn’t this look great on the iPhone? This has no funtionality just now except drag and drop, but that was an impportant hump to get over. Now it’s pretty much just logic … Read more
Buncha stupiness. Click the image above, then go through the other images in lightbox. Did you know that you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard? Taken from Slay Monstrobot
man vs. snake I don’t plan on going to Africa any time soon. monkey vs. president
from the BC Dairy Foundation
When Irish Eyes Are Crying Foreigners are weird. This is a Vanity Fair article about the financial meltdown in Ireland. The same author also wrote an article about Greeece titled “Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds”, but it’s really long and, well, Byzantine. You’re going to shake your head with disbelief when you read … Read more
This must be Louisiana girl China Lee, who appears in the end credits scene. What’s Up Tiger Lily? is a Woody Allen film from 1966. It takes a Japanese film and they add American voices with their own dialogue, much like Kung Pao a few decades later. It gets a bumpy reception from … Read more
Source: Mighty God King It’s amazing to see a revival of Dungeons and Dragons in this day and age. I guess role playing games have a special role (no pun intended).
I don’t usually watch anime, unless that one episode of Halo: Legends counts (*shakes head* ugh! You have no idea how much I hate the episode with the dinosaur), moving on. Even if you are not into anime, I would highly recommend that you watch an episode or two of Afro Samurai. The gratuitous violence … Read more
Make it so, number 1! - Jean-Luc Picard
It’s hard to believe Conan got his start in the pages of a pulp magazine! Off the top of my head I can’t think of any other character from the pulp era that has maintained the staying power that Conan has. Conan a barbarian born on the battlefields and hailing from the far northern land … Read more
Libyan terrorists The purpose of this blog post is to show the co-operation and co-ordination of different groups for the common goal of removing the Ghaddafi government from Tripoli. Libya is a mostly flat, partly mountainous country with most of its territory in the Sahara desert and most of its population … Read more
orphan elephants This is a really interesting National Geographic article about orphan elephants, people and wild elephants getting along with each other. The article includes pictures and video. Do you know which animal is most closely related to elephants? It’s this.