Great piece by UCLA upstart Joaquin Baldwin that made a run at this year’s Cannes.

Sebastian’s Voodoo from Joaquin Baldwin on Vimeo.

This confrontation between Sacha Cohen’s Bruno, and homophobic caricature, Eminem seems totally genuine. I mean, obviously, Cohen was rigged to land on Mr. Mathers, but having seen 8-mile, I doubt the rapper could conjure up a batch of fake indignation.

To any confused conservatives out there, this is what is meant by ‘teabagging.’

Great TED mini-lecture on a scientific study examining delayed gratification and its ability to allow people to more effectively live up to their potential.

These are some of the hopefuls to be cast as the role of Carl Brutananadilewski, the next door neighbor and comic foil to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Though it doesn’t show on their faces, these boys are lining up to score the role of a lifetime. Is there a live human being with enough verve, enough anima, enough emanations to truly inhabit this character? Only in the premiere live action episode/season six finale of ATHF will this be revealed.

In the words of Carl, himself, “If you need anything, you know who to look to – someone else.”

For more on why meppers dig the ATHF, see this.

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It was barely a real sport to begin with…

As awesomely outlandish as this seems, Vince McMahon actually gave this a whirl in 2001. It was called the XFL, and it was righteous.

This mashup is pretty poppin’

Originally posted on the Fresh Scent.

Today’s object lesson on the consequences of having a rational national drug policy comes to you from the Netherlands.

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As it turns out, designer Eduard McIntosh is the progenitor of Skynet, or the Oz Head, or whatever computer lineage eventually morphs into the overlord of the Matrix universe.

Called the Autonomous Living Unit, the theoretical one-man-band chair would provide all the needs of the user, and eventually make fully furnished living spaces obsolete. The project is pitched as a solution for homeless people or squatters living without amenities. As long as these people have a few hundred thousand bucks to spare on their pod, they’ll be living it up with the rest of us.

We’re on our way now…

Is it just me, or does this video carry more weight by virtue of the German narration?

This piece has a little Monochrom flavor to it. Yes, they’re Austrian, and I get the distinction, but they both do the German-accented anarchical satirist thing.

Here’s an example.