Best Web Junk (January 16)

Here's a great fail Almost all of these accidental maps are really fun

This site condron.us is an interesting way to view blogs.  And this week is the first time I've ever seen it

You know you want to apply for the best job in the world.  I'm pretty tempted.

Cut in line at Wal-mart go to jail

By far the funniest video I've seen in a long time is this. Enjoy [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.771288&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D2809991%26server%3Dvimeo.com%26autoplay%3D0%26fullscreen%3D1%26md5%3D0%26show_portrait%3D0%26show_title%3D0%26show_byline%3D0%26context%3Duser%3A759504%26context_id%3D%26force_embed%3D0%26multimoog%3D%26color%3D00ADEF]

Sequel to a Hall of Fame Viral Video

You may remember evolution of dance.  You should.  it's probably a top 10 all-time viral video.  Now there's a sequel.  Allow me to be one of the thousands of blogs to introduce it to you. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLBPVG8oEU]

Here's the original again, just to refresh your memory. (plus it's awesome)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg]

Best Web Junk (January 9)

First - This article by an IMB missionary is the best thing I have read this week. A very funny graph about cereal

A look at all the ways we could all die

Ryan showed me this link earlier.  it is awesome.  Just add http://bacolicio.us to any url and make the site more delicious.  Try this

Your Predictions for 2009

2009 is nearly upon us.  I thought it would be fun to make some predictions about the coming year.

• The Dow Jones and the price of gas will both be higher at the end of 2009 than at the beginning
• The recession however, will continue through the year.
• G..I Joe will be the highest grossing movie of the year.  Just to hedge my bets I'll say Transformers 2, Harry Potter, and Star Trek will all be in the top 15
• Blu-ray player sales will still stink, though they will obviously improve over what they are now
• The digital TV transition will go smoothly with no major hitches across the country
• Twitter will catch on with "the kids" and people will see it's usefulness
• This blog will not reach 1000 comments
• Someone in my youth group will become a Christian
• I will weigh less at the end of 09 than at the beginning

Try your hand at predictions in the comments

Best of the Best Web Junk 2008

This is the last Friday of the year.  Plus I'm pretty much disconnected from the internet this week, so I'm bringing you my best of the best web junk of the year.  This is my personal favorite links & vids from my best web junk of the year. Links:

Fantastic Contraption is a very fun flash game.

If you missed it the first time you need to take this opportunity to click on this link for Olan Mills hilarity

I’m not fully ashamed to admit that really enjoy lolcats, I find them very entertaining.  if you don’t know what lolcats are then may I introduce FractLOL (You may have to install silverlight)

The 10 most confusing traffic signs in America (October 10)

Youngme/Nowme - Ryan showed me this link. And it is till fun even after all these months.

I know we all remember baby D’les Elexia Star Spiderbite

I know it’s childish and scatological, but puzzle farter made me laugh out loud, and it provided me hours of entertainment this summer.

Videos:

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XbjFn3aqE]

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBsOeLcUARw]

Why is Dana not at work tonight?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG4UMxP3HsM]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsgeTNnYywg]

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everybody.  The incarnation changed the world and I hope you can remember it  on this day.   I know nobody is going to visit this blog today, but if you do, here's a special treat for you. This is one of my all-time favorite youtube videos and I had forgoten about this video until I saw "Christmas in Washington" the other day.  As a Christmas present to my readers I present this awesome video.  I'll give you the Christmas in Washington version of Straight No Chaser's 12 days of Christmas.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3qcAVE1dRk]

A Christmas Acro

Here's a special Christmas themed acro.  Just make an acrostic rom the provided letters and put it in the comments.  We'll chose our winner, just vote in the comments. Since Christmas is about different things to so many people we'll make 2 acros.

S A N T A

J E S U S

Since I don't know how to delay post a comment, here's my entry.

S-tupid A-ntelope N-uggets T-aste A-wful

J-eremy E-ats S-limy U-ncooked S-ausage

Take your turn in the comments.

Best Web Junk (December 19)

I finished this quiz with 1:42 left (hint, you don't have to put in the numbers) Without a doubt BetaMaXmas is the best link I've seen this week

This will never pass.  Someone is actually trying to make margarine & imitation butter legal in Missouri

I have watched The Price is Right occasionally my entire life.  This just does not seem possible.  Apparently it is legit

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFFGFmn20k]

Best Web Junk (December 12)

These really are amazing x-ray pics.  Who knew there were so many ways to accidentally put a nail into your head? This is a great fail.  And you know the people who hung it noticed.

This story is funny. The guy in the pic is Obama's head speechwriter, and the reply from the future Sec. of State's office is hilarious.

The top celebrity baby names of the year.  Anybody planning to name their firstborn "Barack" or "Miley"?

Kung-Fu Squirrels = awesome

Tecno Amazing Grace

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEe8w9YSOoc]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mBDQXWflbM]

This is very cool

I am completely uninspired about what I should blog about today.  So I'll just share this video I saw at myextralife.  I'm no Star Trek fan, but this is very well done.  There's another Star Wars vid in tomorrow's best web junk [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ijDlbvAxw]

Best Web Junk (December 5)

Not much in the way of web junk this week. It never ceases to amaze me what people will eat and call a delicacy.  These people can afford steak you know.

Peacekeeping chickens, break up the fighting rabbits

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybVb3t560oY]

Vote...on this vid.  real or fake?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-iP1jSMlI]

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What You People Come Here For (November Edition)

This is my monthly list of the interesting searches that brought people to my blog this month.  I put the ones I think are interesting, strange, or just befuddling here.

• can loud noises interfere with your sens
• marriage advice, sex (I have no idea why this one would point anyone here)
• does drinking beer slowly dehydrate you
• keeping eye open following bell's palsy
• bell's palsy pictures weekly
• how effective are the talk to chuck comm
• saying yes to jesus
• bird rabbit rorschach

Best Web Junk (November 28)

Dave Barry's annual gift guide is awesome as always - This year it includes a back razor I said I would support future president Obama at least as long as we could agree on the issue.  Well here is the first issue where he gets my support.

It's posible that I have used this link before, but these are very entertaining and there a LOT of them

This is fake (just marketing) but very neat

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlMYWuGUZlM]

If that is not satisfactory, enjoy the video I saw everywhere last week.  Cat on a Roomba

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-jv8g1YVI]

A Thanksgiving Acro

Here’s how it works. I will give you a few letters, and you create acrostics from them.  The acrostics don’t have to make sense, but it’s better if they do.  We may or may not develop a system of declaring a winner, but it should be fun anyway.

T H A N K S

T U R K E Y

Have fun, and have a Happy Thanksgiving

A scary video and what's coming this week

This starts off looking fun, then just becomes frightening [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RVuXjf_PJo]

In blogging news.  There will be a post here tomorrow.  A book review that I started about 2 months ago, but never finished.  Then there will be a Thanksgiving acro game and best web junk on Friday.  I will not be around much to moderate the comments.  But feel free to add to the collaborative story.  We've kinda left William in the lurch.

Best Web Junk (November 21)

Japanese baseball drafts a 16 year old girl This is hilariously snarky - man tries to pay bill with spider drawing - found via everywhere on the internet

Here's a giant fish.  Just because you expect me to post this kind of stuff

This story really makes me proud to be from Kentucky.  Seriously, it's worth your time.  How many stories you gonna read about a 35 year old gramma having her house toppled over by the sheriff because it was blocking the road too long

this made me chuckle

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwC6LP4lvvk]

And this made me spit my drink - via myextralife

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg]

Best Web Junk (November 14)

I almost forgot to post this, I usually have my Best Web Junk set to autopost and just wasn't thinking about it. In my never ending quest to improve your vocabulary, I present this link of the 100 most oft misspelled words.

This is a serious education fail

Here is something every college basketball fan needs. Well, it will only work if you are a fan of Kentucky, Northwestern, Arizona, or Villanova.  And you will probably need to change the uniform <update> that link is gone, here is a pic of this awesome piece of taxidermy </update>

Finally, here's a video of a banana scaring people

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGxy3Er0lyA]

<update> here's a funny vid I just saw.  Thanks to @DougFields for this one  </ update>

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-6ph7NWoBM]

Best Web Junk (November 7)

Whatever you do, do not share the buffet. I'm just nerdy enough to be fascinated by this post.

You are going to regret it if you don't click on this link for Olan Mills goodness

If you are a Digg user, this story comes as no surprise to you.

Which came first, the song or the vid?  Either way, good luck getting this one out of your head.

[youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tRzTfgds0UI]

Best thing I've seen in a while

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4]

My own game

The last post was from Ze Frank's blog, and so I thought I might start my own fun interactive blog game thingie.  So here goes.  The game I play most often with my youth group is called acrophobia.  (We just call it Acro for short)  I got the idea from an online game I played in the mid-90s. Here's how it works.

I will give you a few letters, and you create acrostics from them.  The acrostics don't have to make sense, but it's better if they do.  Sometimes I may announce a theme and sometimes it will be whatever randomness you can think of.  We may or may not develop a system of declaring a winner, but it should be fun anyway.

Here are today's letters for your acrosticifying pleasure.  These are 2 separate acros.  I think the theme is implied

M C C A I N

O B A M A

I know most of you never comment.  But this is your chance to actually make my blog better.  Try it, you may enjoy yourself.

Have fun

Stolen post

I stole the content for this post from another blog.  Be warned there is nothing original here.  I was originally going to put this in best web junk, but by then it loses all its timeliness. Yesterday Ze Frank asked for political haikus.  I read them so you don't have to.  Here are my favorites...

In the serious category:

The line is so long But I know that it's worth it I'm calling in sick

I vote my world view I won't vote color or age Don't get distracted

In the humorous category:

What does the loser do with all his balloons? Is there still a party?

In the humorous but also serious category:

it's nearly over thank god the ads will end soon and we can move on

In the poignant political statement category:

When you don't reside in a swing state, it all seems so very distant.

In the completely jaded at such an early age category:

Stop bothering me About this dumb election I am not 18

And my personal favorite:

Local middle school Your gym holds our tomorrow Yet smells like fish Sticks

In the very good but not a haiku category.  (come on it's 5-7-5 people):

There goes another Perfectly good billion Dollars down the drain

Living in a swing state Suddenly my vote matters much more than before!