Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
I waste time so you don’t have to
Lyn Cash, the sweetie, has been trying to send me a video. Something nasty, no doubt. Unfortunately, I can’t get the vid to work and I’m not enough of a tech wonk to figure out the problem, so I tried finding it on Google Video.
I discovered that Google has a Top 100 Videos list. Number one, gratifyingly, is Stephen Colbert’s roast of George Bush at the 2006 Washington Correspondents Dinner. If you missed it, now’s your chance.
Numbers two and three: meh, not so interesting. One woman sucker punches another at an airport (2), and a student reenacts the first level from Super Mario Brothers for a college talent show (3). Number four is the Loose Change video, which we discussed here in the comments not long ago. Loose Change also takes the number twelve spot.
In the top 10, the only other interesting flick is this extreme sport video from Japan, the land of extreme everything. Watch a guy bike down a 45-degree mountain slope, achieving speeds in excess of 160 km/hr. Watch another guy try the same thing, only to have his bike dissolve beneath him. Amazing.
I’m not a big Beatles fan, but I do enjoy juggling (number 11). Watch Chris Bliss juggle three balls to music. Trust me, it’s better than it sounds.
If you hate magician David Copperfield as much as I do, you’ll love this parody (number 13 . . . deserves to be higher). This guy has Copperfield’s posing mannerisms down cold.
Life Guard Bathroom Break (16) has an obvious punchline, but it still made me laugh. Better still, watch what your teenage son is really doing on World of Warcraft (17). And while we’re on WoW, if you haven’t seen The Internet is for Porn yet, see it (49, but longer running than “Cats”).
Speaking of cats, see the cute kitty faw asweep (27), and watch cats tackle babies, and other hijinks (29).
I’m sure it says horrible things about me that I disliked the sucker punch video (2) but loved the musical remix (41).
Damn it. Damn it to hell. There’s nothing cuter than ten golden retriever puppies working up the nerve to challenge a cat (62).
From the Department of So Painful it’s Painful: worst Chinese singer ever (44).
This one is for the booty-lovin’ guys out there (46).
I’ve saved the best for last. To be released next year, the best God game ever: Spore, from Maxis (56). Man, this looks freakin’ awesome. You shepherd a creature from microorganism to galactic crusader. For those of you who don’t want to watch a 35-minute video, here’s a recent article on the game in USA today.
Man. The time I fritter away. At the end of my life, I’ll wish I could piece together all these wasted moments and —
D.
I was looking at these the other day too, and the puppies v’s the cat one is lovely :o)
Cute, amusing, mildly disturbing, but what had me laughing so hard this morning that my cheeks hurt was this.
No video to it, thankfully–I wouldn’t have survived.
Unfortunately, the creators of “Loose Change” (#4) managed to get EVERYTHING wrong. They simply couldn’t be bothered with fact-checking, and with a subject as important as 9/11, that’s a crying shame.
For a thorough critique of every claim in “Loose Change,” go to http://tinyurl.com/epp82 (going to URL will begin 5 Mb .doc download of my critique, which covers most of the prevalent 9/11 conspiracy theories.)
Here’s a recent review of one of their screenings:
“Goofball Shockumentary”
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/Issues/2006-04-27/news/Bird.html
Wait…
Where did all that time go? I’ve got to cook dinner now.
*Up aprons and away*
I finally came out of lurk and life to read this and view – lol. How kewl. I’m gonna link others to this in my next blog. THANKS! (And you are right – the link I sent you was a tad nasty…but just a tad.)