You Know Nothin' Jon Snow

That's what she said.

Season 4 is about to end *sigh*  and it'd be 2015 before we get to watch Peter Dinklage and the rest of the gang. "You had to pick The Imp."  Yes of course.  He is the most popular character.  "No he's not."  Alright, name another character who's actor's name got used as the lyrics of the show's title sequence?  No one. Only Peter Dinklage.  *cue intro song* Come on, sing with me now..  "Peter Dinklage, Peter Dinklage, Peter Dinklage, Peter Dinklage .."

Fair warning.  What you are about to see is an Honest Trailer of Game of Thrones Seasons 1-3, which is pretty much, well, an honest trailer of Game of Thrones..  You have been warned.

Hit the jump for the video and the link to other Honest Trailers.

The Hellevator

0 to 60 or in this case 1 to 31 in 15 seconds flat.

It's the nightmare that everyone riding an elevator dreads..  "Riding with a clown with a pet skunk?" No. Why would a clown have a pet skunk?  As I was saying .. "Being trapped in the elevator with a moose?" No.  Moose? As I was saying .. "Riding with a giant tarantula that's singing Everything is Awesome?" Wait, what? You've got some weird stuff going on in your mind there pal.  Who are you?  "I am your father." Really.  "Ok ok, I am your conscience."  Right.  I don't have one you dweeb. "Now you do."  Go away.  "I can't.  I'm part of you."  "Inside you." ... "What does that even mean ... ?"

Let's just get on with the clip.

The New Mortal Kombat Will Want To Make You

I dunno, finish someone off?

Get it?  Finish someone off?  Ha ha ha.  <sarcasm voice> "Very clever."  </sarcasm voice> I know right?  Sometimes I even surprise myself.  But hey, have you seen the trailer yet?  It's the new installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise, Mortal Kombat X. "Is it read as Eks or Ten?"  I don't know.  Why would you care anyway?  It's a new Mortal Kombat and if the gameplay mechanics *cough* environmental objects *cough* would be as good as the trailer then it's going to be an awesome game.  If there's one thing that I don't like though, it is the outcome of the fight.  Oh and the music.  Guess that makes it two.

Hit the jump for the video.

One Direction At Their Finest

So fine your undies will undo themselves.

They say that there's a true and tested formula for a boyband to succeed.  1.  Good looks, 2.  Good dancing skills, 3.  Good singing voice.  Pick two.  So you might ask, what are the two traits of One Direction then?  Why don't you go ahead and find out for yourselves.  I guarantee, you will get a blast figuring out which. My take, it's the hair.

Hit the jump for the One Direction Infection.

The Best Description of How Wealthy Bill Gates Is

No, filthy rich is not it.

We humans have a very limited capacity in picturing large numbers.  An average person is capped at imagining thousands.. tens of thousands for the gifted ones.. hundreds of thousands, maybe Stephen Hawking. Approach the million mark and it becomes blurry.  But a billion?  Forget it.  Case in point, can you really comprehend how big a billion is?  Yes? No?  Then consider this, if you start counting from 0 and a number for every second, it would take you 31.7 years to reach a billion.

Now how about Bill Gate's worth in money.  That's 50 billion.. actually it's 77 billion now give or take a few millions.  How would you picture that?  Staggering would be an understatement.  Even Jackie Chan is confused.  Lucky for us, Neil deGrasse Tyson's here to save the day.

Hit the jump to see a very good take at describing how wealthy the world's wealthiest man is.  If anything, it would be a good pickup line.

A Game of Death

Or in plain words, crazy Russian kids having fun.

We all know the story, It's all fun and games until that little slip.. and BOOM! Or more appropriately, SPLAT!  Stupid?  No doubt.  Dangerous?  Absolutely.  But you gotta admit, what they're doing is just awe-inspiring.  I'm literally holding my breath as I watch them do their stunts.  Just when I thought I've seen it all when it comes to climbing towers without safety harnesses then these guys, these guys just take it to a whole new level. Insanity.  At this rate, I hazard their life expectancy wouldn't be very long. Not that they care anyway.

Hit the jump to watch and get your palms all sweaty.

Insane Downhill Bike Run

INSANE.

Believe me, after a few seconds of watching the run and I'm sure you'll agree a hundred percent.  The event is Valparaiso Cerro Abajo 2013.  The guy is Red Bull rider, Marcelo Gutierez..  A guy with balls the size of watermelons.  And I'm not talking about regular sized watermelons, no sir, I'm talking about them show size watermelons.

That being said, it's a marvel how he manages to ride that mountain bike. Pure skills brother.  Pure skills.

Video after the jump.

Fat

It's what eating fast food makes you.

My homie Jules once said that hamburgers are the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast, so imagine a world where animals ate what the major percentage of the world's population eat in a daily basis.  What do you think would hunting be like? One word - bouncy and hilarious.

"You said one word." Yes and the cake is a lie.  "..."

Hit the jump to see the clip.

Terrible Boat Accident Should Not Be Funny

But it is.

I wanted to say "But sadly it is," however, I'm not sure if by adding "sadly" would be less mean and actually make a point that making fun of someone's demise is wrong or by doing so would add more insult because it meant that it was indeed funny and thereby saying that making fun of someone's demise is alright. .. Wait.. or is it the other way around ... Now I'm confused.  What I'm saying is, I'm concerned that by saying that it is or it is not would imply that I'm a hypocrite either way and make me less of a credible writer no matter what path I choose despite me being sorry for the passengers, because come on, between the boat driver and the one who edited the original clip, this is just way too funny to pass up.

Keep going to see the take down.

So That's How Big the Universe Is

My calculations were off by a parsec but it was pretty close.

I've always been fascinated by the cosmos and its incomprehensible scale. It's such a fascination that if I meet God and he tells me that I can have one wish, my wish would be to "actually see" the universe in its entirety. That'd be awesome.

My kids are fascinated too. They love it when I talk to them about stars that are bigger than the sun. I love how they listen with eyes wide open as I show them how big the sun would be (beachball) if the earth would be the size of a pepper corn and just how small the sun would be (smaller than a dot) if it were compared to the biggest star (beachball) known to men. So this page is just a sweet sweet visual aide that I could show to them. To top it off, the scale even shows dinosaurs! How neat is that huh?

Props to the creators Cary Huang and Michael Huang.

Go here if you're as excited as I am - http://htwins.net/scale2/ 

Here comes the man in black.

When Celebrities are Commoners

'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant: when I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the
maids, and cut off their heads.

"Say what?"  That is Shakespeare mon frere'.  "Yeah, so what's the point?"  Shakespeare, royalties, commoners?  "Doesn't make any sense."  Ahh... Indeed, I should have ask'd you that before.  "Good, glad to see you come around."  Now I'll tell you without asking: my master is the great rich Capulet; and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry!  "You're hopeless."  Begone! Foul beast!  Begone!

Arrr, now what say you, you of noble blood shall go on to the clicky clicky. "That's pirate, not Shakespeare."  Begone!  Foul beast!  Arrr!  

Do the clicky clicky.

Pretty Awesome Short Films

Hollywood could surely use a page (or two) out of these director's notebook.

Here's a couple of short films that will make you wish they were full featured films.  What do you get when you combine The Hunger Games, Oblivion, and Predators?  You get Project Skyborn by Marko Slavnic. A nice short Sci-Fi that messes up your mind.  The second one, Lights Out by David Sandberg has the feel of Paranormal Activity with a pinch of The Conjuring.  Quite scary.  It's the reason why I'm not sleeping with the lights off at the moment.

I'm telling you, both shorts are guaranteed to have you wanting for more, or your money back.  "I didn't pay for anything."  Oh did I forget to mention?  I'm charging your credit card $1,000,000.00 for each visit you make here. *wink* *wink*

Hit the jump to watch the short films.

How To Ruin An Expensive Sport Bike

And be an organ donor too!

If you're not going fast you're not doing it right.  I'm sure I've read that somewhere about owning super cars and super bikes.  Not sure if that is a company slogan or just a bunch of nonsense that someone with a deathwish wrote down in a review. Whichever the case maybe is not important because this guy must have also read that statement and is actually living up to it.

With such recklessness and total disregard for safety, it's a wonder how he's managed to stay alive up to this point.  It's a wonder still how he's gone out of this accident unscathe, well maybe a broken bone or two but he still lives!  Ooo! I know! I know!  "What?" He's Johnny Blaze.  "Johny who?"  Johny Blaze, the Ghost Rider..  You know, flaming motorbike, a flaming skull for a head? "..." Played by Nicolas Cage?  Pictured above?  "Oh yeah."  You're a bit slow on the uptake aren't you?  I kid, I kid.

Well anyway, keep going to see the video..  wish I could say the crash and burn video, but I don't want to give you false hopes,  it's just a crash.. but a good one! Promise.

Infomercial's Finest

Call them exaggerated but these ploys actually work.

Do you always have free time in your hands?  Does your mind continuously sit idle for more than 30 minutes even when you are supposed to be on a deadline?  Do you find yourself looking at a distance with a blank expression on your face even when you're talking to your boss?  If you do, then it's time for your dose of The Musings of a Sillyman! ..

"Lame."  Shut it. I know it's lame.  It's supposed to be lame.

Anyway, I guess the clip after the jump would do a lot worse better than that.

Everyone's a critic these days.

Flying a Phantom Drone Into a Fireworks Display

Damn fine or stupid idea, you decide.

Fireworks in all its fiery beauty are best enjoyed from afar, yes?  I guess that's the general consensus because well, standing a meter from an exploding pyrotechnic may not be the best of ideas especially if you are concerned about staying alive. Thanks to these guys though, we can see the fireworks in a whole new perspective, and that is being right in the middle of it.  Personally, I would not risk a $500 drone to pull this stunt.

True story.  I once had a close call of being burned by fireworks when I was a kid.  You see, on New Year's Day, my friends and I would go out on the streets collecting black powder from fireworks that failed to go off from the previous night.  We knew it's dangerous but we were kids.. we were oblivious that the danger is real.  So there was this time when we've collected maybe a soda can-full of black powder.  That time we had the idea of laying it out on the ground in a trail just like in the cartoons, you know the one where Bugs Bunny is battling out Yosemite Sam in Bunker Hill Bunny.

I lit it up, and boy, it was not like the cartoons at all.  The fire chewed the trail of black powder so fast that it happened in a flash.  And there I was, sitting just several inches away from the end of the trail where we had a pile of black powder as the finale.  I recall a flash of blinding light and the heat so close to my face. The smell of singed hair in the air. Luckily I was unscathed, but boy was it close.

Keep going to see the drone being more than singed, no doubt.

Amazing Video of Corals from 150,000 Macro Shots

Alrighty, what would be an appropriate first post after a beachy (yes, there's such a word) vacation?  I know, showcase the beauty that one can find in them.. Or under them, if you want to be more technical.

The video is a mashup of 150,000 macro shots of corals by marine biologist and photographer Daniel Stoupin based in Queensland, Australia.  I'd say he's got some mad photography skillz (pardon the leet speak) and even madder patience. "Huh?" Did you read that?  150,000 pictures.  In perspective, that's about 149,990 pictures more than what I would include in the video if I were the one to create this mashup. Yes, you'll get 10 pictures if it were me..  Possibly 11, if I wake up on the right side of the bed.

Hah! Like that happens.

Well you know what to do to see the clip.

The Boy's Back in Town!

Oh yes!

It was an extremely fun and terribly tiring two weeks of sun, sand, and sea.. It was so tiring that I actually felt the need for a holiday from my holidays. Imagine that. But the most that got beaten was, you guess it, my wallet.  It's so thin now that I'm afraid it's bulimic.  I'm telling you, grand vacations are not good for your wallet.. not at all. But who am I kidding, would I do another grand vacation again?  Hell yeah!

"That's great and all, but where's our presents?" Err.  Here's a picture we snapped of Boracay beach, would that be enough?

By the way, I'm still reeling from all the activities that I may still need to rest out a bit before I can resume regular blogging, so don't hold your breaths just yet, you lovely folks you.

Blogger on Summer Vacation

As above.

So until I come back, here's a 3-hour soothing video of the beach for you awesome folks, just because.



Blogging again soon.

From Bike to Mattress

Fair trade I suppose.

Alright, you can't make this story up.  A guy riding his bike gets sideswept by a pickup truck but in a very fortunate twist of fate, instead of hitting the hard pavement, the biker lands on top of a soft mattress.  Wait what?  Yes, the truck that hit the biker carried the same mattress that saved his very life.  Sounds impossible right?

Well keep going to see for yourself.

Unlucky Tractor Man is Unlucky

Sh*t happens sometimes.. sometimes always.

Some bad days are exceptionally bad.  They're so bad that describing them as bad is like describing a nuclear explosion as a big bang.  It's like waking up on the wrong side of the bed at the wrong time in a wrong place with a bad headache, a bad stomach, and a bad black eye (both eyes) from a bad party the previous night. It's like the Inception of bad days.

The guy in this video has that.

Keep going to see it.

Oh Wow, Wireless Electricity Is Really Here

I kid you not.

Back in my teaching days.. Yes, I used to teach Computer Science in College and Graduate School... Not the sexiest job for a man based on surveys I know, but it was my first serious job so.. there was this lecture I gave on technological innovations and we were talking about Bluetooth (it was new back then.. makes me feel real old thinking about it) and I jokingly said that someday there would be wireless electricity as well. I remember the class laughing when they imagined themselves walking over a wireless electrical connection and electrocuting themselves.  That was less than a decade ago.  Now lo and behold, it's actually here.

It's called WiTricity, a research that had its beginnings in MIT back in 2006.  Led by Professor Marin Soljačić, a team of physicists started working on the model and came up with what they call a Source Resonator, which when paired to a another coil (receiving device), will deliver electricity to an appliance. Wirelessly.  The secret?  Magnetic field.

Keep going for more info.

Cosplay Costumes for Less than 2 Dollars

They're so terrible they are awesome.

Cosplay costumes can be very expensive.  I got to know this when I asked for the price of an Akatsuki jacket a couple of years back - no, I'm not into cosplaying and was not planning to use this on such, just wanted to own one for daily use (worse?) - I had to pick my jaw from the ground when the lady told me it was for $70.  The good lady upon seeing my reaction said that they were genuine high-quality ones, not some cheap knockoffs.  Well she's right, they were indeed not cheap.  Needless to say, I left that store without the jacket and my pocket not $70 poorer. 

Now if you love cosplaying and don't want to spend tens of dollars for a costume piece then perhaps you should take a page from this guy's book.  His name is Anucha Saenghcart and his costume creations are able to capture the essence of the character using nothing but stuff you see around your house.  You know, like brooms and flour.  Creativity level 99.

Keep going for some more of his creations.

Your Head Belongs To Me Now, Said the Lioness

Three words - you're in deep sh*t.

Wait, that's four.  But that don't matter, you're about to see a guy, possibly an animal trainer, a zookeeper, a masochist - I don't know, your guess is as good as mine - having his head get stuck inside the mouth of a lion. The question is, how the hell do you get yourself into such situation?  And more importantly, how do you get yourself out of such situation?  Resorting to aggression would certainly be a bad idea.  Reason out with her, get to her good side?

The lioness certainly does not look like she's letting go anytime soon.   I think she misses the taste of fresh meat.

Go for the jump to see the video.

Living Forever May Just Well Be Possible Soon

Or at least your heart could.

We all heard of the stories of The Fountain of Youth and the countless quests of finding them, afterall, it is man's ultimate dream, become an immortal.  Now although this invention isn't a fountain and it's still a long way off from making you immortal, researchers at the University of Washington has taken mankind a step closer into, maybe, just maybe, realizing such dream someday.  The device as shown in the video has kept a rabbit's heart alive and beating perfectly..  Big deal.  Outside, without the rest of the rabbit.

Give or take  15 years, we could have this device out for people's use, allowing our hearts to beat virtually forever.  Or at least as long as the battery does not run out.. or the chips burn out.. or the tiny cables snap. Pfft. Minor details.  All in all, I would still prefer this than become an immortal by being bit by a sparkling vampire.

Keep going for the video.

Rottweilers Can Make You Hit the Hight Notes

Yes, even thieves can hit them too.

This is a funny clip of a thief that hid in a swamp and got himself up close and personal, too up close and personal to his liking, with a 60 kg Rottweiler. Though the actual biting/clawing is not shown, we can still hear the terror in the guy's screams. Probably his nuts are being threatened by the dog.

Hit the jump to see the video.

Horror in Just Two Sentences

Who said that you needed a full book to get a good fright?

Here's a collection of twenty horror stories that are told in just two sentences. Yes, two sentences are all it takes to send some chill down your spine.  I especially like #3.

Hit the jump to see the rest and let your imagination run wild. Abloo! bloo! bloo!

The Gravity-Defying Skateboard A.K.A Hoverboard from Back to the Future 2 Commercial Is Fake?

Sadly it is. Yes.

So hold your horses, don't go running to your favorite gadget stores just yet, hovering skateboards are not available for sale.  Because despite of the actors, athletes, musicians, and what not, there are no hovering skateboards in real life buddy.  Maybe they got one in Area 51, I don't know, I'd love to take a look but I think I have a bigger chance of seeing Superman in real-life than actually seeing the insides of that facility. Conspiracy I tell you.

Anyway, if you think for a second that the commercial you saw was real, sorry, got news for you.

Hit the jump to see the viral commercial.

Sabi Sand Lion Wars

The end of Africa's most infamous pride.

If you have been watching nature documentary channels, chances are you have heard of a group of 6 nomadic male lions, dubbed the Mapogo Coalition, that took control of the vast Sabi Sand Game Reserve in Africa in 2006.  These lions are considered legendary in their conquest of the Sabi Sand for many reasons but mainly for their notoriety.  You see during a pride takeover, male lions kill off other male lions, females that resist, and the cubs, to make sure that the pride members from thereon would be from the invader's bloodline. This is their normal behavior.  The Mapogo brothers however pushes it up a notch, not only they would kill, but they would also regularly eat them, quite unheard of really in the world of lions.  Two of the dominant males of the coalition named Mr. T and Kinky Tail separated from the group and established their sub-territory within the game reserve.. A bad move since there are a number of nomad males that are also vying for control.

The videos after the jump show the two brothers successfully defending their territory, albeit for the last time from another nomadic group, The Majingilanes.  The two were able to kill off one invader that got isolated from his group.  Later that day however, four of the Majingilanes strike back, Kinky Tail, alone but undeterred, charged at them.  Not exactly a fair battle but that's how it is.  TIA bru.

Keep going for the videos.

Sao Paolo FireFighter Saves a Family of Five

I needed this after that murderous poor excuse for a father.

Here's the video of firefighter Marcelo dos Santos, atop his jet ski, saving a family of 5 that had been swept over to deeper waters in White Beach Bertioga.  No doubt these folks were swept by strong undertow currents that can drag you out to sea in a matter of seconds.  Good thing there was this collected firefighter near them as they were clearly, as you'll see in the video, moments before drowning.  Watch the ordeal in first person perspective thanks to dos Santos' camera capturing the entire event.

This guy should be given a medal of honor, mainly for saving their lives, secondly for pulling up the chubby guy's trunks up (thereby saving ours).

Just hit the jump already.

Boy of 13 Builds Nuclear Reactor

By doing so, he becomes the youngest fusioneer to date.

Beating the previous world holder who was 14 years old and beating me by a good 50+ years.  I can hear your sarcastic grunts, ok, by a good 100 years then. Fine, 1000 years. Satisfied?  Anyway, what did I make when I was 13..  Honestly, I can't even remember what I did when I was 13.  I vaguely recall the classes let alone the lessons that the teachers were trying to teach us. I do remember learning how to play a sound by blowing into my clasp hands though, which I didn't know then is called Hand Ocarina. You don't know how?  Go here.

Hit the jump to see the actual demonstration of the nuclear reactor.

Let There Be Light!

A pillar of light, that is.

This video, taken by YouTube user, Shinji Kawamura, could easily be seen as several things.  The first impression it made to me is that of a portal to another dimension or to a parallel universe.  It could also be the pillar of fire that guided the Israelites in the book of Exodus. Or the beam of light that beamed down Mr. Bean or Mr. Spock.  However you wish to see it, there is one thing that is sure, and that is I'm hungry.  So while I grab myself a snack, why don't you go ahead and watch the calming light after the jump.

Keep going for the video clip.

This Is How A Real Man Screams

Remember this similar post?

This one is like that, only not as funny and several times scarier.  There is no panic-induced girly voice from the driver, nothing of that sort.  Instead, you get a controlled, manly, NOOOOOO!!!!  Because he is Russian and Russia does not tolerate effeminate behavior for Russian men.  No sir.  I'm sure he'd get into trouble with the law if he as much as screamed like the guy in the first post.   But girly-scream or not, I bet he needed to change his pants after that.

Hit the jump for the clip.

When Conference Calls are In Real-Life

How appropriate, I was just from a 3-hour conference call.

I'm sure when the question "Who likes attending conference calls?" is asked that only four kinds of people would be likely to raise their hands.  One, the company's CxO level employees, because more or less they own the company and that it is also the perfect time to rub in their x270 salary gap with the rest of the employees.  Secondly, the middle management guys because it's the perfect time to rub elbows with the big guys upstairs hoping to be part of their elite circle someday.  Third, the slacker type employees who excel in finding excuses not to do his job (we all know of at least one).  Lastly, the weirdo who likes to breath heavily into the phone and gets his kicks listening to people's voices.

*ping*
Host:  Who just joined the call?
<silence>
Host:  Who just joined the call?
<hahhh hahhh hahhh>
Host:  I can hear you breathing?
<silence>
Host:  Who is this?
<<hahhh hahhh hahhh>
Host: ...

Hit the jump to see the funny clip.

The Chicken Whisperer

For when you need to kill your own food.

When I was small, my dad kept chickens in our backyard for our consumption.  I remember feeding small chicks, seeing them grow, and forming some sort of bond with them.  Well you know how it is being young, even an ant becomes your pet.  Eventually the day comes when the family needs to cook some chicken soup.

Now who gets to chop the chicken's head off?  It's either my dad or my older sister.  It's a nasty business I tell you.  Our eldest brother and I could never bring ourselves to kill one.  What can I say, I've a soft heart for the bird, but man, were they delicious.

Keep going to for the short clip.

Sniper vs Iraqi Militia Machine Gunner

Hell yeah! With 5,000 machine gun rounds I will!

Here's a video of an Iraqi Militia trying to take out a sniper with guns a blazing ala commando style, like Jessie Ventura in Predator only less sexual tyrannosaurus-sy.  Several obvious things can be deduced while watching the video -  1.  He does not know where the sniper really is, 2.  He does not know that snipers can take out targets under cover more so if you are not , 3.  He thinks that snipers are bad shots, 4.  He thinks that firing at random targets will scare the sniper into showing himself and thereby allowing him to shoot said sniper, 5.  He believes it is a game of numbers.  Boy, is he in for a surprise.

Keep going to see the golden shot.

Two Epic GoPro Videos

There are a lot of GoPro videos out there but I think these two take the cake.

I used to fancy myself becoming a world-class athlete when I was small.  Images of Olympic grandeur and the thrill of standing before a crowd of thousands often enter my young mind.  I dreamed of being a sprinter or a hurdler back then.  However, my dreams of being  a sprinter was cut short really early in life with an epiphany during a game of tag.  I could never be the kid that's never the "IT."  It's like fate was telling me something.  I'm in IT now, so I guess that's what it was telling me then.  Did that make sense?

Keep going to see the videos.

Do Not F*ck with Trains

Why oh why would you do such thing?

Here's a couple of CCTV footage showing, I don't know, sheer stupidity?  The barrier's down, the siren's blaring, the rest of the people have stopped.  Then there's the train.    I mean how hard could it be to spot the train.  It's big.  It's flashy.  It's big.  It's noisy.  It's big.  It's fast.  It's big.  Did I mention that it's big?

Granted that the train is going really fast, but considering its size, it's still pretty visible I imagine.  Then there's the down barrier, the sirens, and the rest of the people that have stopped.  And it's really big.

End results, one got to see the train before the last second while the other got to see a train for the last time.

Arrests Gone Wrong in Kansas City, Missouri & Moore City, Oklahoma

Cops vs Arrested Guys:  Cops 0, Arrested Guys 2 (We're Talking Dead Count Here)

Here's a couple of videos showing cops doing their jobs, i.e. killing the felon arresting someone by killing. Quit it.  First one seems justified, I know for a fact that you shouldn't hit a cop if you are being arrested. Everyone knows that,  except maybe this guy.  The second one, I'm not so sure.  Maybe in WWF's Royal Rumble, 5 against 1 is allowed, but come on.  It takes 5 cops to put down a bit-on-the-heavy-side middle-aged man?  Geez!  Guy likely died because he couldn't breath under all your weight bozos.

One thing's common for sure though between the two videos.  Had these cops got any hand-to-hand combat skills, the deaths of both guys could have been avoided.  Well, to be fair, had the douchebag taking the video in the first one helped the cop, the shooting could have been prevented.. but that's for another story.

Hit the jump to see both videos.

It Was A Decent Plan, Execution-wise, Not So

Russian drivers.  Need I say more?

Okay Borris. I will go and connect this cable to the back of the bus.  You, stay put and make sure you get to steer the Lada, yes?  "Yes."  Okay, here we go.  *grunts* *grunts* Okay done.  Borris!  Why are you here? I said you stay put!  "I am put."  No, I said stay put in the car!  "Ahh, now you say.  But do not worry comrade, car will go steer itself then, see?"  Borris, you Тупой tupoy! 

Hit the jump to see what happened.

Question: What's In Common Between Indiana and Vietnam?

Answer: Both have videos showing man-made structures collapsing under stress resulting to human casualties and in one case, multiple deaths.

Accidents happen all the time.  Most of them happen without witnesses and are described as just an accident by the news.   They just become part of some statistics, forgotten just minutes after being read or heard. While there are some that are captured in high-def video showing the moments leading into and the accident itself. These ones stick to us.  Not because of the macabre that ensues, I know for some people *cough* sickos *cough* it might be the case, but for most of us, it's because of the primal fear that it makes us experience.

They remind us just how fragile life can be.  It's this mixture of fear and awe that keeps us glued to the screen, part of us wants to look away, part of us can't, won't.  Seeing them reminds us of the value of being alive. And you know that crap that you're currently going through should really be the least of your worries.

Keep going to see the videos.

Today's Lesson: How To Throw A Grenade

When you're at this level of competence, anything can happen.

Like throwing the pin and holding onto the grenade is one. To be fair, it might not be the pin and the grenade thing but how do you train someone like this guy? I know, have him trained by R. Lee Ermey himself. The guy will surely straighten up under the lovable tutelage of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman,  Full Metal Jacket style.

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Do you think I'm cute, Private Pyle? Do you think I'm funny? 
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, no, sir! 
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Then wipe that disgusting grin off your face. 
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, yes, sir. 
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Well, any fucking time, sweetheart! 
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, I'm trying, sir. 
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Private Pyle I'm gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you! ONE! TWO! THREE! 
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, I can't help it, sir. 
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Bullshit! Get on your knees scumbag! 
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Now choke yourself.

Hit the jump for the video and more of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman antics.

It's Called PotClock Err PlotClock

It writes the time for you so you don't have to.

Here's a video of a really cool and prohibitively expensive watch to use.  It's called the PlotClo..  Yeah, but does it tell the day?  "No."  I like my watch to have at least 6 buttons.  "Doesn't have one." Pathetic.  I want stopwatch and timer functions.  "It doesn't have those."  Right.  I want alarm functions.  "It can't do that." Display a second time zone?  "Doesn't have one."  I want illuminated dials.  "No."  What the heck?  Then what can it do?  "It writes the time on a piece of whiteboard, erases it, then writes the new time again." Cool! I want one! "You can't have it."  Noooo!!!!!

Hit the jump to see the sexy writing action and the instructions on how to build one.  Yes, build one.

When Simba Eats Pumbaa

Alive and screaming!

Remember that post of a wild dog eating a still living impala? As Leonardo Dicaprio put it aptly in that post, This Is Africa. Yes, here's another video showcasing just how savage the wilds truly are.  Though I might add this takes the experience to a whole new level.  I was wincing the whole time.. And I don't wince easily. It's the warthog's scream..  It's so visceral.

Whomever thought of the Lion King stories should see this.  Luckily for my kids, I've always told them that lions eat warthogs and meerkats so they can never be friends as friends do not eat friends.  Just stabs them in the back.

Warning:  Savage video ahead.

Close Calls

There are bad days and there are bad days.  This is one is the latter.

There are days when you wake up feeling like a billion bucks.  When you feel that everything's possible and everybody everywhere is part of your royal subject.  All for your pleasure and disposal.  These days do not come often as most days we usually drum along, uneventfully, with our existence.   Typical day.  Yes, stereo typical boring days.  Then there are these days like in this video when you wake up feeling like you owe a billion bucks to a mafia boss.  Suddenly, everyone, everywhere, and everything is just out to make a chalk-outline out of you.

Keep going to see the video.

When Game of Thrones Women are Disney Princesses

Look at this stuff, isn't it neat?

Yes, it is neat indeed.  Well, Game of Thrones is in the air, come April and I could finally begin living in Westeros again.  I've actually stopped reading the books coz I no longer want to ruin the experience by nitpicking on details that were omitted and/or changed.  Just like the Red Wedding, for those who have not read the book, that was a real shocker, but for those of us who have.. to me at least, such event has been eclipsed by details, details.

Keep going to see who's who in the Disney Princesses.

DHL's Viral Video

LOLZ! Pawned!  Says DHL.

Yes, in a move that can be described as cheap yet equally genius, DHL had other major shipping companies actually advertise for them.  How'd they do it?  Well they had these huge boxes printed with DHL ads and had them taped over with thermo-active foil that appears opaque or transparent when it reaches a certain temperature. The boxes started out as plain black box (due to the freezing process) which gradually turns into a brown box complete with the words "DHL IS FASTER" as they get warmer.  DHL then had their competing shipping companies deliver these boxes.  Brilliant.

I can just see the smirk on DHL.

Hit the jump to see the viral video.