Avant video games: Punishment is kinda awesome, whereas Randy Balma Municipal Abortionist is merely brain-melting. ROM CHECK FAIL is also frame-shifting. Seriously, AARON, check out the first one.
The Glue Society does some cool art.
Speaking of "art" - did you see the fake NY TIMES?
No one knows who they were or what they were doing
The same "artist" made a revisionist history installation where the Confederacy had access to dinosaurs. Yeah.
Another Don Hertzfeldt film called Genre. He's the guy who made Rejected.
Writing advice from Kurt Vonnegut.
I really like this cartoon.
Frank posted it, but this video is still great.
This is just a fantastic article on the top 50 baseball players this year in the MLB. There are also links to positional breakdowns. If you're interested statistical breakdowns of offense and defense - generally, defense is a lot more important than you might think - check it out.
While we're at it, an explanation of a new way of looking at pitching. (tRA)
All 30 Starting Rotations, Slots 1 Through 5. A saber-evaluation of pitching staffs.
Or you could, you know, read about professional foosball.
Coyote versus ACME.
Speaking of toons... SPLATTER.
An argument for who's going to take the brunt of the economic downturn.
A funny non-game game. And a game game.
The genius that is "write or die" - forces you to keep working or it yells at you. AWESOME.
The killer coda to this hilarious story is that the spider recently sold on Ebay for 10K+.
Rice Fight Never Die Blue Gray in the Sky Stand Cheer Drink More Beer Go Go Go Goooooo Rice.
Election night behind the scenes.
I dig this art site. And National Geographic pics, too.
This is a kinda cool visual effect.
Roger Ebert on how to review.
Giant lego man appears on Brighton beach.
So this is not-nicely-named website, but is an interesting concept: all of the buzzwords from the 2008 election.
More DFW content - here's an account of parts of his career and his depression.
Here's another commemoration piece.
A conversation with David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen, and Mark Leyner - Charlie Rose
In fact, just check out The Howling Fantods, a good source of all things DFW.
Except that you should REALLY, REALLY read this Onion piece, too.
Alright, back to work. Here are a smattering of videos to ease your pain. First, the Flaming Lips B-movie is finally coming out:
And you have to like this:
And this:
Turn off the silly music, but watch this awesome vid of divebombing birds:
And finally, a new trend: rewritten songs that match their videos. Nice:
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