No excuse for panflutes

A t-shirt design from Sharing Machine (by the creator of the Toothpaste for Dinner). Many other strange t-shirts on Sharing Machine. I cannot express how much I love this.

I highly recommend following Toothpaste for Dinner on Twitter. A sample:

MY SISTER SAID IF I GET ONE HUNDRED FANS SHE WILL NAME HER BABY SOMETHING REGULAR

Not quite as funny as Badbanana but no slouch in the funny department.

Why I love John Oliver

John Oliver delivering the funniest story I've heard in months. Nice to hear that he doesn't use all of his good material on The Bugle.

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Morning meals

Posting second-hand content is rather lame but oh well. This one reminds me of my brother, Mike. In reference to brunch says, "Finally! A meal between breakfast and lunch."


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Internal sunblock

I just love Toothpaste for Dinner. Such a strange look at the world.


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Two Questions from Dan Pink

This is a great, thought-provoking look at what you're doing with your life. Boils it down quite simply. Only two questions!

Dan Pink is brilliant! His book, A Whole New Mind is one of my all-time favorites.

Two questions that can change your life from Daniel Pink on Vimeo.

Another great video by Pink. About motivation, presented at TED.

Priorities

I love this.

Diving: pass auf!

I love good signage graphics.

Happy handbells

Love this video of extravagant Salvation Army bell ringing. I hope it helped fill the coffers!

Group projects. Shudder.

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I love Goetz Alsmann

I love Goetz Alsmann's CD, Winterwunderwelt (Winter Wonderland). It's a combination of Christmas songs you know and traditional German Christmas songs. Done up in lounge-singer style. Here's Lass Uns Froh und Munter Sein. (Let's Be Happy and Cheerful)


Many, many thanks to Julia for posting an Alsmann song on her blog last year. I was hooked. Immediately!

Fisch im Netz

Nice toe-tapping turn for a dreary November day. Fisch im Netz by Herbert Groenemeyer. A great song to belt out while driving!

Poetess Palin

Sarah Palin's Tweets are actually free verse. Who knew?

Classical Cello and Led Zeppelin

Amazingly gorgeous! Cellist Maya Beieser playing Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. Hear the song and a short interview on PRI's The World Global Hit.

Fun with Bach

The Jacques Louissier Trio playing Bach's Gavotte in D Major. In jazz style. Their Brandenburg Concertos CD is excellent!

Thursday morning funnies

From the Oct. 30 edition of The Bugle podcast:

• In reference to Nick Griffin and the British National Party (right wing)
  History does point rather strongly to the idea that right-wing nationalism generally ends in tears. And, quite a lot of tears.

• Cheerleading was voted #3 in the world's top activities by Gender Stereotyping Monthly.

Errant Dog

Great song by Ben Folds, "Errant Dog." Some of the material may offend sensitive ears. If you are such an individual, or if you are in a cube, give it a pass.

Van Full of Anvils

Another very clever song from rathergood.com. There are kittens!

PigSpigot greetings

Wildly funny and often inappropriate user-developed cards at PigSpigot.

ECards and TweetCards are free. Old-school paper are $3.99.

Learning a foreign language as an adult

This hits a little too close to home. From Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays by Bill Holm. (A very good book from a superb writer.)

When you begin learning a language or try to use a new one, your adult power and resourcefulness slip away, and you sound to yourself, and to others, like a drooling child or an idiot. In a new language, you are first a baby, then a little child; then, if you work hard, a badly educated teenager with a low IQ.

Marketing schmarketing

This makes fun of me and my professional comrades. I like to think that this doesn't pertain to what I do. This makes me snort with laughter.

Thanks to Moe for sending!