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Humor in Bullet List Form

• Astronauts Now Drinking Recycled Urine - from a rational point of view this makes sense. From a headline stance, it is hilarious.
• Top 50 Text Acronyms Parents Should Know - most of these are absolutely ridiculous and pretty much entirely sexual in nature.
• Choose Your Own Adventure (On Drugs) - via JB - this is not one for those that don't like to read but there are guffaws aplenty.

Uncomfortable Plot Summaries

These Uncomfortable Plot Summaries are hilariously accurate.

BATMAN: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill.
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: Redneck trucker kills Chinese immigrants.
HARRY POTTER: Celebrity Jock thinks rules don’t apply to him, is right.
JURASSIC PARK: Theme park’s grand opening pushed back.

There are loads and loads of them.. well worth a read through.

Misc Readings

• Live Wrong and Prosper - for $1,000,000 would you ______? That's the basic premise of the site and curator Kali gives her, often hilarious, response to them all. Worth a read for sure.
• Goodbye, Google - an insightful message from Google designer Douglas Bowman and his reasons for departing the company. I believe it. Via Jamie.
• Adobe Text Layout Framework - anyone that develops websites needs to take a look at this. Developers will appreciate the new control over text and Designers will be relieved that they can finally start comping sites that have columns of type intended for a Flash area. Win Win.

Lee Hanyi

I've been enjoying almost all of the works from Lee Hanyi but these pieces in particular are quite appealing. I always love it when an artist can effectively take a book or existing piece of art (or, in this case, both) and make something new and compelling from it.

On a completely different vibe, you gotta see these Second Hand Smoke photos - hilarious.

Urban Camouflage

The idea of Urban Camouflage is a highly amusing on to view online but if you actually encountered such a thing while out doing some shopping I can guarantee it would be terrifying. The multi-colored paper outfit reminds me of something but the lumbering mass of cardboard boxes is both hilarious and frightening to see move around.

Via Dolan and Age of Awesome.

Friday Videos - Feb. 27th, 2009

It's Friday. Time to relax and neglect your job once again. I think these videos will not only provide said needed entertainment but could easily lead you down a path of YouTube browsing that could, quite possibly, take up your entire day.

• Back To The Future Alternate Ending - absolute perfection.
• Mel Gibson in "The Colonel" - sometimes you gotta give it to Jimmy Kimmel Live.. they absolutely do have the ability to create an astounding skit every now and again.
• Cat answers phone - could only be more perfect if he was just a bit verbal about it.
• Dog Diet - be warned, this could easily gross you out but it's absolutely hilarious at the same time. From Man Stroke Woman, a veritable cornucopia of youtube clips await.
• Skater's Death - have I posted this before? Probably but regardless it's the most ridiculous thing I've seen in awhile. I think after watching this I am convinced that Hard Ticket to Hawaii is the best awful movie out there. Just try and deny these classics.
• Tracy Morgan on David Letterman - a slightly older clip and quite tame in comparison to some of his other clips but it's worth watching. Moreso, it's part of a collection of The Twenty Weirdest TV Interviews of All Time.. which, if you have the time, is well worth partaking in.

That's it! Have a great weekend!

Friday Videos - Feb. 20, 2009

This week I'm making a real effort to start including videos at the end of the week that aren't exclusively absurd. Don't get me wrong, these are all intended to be entertaining but I think we could all stand for quality over quantity.

• John Tesh NBA Theme - the answering machine message at the beginning is great; as is the fact that the song is actually really long.
• Obama's Elf - stupid but one of those Must See videos. You will get an email forward with this in it sometime in the next 2 weeks.
• White Denim - Shake Shake Shake - quality video from a quality band. This one fits their aesthetic quite well.. I love that it's pretty nonsensical but engaging the whole time.
• Sony Releases Stupid Piece of.... - it goes without saying this is riddled with profanity, so be warned. However, it's the profanity that makes it oh so good. The billboard for the product is the best part.
• Conan on Charlie Rose - yea, it's an hour long but it's worth it.
• Josh Fenderman - I've been encoding my Mr. Show DVD's recently and it's still a hilarious show. The Fenderman Dance never gets old.

Have a great weekend!

Friday Videos - Christmas Edition

As usual, watch them above, here or individually below.

• The Christmas Tree - yes, this is old but it's still hilarious and should be a classic every year.
• Ringo Remembers - even Ringo doesn't like that McCartney Christmas song.
• Firehouse 5 + 2 - these guys are endlessly entertaining, insanely talented and perfect for the Holiday season.
• Jonzun Crew - not Christmas related at all but consider it a gift. It's like Daft Punk and Mad Max blended together in a perfect fusion of early 80's hip-hop.
• Tumbling Mishap - i like the crowd scream in anticipation almost more than the mishap itself.
• Flaming Lips White Christmas - maybe not the worlds most stellar performance but it's the thought that counts.
• Muppet Family Christmas - nothing is more uplifting and feel good than a room full of Muppets. I really loved this clip in particular but the audio bugged out about 1:10 in.. quite unfortunate.

And that's it! The final Friday video set for the year and certainly one of the final yewknee posts of the year. I may be back with a few posts during the break but I'm looking forward to some downtime.

Merry Christmas to everyone. Happy Holidays. Happy New Year. Have a great one!

Friday Videos - Oct. 3rd, 2008

Watch the entire playlist here or watch an individual video:

• RATATAT - Shempi - my favorite track from the new album gets a bizarre video.
• Hallowindow - amazing window animation projection for the neighborhood kids.
• If All Movies Had Cell Phones - surprisingly, College Humor has been nailing it recently.
• Truth in Advertising - a bit over the top or completely accurate?
• Lil O'Reilly - Think this is inaccurate? Think again. Bill O'Reilly is an idiot.
• 1992 Debates - remembering the good ole days.
• 1930's Daredevils - some of this stuff is mindblowing, some of it is hilarious, some of it is further proof that people are idiots.
• Midnight Star - Freak-A-Zoid - I love that 3D wireframes used to be the best technology on the planet.

Have a great weekend - spend lots of time training youself at Kung Fu Election.

Things To See / Read

• Diesel: SFW XXX - taking the idea from here and animating it. The results are hilariously awesome but incredibly work inappropriate. You've been warned. Via Mike.
• Internet Running Out - at least the IP address schema we're currently using is running out.
• Steve Ballmer Goes Nuts (Again) - this guy makes me sad with his level of insanity and enthusiasm.
• sElf - Hellglass - Mahaffey struggles to find inspiration. Another clip from the Spaceland DVD that never saw the light of day thanks to this and AC/DC lawyers (so the story goes).

Before You Die...

Before I Die I Want To... is a simple art project. Take a polaroid of a subject and ask them to label the image with what they want to do before they die. Interestingly enough the answers usually fall into one of three categories - incredibly simple to achieve, so overtly emotional it will never be achieved because it's so abstract or absurd and hilarious. Examples:

• Before I Die I Want To Be A Mom (easily achievable)
• Before I Die I want My Spirit To Be Free (obtuse and overly emotional)
• Before I Die I Want to Have Many Chances At 3 Way Sex (hilarious).

All that being said, the best answer is shown along with this post...

"I Never Die."