Cake Favourite Finds

Move It, Baby.

Because we all need this today. Really.

[YouTube]

Quizzical, eh China?

What are those strange giant tubes in the desert anyway?

[Gizmodo]

Naked Dismembered Chicks for Din-Din? Oh, Go On.

Marina meets Hollywood and turns it on its head–literally.

[Daily Beast]

Map: Where Gays Can Serve Openly in the Military Worldwide

Striking how few red swatches there are worldwide.

[Daily Dish]

7  Classic “What’s My Line” Episodes

This is why they called it the ‘Golden Age of Television”, watch panelists try to guess Salvador Dali, Alfred Hitchcock, and Eleanor Roosevelt. A simpler time.

[Brain Pickings]

What Elizabeth Taylor Ate in a Day

Jeeze, suddenly I have new respect for the woman.

[Jezebel]

Haka Flash Mob

First real sniffings of the Rugby World Cup, Auckland style. In a mall. 

[YouTube]

Asylum-O-Rama?

Dutch gameshow for failed asylum seekers? How bizarre.

[BBC]

Fridge Portraits, Really.

Revealing photo essay of the inside of people’s refrigerators as portraiture.

[More]

Greatness Takes A While

Ira Glass keeps it simple, but so well said.

[More]

When Dance & Film Get It Right

When choreography, beautiful direction and dance come together. A take-it-slow enjoyment.

[More]

Star Trekkie’s True Force

Actor George Tekai weighs in beautifully against Tennessee’s anti-gay speak in classrooms law with something so much better.

[YouTube]

West Wing Never Dies

It only gets better with age. What television excellence looks like, President Jeb Bartlett cursing God.

[Salon]

Musical Fracking

Who knew? A music video explaining fracking.
[Pro Publica]

Five Myths

Check out The Washington Post’s column that covers everything from myths on American Muslims to Abraham Lincoln.

[Washington Post]

It. Gets. Better.

Fantastic ad on being young and gay and rising above the shit.

[More]

Kisses All Around to Deepwater Drilling Fans, You Beauties

New Zealand deepwater drillers, a vintage classic especially pour vous.

You Tube

Sir Paul Does “Yesterday” Today

Sir Paul and Jimmy Fallon sing “Scrambled Eggs”. Hey, it’s a Friday thing.
Scrambled Eggs

Best Last Scenes Never Die

The last scene of an old favourite “Three Days of the Condor” sounds like it could have been made today.
Three Days of the Condor

Flash Graffiti Protests for Ai WeiWei

Giant flash graffiti of the jailed Chinese artist is popping up in Hong Kong, even projected onto soldiers headquarters. Also check out this documentary on the artist.

Fearless Artist AiWeiWei Flash Protest

Our Perspectives on Time

Love this, plain and simple. Professor Philip Zimbardo gives us his perspectives on time with some damned engaging cartoon help. Allow yourself the luxury of watching it all the way through.
Professor Philip Zimbardo

Ricky Gervais Does Dating
Like no one else….[via The Daily Dish]
Ricky Gervais Does Dating

So That Explains Glen Beck–Nazi Tourette’s
You‘ve gotta love the uber-shouting, ever-crazy, Lewis Black from The Daily Show. This time he gives us the logical explanation for Glen Beck’s existence; the man has Nazi Tourette’s. It explains a whole lot.
The Daily Show

Your Weekend Mental Health Break. Enjoy.
He makes it look so effortless. Guitarist Andy McKee.
Guitar Virtuoso Andy McKee

Literary Lions and their Laudenum of Choice
Lapham Quarterly gives us one nifty list of writers and their chemical muses. There must be some way you can make this useful while picking up some gorgeous thing at the end of the bar.
Chart of Writer’s and their addictions

Only existing footage of Anne Frank
This rare, fleeting footage was taken of a wedding couple emerging from their home. Anne Frank can be seen briefly leaning out the 2nd floor window watching.
Anne Frank video footage

A Virtual Choir
Interesting, strange, haunting and inevitable.
A Virtual Choir

Tampon Ad that Finally Makes Sense
Finally a tampon ad that points out the obvious. All feminine hygene commercials must use multiple, slender women in swirling white dresses, dancing joyfully to signify menstruation. I knew that. That’s why I need a pink shaver to do my legs.
Tampon Commercial

Look Mom, I’m a Sperm
There are times in life when you just need to phone your mother and say, “Mom, I work for National Geographic. I’m a giant human-sized sperm running through a mountainpass.”
National Geographic Great Sperm Race

The Angry Voice of Reason, Patrick Kennedy

Representative Patrick Kennedy has said he won’t be running for re-election. At the ripe old age of 42, he’s been in office since he was 21 years old. So good to hear his anger in perspective at the absent press.
“The Press is despicable”

Marion Cotillard Introduces Forehead Titaes

Leave it to the elegance of French women to give us Forehead Titaes.
Forehead Titaes [via FunnyorDie]

Keep This Link for Cheap Flights

The New York Times gives a good overview of where to search out cheap alternatives for flights on the Internet. Particularly helpful for long-haul.
The New York Times Flight Shopping Online

When Detainees Return to being People

The thing that struck me about this ACLU video is finally getting to hear the words and see the a real person behind the annonymous hooded Guantanamo “detainee”. This video shows us several former prisoners behind the headlines, now released back to the UK. [via The Daily Dish]
Guantanamo Reminder

Weeping for a Fallen Friend
Soldier Barry Delaney kneels weeping at the funeral of a fellow soldier killed in Afghanistan. The two friends had wagered that they would wear this lime green dress to either’s funeral. Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell, Getty via The Daily Dish.

Required Viewing For Classrooms Everywhere

Watch this video and send it to anyone under age 80.
Failure

Media 7 on the Psycho US Healthcare debate

Russell Brown, John Dybvig and I talk about the lunacy of the current health care debate. We are the “Chapter 2″ on the link. It’s Episode 7, September 3rd.
Media 7 Show

The Sweet Voices of Middle School

Sing it to us, New York’s PS22 School.
Pictures of You by The Cure

“Mow the Lawn”? Puhleeze–

This UK Schick shavor ad is enough to cause the fair sex to opt for a new gender. I can’t decide what is more nauseating, the pink lawnmowers, the racial references, the topiary bushes or the pussy cat allusion. Just shoot me now.
Mow the Lawn Ad

Kiera Knightley does Domestic Violence–

Well This domestic violence ad works–especially coming from such a glam source. A good example of how to use fame effectively. From The Guardian.
Kiera Knightly PSA

Sunday Show
A summary of the lighter side of the US elections from TVNZ’s Sunday Magazine Programme from two American ex-pats’ perspective. When you get onto the site, click on “full screen”. [Sorry American readers, you have to jump through a few hoops to get access.]
Cutting Edge Humour

Celebrating Obama in Auckland

Just another quiet, understated crowd of American Obamaniacs on US election night in Auckland, New Zealand.
Celebrating Obama’s Win