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Jediism (via Virtual Shackles)

Dan — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:29:23 +0000

I thought this was perfect!

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Christmas Eve Revelation

Dan — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:48:47 +0000

Me: Are we planning on going anywhere today?

Lori: No.

Me: Then why am I wrapping presents without an iced vodka drink?!?!? FFS!!!

(the situation has been remedied)

Christmas Animatronics

Dan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:41:29 +0000

There’s something creepy about animatronic bears.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOsyDYVTjPc

I was at a friend’s mom’s Christmas party yesterday and her house is amazingly decorated with animatronic characters, four Christmas trees, animated villages, lights, bows, bells, garlands… the works. It’s wonderfully festive.

Some of the animatronic characters are in a bit of shadow and while looking at the slowly-moving bears, I was just a little bit creeped out… so I decided to run with it and took some video using my phone. Adding a bit of not-particularly-festive music changed the whole vibe from festive to disturbingly creepy.

There you have it!

The beauty of banjos…

Dan — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:06:27 +0000

When the only tool you have is a banjo, sooner or later, every problem starts to look like a hoedown.

- Mike Beucler

Bohemian Rhapsody

Dan — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:48:19 +0000

This evening, while checking out new posts on Facebook, I came across this gem.

Well, Lori and I thought it was hysterical, since we both fell right into the trap. Megan, who is 10, didn’t get it.

So, after Lori and I did a poorly-performed duet of the song verses in question, I went to YouTube and found a video of Queen performing Bohemian Rhapsody and had Megan listen to it. She gave me lots of weird "What the heck is THIS?" looks while the song was playing, but she then understood (as much as a 10-year-old can understand her parents’ ancient memories).

The kicker to this little story comes from one of the commenters on the YouTube video. An hour later and I’m still chuckling over it.

I hate it when people compare Freddie Mercury to God. He is good but for fuck’s sake, he is not Freddie Mercury.

Thanks, speslqueen, for that wonderful bit of cleverness!

Aluminum Journey

Dan — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:29:53 +0000

I just finished my latest video project today. This was probably the most effort I’ve put into anything I’ve done to date… more moving parts and shots than previous videos. I think it was also my first multi-location video as well.

Fun to shoot. Fun to edit (to a point). It changed focus from being an emotional, tiring journey to a lighthearted romp across various landscapes (the video, not my attitude toward making it). It also changed from having a somewhat serious message to… well… not.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D-Yqdb1E_o

I shot it using a Kodak Playsport and a Kodak Zi8. Editing was done using Hitfilm Ultimate. Music composed with SmartSound Sonicfire Pro. Additional sound cleanup was done using Audacity.

BadLipReading and Michele Bachmann

Dan — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:45:11 +0000

I saw this the other day and was stunned because of how well done it is… the substituted words match up perfectly with her mouth movements.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFB6LQ1-WKU

I’m also amused at the first comment.

It’s more coherent than she usually is.

Science doesn’t care…

Dan — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:20:57 +0000

A friend posted this on her Facebook wall. Great stuff!

Curse those scientists!

Dan — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:23:32 +0000

A bit of sarcasm from Phil Plait.

http://mblogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/19/none-so-blind/

Standards

Dan — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:24:51 +0000