Seemingly haven forgotten he’s not a paraglider, this is a video of a Brazilian kite surfer circling higher and higher into the sky on his way to Oz. That looks terrifying. Did he know what he was doing, or did he get caught in an updraft? How close was he
- August 24, 2023
This is a video of a multi-talented entertainer tap dancing and playing his guitar simultaneously. I dig his technique. The way he just holds his guitar there reminds me of the way a chicken can keep its head still while moving its body around. Was this man’s mother a hen?
- August 23, 2023
These are two TikTok videos of artist Tee Ken Ng making cool patterns on a glow-in-the-dark vinyl record with a laser pointer as the record spins on a turntable. That’s neat. Now I want a want a glow-in-the-dark record. And a laser pointer. But nooooooo, my mom took mine away
- August 23, 2023
American track and field sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson recently set a new world record in the women’s 100m (despite running in a disadvantageous outer lane) at the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest with a time of 10.26 seconds, beating the previous world record by 0.02 seconds. As you may recall,
- August 22, 2023
NOTE: I’m in Alabama visiting my family (and eating my weight in food) right now so things might be on the lighter side today and tomorrow, but I’ll do what I can and be back to my regularly scheduled nonsense on Thursday. This is a clip from Seinfeld night at
- August 22, 2023
Competing in the 3A division of the World Yo-Yo Contest, this is a video of Hajime Miura’s winning dual yo-yo performance. And what a performance it is! If he’d performed this for a king and queen in medieval times there’s no doubt in my mind they’d kill the court jester
- August 21, 2023
These are a couple videos highlighting the lives of 69-year-old funeral director Hisao Mitani and his 26-year old African spurred tortoise, Bon-Chan. The two have been together since Mitani’s wife found Bon-Chan in a pet shop 26 years ago, and since the tortoise was about 10 (and a decent size),
- August 21, 2023
Serving as definitive proof that aliens, are, in fact, among us, this is some video of a deep sea glass squid (Taonius borealis) captured by researchers aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer using a remotely operated vehicle near the Aleutian Islands. Just look at that thing! The way it opens
- August 18, 2023













