This is a video captured by wildlife artist Robert E Fuller of a winter murmuration of starlings at dusk at the Ripon City Wetlands in Yorkshire, England (love your pudding!). Per Robert: “Starling murmurations are one of Britain’s greatest wildlife spectacles. Studies suggest the birds congregate in great swirling masses
This is a video of the Jurassic Park themed gravy river made by Instagram user laurenrfenwick for her fiance’s birthday dinner, per his request. The picturesque dinner scene features a flowing river of gravy surrounded by broccoli and asparagus trees and chicken nugget dinosaurs. I usually request a spaghetti dinner
This is a video of The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing ‘Hey Joe’ in 1967, just a year after the band was formed. During the song, Jimi plays part of the solo with his teeth and tongue. Classic Jimi! I also included a remastered HD video of the band performing the
These are a couple timelapse videos of a dragon made up of over 1,500 drones flying in the sky above Shenzhen Longhua Park in Shenzhen, China to celebrate the annual Dragon Boat Festival. Now that’s a good looking dragon, and trust me — I know my dragons. Plus I’ve watched
This is HADARI, a short stop-motion pilot about a one-armed wooden samurai kicking ass, and, at least from what I saw, not bothering to take names. That’s how I like to do it too. He uses a number of different arm attachments to dispatch enemies in his way, who spray
Designed, crafted, and sold by Etsy shop Leatherhead Laser Work (beware of knock-offs!), this Advent calendar features Hans Gruber falling from the top of Nakatomi Plaza, reaching the ground on Christmas Day. Available in wood and acrylic plastic models, prices range from around $46 to $55. Plus Hans is magnetic
This is a rare outtake from the 1964 production of Mary Poppins in which stars Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke lip-sync each other’s singing parts to ‘Chim Chim Cher-ee’. It looks like they were having a blast. There’s also an outtake of Julie yodeling to get the magic smoke
This is a video of Zimbabwe’s Hillcrest College Marimba Band performing at the 2017 Marimba Cup Challenge. Their performance won them the coveted Marimba Cup that year, which, at least in my mind, they all shared a celebratory drink out of afterwards. It really is a joy to watch. There’s