Ironwolf

xkcd this week tells a remarkable tale of science gone horribly wrong.

The only thing that could make this tale more horrifying is… you guessed it! Poetry from The Digital Cuttlefish.
Genetically, of course, a spork
Is half a spoon, and half a fork
A laboratory in New York
Created them, then popped the cork.
Please, gentle reader, do not swoon,
But […]

Thomas Kuebler creates life-size sculpture guaranteed to make you do a double-take. See an extensive gallery of his work at his web site.
Below: Cletus & Shorty Play Banjo

Back in 2006 I wrote a post about discovering the source of one of my childhood nightmares: a remarkable teleplay by Jim Henson called The Cube. If you’re up for having your mind warped, you can watch it here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2112529755533998573

Now a German production company is bringing The Cube to the theatre stage as KUBUS. Sorry, no […]

I just noticed that, not content to have been exposed only once, hoaxer Michel Gondry came back with another “remarkable feat”, (pun sort of intended) just asking for a good debunking. This time he claimed that he could solve a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute with only his nose! Let’s watch as he tries […]

The first video below inspired me to find some other interesting backwards-shot clips. I also showed my sons (7 and 3) how we could use iMovie to do our own fun backwards videos.
How Michel Gondry Faked His Rubik’s Cube Stunt
As revealed by Brian Flemming, creator of The God Who Wasn’t There.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaVsaWjzsds

The Swedish Bookstore Scene from […]

I love surrealism. I’ve gone ahead an created a category for it here, and I’ll share favorite examples as I run across them.
I find it quite interesting that animation is a second career for Chris Landreth, who won Oscars for his animated shorts Bingo and Ryan. Here are those and his first short, The End, […]

Deep within my earliest childhood memories I have the indelible image of a vague and frightening setting: a featureless room with no doors or windows— floor, walls, and ceiling the same gleaming white grid. In the room a man sits alone with no memory of his arrival, wishing to be anywhere else. People appear and […]

A classic rant via Church of the Subgenius, probably by Rev. Ivan Stang

I pick the god damn terror of the fucking gods out of my nose!
Pardon my language…
But YEEEEEEHAW! Let the sons of God and man bear witness!
Even in the belly of the Thunderbird I’ve been casting out the False Prophets! I’m busting a gut […]