How to Tie a Bow Tie
The bow tie is back in vogue, but some still find it too daunting to tie. Here’s a fun, but also useful stop-motion animation that lays out how to master this skill. H/T Kuriositas
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Call Me Stormy
Finding righteous currents in turbulent times
Archive for the month “May, 2013”
Trashing Chewbacca
Mythbusters host Jamie Hyneman risks a viewer backlash by talking trash against Chewbacca, saying the characters is as lowly as Star Wars‘ Jar Jar Binks. And to ensure he’s riled up everyone, Hyneman describes Jabba the Hut as one of his favorite characters. Co-host Adam Savage wisely sidesteps joining in the Star Wars fray, while delivering a shout-out to Indiana Jones.
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Benghazi Stonewalling
Pat Smith, mother of slain State Department officer Sean Smith, who died in the September 11, 2012, attack on an American consulate in Benghazi, tore into the federal government and their efforts to investigate that deadly attack on Tuesday. In an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper, Smith said that she blames former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for failing to ensure her staff was secure and for not taking blame for that failure after they were killed in the line of duty.
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Why Time Travel Is No Good
Fafa explains why Time Travel is not a good idea in this episode of Glove and Boots.
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Blood-Sucking Animals
Hank Green introduces us to 6 blood-drinking (or otherwise consuming) animals that you may not be aware of. Don’t freak out…
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Trauma of the Hostages
Psychologist Jeffrey Gardere discusses the emotional and physical trauma suffered by Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight after being held hostage for around 10 years in Cleveland.
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British Sex Scandal Widens
Violinist Nigel Kennedy tells how fellow students at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey told him they were abused by the musical director, amid claims that teachers had sexual relations with pupils in Great Britain’s five elite music schools. Ciaran Jenkins reports for Channel 4.
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The Sugar Bugs
This is one of the funnier animations you’ll ever see about tooth decay. A young boy’s visit to the dentist spurs a Battle Royale as “the sugar bugs” batten the hatches and prepare for a full-out assault. It’s the creation of John Kim, a student at CalArts. H/T Kuriositas
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10 Amazing Practical Jokes
Want to have some fun with your friends … or even with your enemies? Richard Wiseman, professor of the public understanding of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, shows you how in this unusual compilation of 10 Amazing Practical Jokes. Be sure and rejoin us here on LOL next Tuesday for another stroll through the lighter side of life. — The Wickel
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Colorado’s Election Travesty
Colorado Senator Owen Hill found the best “technical” words to describe a complete overhaul of Colorado’s election scheme. If signed into law, the bill would allow for the same lax standards of registration and voting as is currently written into Colorado law but extended to election day. For registration it’s merely the last 4 digits of a Social Security number if the registrant claims they don’t have a Colorado ID. For casting a ballot the standard is as low as an unspecified utility bill, a pay stub, or a bank statement. In theory a person could walk into a vote center give any four unverifiable digits, a “utility” bill and cast a ballot.
Must be the mountain-high dope they’re smoking up in Denver and Boulder. H/T Reveal Politics
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