This is a video commemorating the 40th anniversary of former Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy’s announcement that he would run for president as an anti-Vietnam War candidate. McCarthy’s opposition was a major force in the anti-war movement of the 1960s. The video contrasts McCarthy’s opposition to that war with our current situation in Iraq and asks [...]

The math is way beyond me but this is pretty damn cool nonetheless. From the description at YouTube: "A short film depicting the beauty of Moebius Transformations in mathematics. The movie shows how moving to a higher dimension can make the transformations easier to understand." See the high resolution version here.

I guess there’s a contest or something going on to post the "best first dance" videos at YouTube. This is the only one I’ve seen but it is damn amusing:

A combination of Spiderman, grade-B movies, Italian TV, 1970s production values…and cultural values!

This short animated piece by Pat Smith features a kid, a psychedelic drink, and a pile of people:

In this short, animated film by Patrick Smith called Puppet, a man’s love for sock puppets goes horribly awry.

The guy is quite whiny, but I don’t know that justifies the cop tasering him.

Happy shopping! Happy, at least, if you don’t get caught in a Black Friday stampede:

Author William S. Burroughs reads his poem Thanksgiving Day Nov. 28, 1986:

Trip Fisk tells us the dangers of swords. Apparently, swords are to be taken seriously. And they are definitely not for decorative purposes. WORK WARNING: These clips contain foul language and Monty Pythonesque gore. Still, these clips from Channel101.com are very funny: Episode One: In this episode: "Honey, I Killed Our Son" and "Swords Will Cut Your [...]