rant whine 'splain espouse: Distractions for the masses

Friday, October 28, 2005

Distractions for the masses

Jeebus! I have been so swamped with work I haven't had time to post anything at all in forever. But here's a bunch of funny videos and websites I've been collecting for the past week...

Japanese TV
This is freakin' awesome. If you're familiar with MTV's Jackass (hi Ynnej and Mr. Attitude!), for the first couple minutes of this TV clip, you may think this is just a Japanese version of the dress-up-as-an-old-man-and-freak-people-out gag. But there's a twist.

"Romance of the Jedi"
Star Wars as homoerotic love story.

"This Place Sucks"
Superfriends meets "Office Space."

"The Donald Rumsfeld Week in Review"
Evidence that he's starting to crack.

Arnold's Neighborhood
If Sesame Street were in Sacramento, it would be brought to you by the letters GOP.

Colorful
What would it be like if you released 10,000 superballs at the top of a hill in San Francisco?

Speaking of colorful
I have no idea what the hell this is, but I spent the last 25 minutes playing with it. Somebody at work described at as "Tellitubbies on acid."

And there will undoubtedly be more, based on this news item:

"...Viacom-owned Comedy Central will launch a broadband video channel on November 1. The channel will feature short, original-content videos produced specifically for the site, as well as clips from shows such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. And there goes the workday..."

Filed under: humor, Flash, videos, distractions