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Timelapse of an Artist Drawing the Video Game DOOM on an Etch A Sketch
An artist named Simon (a.k.a. “lily-liver“) posted a great timelapse video that shows him drawing a scene from the 1993 first-person shooter video game, DOOM,…
Weird Al Yankovic, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon Hilariously Lip Sync ‘The Hamilton Polka’
On March 2, 2018, Weird Al Yankovic released “The Hamilton Polka”, a wonderful cover of the Hamilton soundtrack that was remixed with a fabulous polka…
Charles Barkley Is Unable to Understand All of the Star Wars Languages in Unaired SNL Sketch
NBC released “Star Warriors”, an unaired Star Wars sketch from Saturday Night Live starring host Charles Barkley. The sketch began with J.J. Abrams introducing a…
Dropping a Chunk of Ice Down a 295 Foot Glacier Borehole Makes a Wonderful Sound
Seattle glaciologist Peter Neff captured fascinating footage of him and his crew dropping a large chunk of ice down into a 295 foot hole that…
Life Is Pain, A Series of Animated Vignettes That Captures the Sheer Frustration of Futile Situations
“Life Is Pain” by the very clever animator 4096 RED is a wonderful series of vignettes capturing the sheer frustration of futile situations that often…
Lucas the Spider Adorably Mistakes the Sleeping Family Dog for a Passed Out Polar Bear
Lucas the Spider, the animated arachnid by Joshua Slice who’s led quite an adventurous life thus far, adorably mistook Dexter, a very furry golden retriever…
Jeopardy! Game Ends With Its First-Ever Sudden Death Tiebreaker
Jeopardy!, the beloved game show that has been on television for over 30 years, made history last week. Defending champion Laura McLean and challenger Sarah…
Mary Poppins Returns in a Magical New Disney Film Starring Emily Blunt
During the Oscars 2018 last night, Disney released a new teaser trailer for Mary Poppins Returns, their upcoming musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall…
Henry Rollins Opens Up About His Obsession With Vinyl Records in an Extended Interview
Henry Rollins, musician, writer, actor and former lead singer for the legendary punk band Black Flag, sat down for an interview with The Sound of…
Amazingly Realistic Miniature Watercolor Drawings That Are About the Size of a United States Quarter
A post shared by Little Quill Studios (@littodino) on Feb 4, 2018 at 2:37pm PST Artist Rachel Beltz of Little Quill Studios creates amazingly realistic,…