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Top 8 Most Dangerous Animals of 2007 by Beaver and Steve
Beaver and Steve present the “Top 8 Most Dangerous Animals of 2007”. Watch out for that Rhinoctopi! Oh and check it out, Beaver and Steve’s…
Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, New Animated Film by Henry Selick and Laika
Here’s a sneak preview of “Coraline”, an animated version of the 2002 novella “Coraline” written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave Mckean. The film…
Peter Sellers’ Recitation of A Hard Day’s Night As Channeled Through ‘Richard III’
The 1965 show "The Music of Lennon and McCartney" featured a brilliant recitation of "A Hard Day's Night" by Peter Sellers as Richard III.
‘Presents Opening Children’ by Rob Sheridan
“Presents Opening Children” is a fantastically creepy holiday illustration by Los Angeles artist Rob Sheridan that he created for his Christmas card this year. via…
Santa Claus on Twitter
Check it out, you can now follow Santa Claus on Twitter. Mr. Kringle is providing cultural tidbits on each city as he makes his way…
NORAD Partners With Google To Track Santa Around The World
NORAD has started their annual tracking of Santa Claus as he makes his way around the world (his current location is Aqtobe, Kazakhstan). This year…
Christmas Back Home by xkcd
Randall Munroe nails it again with his latest xkcd comic “Christmas Back Home”.
Magic Highway USA (1958), Disney’s Animated Future of Transportation
“Magic Highway USA”, from a 1958 episode of the Disneyland television show that features an wonderful animated vision of the future of transportation. I miss…
A Chaos Christmas Carol with Chicken John and Friends
Chicken John’s 20th annual Christmas Eve show, “A Chaos Christmas Carol with Chicken John and Friends” takes place tomorrow night, Monday, December 24th at 12…
Techno Tuesday: Reality Commenting & The Internet Then and Now
Techno Tuesday recently posted a couple of great web comics about the internet age, “Reality Commenting” and “Then and Now”. See Previously: Techno Tuesday, Comic…