Category: Curiosities

Nine Christmas Videos to get you in the mood

Are you a Grinch? Snap out of it.

Calvin’s snowmen get a realistic 3D run…

Troy and Abed rap about infiltrating Christmas…

This is good when the kid starts singing… (just noticed that Findo posted this today too)

Some New Zealand kids tell the Christmas story…

A Christmas medley…

Canada is a small town. My Canadian friends from college are from pretty much the same place as this guy… it looks cold.

This whole street synchronised their Christmas lights.

Some dubstep Christmas lights…

Jimmy Kimmel’s funny Christmas parenting challenge (picking up where his Halloween challenge left off)…

Your weekly dose of overly cute animals: The Sloth

They are coming. The sloths. But very slowly.

THE SLOTHS ARE COMING… from Lucy Cooke on Vimeo.

Chuck Norris toy wants you for Christmas…

You don’t want this toy for Christmas… it wants you. He also provides signature Chuck Norris facts when his belly presses your hand.

If only it came with an Invasion USA DVD.

Tumblrweed: Moustair

Tumblrweed: Scandybars

High quality scans of confectionary. That’s what Scandybars offers. And it delivers.

An Aero…

A Curly Wurly…

A Creme Egg.

Lord of the Muppets

Mario Bros Theme on an 11 Stringed Bass

11 Strings seems somewhat excessive. But musical excess and Super Mario Bros are two of my core themes in these parts. So here you go…

Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na, Snuggie…

Brilliant. Be comfortable. Be warm. And fight crime. All at the same time.

Available for purchase on Amazon

Angry Birds Cookbook – how to cook an egg (in multiple ways)

How eggciting.

It’s available from Amazon

Some kids put this book through its paces on YouTube…

Tumblrweed: Kidcasting – children who play the child version of famous actors

Finding the right kid for a back story scene must be some sort of art form. So I appreciate that this tumblog exists to appreciate those who put effort into that obscure art.

And two from my favourite TV show (at the moment, anyway)… I wish they’d hurry up and put season 3 on air in Australia, and also that the stupid network in the US would guarantee its future on account of people who have taste thinking it is better than Two and a Half Men.

Super Mario theme played by Accordion Trio

Yeah. This is a real thing.

Also, while we’re on the subject of impressive Mario related feats – here’s a stop motion of level 1-1 created in 500 hours of painstaking Mine Craft Play.

Tumblrweed: Hipster Puppies

This pretty funny Tumblog seems to be a bit defunct now. Seems that’s what happens when you get a book deal.

But here’s what you’re missing out on…

And my favourite… a hipster puppy on a fixie.

Shirt of the Day: Self Descriptive Shirt from XKCD

I may have featured this before. But if you’ve got me in some sort of Secret Santa thing, or just want to buy me a Christmas present that I’ll enjoy… you could do worse than this XKCD special.

And on the back…

Shirt of the Day: Venn Animals…

It’s a platypus playing a keytar. In Venn Diagram form…

From Threadless, designed by Tenso Graphics.

BeardQuest: One man tries to grow every beard known to man…

Movember is so passe. Mostly because, well, I am hirsutely challenged on my upper lip. A beard I can almost do… though it gets a little bit red… this guy is inspiring.

Anybody doing movember who wants to tell us all in the comments and appeal for sponsorship should do so…