Video - Amazing Good Luck and Near Misses

Caught on video is a series of astounding examples of instant good fortune. From amazing random acts to barely avoiding death. Your jaw will drop. - If you look around on YouTube, there are several other compilations.

On Facebook www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1052539548733&ref=share

On YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD19Os5oUTg

Video - Piling Food On Very Patient Pets In Japan

If you've ever seen a Japanese game show, you know they try to be as novel, clever and outrageous as possible, always incorporating a bit of self-torture and humiliation in their on-screen antics. Here we see some very well-disciplined animals that are having food piled up on or around them. The goal is to see how much food you can place near the pet before the pile comes tumbling down.

(on Facebook) www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1109991159920&ref=share

(on YouTube) www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmSgjPLJPs

Video - Flying Down Mountains In Wing-Suits

This video is pretty incredible. It shows people skiing and jumping off high cliffs, then flying down the sides of mountains in "wing-suits". Not unlike what a flying squirrel does. This is amazing and outrageous. Extremely gutsy. They do have parachutes to help them land.

(on Facebook) www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1231939487068&ref=share

(on YouTube) www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4U6T_BB1N8

Piano Stairs - Using Fun To Change Behavior

The folks at Volkswagon think that "fun"is a great and easy way to change people's behavior. Visit "The Fun Theory" website and see a number of clever ideas. Below is a video about turning a subway stairwell into a piano you can play by walking on the steps. Cute and clever. (on Facebook)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw

Video - A Lesson In Fighting

I don't know if this is real or from a movie. Or if it is spontaneous or staged. Either way, it makes a good point about fighting and showing off. Watch and you'll be amused. On Facebook.

www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1036035337711

Burning Man 2009 Video - An Adventure In 10 Minutes

Here's another wonderful video (on Facebook) of the 2009 Burning Man event in the Nevada desert. It looks like a fantastic experience.

www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=179538692576&ref=share

MommyGoggles: Motherhood Made A Little Easier

Mommy Goggles is in some ways a one-stop shopping site for day-to-day things a new mom might want to spend her time doing. Filled with contests, a gift guide, fitness ideas, product reviews, and links to related sites. It's a cute little blog / directory that caught my attention. Hopefully you'll find some value in this proud parent's efforts to collect and share information.

www.mommygoggles.com

Be Inspired By The Artist "Sand Dancer"

New Zealand beach artist Peter Donnelly will knock you out. He spends a lot of time on beaches drawing marvelous patterns and illustrations in the sand with a rod and a rake. Quite a free spirit, his charm will infect you and draw you in. GEt ready to smile.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ZqKmaN2qw

Have An Issue And Need Some Signatures?

Are you trying to gain support for a social issue and want to collect signatures to show the support you have? If so, then Care2 has a website for you. On it, you can set up a petition and solicit people to add their names to the list. Conversely, you can see what other petitions are currently circulating. If you come across any you resonate to, you can add your voice to the crowd.

www.thepetitionsite.com

How To Keep Your Cat Off The Counter

Blender Defender is one person's inventive solution to keep his cat off the kitchen counter. The creator of this behavior-correcting system rigged together several pieces of hardware to produce an effective deterrent to his overly-curious pets. For the most part, it requires a motion sensor, a blender and a strobe light. The site will show you the rest. If nothing else, you'll love the videos and dream of having one of these items at your command. "Down Kitty!"

www.plasma2002.com/blenderdefender

Seriously "Out There" Human Haircuts

People, on occasion, like to experiment with new hairstyles. These, however, go way beyond the call of duty. A collection on Oddee of super-wacked-out trim jobs. I'm guessing most of you (not even me) would EVER do this to yourself.

/www.oddee.com/item_96572.aspx

Time Lapse - One Year Of Hair Growth While Walking

Traveler Christoph Rehage made an amazing video while taking an extremely long hike. Over the course of a year, while walking 4500 km through Europe and Asia, he photographed himself every day and complied those images into a video. A pretty ambitious effort with enjoyable results. See what you think of this hearty world roamer.

vimeo.com/4636202

The Longest Way 1.0 - one year walk/beard grow time lapse from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.

Supernatural Chicago

Here's a plug for my friend Neil Tobin. He does a show at the Excaliber night club that revolves around things that have gone bump in the night in and around the Windy City. It's an intimate performance, with some audience participation that combines spooky (but historically factual) stories with demonstrations of magic. It's all good fun and Neil will leave you wondering how the outcomes to his psychic challenges could possibly turn out the way they do. Many people leave the show with questions that haunt them for hours. Come enjoy the unexpected and the mysterious. Friday nights.

www.supernaturalchicago.com

Comic-Con: Bring Your Stormtrooper Costume

I've gone to the International Comic-Con 3 or 4 times now. It's super-incredible (if you like geeky forms of entertainment)! It fills up the San Diego Convention Center from end to end and is divided up so: 1/3 independent illustrators, 1/3 comic book memorabilia sellers, 1/3 publishing companies. Comic-Con is the place where fantasy fans can see all the latest stuff set to hit the shelves and theaters long before it does. Roaming the floor is really a trip, because so many people are in costume. It's like Halloween. If you're into pop culture creativity, this experience is for you!

www.comic-con.org/cci

I Must Go See "Burning Man" - Lotsa Videos

The annual "Burning Man" event in the Nevada desert is evidently a spectacle to behold. Out of nowhere a small city of free spirits and highly inventive artists assembles on the barren, dusty landscape. For a week, people create and do the most amazing things. It's a big hippie tribe where everyone is friendly and uninhibited. If you go, be sure to bring plenty of water.

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Flat Stanley - Wikipedia Entry

In December of 2008, I was asked to take a paper cutout of a small hand-drawn character around Tampa and photograph it in various noteworthy places. The character's official name was "Flat Stanley" and was one of many created by a class of school children. Each individual character, once completed, was mailed to a family member or friend in a distant location. Upon finishing his "vacation", Stanley and accompanying documentation were mailed back to the student for an educational show and tell session.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Stanley