I don't know why, exactly, but I love videos of people dancing like dorks in public in a non-performance context. Maybe it's because they're so unselfconscious and happy. Some of them actually also have some moves. Here, ( watch for yourself: )

Police Pepper Spray Peaceful UC Davis Students

What's horrifying is how the pepper-spraying officer is just so fucking CASUAL about it...as if he were watering his plants or something.

What's inspiring is watching the cops being shamed into retreating by a crowd of protesters who remain peaceful despite provocation.

My grandma, parents, and I just saw this sketch on tonight's SNL rerun and laughed so hard we startled the baby: http://www.hulu.com/watch/239646/saturday-night-live-birthing-class

Shirley Bassey covers "Get the Party Started" in fabulous and stylish fashion. Love it!

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Love you, sweetie. :) May this year bring you nothing but good things.

This video was apparently made by a British paper for the Queen Mum's 100th birthday, hence the bit at the end. :)

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I swear, this ad totally should have had a big a "...but what about the CHILDREN??!?" moment and then ended with a mushroom cloud for extra bombast. Then it would have been complete! Maybe they could just splice in some footage from the old Daisy adSeriously, though...purity? Piety? I don't look for those things in my politicians. In fact, the ( Read more... )

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"See, it's not that the Democrats are playing checkers and the Republicans are playing chess, it's that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurse's office because, once again, they glued their balls to their thighs."

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My favorite is the footage of the 4th annual Redhead Day in Breda, Netherlands:

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More redheads than you can shake a stick at! :) I think it would be pretty neat to be one redhead amongst thousands, if just for a day or two.

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You know you grew up in the eighties when you hear a bunch of people singing "Country Life" at NEFFA and you immediately start hearing "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" by the Flirts in your head in response.