When I was a kid, this was seriously my favorite cartoon ever. (YouTube, 7:30, work-safe.)

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Pretty-awesome! I especially love Obama's scene in the woods...

(Flash, 2 minutes, work-safe.)



(I have a little cameo *snicker*)

Last night I went to a short-film exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla with my sister Amber and her husband De Shion. Several dozen short-films played in continuous rotation on five different screens throughout the evening. Billed as an interactive venue for "physical channel surfing," the event let you sample films, then move on ( Read more... )

Thank you Newt Gingrich, beacon of morality! *rolls eyes*

(Note the irony in his references to "tyranny," and such phrases as "instruments of oppression," and "dictate their values.")

Our very civilization is at stake? What a drama queen.

(YouTube, 2:30, work-safe.)

Ha! I guess I had just a few more updates!

• One of my extra hard drives crashed. It started making clicking sounds. I was able to recover like 90% of the data, but it looks like a couple videos are lost. The funny thing is, this was my backup drive. But what good is a backup drive if you don't have the original on your main drive (or somewhere else ( Read more... )

Tee-hee! (YouTube, work-safe, 2:40).

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("Make it bling while I eat the hell out of this ganache!")

The guy with the beard is cute.

I guess it's a viral video for a company that sells cars. I think it's pretty well-done.

In honor of birthday boys maverick1303, kingfuraday and kurtzsd, here are a few silly little movies I made using the "Starring You" feature of JibJab.com.

The clips feature appearances by the birthday boys, as well as cameos by cavbear28, rugbybearpa, bubbabearsd, jpinsd, (non-LJ'er) Mainecub73, myself and a few others!

We showed these clips at a big party for the birthday boys on Friday night. It was a blast.

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First of all, thanks to everyone for all your support. The LJ responses, the e-mails, the TXT's... they are so very much appreciated!

I have a lot to do in preparation for the surgery, so I may not get to reply to them all right away. But I DO read each and every one of them.

Several folks asked how the Lap-Band is filled.

The port is actually located ( Read more... )

Here is an excellent computer-generated animation depicting how the lap band surgery is performed. (YouTube, work-safe, 45 seconds.)

NOTE: If you'd be uncomfortable with animated depictions of needles and insertion of laparoscopic devices, you should skip this.

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To see how the band is adjusted over time, refer to videos here and here. (These are tame ( Read more... )