it speaks to your soul

people love music. i have never understood those religions which ban music or dancing. music is about as universal a language as you can get.

it affects my soul

cute! i love this! a canadian company puts together a music video of carol of the bells.

it looks like they're having a lot of fun and it sounds great -- i wanted to play!

if you look farther down the page you'll see the group that sang the hallelujah chorus in the food court. what a neat thing to see. and i love how it affects people. what does a criminal think when he sees something like this? it moves me to tears.

what time is it?

do you ever feel totally stressed? need to get away? well, i have the answer for you. go here and sit and watch for 20 or 40 minutes and your cares will drift away. leave the sound on ... it's nice, too.

seen one, seen 'em all -- NOT

hahaha, if you need a good laugh .... have at it.

left, right .... right, left .... i'm gonna get you

this is fascinating. i mean, you might not think it would be ... watching a cheetah and all those glorious muscles running 60 mph in slo-mo. but it's really amazing.

everything moves except the head -- it stays in exactly the same place.

and you need to watch the outtakes -- i like going backwards fast! here, kitty!

hard to predict, but we'll try ....

i just read where cambridge university is setting up a new program, "to study the four greatest threats to the human species -- artificial intelligence, climate change, nuclear war and rogue biotechnology."

i like it that they are doing this. there may be similar programs elsewhere, i don't know, but someone needs to be seriously considering the immense possibilities of future consequences of our present actions.

thumbs up to cambridge.

makes me smile

this is one of the sweetest things you'll ever see. cute little kid smiling as he keeps trying to not go to sleep.

a little food here and a little food there

like i've said before, there's a lot of 'art' out there that simply does not appeal to me. and then there's this. i don't know how this guy can do this stuff, since apparently he does it in layers, but i'm really impressed.

my favorites are the cucumber bridge and the corn candle. and isn't the banana balloon picture just as happy as can be?! and i'd like to dip my finger into the white castle hillside. and it's probably best to stay away from the chocolate express. after all ... chocolate. and pretty soon it would be all gone.

the husband was impressed with the fishcape, too. take a look and pick out your favorites.

how does she do it?

it's neat to watch the video of this dog. i had to keep reminding myself that she can't see anything.

and this there's this.

i mean, i don't have any use for a lot of 'art' out there and am suitably unimpressed with it. but this stuff: i. am. amazed.

how do they visualize these images and then put them together?

awestruck, that's me.

sign language

it's so fun to watch a really good sign language person. oh, yeah, and the music's good, too!!

help with a wee one...

i wasn't sure there were any good samaritans anymore. i mean, i know oklahoma has good people, but this guy was just traveling through. pretty amazing and heartwarming.

bygone era...

norman rockwell was a singular icon in a field by himself. i've always loved his stuff, and this article will show you some of his 'behind the scenes'. how very interesting!

bombs away!

throwing water balloons -- every boy's fun game. this guy takes pictures of the results, and some of them are funny, some are great, and one of them is just soooooooo mysterious.

he gathered bald men and took their pictures as the balloon was hitting their heads. you need to check this out. where, exactly, was the balloon hitting 'the burning man'? the water forms perpendicular to itself on top and below, as well as front and back. too weird! and i like the 'jesus' pic.

and one of the untitled ones (third one down) i would have called 'frozen north' because it looks like furry ice that would keep you warm.

i liked pretty much all of them, but would probably have given them different names. except for jesus -- that one definitely suits.

wood you make me one?

you are not going to believe these clothes. they look sooooo real. very fun! and be sure to watch the video!!

little kids and make-believe

do you like rhett and link? well, you should. and here is one of their vids, courtesy of the husband. you have to switch to another vid and it's well worth it. then be sure to watch 'the making of' and 'the challenges of'. if you like that kind of thing.

enjoy!

whoa ... things and stuff ...

so ... i'm looking online to see images of types of braids i don't believe i've seen before (waterfall, fishtail, etc) and i come across this page. it's probably more for girls than guys, but it's got some really funny stuff on it. i particularly like the picture part-way down where the caption says, "i want my hair to be that long. i want to braid it like that. i want that vintage blazer. i want tha..." it cracked me up. and it's true. although i would have added, "i want to look like that."

the page just goes on and on and i finally had to just stop. there was even food. curious page.

break dancing, again...

i like this!! it's a creative dance thing with an excellent little guy in the spotlight. and the music -- oh yes, love the music!

music can pretty much make or break things for me. yay, vincent lee!

lindsey stirling -- yes!

this violinist is a cutie-pie and i very much enjoyed watching her play. she seems to be passionate about music. and i love her outfits.

kt -- listen to/watch the skyrim (peter hollens) vid -- awesomeness triplicated!

what in the world?

the husband made me a blue guy and little boy. the original was stolen from the park and i had liked it so much, i asked him to make me one for here at home. so he did and it's wonderful. it graces the patio. somewhere around here we have a camera and when i see it again, i will take a pix and post.

at supper tonight i mentioned that when it starts raining again i'd like him to take the blue guy and little boy to my office. he said if people asked about it to tell them to watch Terminus. i think i had forgotten about that, and we watched it again. totally funky. especially when the pieces of concrete start dancing. ha! and i particularly liked the comment from canoai.

and then i watched another one. it was good. and it ended much better than it could have.

the husband is wonderful!