Brian Atene: the backstory

This is his best yet, although it is entirely lacking in that trademark zany WTF-ness we’ve come to know and love (?). If you’ve ever wondered what was the point of Brian Atene, grab a bottle of Coppola Rosso and watch this. And not just because he namechecked me!

Ah, he took it down AGAIN: embedding disabled by request. Oh, fine, BE that way. Here’s the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0R93KZPM7U

Ladyflower Alert!

The Adventures of Action Item

Let us just say this is not the usual raincoaster lifestyle, and that is a very good thing, otherwise the number of mass murders in this city would tend to increase over time in a dramatic, action-orientated, not-for-profit-but-intensely-rewarding-nonetheless GTD out-of-the-box (unless you’re making a reference to Se7en) manner.

The Adventures of Action Item!
The Adventures of Action Item!
The Fun Never Ends! Or at least, the meetings never do!

The Fun Never Ends! Or at least, the meetings never do!

From TheProfessionalSuperhero, passed along by BugGirl.

Chinese Olympic Scandal!

CHINA Olympic scandal!

CHINA Olympic scandal!

Dateline: the Forbidden City:

Today, shocking news has emerged of the sub-human conditions in which the Chinese Olympic Team (identities obscured here for their protection) is kept. Sadly, it appears that the famously controlling Chinese government is taking no chances on defections, forcing the diminutive athletes to train in specially-segregated gyms. The armed guards in attendance insistently deny to curious passers-by that the amazing feats of prowess observable are those of the products of Beijing‘s notorious “Population Density Optimization Eugenics Program, claiming somewhat lamely that the entire thing is nothing more than a “cicada circus,” the bigger, better Chinese version of a flea circus.

Their story:

The miniature sculpture works of Olympics sport events, pole jump, weight lifting, parallel bars, tennis ball and football made by handicraftsman Guo Futian, 52, are displayed at his home in downtown Beijing city, China, 04 August 2008. Maohou is a Chinese folk art form, and a form of Miniature Art. Artists build miniature sculptures using cicada sloughs and Magnolia buds. An old Beijing artform, Maohou sculpture came into being during the Qing dynasty. The most common Maohou sculptures feature dancing or posturing monkeys, with Magnolia buds used for making its body, cicada torso used for the limbs, and cicada antennae used for the tail. Legend has it that a Beijing herbal medicine shopkeeper designed such miniature toys for his son using the two traditional medicine ingredients since he was too poor to buy any toys.

What Would Amnesty International Do?

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre present: Smells Like…

Like, amazing! My squandered youth is restored by the power of celebrity! Not only has Katie Holmes single-handedly brought all the clothes in the bottom drawer of my dresser back into fashion, but now the dynamic duo known only as the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have covered one of the anthems of the Ambiguously Gay Nineties and brought it vividly, if poorly-translatedly, back to life.

Who’d have thought the deodorant would outlast the Bard of Seattle, eh?