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Not quite sure what to think of this animated short, other than it’s quite creepy. There is just something unsettling about dolls in an unsupervised toy store… Great animation though, and I love the payoff!

Negativity is such and easy default that the occasional positive post seems necessary.

This video warmed my heart to the core. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in stress and money that stopping to smell the roses can become but a distant afterthought.

The story goes:
“An elderly couple walked into the lobby of the Mayo Clinic for a checkup and spotted a piano. They’ve been married for 62 years and he’ll be 90 this year. Check out this impromptu performance.”

I hope my wife and I last another 61 and 3 months! (I’m referring to our lives, not our marriage)

Tom Green is one of those anomalies that was popular EXACTLY between the dates of when the world was ready for him. Kind of like when Randy Johnson hit a bird with a pitch. There was only one time in the universe for that to happen and he nailed it.

I was a fan of Tom Green’s show when it came out, and feel honored to be in the extremely limited class of people who have seen Freddy Got Fingered and lauged. But since the late 90’s he’s kinda fallen off of the mainstream wagon.

I saw this clip today as I was scrolling down my standard Google Reader feeds, and was floored by how awesome his rhymes are! I knew he was a musical guy, but watching this really inspired me to make the supergroup “CFJ’s” more popular than Tiesto, DJ Skribble, and Wesley Willis COMBINED. We’re totally already there.

Also thought I’d throw in the aforementioned clip of RJ destroying the bird.

For those of us who have worked with gouache before, that shit is NOT easy to use. I love the style that the artist, Kazuki Takamatsu, used in these pieces! I’m always amazed at the amount of talented people there are in this world.

Great god in heaven, this video is the end all, be all for any Big Lebowski fans out there! I’m more impressed by the writing than the acting, but either way this video is one of a kind.

EDIT: I shouldn’t have to do this (because everyone should have seen this movie 10 times by now and know the original scene by heart), but JUST incase anyone reading this post HASN’T seen The Big Lebowski, here’s the original scene from which the above video is based.

Can’t put my finger on it, but Steve Blake has always reminded me of Strongmad (of the Strong bad emails). Is it just me?…

These kids will soon be grown up Russians throwing around words like, “niiiiet” and “Moother Roossia”

These are my kind of special effects! Move over Avatar.

A local software company, Jive Software, is making big news in the tech industry. To be honest, I only really know of these guys because I play soccer with 3 dudes who work there, but from what I hear it’s a pretty rad company. Well done fellas!