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Yesterday's nut July 12, 2018

Yesterday’s writing was the podcast page, if you haven’t noticed, I finally go that up and running!

So, reading through all the news that came across my feed today, the world is a mess.  More than normal.  That probably won’t change in the near future.  So instead today, I’m just going to leave you with something to make you happy.  A youtuber who I love put together this amazing medley of music from Super Mario.  This is also a great reminder how astonishingly beautiful the music from Super Mario Galaxy is:

 

Because we listen for the shout, we miss the whisper.

Yesterday's nut January 21, 2018

Alright, let’s see what’s been going on.  First up, did you know that Harry Potter makes you more understanding of others?  It’s true!

Joseph Gorden Levitt writes about Star Wars: The Last Jedi (spoilers,obviously).

Like me, do you need a chart to see who owns the rights to which superhero?  Well this chart is handy (but won’t be accurate for long, I’m sure).

Super Mario Bros. in ragtime:

These are really bad times for queer people.  Just recently, the federal government has taken steps to allow doctors to deny services to anyone because they’re part of the LGBT community.

A new study has shown that 40% of LGBT high school students have considered suicide due to bullying because they’re queer.

The majority of people still think it’s okay for businesses to discriminate against queer people.  And the Supreme Court denied an appeal and Mississippi’s law allowing businesses to discriminate is able to stand.

Waste of oxygen and poor excuse for a human being, Mike Pence, will officially lead the US Olympic delegation and openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon is having none of it.

And in other slightly better news, Senator Doug Jones’ son, who is gay, stared down Mike Pence at his father’s swearing in and it made my day.

Here’s the Star Wars Cantina Theme played with pencil and paper, writing out a math equation:

In better news, a new ruling from the International Court of the Americas (didn’t know that was a thing) is bringing marriage equality to a lot of different countries (potentially)

And new year’s resolutions for gay men (and everyone, in some cases).  And speaking of resolutions, Surviving the World has a great coming about them.

Watch a Katana disappear.  Makes me think of the novel, “The 50 Year Sword”

Quite possibly the best thing ever, a T-Rex conducts the Jurassic Park theme music.

Pittsburgh non-profits come out hard against the PG and it’s owner’s racist editorial, published on MLK Day.

And finally, a great little comic about our place in the universe.

But we sing, If we’re going nowhere, Yeah we sing

Yesterday's nut October 15, 2017

Alright, let’s see what we have today, first up, the new Google ear buds are going to change the world with live translations.

Stan Lee takes a stand against bigotry.

Fitz and the Tantrums’ new song is my new jam:

A touching tribute to Matthew Shepherd.

And speaking of, the politician who was saved by a married lesbian spoke at a convention dedicated to taking away her rights.

Oh hey, so did the president.  The first to do so.  He spoke at a convention that has discussed ways to pass legislation to put gay men to death.  Let that sink in.

Also in the horror show that is this administration, Jeff Sessions has rescinded protections for trans* people.

The president has also removed all mention of the queer community from the Health and Human Services department, meaning no mention of queer focused health initiatives.

And Jeff Sessions rescinded other protections for all members of the queer community.  These are things that affect people you love.  Be fucking pissed.

Okay, quick pallet cleanser.  The new trailer for Super Mario Odyssey takes the form of a Big Band musical number:

After the horrific shooting in Vegas, just a reminder that your thoughts and prayers do jack shit.  We need comprehensive gun control in this country, including a rescinding of the second amendment.

It boggles my mind that it takes something personally happening to someone for them to take action.  It is not that hard to actually think about other people and try to imagine a better world for them, as well as yourself.  But, predictably, when gun violence is close to a gun fanatic, suddenly, he realizes his mistake.  It infuriates me that it takes a tragedy like this for him to realize how wrong he is, but hey, at least he came around I guess.  I just won’t be patting him on the back for his sudden realization.

A Dutch news program takes on (with dark humor) the insanity that we live with here in the US:

Okay, the graphic designers have gotten a hold of the US map.

Speaking of graphic designers, a great SNL skit about fonts:

And if you can believe it, the man who created Papyrus, responds!

Stranger Things 2 (or the second season, not sure what to call it) looks amazing:

The president rolls back the mandate for birth control under health care, because he wants to drive up abortion rates, the cost of healhtcare and get rid of preventative medicine.  Just kidding, he’s a racist and since it is both something Obama put into place and a GOP wet-dream, it’s gone.

And I’ll just drop this here, the 10 things you need to know about Patriotism:

In good medical news, due to PrEP, there has been a huge drop in new HIV cases in England (where it was studied).

And finally, the amazing trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi:

Quando omni flunkus moritati: When all else fails, play dead

Yesterday's nut May 13, 2012

Well, let’s see what I have today for you, still going through a lot of my archives, but some pretty awesome stuff in here.

First up, Ellen performs the audio book of 50 Shades of Grey:

The Carnegie should take their cues from this NYC museum.

Presumably the call to action is over, but look at how cute the penguins are!

One of the designers of The Guild shows the building process for some of the props for the character costumes.  Pretty awesome.

Science makes a big leap forward in time cloaking…or something like that.

The Apple store in Paris is all kinds of awesome:

 

Wow, Mario can die in all kinds of ways.

So very, very true:

And lastly, what could have been a really bad situation turns into awesome:

 

One more thing I wanted to add, check out this amazing concept for new airships:

an umbrella vendor singing Hit Me Baby One More Time

Yesterday's nut December 16, 2011

More fun goodness from my many RSS feeds and around the Net, let’s see what I’ve found today:

First up, there’s this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWTpJtgSfiM

First up, Top Men over at whoba! have some great posts.  First up, living room projection mapping, followed by architectural projection mapping, and finally The Eyes Have it.

This looks fun:

And a whole bunch of stuff that comes courtesy of Copyranter:

The bastardization of corporate logos by using Comic Sans.

Amazing save the animals ads:

Wonder Bra lets you bungee jump in front of a giant ad of theirs, amazing photo op:

 

Cool spot from FedEx:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlv02a0-xQk

Amazing ad that was put up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Not sure how much air time it got on TV, but I hope it got a lot!

 

I don’t think I’d want to be the one taunting the cat with the food, but cool to watch:

Amazing (accidental) optical illusion:

 

I feel as though something’s wrong here.  And it’s a shame:

Big 3-D street art by Reebok:

Everyone’s favorite (or favorite to hate) Kiwi church is back at it, check out their new billboard here.

 Well now it makes sense:

 

“I’m a lawyer, I’m on a billboard”  Click through only if you want your mind to explode.

And finally, an stunning bus ad:

That’s it for now, but I’ll be back real soon with more!

 

Things are only impossible until they’re not. ~Jean-Luc Picard

Yesterday's nut July 5, 2010

A few, mostly nerdy things to catch up on.

First of all E3!  Here’s a cool recap from Nintendo, that I can’t embed.  Also are interviews about Epic Mickey, Lost in Shadow (which I first heard about from PG+) and Super Scribblenaughts.

I’m also excited about the new Zelda (Skyward Sword), Kirby’s Epic Yarn, and Metroid: Other M.  I’m somewhat excited for the new Goldeneye, and I think it’s an awesome throwback, but I was never really good at the first one, but I can see the nostalgia and potential.

I’m not a  huge fan of the new art style for Zelda, although I can appreciate that it was inspired by Monet (no, really), I think I just need to get used to it:

And here’s the trailer for Kirby:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK4gKc9OuTk

Also, how awesome is this orange(ish) 3DS:

The new Donkey Kong Country looks great, but again, not one that I’ll pick up, but here’s some info in case you’re interested.

The new Professor Layton looks awesome, although I still have to play the second in the series:

And likewise, I’m not if I’ll pick up Mario Sports mix, but it does look interesting, if a mini-game fest:

Ok, nerd mode is now off.  How about some fun news:

The Tea Party canceled their convention, or at least, pushed it back.

And The Pope can be brought to court, at least theoretically, thank goodness!

And for some brevity, Airpocalypse performed on America’s Got Talent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkdva4SNCcw

That’s it for now, have a great one everybody!

Musical update

Yesterday's nut December 11, 2008

Ok, a couple quick things for everyone:

This is just amazing, and really cool to listen to and watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIRCzbBB99E

Also, it’s been making its rounds here it is, Prop 8, the musical!  Also, Maya Roudolf is in it.  She was my favorite cast member from SNL, so it’s great to see her on stage again!

 

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