{"id":1114,"date":"2011-05-31T19:22:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T19:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/2011\/05\/31\/when-youre-at-the-end-of-your-rope-tie-a-bowline-on-a-bite-and-saddle-up\/"},"modified":"2011-05-31T19:22:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T19:22:57","slug":"when-youre-at-the-end-of-your-rope-tie-a-bowline-on-a-bite-and-saddle-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/when-youre-at-the-end-of-your-rope-tie-a-bowline-on-a-bite-and-saddle-up\/","title":{"rendered":"When you&#8217;re at the end of your rope, tie a bowline on a bite and saddle up."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And I&#8217;m back, with more fun stuff for you!\u00a0 First up, watch this trailer, I&#8217;m freaking excited for this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1098\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6CloKbXtD28?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/vh1-rebooting-pop-up-video-191528\">VH1 is bringing back Pop-up Video<\/a>, and has ordered 60 episodes.\u00a0 I might be even more excited about that.<\/p>\n<p>This PSA ran during the season finale of Glee, and I really, really like it.\u00a0 I hope it&#8217;s effective (and I should work on that myself, I&#8217;ve gotten better, but it certainly pops out every now and then):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1098\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T549VoLca_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Harry Potter (from my last post), what if he had an MBA, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/expresident\/if-harry-potter-had-an-mba\">check out the gallery here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1111\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_12_14_enhanced-buzz-21867-1302634363-29.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_12_14_enhanced-buzz-21867-1302634363-29.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_12_14_enhanced-buzz-21867-1302634363-29-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite blogs has a post up about <a href=\"http:\/\/corporatehallucinations.com\/hallucinations\/?p=417\">the fake necessity of repeating something seven times before it is remembered<\/a>.\u00a0 Go check it out.\u00a0 Enjoy the rage.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s an awesome video involving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/willc3\/ready-to-have-your-mind-blown-by-magnets-and-ball-zzb\">ball pit balls and magnets<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/23155536\">F5 2011 RE:PLAY Film Festival. Inductance<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/physaliastudio\">Physalia Studio<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a little behind, but here is a gallery of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/donnad\/bitter-borders-compilation\">awesome signs from Borders<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1112\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_12_14_enhanced-buzz-21867-1302634155-27.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_12_14_enhanced-buzz-21867-1302634155-27.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_12_14_enhanced-buzz-21867-1302634155-27-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Colbert takes on habitual liar (not intended to be a factual statement) Jon Kyl.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a favorite, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/scott\/an-illustrated-guide-to-stephen-colberts-jon-kyl\">and here are the rest<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1113\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_13_13_enhanced-buzz-6026-1302714922-9.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_13_13_enhanced-buzz-6026-1302714922-9.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/s-ak.buzzfed.com_static_enhanced_terminal01_2011_4_13_13_enhanced-buzz-6026-1302714922-9-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In case the embed code does not work below,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerve.com\/news\/tv\/watch-john-lithgow-dramatically-reads-newt-gingrichs-press-release\"> go and watch John Lithgow perform an actual press release from Newt Gingrich<\/a>.\u00a0 I will repeat, these are the words, verbatim, from an actual press release.\u00a0 How amazing!<\/p>\n<p> <object id=\"AOLVP_us_951175725001\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/videoplayer\/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"stillurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpdl%2Estream%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fpdlext%2Faol%2Fbrightcove%2Faolmaster%2F1612833736%2F1612833736%5F951171779001%5Fari%2Dorigin29%2Darc%2D574%2D1305872801253%2Ejpg%3FpubId%3D1612833736&amp;playerid=61371447001&amp;codever=1&amp;videoid=951175725001&amp;publisherid=1612833736\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/videoplayer\/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" name=\"AOLVP_us_951175725001\" flashvars=\"stillurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpdl%2Estream%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fpdlext%2Faol%2Fbrightcove%2Faolmaster%2F1612833736%2F1612833736%5F951171779001%5Fari%2Dorigin29%2Darc%2D574%2D1305872801253%2Ejpg%3FpubId%3D1612833736&amp;playerid=61371447001&amp;codever=1&amp;videoid=951175725001&amp;publisherid=1612833736\"><\/embed><\/object> <\/p>\n<p>And finally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And I&#8217;m back, with more fun stuff for you!\u00a0 First up, watch this trailer, I&#8217;m freaking excited for this: VH1 is bringing back Pop-up Video, and has ordered 60 episodes.\u00a0 I might be even more excited about that. 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