This video has been around for a long time, but it’s still making the rounds. The MGM Lion discusses the philosophy of death. It’s a surreal, darkly funny examination of what death is like. Yet the MGM Lion is strangely reassuring with a potentially grim subject. You may not agree with the lion’s assertion, but you have to admit it’s food for thought.
You may not know about it yet, but the Internet is the Wave of the Future! Check out this retro-cool “advertisements” of the Internet’s top websites…done up on fabulous 40s to 60s style typeface and graphic design. The Future is Now!
In this very provocative essay, literary icon Kurt Vonnegut explains why people have such a need for drama in their life. It’s all very scientific with charts and everything. Featured on CD Baby founder Derek Sivers’s website.
Humor site The Oatmeal is popular for its irreverent (and occasionally NSFW) illustrations of life’s little fun facts and absurdities. Seattle comic writer/artist Matt Inman has a special talent for putting a hilarious spin on sober scientific facts, as illustrated by the ultimate Apology for the Awesomeness of Cats, entitled “17 things worth knowing about your cat”. Did you know Isaac Newton invented the cat door? No kidding!
The New Dork – Entrepreneur State of Mind, is a spoof on the Jay-Z/Alicia Keys song, Empire State of Mind. But it’s ten times cooler because it really speaks to us: the bloggers and social media gurus of the world. Check it out.
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