Child Tests Monk's Patience

Here's a story that was practically made for local TV news. Tibetan monks in exile traveled to the US a bit ago to raise money and awareness of their culture and political predicament. They spent a few days painstakingly creating a large sand art mandala in Kansas City's train station.

Yes, that incredible mandala is created entirely out of colored sand. Not the aforementioned mandala but close enough.

The sand art was left roped off over night with no guards (monks have to sleep sometime) and guess what. Some lady wasn't watching her kid for a minute and he ran all over the sand and created some art of his own.


According to witnesses, the monks didn't seem too distraught about how some little pissant destroyed tens of hours of labor and so they went back to work recreating the mandala. Somewhere in there is a grand metaphor about American culture but thats another story. You can link to some Kansas City local news coverage of what happened here and you can see what happened to the kid after the reporters backs were turned below.

(child abuse via a gif group on virb)

Go For It!

Some marketing director got a lot of mileage out of this one.

An original idea, great child acting, a great script, and a powerful voice over give this commercial the strength to stay in my head for at least twenty years. I remember privately wishing for a sister so could say, "pretty sneaky, sis" without having to go through all the effort of putting a dress on my younger brother. If I ever did have a sister to trick me, I would have been hard pressed to choose between that line and Milton's "Hast thou betrayed my credulous innocence with vizor'd falsehood and base forgery?"

Cat Attack

Looks like some lady got an extra dose of the cat crazies.

(via spluch)

Tight Crew

In the early days of hip hop, the Cold Crush Brothers had an act that was air hockey smooth. Consummate performers.

A Simple Message

If you have a daily quota of meaninglessness, this video should help you fill it.

The War on Graffiti

Extreme Chair Jumping

LOL!!!

Proper breath - Yoga

Really amazing 40 second inhalation by Yogacharya B.K.S.Iyengar (Guruji).

Clear and Present Danger

It's scary because it's a small step away from what actual white house press conferences sound like.

(via Sequoia Sempervirens)

Monster Truck SNES

This commercial tapped right into the demographic that loves video games and monster truck rallies in a way not seen since the Bigfoot nintendo game.

Escort - All Through the Night

I've been away from the internets for a while, sipping margaritas at the swim-up bar in Aruba with Mrs. Mantis for a while, then dealing with work, but I'm back with some musical hors d'oeuvres. First up is a delicious combination of sexual innuendo and dancing Muppets: the ghost of Jim Henson is either wicked uncomfortable with this or totally doing the electric slide in heaven.

(hat tip to the One and Only Mogolodi!)

This Game Blows

I would totally play this game. Someone really should make enough console based musical instruments that virtual rock bands, wind quartets and full orchestras start appearing in the country of internet.

You can check out the full onion article about the fictional "Sousaphone Hero" here.

Vacation? All I Ever Wanted.

Sorry the posts have been light lately. Alot of work, too much fresh air and sunlight, you know the drill..plus I'm going on vacation. The good news is, I'll return and blog till my nerdly digits blister. Promise. In the meantime, check out the blogroll, peep fellow M4H author the Unbeatable's bloggy blog, breakdance, listen to an amazing example of techno/house rave-robots breathing lasers music, or just strike a pose.

Peace, people! Wish me luck. If I win in Vegas, you all get monkeys.

Check out this incredible 8-bit Nintendo mega-mix. It tickles the nerdbones in oh so many ways. You get the glory of Kung Fu, Street Fighter, Punch Out, Mario, and Megaman to name a few. Also you get to hear hyper intense japanese intstrumental energy music, which is alot like snorting an mp3. This is alot like a post-sushi, fever-induced dream you might have after passing out on an arcade floor. Except cool, more awesome, and bad. (FYI: not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good. )

(And for more retro video game 80's action, check out this totally boss video of Mr. Rogers playing Donkey Kong.)

(Thanks John!)