Extreme Sheep

It's a light display! It's a sheepherding display! It's a combination extravaganza!

Look, if you haven't seen it, there isn't any way to describe this. Just watch it. It's amazing what a few bored shepherds can do with sheep. Um, and LED lights.

Karaoke anyone?

Okay, so I'm a little old to have been involved in the Dance Dance and Karaoke Revolutions. I don't think we had any revolutions in the 70-80's. But we sure had some timeless music!

Now you can sing it! That's right, the hits of yesterday and today can be sung online, all you need is a microphone, no registration required, over at Karaokeparty.com. What a hoot!

I went for Oasis Wonderwall right away, and I must say, I sound mahvalous. It isn't the original singers like in Karaoke Revolution, but they are rather good. I dare say, if you go visit you will be amused.

Tesla Coil Guitar Fail

Okay, what if I told you there was a guy who had two Tesla Coils that throw out sparks three-feet long?

What if I told you he hooked his guitar up to it, so that the sparks were thrown whenever he played?

What if I told you he played Thunderstruck, by AC/DC?

Sounds like a winner, right?

Nope. EPIC FAIL!

Great idea, guitar guy, but, um, LEARN TO PLAY! Or get your friend who can play to do it for you.

If this were my video, I would take it down. It sucks so bad.

When you have an idea this great, it's hard to screw it up. He managed.

Volcano Lightning

This is real.

Volcanic ash sometimes generates enough electricity to begin shooting out lightning bolts. Then what?

What else do you want? It's a volcano-generated mother-of-all-thunderstorms!

Man, you people are hard to please.

From Cracked, the funniest website in the world. It is edgy, and don't go if you're easily offended, but man!, is it a funny site. I could spend days on it.

10 guys, 12 days

Okay, the title sounded bad, but it's just an a capella group.

A friend told me about these guys - an absolutely unique take on the twelve days of Christmas. Very talented, pretty funny, and a lot of work put into the act. Apparently the other stuff by them is good too, but I didn't browse it all. Sorry about two videos in a row, but it's Christmas, you know. You have to expect a lot of Christmas stuff.

Unless I was Jewish, or Muslim. Or a profound atheist. But I'm not.

Well, enjoy the video.

More Earthquakes please...

Anybody tired of my earthquake hype? Well too bad.

Look, it's simple. If there is a major shake-up, and you saw it here, I'm gonna look like a genius!

And if it doesn't happen, I'll look like a nutcase, which can only help my popularity on the interweb. So I win, or I win!

Today I link to the U.S. Geological Survey site for tracking Earthquakes. If one happens, and you're not sitting on top of it, you'll find out about it here first.

They even have an animated version of it, which shows them popping off throughout the day. I had NO IDEA how many earthquakes hit California, and other places. You can track the world through this site. It's pretty cool. I think we're looking for a 6+ on the scale to qualify for a fulfilled prediction. A pretty tall order.

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

EARTHQUAKES!

Okay, starting today, and for the next week or so, the webbots have predicted a California earthquake of significant proportions (see my prior post).

This is it! If we see this happen, I'm going to begin paying real attention to these webbot predictions. We can Hari Seldon the rest of history (I think that unlikely).

And if not, well, then we can chalk up another false prophet to the long list. But what I think is most likely is some event which will be interpreted as fulfilling the prediction. Then they have the benefit of always being right.

The only problem with that kind of prophesy is that you only know you were right after the thing has happened, and what good is it if you have to wait until after the event to find out what you were predicting?

Anyway, I really want to see how this one turns out.

Earthquake in the future?

Web Bots foresee a West Coast / Vancouver area large scale earthquake around December 12, 2008.

Okay, these Web Bots. They make predictions. Some say they Predicted a US, then a global economic collapse as early as February for an event due October 7th, 2008.

Spot on, wish I'd moved my money.

Quoting persons who know more about it:

Webbots track words and the way the words are connected, BUT they don't track the subject matter of what is being discussed. Over time, the inter-relationships of these words change and those changes "paint a picture" of what we might expect in the future.

Did that make any sense? It's a way of tracking the Global Consciousness for changes. Those of you who read the Foundation Trilogy by Asimov are familiar with the idea.

So, let's wait and see. [new post December 12, 2008]

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The Mysterious Coral Castle...

I think I referenced the Coral Castle in another post. So here is yet another reference. I'm not obsessed. It's just unique, and nice. Not as big as it would seem from video and pictures though. Really, just kinda dinky. But nice.

Environmental Graffiti

Dark Roasted Blend

Here's a site you may like. Even if you don't, the cave pictures are beautiful. Crazy beautiful. I wish I lived in a cave. Like Batman. Okay, maybe not.

The "Castles that will Inspire and Haunt you" includes Coral Castle, a local roadside attraction here in Miami!

I also like the "Dolls and Toys that Creep us Out" link.

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Thunderstruck by Gordon Duncan

My Daughter turned me on to this. It's amazing.

First, he's Piping. Incredibly. Fast.

And Perfectly.

And he's doing it playing AC/DC's Thunderstruck.

Could it be better?

A clue.

No.