What’s with facial hair and lottery commercials … remember Moneystache? Actually, that’s the only other one I can remember.
In “Beard World” Oregon Lottery reveals what’s inside Santa’s beard. Hint: a lot less rum and cookie crumbs than you expect. The charming, flossing walrus makes up for it.
Amazing. And not in a bizarre, Asians Doing Christopher Walken Impressions kinda way. Just watch … Rob Brydon‘s evolution of early vs. later, Brandy-soaked Caine is amazing. And then Coogan drops the bomb. Awesome. (via Kottke)
“… this beautifully shot film follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a team of international volunteers work with girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17, an age group largely untouched by other aid programmes.”
VIDEO REMOVED(?)
WILL TRY TO FIND ANOTHER COPY … STAY TUNED
Peering over the edge of the 2717 foot Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai are the scouts for Mission: Impossible 4, Ghost Protocol. This is their view. (Thanks, Dylan!)
For anyone new to or unfamiliar with the TRON story, this trailer lays it all out there for you. For nerdcore fans, it gives plenty more to chew on without shedding too much light on things. (See what I did there? Yup, italics.)
That said, I don’t want to see another frame until it’s on a big-ass IMAX. One more month …
Sure, it’s no TRON x Michael Jackson remix, but this re-edit/remix by NTEIBINT does a nice job of giving us one more reason to watch this same, awesome footage. December’s oh-so-close.
Last month Aesop Rock, with the help of other “multifarious” contributors, launched the blog 900 Bats as “… a creative resource for arts, information, and oddities.” Now the site is brimmin’ with re-blog-worthy goods. Here’s two episodes of a promising series from one of my fave SF artists, Jeremy Fish, Storytime With Creepy Uncle Fish. Created with Alexander Tarrant and Justin Metros.
In case you missed the Playboy above, these stories are not for the kiddies.
Every year gentlemen far and near seek new ways to gain an edge in the great Petaluma Whiskerino beard and moustache contest. Some even turn to beard “Fibering.” A practice frowned upon by judges for reasons of ethics and risk. Watch what happens when I dabble in this forbidden-follicled art.
Huge thanks to Beau Bouverat at TINBIKE for filming and editing; to my wife Melissa for having a dream about this particular beard; and to Paul Francis for letting me get hairy in his bathroom.
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PETALUMA WHISKERINO & CRAFTERINO
Saturday, October 9th 2010
at the Petaluma Farmers’ Market info/directions
