Month: August 2008
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The Sacred Mushroom
OK this is long, but worth watching. It’s a show called One Step Beyond, from 1961, about psychedelic mushrooms (i.e., magic mushrooms) and whether or not they enhance ESP. There are so many fascinating / hilarious things about this video. The way they talk funny (“a man was shot!”… “and shot AT!”); the host himself…
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Bell, Bring Back Beavers
Have you seen this new Bell Canada ad? The father asks the ugly teen kid where the laptop is. He says he checked email in his room, played video games in the living room, and watched videos on the deck with it. The dad immediately becomes uncomfortable; “don’t tell me,” he says. The bathroom. I…
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This Place is the Best
So think about this. People often think that their city is the best in several different ways. Wherever they live has the greatest bars, the most beautiful women, the best tacos, whatever. But how do people come to hold these opinions? Well, one way would be to try to remember the best members of the…
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