v2, d283: "When no one understands you, or the little things you do..."

Today was sort of a rough day, because I kept failing to help people, which always bums me out.  There were a lot of people having bad days today, and any time I tried to step in and make someone feel better...I dunno, it just didn't click today.  It's like playing a ball game where all your shots hook left for some reason.  Or like you're Superman, and you see a piano's falling on somebody, so you swoop down and catch the piano only to discover there was a motorcycle inside the piano, and the motorcycle falls out and lands on the person.  You can't help but feel a little embarrassed and disappointed.  Even if it wasn't your fault, because really, how are you supposed to know there's a motor cycle in the piano?  Wait, I guess if you're Superman, you have X-ray vision.  So maybe not Superman.  Maybe Green Lantern or something.  Whatever.

Point is, today was a rough day for a lot of my friends, and I always hate to see people I love having bad days. 

Anyway, here's the new Thor trailer, if you haven't seen it yet.



Also,youtube fail/youtube win:

I decided to look for a snappy way to say there was a lot of snapping going on at work today--and not cool snapping, either, but heads-being-bitten-off snapping.  And I knew exactly what link I wanted for "heads-being-bitten-off," too: Handy the puppet from the classic The Tick episode The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account telling his human friend The Human Ton to "DON'T JUST STAND THERE, EAT HIS HEAD!"  followed by the Ton grumbling "OKAY" and chomping down on The Tick's cranium.  "See?" Handy cries, "He's eating your head, and I can still speak!  He's eating, I'm speaking!  He's eating, I'm speaking!  HOW DO WE DO IT?"  And of course, "The Tick EAT HIS HEAD"  yielded nothing useful. 

I did, however, find this when I did a general search for "head bitten off."    Doesn't get much more straightforward than that, I suppose.

Here, by the way, is the Tick episode in question.  It is a classic, and as close to "Required Viewing" as we get here at FOMW.

v2, d157: Humboldt Squid Update

The only thing more phenomenal than this headline is misreading this headline and replacing the last word with "sticks" instead of "stocks."  (I think the "giant" claim may be a tad unsubstantiated, but as longtime readers of FOMW/WBW know, these creatures are not to be taken lightly and should be reported immediately to the proper authorities) Though I have to admit, if I'm the squid, I'm pretty hacked off.  That's got to be the least intimidating picture of a Humboldt I've ever seen in print.  Now, this one here pretty much says "Evil Torpedo of Murky Death."  This one is more of a "Ghostly White Angel of Death" look.  And this says "And Now We're Coming Out of the Water to Get You."  (Or, "If Mega Man Jumped On Us, He'd Be Dead.")

Fortunately, the plan is to send out an army of robotic warriors to make the seas safe once again.  (At least, I assume this is the plan)  Unfortunately, while progress on this front is definitely being made, it's coming very, very slowly. 

The robot-squid war is coming.

Which begs the question: William Hanna and Joe Barbara: first anti-robot, pro-squid propagandists?  We report, you decide.

Youtube fail: A quick search for "robot vs squid" gives you nothing useful. 

Youtube win:

v2, d147: Powerade

What if Powerade actually gave you, you know, powers?

Or aid.

So, that's deep.

It's time for youtube win/youtube fail.


Youtube win: This incredibly well-done music video by English neo-post-post folksy comedy band-with-an-accordion band Pig With The Face of a Boy.  Using Tetris as a metaphor for the place of the working man throughout Soviet history?  Fairly brilliant.



Youtube fail: I searched to see if anybody had made a video that combined clips from any action-based cartoon, video game, or blockbuster flick with Michael W. Smith's Secret Ambition.  (I don't know why I wanted to search for this, but I thought it'd be the find of the week if it did in fact exist) 

Survey says.....no.

However, a quick search for "Survey Says" brought us this clip, so it's not a total loss. 



What I like about this video is that it really wasn't that funny of an answer.