Yearning to travel?

Go by cargo ship.

72 and sunny

72 and Sunny makes some of my favorite ads, including those for Bugaboo, Callaway, and, of course, Discovery Channel.

Patton Oswalt's Commencement Speech

This is a great speech.

Rattlesnake!

My brother Jeff, his girlfriend Danielle, my friend Joe and I went camping up at Lake George this past weekend. After two days of roughing it and camping in the wilderness, we decided to give ourselves a break and camp in a designated site. As soon as we pitched our tents, I heard my brother scream like a little girl and run towards the car. Usually I ignore my brother's screaming, but Danielle screamed too. So I took a look and here is what I saw:



The funny thing is, no one really freaked out. After the snake went along its way, we continued to pitch our tents with hardly a worry. If this had happened in 'the wilderness' (a site not designated for camping), we all would have insisted on a motel room.

Pyrrhic Victory

Pyrrhic victory \PIR-ik\, noun:
A victory achieved at great or excessive cost; a ruinous victory.

Studio DDT

DDT is the studio that creates the wonderfully bizarre special effects in Guillermo del Toro's movies Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone. I can't wait to see del Toro's latest, Hellboy II.

Seven Deadly Social Sins

1. Politics without principle
2. Wealth without work
3. Commerce without morality
4. Pleasure without conscience
5. Education without character
6. Science without humanity
7. Worship without sacrifice

Bake Sales

Resistance

Wall-E Origami

Brian Chan has designed an original origami of Wall-E for Geekologie. See more pics of Wall-E (and Iron Man) here.

Fahrenheit Roller Coaster

Hershey Park's newest ride is the steepest roller coaster ever, featuring a 97-degree slope (7 degrees beyond vertical!) that results in 4 G's worth of force. Looks like a piece of cake.

Good Magazine Presents Barack Obama and John McCain