The adventures of Milk Man – the worst super hero in the world!

by freddiew: Just some cool dudes making sweet vids with rad FX!

via: GeeksAreSexy.net

Submitted by Ben: Not too late to vote!

From the “Lesser Known Presidential Candidates Forum”, Manchester New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College, December 19, 2011, which aired on C-Span:

From Marsha:

All I Want For Christmas – HMS OCEAN, from TwoSixTV

After lots of time away last year (214 days) — planned for 7 week deployment exercise with other nations. Diverted to Libya and further operations; Back 9 Dec after 7½ months away – 225 days with 176 at sea.

The ship’s company made a Christmas DVD when they heard they would be home for Christmas.

400 people onboard (at peak during the amphibious exercises just under 900 onboard but approx 650 during Op Ellamy); Steamed just over 40,000 miles; Burned approx 6,000 tonnes of fuel; Operated 16 different type of aircraft off the deck.

Realities of deploying:

15 babies born while the ship has been away (fathers did get home to see mum and baby); 5 people were sent home so they didn’t miss their own weddings; 1 sailor whose son’s third birthday is on homecoming. Family meeting ship

Ships company have missed:

Summer holidays; Children’s exam results; Children finishing school and starting university; The Padre missed his daughter’s graduation.

Submitted by artist Stephen Barnwell who just won a design competition to make the official Protest Currency for the Occupy Wall St. Movement.

Occupy Wall Street Official Protest Currency

On October 22, 2011, Stephen won a design competition to create the official protest currency of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Immediate plans for the design are for currency notes and tee shirts, but it may be used for a variety of materials.

The reverse of the note is ghosted out to allow for people to sign the notes, so that each note will be a unique and personalized document. The vignette is of the NY Stock Exchange building grafted onto the US Capitol building.

For details of Stephen’s design process, check out the artasmoney.com blog.

Reverend Al from The Art of Bleeding and the late Los Angeles Cacophony Society created and presents this:

…bit of corporate chain-yanking and conceptual mashup, churning together the work of master plastinator Gunther von Hagens of Bodyworlds fame and Häagen-Dazs. Everything melts..

“Gunther von Häagen-Dazs”

From The Art of Bleeding website:

The Art of Bleeding is a Los Angeles-based multi-media performance troupe creating comically surreal and potentially educational programs in health and safety for video and live theatrical presentation.

Traveling in an actual ambulance to clubs, galleries, festivals, and other venues, we stage short sketches set in an off-kilter “paramedical funhouse” where costumed kiddy-show characters (an ape, robot, and puppet) mingle freely – if inappropriately – with a staff of “nurses” dressed to thrill the medical fetishist in us all. (more…)

From Erin:

Watch the Hackgate movie trailer:

Parody created by Paul and Lisa at Handface. Special thanks to Andrew Scott.

From Linda: An oldie but goodie from the Webby Awards 2010:

Update submitted by Chris V., July 15, 2011:

Submitted by Don B., July 13, 2011

Austrian Man Wins Right To Wear Pasta Strainer In License Photo
NPR
by Eyder Peralta
July 13, 2011

In Austria one of the strangest fights for religious freedom has come to an end: Niko Alm, a self-described “Pastafarian,” fought for three years for the right to wear a pasta strainer on his head in his driver’s license photo.

His argument? Alm claimed he belonged to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and wearing the strainer was part of his religion.

The BBC reports:

Mr Alm’s pastafarian-style application for a driving licence was a response to the Austrian recognition of confessional headgear in official photographs.

The licence took three years to come through and, according to Mr. Alm, he was asked to submit to a medical interview to check on his mental fitness to drive but – straining credulity – his efforts have finally paid off.

It is the police who issue driving licences in Austria, and they have duly issued a laminated card showing Mr. Alm in his unorthodox item of religious headgear.

The AFP reports that Alm now wants to apply for “Pastafarianism to become an officially recognised faith in Austria.”

If you want more, Alm detailed his fight on his blog. (We’ve linked to Google’s English translation of it.)



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Submitted by Erin:

From Koch-Blocked.com:

Tired of the Koch Brothers buying our political system? Then join The Other 98% to push Koch money out and bring democracy back in… and maybe take part in some more awesome creative agitation.

Koch Bros – “It’s the evil thing…”

This video was conceived by John Sellers and Agit-Pop and produced and directed by Church of Great Rain — Adrienne Silvey-Mildon & David Godsey. Shot and edited by Eric Perlman.

Rapture or prank? Clothing with burn marks found at Olin-Turville Park
State Journal, Capital Times
May 26, 2011

Did the Rapture happen in Madison after all?

Do we finally have evidence of alien abduction?

Or was it the work of a clever band of artistic pranksters?

Clothing with apparent burn marks along with such personal effects as wallets, watches and keys was found Sunday on the largest hill of Olin-Turville Park, according to a Madison police report that quickly gained attention Thursday, circulating on Facebook, Twitter and media websites.

But a simple Google search revealed that people across the world undertook similar actions in response to the declaration by a fringe California preacher that last Saturday certain Christians would be transported to heaven.

Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain played along, writing an uncharacteristically long and descriptive report that he posted to the Internet on Thursday afternoon. (more…)

Submitted by Erin:

The Final Edition, a New York Times Parody from Spinal Tap Star Tony Hendra
Vanity Fair
by Juli Weiner
May 10, 2011

Internet, meet The Final Edition, a nihilistic and deeply silly parody of The New York Times and the city it serves. The Final Edition is edited by Tony Hendra, the Spinal Tap actor, Vanity Fair contributor, and Spy and National Lampoon alumnus.

With articles about the cycling culture wars (“New Second Avenue Subway Will Include Bike Lanes”), section names that refer to the Times’s Manhattan-centric perspective (“World /U.S./SoHo”), and conspicuously sympathetic business coverage (a recurring feature spotlights the “story of a great American businessman who, despite his lack of ethics, has bravely stayed out of jail”), The Final Edition is like a very parochial Onion.

There are sly winks to journalism nerds, too: an article about Spider-Man was authored by R. W. Appleipad. There’s even a parody of Timescast, the Times’s endearingly purposeless daily video starring the paper’s reporters. (Actually, it reminds us of the trailer for Page One.) The Final Edition’s version of Timescast is anchored by Mike the Intern. “No one wanted to do this Timescast thing today,” he explains. “I could have a shot at a Pulitzer! Or better yet—get on Gawker!” Hendra plays Times executive editor Bill Keller.

The Last Timescast from The Final Edition on Vimeo.

Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says
by Den Dhur and Hallis Saper
The Galactic Empire Times
May 9, 2011

CORUSCANT — Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mastermind of some of the most devastating attacks on the Galactic Empire and the most hunted man in the galaxy, was killed in a firefight with Imperial forces near Alderaan, Darth Vader announced on Sunday.

In a late-night appearance in the East Room of the Imperial Palace, Lord Vader declared that “justice has been done” as he disclosed that agents of the Imperial Army and stormtroopers of the 501st Legion had finally cornered Kenobi, one of the leaders of the Jedi rebellion, who had eluded the Empire for nearly two decades. Imperial officials said Kenobi resisted and was cut down by Lord Vader’s own lightsaber. He was later dumped out of an airlock.

[For maps, video, photos, TimesCast, related stories & opinions, visit the original Galactic Empire Times sidebar.]

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Submitted by Erin as seen on Aish.com:

What if Moses had Facebook?

Created by Shoot East
Written by Aish.com

Click on the link or the video to watch it on YouTube.

The President’s Speech

thanks Nancy and Erin

Yes… Another fake gift box:

PrankPack: Genuine Fake Gift Boxes

Delta Technology presents the iArm, the forearm mount that gives you, well, an extra arm. Just 4.5 lbs and fully adjustable, the iArm lets you take your favorite gadget with you. And with the optional “multi-mount”, you can secure up to three items at once. Attaches to tablet PCs, eReaders, remotes & more!

$8.00
Choose any 3 Prank Packs for $20!

thanks Erin