Monday, December 26, 2011

Gone fishin'

Taking a few days off from posting. See you in the New Year.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a joyous and very merry Christmas! May the nativity of our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ fill our hearts, minds, and souls with joy and His Divine Love.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas Canon Rock:

Friday, December 23, 2011

Hallelujah Chorus

Tonight's musical interlude, Alaskan grade school edition - Hallelujah Chorus - with kids from the Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat 5th Grade school, and villagers from Quinhagak, Alaska:

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Puppies for Christmas

Tonight's video montage - puppies for Christmas!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Celtic Woman performs Panis Angelicus:



Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Hallelujah Chorus, Silent Monk edition

Tonight's musical interlude - the Hallelujah Chorus, by the Silent Monks:

Monday, December 19, 2011

Veni, Veni Emmanuel

Tonight's (bonus) musical interlude -- the beautiful Advent hymn Veni, Veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) rendered in the beautiful Latin:

This performance by L'Accorche-Choeur, Ensemble vocal Fribourg, conducted by Zoltán Kodály:





This more contempory performance by Mannheim Steamroller:

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Celtic Woman performs Amazing Grace:




Sunday, December 18, 2011

A hub of activity

Tonight's Internet infrastructure video:

From the video's description:
Lower Manhattan’s 60 Hudson Street is one of the world’s most concentrated hubs of Internet connectivity. This short documentary peeks inside, offering a glimpse of the massive material infrastructure that makes the Internet possible. ...


Saturday, December 17, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Celtic Woman performs Little Drummer Boy:

Friday, December 16, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - the North Point Community Church's iBand makes music using iPads and iPhones:

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Bob Hope - Christmas with the troops

Tonight's video - Bob Hope entertains the troops:

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

FedEx Ground dominoes

Tonight's domino video, FedEx edition:

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Special effects

Tonight's special effects video collage, showing the use of blue and green screens in movies and TV shows:

Monday, December 12, 2011

Mi nombre es ...

Tonight's vocal impersonator, from the Spanish-language show Mi Nombre Es...:

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Showtime

Tonight's department store Christmas display - Saks Fifth Avenue 3D video projection show at their flagship store in New York City:

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Never Wet

Tonight's hydro-phobic video:

Friday, December 9, 2011

A friendly voice

Tonight's friendly voice:

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Anna Burden (I think that's the singer's name) performs Lulu and the Lampshades' You're Gonna Miss Me:

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Earth time lapse from ISS

Tonight's time lapse video - Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 on board the International Space Station from August to October,
2011:

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

When news anchors fail

Tonight's news anchor fail compilation:

Monday, December 5, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude, a repost - from an October 2010 performance:

From the video's description:
... [T]he Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650 choristers from 28 participating organizations to perform one of the Knight Foundation's "Random Acts of Culture" at Macy's in Center City Philadelphia. Accompanied by the Wanamaker Organ - the world's largest pipe organ - the OCP Chorus and throngs of singers from the community infiltrated the store as shoppers, and burst into a pop-up rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah" at 12 noon, to the delight of surprised shoppers. ...


Sunday, December 4, 2011

Never Wet

Tonight's dry innovation:

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Happy Hannukkah

Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish visitors! Tonight's Hannukkah rap -- Candlelight, by the Maccabeats:

Friday, December 2, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - actor and comedian Michael Winslow, billed as the "Man of 10,000 sound effects" for his ability to make sound effects using only his voice, performs Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love on a Norwegian TV show:

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Human slingshot

Tonight's fun-with-bungee-cords video: