Thank you, Pope Benedict!

On his last day as Pope, thanks for his service to the Church:

Planet Earth

Tonight's terrestrial video - a compilation of scenes from the 2006 BBC TV series Planet Earth (try watching full screen):

Romancing the Wind

Tonight's kite flying video - Ray Bethell performs a kite ballet to Flower Duet from Lakme by Delibes:

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Zoe Mulford performs Welcome In Another Year:

Happy Christmas!

Wishing everyone a very merry and happy Christmas!

To celebrate, here's the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, with the Tenebrae Choir, performing For Unto Us a Child is Born, from Handel's Messiah:

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - We Three Kings, performed by The Piano Guys at Citipond in Bryant Park in New York City:

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Carols of the Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed on cellos:

The Christmas Story

Tonight's Christmas story, Aussie kid edition:

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, performed by the Piano Guys:

The Popinator

Tonight's fun-with-popcorn video:

Stopping the intrinsic evil of abortion

Tonight's pro-life tactics video [warning: graphic imagery and video footage] - Gregg Cunningham of the Center for Bioethical Reform. This is an important video to watch:

How predictable are you?

Tonight's prediction video:

Balls

Tonight's LEGO video:

Drag race

Tonight's fast car matchup - the Bugatti Veyron takes on a McLaren F1, as seen on the BBC show Top Gear:

All hallows eve

Tonight's Halloween video:

Lockstep

Tonight's precision march, from the Land of the Rising Sun:

Free fallin'

Tonight's free-fall record breaker - Felix Baumgartner breaks the free-fall record:

BMW M5 - Like a bullet

Tonight's speedy auto video:

From the video's description:

The world's fastest sedan recreates super slow-motion bullet footage on a much grander scale. The result: High Performance Art.

Train ride

Tonight's Rocky Mountain luxury train ride: