Little Easton got his first taste of bacon on Christmas morning. He was quite pleased with all that salty, fatty goodness! Not only that, he made sure he could say the word, so he ask for it again and again. -via Daily Picks and Flicks
Things don’t get better just because the calendar changed. Things get better because you make them get better. Just a reminder from Megan McKay at the webcomic Doodle for Food. -via imgur
The author of ‘The Extremely Unofficial and Highly Unauthorized Star Wars Kama Sutra’ cautions against attempting any of the book’s suggestive poses, which are demonstrated by his collection of action figures. Source
SpreadThat! is a self-heating butter knife that harnesses your body warmth with thermal conductive titanium. Just hold it for about 20 seconds, and it’s warmed up enough to spread cold butter. Source
Five Guys Hoboken bids farewell They lasted seven years. And now Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Hoboken closes shop at the end of the year. 319 Washington Street will be “for rent” again....
Why put all that effort into collecting amazing vinyl records when nobody can see the beautiful artwork? These easy-to-build frames will show off your favorite albums in style.
Evening news broadcasts are prone to bloopers and slip-ups, and I don't think I've ever seen one local news broadcast go off without at least a minor hitch.
However, it's the end of the year, so we're looking for the biggest, craziest, funniest and most delightful news bloopers of 2015, not just some run-of-the-mill mumbling or a minor teleprompter misread.
Collected for your enjoyment by News Be Funny are not one but two year-end compilations for your viewing pleasure. Some might say it's a blooper bonanza! (NSFW due to language)
If you hate your co-workers and wanted to drive them crazy, you couldn’t do much better than this. RocketJump changed the password on their WiFi and now everyone is trying to get it right just once. That’s all it takes. Just once. Getting there isn’t going to be easy.
Why doesn't someone think of just writing it on a note? Maybe they've all forgotten how to write by hand. In case you can’t figure it out, this is their password.
fourwordsalluppercase
Genius, huh? But now that the video has gone viral, they’ve had to change it again. Probably to something even more nefarious. -via Daily of the Day
Over the last two decades, Hollywood has saved Matt Damon from a variety of precarious situations, from an exhaustive European search during World War II (Saving Private Ryan) to his most recent rescue mission from Mars (The Martian). How much money did it cost to save Matt Damon’s characters in movies? Find out after the jump.
The question was posed on the social question and answer site Quora.com (via David Chen). Kynan Eng attempted to answer the query as accurately as possible. The movies in question include Courage under Fire, Saving Private Ryan, Titan AE, Syriana, Green Zone, Elysium, Interstellar and The Martian. Eng attempted to calculate the estimated fictional costs where Matt Damon has been sent on extended “business trips” and here are the figures he came to (in 2015 currency):
Courage Under Fire (Gulf War 1 helicopter rescue): $300k
Saving Private Ryan (WW2 Europe search party): $100k
Titan AE (Earth evacuation spaceship): $200B
Syriana (Middle East private security return flight): $50k
Green Zone (US Army transport from Middle East): $50k
Elysium (Space station security deployment and damages): $100m
Interstellar (Interstellar spaceship): $500B
The Martian (Mars mission): $200B
The grand total comes to slightly more than $900 Billion dollars. That’s quite a lot of money to spend on one man over 19 years of movies, right? Eng adds that making the Matt Damon movies has cost about 0.1% of the “real” cost to actually send him on all of these business trips and that his “movie gross takings so far are about $2.7B, which is about 40% of the cheapest proposed trip to Mars, as proposed by the Mars One team.” The ratio of fictional/real costs is 1234.5679. You can read the entire answer over at Quora, which also includes the estimated financial figures for how much all of the above movies cost to make.
GoPro cameras are small and extremely versatile. You can attach them to helmets, animals, selfie sticks, and drones, among other things. They also take high-quality video, so it’s no wonder we love to see the POV clips people take with them.
The company put together this compilation of the best POV clips from GoPro videos posted in 2015. It’s a whirlwind of activity and may induce vertigo. Come along for a wild ride! -via Tastefully Offensive
Ten squats will get you a free subway ticket in Mexico City. The government offers this to residents in hopes of fighting obesity in a country where 70% of adults are overweight. Source
The 2015 winners included a rodent caught in a rush, an elk that appears to be hiding under some fern, and a gorilla picking its nose - though I personally might argue that the winners were not necessarily the funniest…
WINNER – 2015 “Rush Hour” by Julian Rad
SILVER Runner-up “You haven’t seen me…” by Liam Richardson
Star Wars: The Force Awakenshas been out for a few weeks now, and social media has been buzzing about it for quite some time. As the opinion pieces float around cyber space, I continue to enjoy the discussion. However, there is one thing I’d like to weigh in on.
[WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW!]
The trilogy’s new villain is Kylo Ren, the son of Han Solo and General Leia. While I really enjoyed the movie as a whole, I wasn’t a huge fan of the angsty villain. I still don’t feel right revealing what he did towards the end of the movie, but to me, the act was unforgivable. Besides that, he has some serious anger management issues.
Listen, I’m a Dark Side Advocate. Darth Vader was my favorite Star Wars character for years and years. So perhaps my disappointment lies in the fact that Kylo Ren is a horrible whiney follow up to his character. Darth Vader was an angry guy, but in a more tasteful way. None the less, I found Ren to be entertaining. Perhaps it’s just because he’s still learning the ways of the dark side.
With all that said, I was very happy to stumble upon a Twitter account entitled “Emo Kylo Ren” (@KyloR3n). With 333k followers I’d say I’m not the only one who feels a certain way about him. Check out some of his more entertaining tweets below:
just once i wish my dad would respond to "I love you" with "I love you too"
mom too for that matter
The female spy in Maz Kanata's cantina is called Bazine Netal. You can learn about her sweater and black fingers in the thriller The Perfect Weapon ($1.99 at Amazon).
Also, two of my favorite books are $1.99 right now at Amazon:
Florence + The Machine finished up their How Blue tour at Le Zénith in Paris on Tuesday night. They closed out the show with a couple of meaningfully selected covers, the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" and Eagles Of Death Metal's "I Love You All The Time," which they also recorded for EODM's More »
For the tenth day of Deadpool, the Merc with the Mouth provides his fans (via actor Ryan Reynolds) with an hour’s worth of holiday cheer via this “‘Pool Log” video. Like other Yule Log videos, it provides Christmas hymns, a warm, burning log and soft focus to make you feel cozy this Christmas.
Which, of course, will also bring a new trailer foe the film Deadpool. Deadpool also announced he will be invading the NBA games on ESPN on December 25th with a sneak peak of the movie:
Anyone looking for an eye-pleasing Christmas light display meticulously timed to the music of, say, Frozen or the Trans-Siberian Orchestra can easily find such material on YouTube. But that’s pedestrian, played out, old hat. Isn’t it time that homeowners tried a something with a little bite to it this holiday season, maybe something written by David Mamet and barked by an hostile, arrogant Alec Baldwin? That is the idea behind a magnificent and emotionally shattering holiday light display from Chesterfield, VA, as showcased on The A.V. Club‘s sister site ClickHole. This particular (totally made up) display is not timed to any famous Christmas song like “Jingle Bell Rock” or “Frosty The Snowman.” No, that would be entirely too easy and too safe. Instead, the various blinking snowflakes, candy canes, and presents here are choreographed to match the rhythm of Baldwin’s infamous “coffee is for closers ...
As the year closes and the world takes stock of what it has seen and learned the past 12 months, The A.V. Club continues its hallowed annual tradition of quantifying the the funny, terrible, bizarre, offensive, and otherwise notable band names it encountered this year. This year’s crop includes two drawings of cartoon penises—in retrospect, there could’ve been so many more—so you’ve been warned, office workers. And just wait until you hear what “just the right height no bucket required” means.
Songs from this year’s Blunt Raps 2: “Hoes Call,” “Dick Suckin Song,” “David Blowie,” “Big Ass Titties” (“She got big-ass titties / I mean big ass titties”)
When your flight is delayed, the airline might compensate you , but certain credit cards also offer travel delay protection, paying you back up to $500 in expenses when you’re delayed.
Especially around the holidays, you can expect hub airports to be pretty crowded. With a little preparation, you can navigate through your terminal with ease. This cheat sheet from the New York Times gives you specific details about the layout of ten popular hubs, from JFK to LAX.
With the success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is already demonstrating, Rumors have been swirling of a sequel to 1987’s Spaceballs. Recently, Mel Brooks spoke with Adam Carolla’s ‘Take A Knee’ Podcast and said that he wants to start filming in 2016.
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Florence + The Machine finished up their How Blue tour at Le Zénith in Paris on Tuesday night. They closed out the show with a couple of meaningfully selected covers, the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" and Eagles Of Death Metal's "I Love You All The Time," which they also recorded for EODM's More »
