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The 50 Greatest Arts Videos On YouTube

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:01:02 GMT

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The 50 Greatest Arts Videos On YouTube -- The Guardian

YouTube is best known for its offbeat videos that become viral sensations. But among its millions of clips is a treasure trove of rare and fascinating arts footage, lovingly posted by fans. Ajesh Patalay selects 50 of the best - Joy Division's TV debut, readings by Jack Kerouac, a Marlene Dietrich screen test, Madonna's first performance... and much more

Finding A Personality

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:30:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "In the midst of all this — the comebacks, the wisecracks, the flapping mouth — I had a dim idea of what I was doing. I wanted to be someone, a recognizable personality, a full-blooded, memorable human being, and not just a cancer patient. I had already lost the person I used to be, that healthy, energetic 45-year-old woman. I wasn’t capable of losing more.
“A critical illness is like a great permission, an authorization or absolving. It’s all right for a threatened man to be romantic, even crazy, if he feels like it. All your life you think you have to hold back your craziness, but when you’re sick you can let it go in all its garish colors.”

YES!!!!!!!!!

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

They say cancer changes you. They may be right. When I found out I had breast cancer 12 years ago, I became a comedian.

Not the kind anyone paid to see. Just the kind who lurked around hospital corridors and examination rooms offering offbeat opinions, wiseacre remarks, outrageous commentary.

To my oncologist — a short, brisk woman who informed me my tumor had been “fairly aggressive” — I complained about the title of the pamphlet she had given me, “Chemotherapy and You.” I said I’d prefer it if the title were “Chemotherapy and Somebody Else.”

I complained, too, about the little marketing-friendly write-up that listed her family and her hobbies. The family was fine. But hobbies? I didn’t want a doctor who had time for hobbies. I wanted her to spend all her waking hours focusing on curing cancer, particularly the type indicated on my own nasty little pathology report.

Reptile's Interest in Sex Makes Headlines

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:47:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "He wasn't interested in sex until he had a cancerous tumor removed,"

Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

Rare 111-year-old lizard 'a real Jack the Lad'

An 111-year-old New Zealand reptile with links to dinosaurs is to become a father for the first time in at least 38 years, after regaining an interest in sex.

Henry the tuatara, a lizard-like creature of prehistoric origin, had grown fat and lazy after arriving at Southland Museum in 1970.

But Henry has now mated with 80-year-old companion Mildred and 11 of her eggs are expected to hatch in six months.

"He wasn't interested in sex until he had a cancerous tumour removed," Southland Museum curator Lindsay Hazley said.

"He bit the tail off his previous female companion twice. But since the operation his hormones have been raging."

Tuatara are found only in New Zealand and are the only existing members of the order Sphenodontia, which was represented by many species during the age of the dinosaurs some 200 million years ago.

All species apart from the tuatara became extinct almost 60 million years ago.

Tags: human-interest, animals, offbeat, science-and-technology, reptiles, new-zealand

How Much Are You Worth in Bed???

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:03:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Funny little quiz measuring your worth in bed by the hour! Using real statistics from escort services so it's worth a peek! Find out if you should get rid of your day job

Clip Source: www.unusualgenius.com

I am worth $1178 an hour in bed…InTeReStInG!!!!

*GRIN*

That’s me! Disease free and everything. HOHOHO! Although, I can’t be sure if I’m really shaped like an eggplant or not. Some eggplants are kinda shapey and others are long and skinny… unless aubergines are COMPLETELY different from eggplants. Of course a lot of them are more fatty fatty boom boom shaped. Judging by the selection here, I’m sure eggplant was a good and ambigious choice yup yup!

No idea what I’m talking about? Find out here!

Congratulations, you’re worth MORE in bed than the average ($235.67594093033) person taking this quiz!

Evidently, I should. What a great score! Obviously coz I’m fantastic in bed. I can sleep for DAYS! Aww yeah!

Tags: how much are you worth in bed, vanity, humour, funny, quiz, offside, offbeat

Offbeat Motel-Hotel

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:24:10 GMT

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Hobbit Motel

Posted by Marlow Harris under Astounding Accommodations
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If you’re looking for truly off-the-wall accommodations, look no further than Woodlyn Park, in Waitomo, New Zealand, where three different motels—a 1950s freighter plane (said to be one of the last Allied planes to leave Vietnam); a 1950s rail car that sleeps six; and a hobbit motel (allegedly the world’s first)—dot the landscape of a working farm a few minutes from the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves. You can choose to sleep in the plane’s cockpit or tail, the train itself, or the circular-windowed rooms of the hobbit hotel. Woodlyn Park itself is also the beneficiary of some renown, given it hosts the Kiwi Culture Show, a unique New Zealand attraction involving sheep shearing and interaction with native animals.

Offbeat Hotels

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Watch 200 Pound Beauty Online!

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:07:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A movie about plastic surgery. It's a lot more than it sounds like!!!
movies, koreanmovies, korean, korean movie, romance, romantic comedy, comedy, funny, offbeat

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200 Pound Beauty (미녀는 괴로워 - Minyeo-neun goerowo)

Description: Hanna is a famous Korean singer who suffers from extremely poor self-esteem, as she has been ignored because of her appearance. At last, she makes the decision of a lifetime to have full-body plastic surgery.

The literal translation of the Korean title for the film is “Being Beautiful is Agonizing”, which I think is actually a more accurate title that portrays the movie well. You’ll see what I mean when you watch it!

This movie was a huge hit, breaking even “My Sassy Gal’s” records when it opened in Korea. However, I have noticed that in a lot of movie forums, it does get slagged off quite a bit by viewers outside of Asia for “promoting” plastic surgery.

I don’t want to ruin the story for you, but after watching it, I think this issue really can be argued either way. Let me know what you think! Enjoy

Watch 200 Pound Beauty Here.

Tags: movies, koreanmovies, korean, korean movie, romance, romantic comedy, comedy, funny, offbeat

World’s First Sand Hotel

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:37:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Its quite a mother getting sand in your food & drink. A giant sand castle?!

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World’s First Sand Hotel

The world’s first sand-hotel is open for business on Weymouth beach, Dorset, in England. The 1000 tone-of-sand structure was built in a week by a team of 4 sand-sculptors and is only expected to last until it rains…which, as you probably know, happens quite often in Britain.

The sand-hotel was commissioned by a local travel website that, upon doing some research, found out that 57% of English tourists prefer foreign beach-destinations instead of national ones. So this is like a statement that signifies the rebirth of British tourism. The sand hotel has no roof, so you have a clear view of the star-filled night sky, no toilets and is not recommended for those that hate getting sand between their toes. For an offbeat experience like spending a night at the wonderful sand-hotel, you only have to pay $21, more than a fair price, in my opinion.

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

England opens world's first sand hotel

sand hotel was commissioned by UK website LateRooms.com

Tags: beach, hotel, accommodation, bizarre, dorset, uk

Top Ten WTF? US Sex Laws

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:43:50 GMT

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Clip Source: media.www.ecollegetimes.com

6. In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner is having an orgasm.

Tags: sex, sex laws, bizarre news, offbeat news

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (2)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:02:55 GMT

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... You'll see a large collection of Web applications and tech sites, excellent blogs, offbeat social networks, and, as always, a handful of addictive Flash games for those slow days at work.

Some of these sites are completely under the radar and get very little traffic. Others are hugely popular within a specific demographic. But all of them deserve to be in your bookmarks.

Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites

TheThingsIWant.com

Ugallery.com

Wikitravel

Yapta

Infected or Not

DZone

DaFont

afreeDLL

InviteShare

MajorGeeks.com

OldVersion.com

ProgrammableWeb

Kongregate

K2xl

Armor Games

Website Grader

All Things Digital

Shacknews

Line Rider

LikeBetter

Anything But iPod

Everything USB

GoodCleanTech

iLounge

Download Squad

AppScout

TechMeme

Phone Scoop

Uncov

Mashable

MakeUseOf.com

eHub

Ustream.tv

PrezVid

Dabble

Eyejot

Bubbl.us

VideoJug

uLinkx

Picnik

Only2Clicks

Meebo

MediaFire

Zoho

Zamzar

Wetpaint

Remember the Milk

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (1)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:57:56 GMT

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You'll see a large collection of Web applications and tech sites, excellent blogs, offbeat social networks, and, as always, a handful of addictive Flash games for those slow days at work.

Some of these sites are completely under the radar and get very little traffic. Others are hugely popular within a specific demographic. But all of them deserve to be in your bookmarks.

Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites

Ninjawords

Hard to Find 800 Numbers

Footnote

AfterVote

Uncyclopedia

Wikisky.org

Wink

Cork'd

Top Secret Recipes

Menupages

Lumosity

ExtraTasty

Who Is Sick?

The World's Healthiest Foods

Dethroner

EXPN

iminlikewithyou

I Can Has Cheezburger?

Going.com

FirstShowing.net

I Watch Stuff

MeeVee

MyPunchbowl

Skeptic

Rentometer

Kiva

Indeed

BullPoo

Trulia

AllHipHop.com

Amie Street

Beethere.net

Slacker

SingShot

Musicovery

Imeem

Topix

Tech President

MediaStorm

Guerrilla News Network

Act-I-Vate

copyblogger

Goodreads

Ironic Sans

xkcd

Verbotomy

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs

Librivox

Roadside America

EuroCheapo

Do My Stuff

The Bargainist

Lundberg Design House

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:07:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Cool scenic cabin with green building techniques

Clip Source: www.offbeathomes.com

Seriously Lust Worthy Lundberg Design House

by Jennifer Chait on November 3rd, 2007

That title’s not joking around. This home is one of those top ten dream homes you hear about. Well, it’s one of my top ten dream homes anyhow. Actually if you wanted to create a top ten dream structure list you could just visit the Lundberg Design and be perfectly fine. All the work is appealing; some is more offbeat than others but all have aesthetics and flow that make you drool.

Breuer Lundberg Cabin

Lust worthy and built with mostly reclaimed material including redwood. Ah, green lust — my favorite kind. The pool was a water tank for livestock in its former life and is 14 feet deep.

Tags: green home design

Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:27:41 GMT

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Clip Source: www.wwmt.com

APPLETON, Wisc. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A couple telephoned police in the middle of the night after finding a man in their basement covered head to toe in barbecue sauce.

Tags: bbq, odd news, bizarre, offbeat

Police find pipe bomb stuffed inside chicken

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:38:39 GMT

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Police find pipe bomb stuffed inside chicken

SIMSBURY, Conn. -- Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a roadside.

Simsbury police Capt. Matthew Catania says a motorist noticed the chicken Friday morning. He says the bomb was large enough to harm a person if it went off.

The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department's bomb squad came and blew up the chicken.

Nobody was injured. No arrests had been made Monday night.

Tags: offbeat news

sell your dress for cash

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:08:50 GMT

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Souvenirs - Michael Hughes' Offbeat Travel Photos

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:43:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Suggest you look at the entire set of 95 photos... might want to click your travel photos differently from hereon?!

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Souvenirs - Michael Hughes' Offbeat Travel Photos

Flickr photoset featuring landscapes and historic locations from around the globe

The nutty touch here is the pictures also incorporate related objects into the scenes, such as previous images taken on the same spots, refrigerator magnets, pencil sharpeners, CDs, coffee mugs, toy vehicles, assorted figurines, inflatable props, and some weird stuff.

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

berlin, brandenburger tor

05_trabi_mauer004de

berlin, germany

london the strand

london

houses of parliament, london-combined pencil sharpener and bell

abbeyroad_8268

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pisa italy

florenz, italy

37_lubbock002us

Buddy Holly memorial with "air guitar"

amarillo usa

cadillac ranch, amarillo, texas

new york

Hunting Island, Beaufort, South Carolina

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paris fr

paris france

21_paris_disney001fr

19_carnac_obelix002fr

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atomium brussels

salzburg austria

helsinki

bombay/Mumbai india

gateway of india

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73_sphinx_4349

72_pyramids_4361

mermaid-4428

62_karnak_4060

64_luxor_4089

62_souvenirs010belgian

74_camel_4331

zadar_3239cro

Tags: michael hughes, photographer, travel, tourism, landmarks, soevenirs, memoirs

Clipmarks | Offbeat Clips

The 50 Greatest Arts Videos On YouTube

Finding A Personality

Reptile's Interest in Sex Makes Headlines

Rare 111-year-old lizard 'a real Jack the Lad'

How Much Are You Worth in Bed???

I am worth $1178 an hour in bed…InTeReStInG!!!!

Congratulations, you’re worth MORE in bed than the average ($235.67594093033) person taking this quiz!

Offbeat Motel-Hotel

Hobbit Motel

Offbeat Hotels

Watch 200 Pound Beauty Online!

200 Pound Beauty (미녀는 괴로워 - Minyeo-neun goerowo)

World’s First Sand Hotel

England opens world's first sand hotel

Top Ten WTF? US Sex Laws

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (2)

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (1)

Lundberg Design House

Seriously Lust Worthy Lundberg Design House

Seriously Lust Worthy Lundberg Design House

Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce

Police find pipe bomb stuffed inside chicken

sell your dress for cash

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Souvenirs - Michael Hughes' Offbeat Travel Photos

Souvenirs - Michael Hughes' Offbeat Travel Photos

berlin, brandenburger tor

05_trabi_mauer004de

berlin, germany

london the strand

london

abbeyroad_8268

pisa italy

florenz, italy

37_lubbock002us

amarillo usa

new york

paris fr

paris france

21_paris_disney001fr

19_carnac_obelix002fr

atomium brussels

salzburg austria

helsinki

bombay/Mumbai india

73_sphinx_4349

72_pyramids_4361

mermaid-4428

62_karnak_4060

64_luxor_4089

62_souvenirs010belgian

74_camel_4331

zadar_3239cro