Cleaning Out My Inbox: Mid-March Edition

Need a diversion? Try this. It's called "Click Bored".

Hmm. I thought I had more in my inbox. BillyBlog fans need not despair. I have been slowly, steadily been working behind the scenes on my annual National Poetry Month post-a-day project.



You'll be sure to see a flurry of activity here in a few weeks. And lots of poetry!

Last week we had a March snowstorm. Here's Shayna, hard at work, in front of our home in Brooklyn:



A day later, the foot of snow was melting like crazy. Here's a shot of the icy steps of the main Manhattan Post Office at 8th Avenue and 33rd Street:


That's all for now!

Happy Birthday, Melanie!

Cleaning Out My Inbox

Here's a bevy of things that have been lovingly cluttering up my inbox for months:

Eddie Vedder sings Old McDonald (sort of) in Kids' Rock by Tim Hawkins:



Thanks to Jonny G. for sending that to me.

Next up, from Santa Barbara, The Dog, The Cat, and The Rat:



Thanks to the BillyBlogMom for sending me that.

If you've ever wondered if there's a website for everything, there is. Or, if you've ever wondered, if you see a story on the news about a truck crashing somewhere, and releasing its load of chickens, and wonder if trucks have ever released, say, alligators,



head on over here and see. Thanks to Ben for sending me the link to TruckSpills.com!

My friend Felicia (Jonny G.'s better, sexier half) sent this link explaining the Time Loop Theory on the show Lost. Very creative. Some people take television very seriously.

Ben (my friend, not the guy from Lost) also sent me more evidence that Japanese game shows are truly insane:



Human Tetris anyone?

Japanese Flash Mobs

I subscribe to a daily e-mail called "Web Junk of the Day". Every day I get sent an e-mail with a link to a viral video that is supposed to be fairly entertaining. They are usually funny, sometimes blogwothy, and once in a while, impossible not to post here. Today was one of those days. Here's the video, followed by the text from the Web Junk commentary:

The next time you are being pursued madly by a wild pack of Japanese folks (first, make sure you paid your bill) remember to stop and laugh because you might just be a victim of the prank show, "Troop of the One Hundred". On the program, which further pads Japanese TV's legacy of twisted genius, 100 people chase after random strangers leaving you to see their priceless and pathetic reactions. How would you react? Plans for a New York City-based version of the show were scrapped during the taping of the pilot after the first flash mob was murdered by an angry stock broker who was late for a meeting because of delays on the Long Island Railroad.

more:
Oh, and here are some translations of what is actually being said by the flash mob. They come courtesy of a Digg user who is smart enough to be bilingual, but goofy enough to be commenting on videos like this...
- For the 1st and 2nd guys, they shout: "There's a tsunami!!" (tsunami da!)
- For the 3rd guy they shout: "That's the guy!!" (koitsu da!)
- Nothing for the 4th guy
- Last scene: "Watch out!! (danger)" (abunai!)