Indoor Skydiving Dance

This is so beautiful - and it makes me want to learn how to do it!

Charts of Awkward Situations

This one fits so well I have to share it:

from Buzzfeed via Laughing Squid

Hula flash mob on a plane!

In 2009, Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu created Hit & Run Hula - a hula flash mob that hit multiple sites around San Francisco in one day.

They recently did this wonderful surprise show on a Hawaiian Airlines flight, including the number which was featured in an ad for that airlines, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"

Bicyclists Beat Plane

OK, it was just 40 miles and it was a strange circumstance, but I still think this is awesome: Six cyclists raced a blogger who was taking a JetBlue flight - and won.

Read the story in the LA Times.

Rainbow Sponge Lady *loves* her art!

You've hear the saying, "Do what you love."
Here's the Rainbow Sponge lady to give us a demonstration.

Warning: Once seen, you cannot unsee

This one is just so disturbing I debated over posting it. Frank Pacholski describes himself as an interpretive dancer. This is a clip from LA Public Access Television. And we wonder why interpretive dancers & public access get such a bad rap... I blame it on this guy.

Madness: Pon Pon!

It's hard to say if this is the Most Insane Thing To Come From Japan (there are so many candidates) but I would wager it ranks:

Health Related Tweets studied by Johns Hopkins

This is so excellent! Two scientists from Johns Hopkins have analyzed 1.6 million health-related tweets to see if they can assist in tracking disease progression across the country & provide other useful information. Result: Yes!

Guess publicly complaining can be useful at some point after all...

Read about it in The Atlantic, or just jump to the actual study.

Need to Make Everything OK?

Go here: http://make-everything-ok.com/

Genki Sudo's "World Order"

Words can't express how much I love this.

What Color Is That Word?

Enter a word, and The Color Of... will show you its color (drawn from searching Flickr)

Thanks to Dudecraft for the find!

Dear Separateness and Closeness

This post from THXTHXTHX is just so right for me:

Comic Book Grammar by Nate Piekos

Nate Piekos at Blambot has written up a wonderfully detailed article for letterers about traditions and trends in comic book grammar. It was fun to read and appreciate how much is communicated through the styling of the letters and balloons.

ELLIPSES
The ellipsis is used when a character's speech trails off. If a character is speaking, trails off, and then resumes in another balloon, you should always end the first dialogue with an ellipsis and then begin the second dialogue with an ellipsis. Another allowable use is when a character's speech is stilted or they pause due to physical distress. Injured characters or those soon-to-be unconscious often make good use of this in wavy balloons. There are only THREE periods in an ellipsis. Again, you'd be surprised how often I've seen four or more.

via Sentence First

Natalie Irish Created Marilyn out of kisses

Artist Natalie Irish created this portrait of Marilyn Munroe with lipstick and many many kisses:

via Craft

Skateistan (Documentary)

I'm eager to check out the documentary of Skateistan

Howard Jones + Vintage Dance Clips = Fun Music Video

Really fun video by Howard Jones - especially great for dancers. It makes me wish that music videos had a credit reel. The director, archivist, and editor should get props for this.

As Gollum, Adam Savage sings "I Will Survive" for Neil Gaiman

This is like some kind of surreal nerdy wet dream for me: On Public Radio, Neil Gaiman asks Adam Savage to reprise his rendition of "I Will Survive" in the voice of Gollum.