Scooter Traffic Jam

This is Taipei. Have you ever seen that many scooters in one place? Amazing, but it makes sense. They burn less fuel and a lot more of them can fit on a crowded street.

Toronto Zoo Bears (Last One, I Promise...Unless They Make Another One)

I've been saving the last of the Toronto Zoo Polar Bear ads (I do like the penguin ones a bit better, but these are kind of cute, too. At least most of them are). After this, I'm all out of cute Toronto Zoo ads. (And no, I'm not pushing The Toronto Zoo. I haven't even been near Toronto in  years. But I like their commercials).

Look, Ma, No Hands! (Cars That Park Themselves)

The other day I was involved in a discussion about those new cars that park themselves and it turned out that none of the people taking part in the discussion had any experience with them. Here, then, is a video from the Wall Street Journal in which the reporter tries out this feature on a new Ford.



Only time will tell whether it is a big seller or fades away like this feature on a car from the 1950's.

How to Eat Food (or...the Way Most of Us Tend to Eat).

For those...difficult foods. There's a system!

See more of "How to Eat Food."

About Those Ads on YouTube

Here's an unorthodox way to get rid of them.



via The Presurfer

LEGO Food

I seem to be on a food kick today. These first four are inedible (but awesome).

Image by Profound Whatever

Image by gqhaha

Image by David Ramalho

Image by ksablan

Moving on to edible food, here's a gorgeous LEGO cake.

Image by Signature SugarArt

And all of this started when I saw a photo of cookies the other day that looked something like this:

Image by Anders Ruff Custom Designs

How Easy It is to Forget: a Video About Love and Family

Perhaps parts of this video were unrealistic (and yes, it's an ad), but the sentiment was genuine.

How Cats See Things...

I don't have cats, but "How I See Things Vs. How My Cat Sees Things"  (via Buzzfeed) brought a smile to my face.

The photographer captioned this, "How are you, darling?"

Image by Ted_Cat

How I Learned to See the Recorder in a New Light

When I was teaching grammar school, children learned the basics of the recorder when they were eight years old or so, but the recorder never sounded anything like this.



via 22 Words

Landscapes: Volume One (a Time-lapse)

This film by Dustin Farrell is shot mostly in Arizona, but there are also some shots of Goblin Valley State Park and Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah.


Landscapes: Volume One from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.

The One Minute Fly

This isn't new (it's from 2008), but I got caught up in it. The one-minute fly has only a lifespan of one minute to experience everything that makes life worth living, and he's determined to do it all.



via The Presurfer

How Could I Almost Have Missed National Chocolate Cake Day?

That would be a travesty, so...here goes: "Happy National Chocolate Cake Day!" Cake, anyone?

Image by distopiandreamgirl

Here are instructions for 5-Minute Chocolate Cake 

(This has been circulating in one written form or another for a long time, but I haven't seen a video of it before) (And yes, I agree. That is a lot of oil for one person)!

Check out a few more fun facts about cake.

Beautiful Book Sculptures

There is some lovely art that is composed of books or where books are the primary component.

"Good as Gold" by artist Donald Lipski - located at a branch of the Kansas City Public Library

Image by Gwen's River City Images

At the Prague Library

Image by sexyqueenofsoho

This is also at the Prague Library (perhaps a different  view of the sculpture above)

Image by Mar.tin

In a government building near Queens Park

Image by Loozrboy

Part of the "Walk of Ideas" in Berlin

Image by venana

Image by goldbird

In Chile

Image by LeJyBy

In front of the Nice Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Image by iluetkeb

Sound of Silence (A Love Story)

I haven't quite made up my mind about this one yet.

Just Some Upcoming Movies

My apologies if you've seen some of these trailers.

I'm not sure how this movie will be received by the critics, but I love Judi Dench and will watch almost anything she stars in.


This trailer has been around a bit.



More fairy tale fun (again a trailer that's been making the rounds)


Based on the novel, "The Borrowers"


And just because I like Jason Segel