Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos (Volume 115)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we go to school, learn some chemistry and get our axe ready for dancing.

  • First, Laura Shigihara is ready for her first day of high school, singing the theme she wrote for the game High School Story.
  • Next, we get a chance to watch 500 videos of Periodic Videos ... or at least to celebrate them.
  • Finally, we get to listen to an instrumental piece created by the one and only Brentalfloss.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos (Volume 114)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we take the day to give our cats the best and worst presents ever.

  • First, Simon's Cat meets a spirit of Christmas terror, deals with it appropriately (I think) and then gets a prize! 
  • Second, he puts his new found powers to less ... kind purposes.
  • Third, he gets hold of the very best cat toy ever!

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos(Volume 113)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we mash, we rant and we sooth!

  • First, Pomplamoose mashes their way into our hearts playing with Tupac, Lorde, Beck and themselves all at the same time.
  • Next, Emma Blackery has some strong words to sing about one of Google's many failures to make us like using Google products ... or let us use to Google products that we like ... or just put the freaking videos in the subboxes ... ... ... (For the record this was the one where they forced everyone to sign up for Google+ to use YouTube, which managed to single-handedly double the number of YouTube accounts everyone needed and to this day freaks me out about once a quarter by logging me into that OTHER account...). Issues ... what issues?
  • Finally, Laura Shigihara and Britaney Gaither calm things down with "Kaze no Toori Michi" from My Neighbour Totoro. Giant, furry forest spirits help make everything better. (As do awesome artists.)

Friday, December 18, 2015

Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos (Volume 112)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we look ourselves, and death in the face. Then we lighten up and vlog, then think about the most effective way to hit people with iron sticks.

  • First, VSauce videos are always amazing, but this one leaves me stunned and speechless every time I watch it. Here, Michael looks at the immense power we are able to wield and how we wield it. It makes me want to be a better ape.
  • Next, in a slightly lighter vein, Kevin Gisi returns. You may not have noticed he left, but that's mostly a side effect due to the time travel I'm making you do. Also don't worry about the bacon, thanks to the general effect of us travelling forward at one second per second we should be able to skip directly by the past that already happened... I think.
  • Finally, Lindybeige has a point about sword pommels that we need to be aware of.

Reading

I’m not sure that anyone, myself included, really needs this post. On the other hand, I read a thing about re-reading and I want to write ab...