Category Archives: Video

“What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Ridiculous Hypothetical Questions”

Music Monday – “They’re singing deck the halls/But it’s not like Christmas at all/I remember when you were here/All the fun we had last year”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, noted curmudgeonly TV host, David Letterman hates Christmas music. But each year, he makes an exception for Darlene Love’s version of “It’s Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” which he featured on his talk show with a four piece backing band in his earliest years… …and which has grown over the years to a […]

“I Do Not Believe in Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection”

Music Monday – “Oh Holy Night” (Ouch!)

Another Christmas classic… “Oh Holy Night” – Eric Cartman

Friday Fun Link – Cola Tricks

Fun stuff!

Music Monday – “Can’t get out of the yard / I’m snowed in with the drifts / No one is coming to open these gifts”

I’m a big believer that the best Christmas songs are the ones with a sense of sadness and melancholy underlying them. Corb Lund has jumped to the top of that category with his latest song.  An 80-year old rancher buying gifts for his gifts just in case they show up for Christmas even though they’re […]

“Spirit of Giving” – WestJet Does It Again

Just like last year, WestJet has created a viral-ready commercial/marketing gimmick/promo video for the Christmas season. Instead of surprising travelers on a cross-Canada flight with gifts they asked for at the start of their journey like they did in their inaugural video last year, this year WestJet provided personalized gifts for residents of a town in the Dominican […]

Friday Fun Link – Star Wars “The Force Awakens” Trailer

Yes!

Music Monday – “I’m grateful for what you did for me/I can see things now I never would have seen”

Having a real Spirit of the West run of posts lately.  Here’s another one – the first video they ever shot from their official YouTube channel… “Political” – Spirit of the West

100 Years of Style

Here’s another of those popular “Take yourself through time” videos – this one focused on fashion as much as music or dance or whatever…