The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 3:56

Here we see an episode in a classroom where, apparently, students are required to answer any cellphone that rings during lecture. Seems like a fine policy...

posted by Buttle 1 year 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,202 views • 1:32

Each season has its own distinctive flowers, and in Japan early May sees the wisteria blossom. Many people travel at that time to see fine examples of wisteria, a spreading vine that can be arranged over... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 386 views • 4:28

YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 417 views • 11:31

YouTube description: Chi-Tien Lui is an electrical engineer and technician whose craft has evolved to the realm of high art. Born in China, he trained as a technician in Taiwan before moving to the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 weeks ago • 1,045 views • 4:22

Ewww Ewww EWWW!!! YouTube: When predators attack, daddy longlegs deliberately release their limbs to escape. They can drop up to three and still get by just fine.

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 9 months ago • 881 views • 4:05

Good news, aspiring artists! The world of fine art is manipulated financially AND extremely exclusive!

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,141 views • 5:16

Frank Underwood is many things: A husband. A politician. A duplicitous, machiavellian psychosexual deviant with a bloodlust for power. A purveyor of fine Carolinian barbecue. Opening just for him at 7:30AM... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 113 views • 5:38

YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 455 views • 7:42

Chop up 2 pounds of potatoes (or one pound, then halve the dressing) Toss with olive oil salt and pepper pepper pepper Bake at 400 30-45 minutes, wrastle' once or twice Dressing: 1/2 cup walnut oil ... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 232 views • 3:48

I never watched Friends but I couldn't google "thanksgiving sandwiches in television and film" without getting about a billion Ross Geller references. Disgusting as the word "moistmaker" is, it makes a... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 372 views • 6:05

YouTube description: Me, I'm deaf already! NOTE: Depending on the quality you can play the video back at, your particular speakers/headphones/sound card setup, and even the down sampling YouTube... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,623 views • 1:27

YouTube description: Just as vinyl records have a pattern of grooves and ridges that contain the sound, talking tapes - which were originally developed in 1918 - work on the same principle. Along the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 weeks ago • 686 views • 3:37

Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading

posted by Zawash 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41