Plane vs. Parliament (The Jefferson Parliament Bomber footage)

A PG-13 Quicktime Video promoting an atari video game.

Loving, or Lovish, Things Overheard

No, you don't know me, but we met last night and I'm in love with you.'' (Man on cell phone in Max's Opera Cafe, overheard by Jim Spade.)

(from SF Gate).

What Does the US Postal Service Still Exist?

So what would happen if this 180-year-old trust disappeared tomorrow? Would the US seize up like an engine without oil? Hardly. Better alternatives to the USPS are already here, and plenty of others would emerge

(from Wired.com).

Seems AP May Mean 'All Phoney' (ToyGate?)

The Associated Press may have fallen for a hoax, mistaking an action figure for a hostage.

Fun Flash: Numanuma

Entertaining PG-13 man in headphones lip-sync sings Dragostea Din Tei from the Disco-Zone CD by O-Zone (with other still images interspersed).

Be Grateful - some Warren Buffett advice/observations

Warren [Buffett] spent about an hour talking about how grateful we should all be for the circumstances we were born into and for the generous ticket we've been offered in life. He said that we should not take it for granted or think that it is the product of something we did - we just drew a lucky ticket. (He also pointed out that his skill of "allocating capital" would be useless if he would have been born in poverty in Bangladesh.)

(from Darren Johnson, via Seth Godin).

Rules for failure

Seth Godin points out some of the best ways to fail (which in some way likely apply to any field). Among them the conviction that someone is about to steal your idea and loss of humility and focus on fame (from Science Hobbyist, via Seth's Blog).