"An orange peanut? For me? I accept you."

"Psy Makes $8.1 Million By Ignoring Copyright Infringements Of Gangnam Style."

Okay , but $8.1 million isn't that much considering the magnitude of the success of the thing. On the other hand, it's the kind of t...

A "concerned sister" gets press petitioning Hasbro to put boys in commercials for Easy-Bake ovens.

"The toy has long been marketed to girls and made in gender specific colors like pink and purple. The calls for Easy-Bake to take on a ...

"I do want you to support me and be my man."

I never embedded this back when it came out about a month ago — just after the first debate. Everyone, it seemed, had already linked to it i...

Why are you crying?

Oh, it will be over soon .

David Weigel debunks a video that has never been bunked in the first place.

Is there anyone who has ever thought that this was anything but a joke? Crooks and Liars is laughing at the "morons" who believe...

Email from the Obama campaign: "Ann -- Have you seen the 'Gangnam Style' music video? (So great.)"

"Well, here's another video you can't miss." Last night, President Obama went on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He talke...

What if men sang about longing for life in the larger world the way the Little Mermaid did?

Via Metafilter , where I think people are experiencing this as really sweet, because these are — presumably — fathers and the fathers are wa...

What goes on in McCain/Obama's brain? "Be aggressive, be-ee aggressive."

What goes on in McCain's brain... What goes on in Obama 's brain? That's gonna be Obama's brain tonight, don't you think...

Why the criticism and mockery of Clint Eastwood will backfire.

Obama supporters are straining to nullify Clint Eastwood's GOP convention performance, but it's not going to work. Take, for exampl...

"We’re not going to be canoodling."

(Via Ace .)

"Mr. Wizard's a Dick."

Here 's an interview with the compilers of "Mr. Wizard's a Dick," Mike Schuster and Diane Bullock: This idea was about 25 ...

"A Kentucky man's family was able to satisfy his dying wish this week and give a local waitress an emotional surprise when they gave her a $500 tip on a pizza."

I loved this story — which includes a viral video of the delighted waitress — until I got to the part about the website using this video to...

Van Gogh's "Starry Night" in 7,000 dominoes.

This took 11 hours of work ... which makes me wonder how long it took Van Gogh to paint "Starry Night." Less than 11 hours?

"So there’s a reason why there’s no knives at your table and the forks will be collected. ... And I’m not joking."

Said National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials board member Raquel Regalado to the delegates at its annual conference. ...

"Why are people giving money to bullied bus monitor?"

Asks Paul Farhi about "this week's viral video sensation," Karen Klein, whose ordeal has inspired people to hand over what ha...

"Why is this so inspirational?"

It's the slinky on a treadmill . Via Jaltcoh, who warms you up for the epic slinky trek with cats on a treadmill and amazing box on a tr...

"The two versions of ['What What (In The Butt)'] are very similar.... However the South Park version stars Butters..."

"... a naïve nine-year old, in a variety of costumes drawing attention to his innocence: at various points he is dressed as a teddy be...

"In this video, what is astounding is that Rebecca, the Planned Parenthood counselor, starts arranging with the actor about how to get a late-term abortion."

"To wait until her pregnancy is so developed that — and using Medicaid for this, using the state to pay for the ultrasound to determine...

"On Sunday, UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam produced an awkward, stilted YouTube video advising students 'Don't go'..."

"... to this year's Mifflin Street Block Party. The video went viral and students almost immediately began to heckle Berquam on soc...