The tyre company Goodyear is famous for the Goodyear Blimp. This year the company is working hard to associate itself with road safety and from March until October, two famous airships named Spirit of Safety I and Spirit of Safety II will visit 20 European countries. Goodyear have a rather funky video advert that conjures […]
She’s Too Good for Everyone
This is a rather clever music video about the power of attractive women on insecure men. Press the play button, have a listen and let me know if this reminds you of anyone you know!
Spotted: The Flying Spaghetti Monster in Germany
Creationism was added to school syllabuses as a rival to Evolution. Creationism states that life on Earth might have been started by an outside influence. Most Creationists automatically translate “outside influence” as the Christian God. In fact, it was that movement who successfully pushed Creationism into American education systems and who developed the argument. However, […]
What is #RND?
#RND is a hashtag used on Twitter to mark conversations and comments about Red Nose Day. This year’s #RND is today, March 18th, in the United Kingdom. This widget tracks #RND tweets on Twitter. Tweets about “#rnd” In Pure Spirit What does Red Nose Day mean to you? If you’d like to donate then you […]
American Congress denies climate change exists
Each and every Republicanin the House Energy and Commerce Committee has voted that the Earth is not warming. This is an American political collective, part of Congress, that works to line up US lawmaking. Currently the Committee had been working on the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. The Act would bar the Enviormental Protection […]
50th Anniversary of Amnesty International video
This is an is an impressive video from the French agency La Chose for Amnesty International (France). Amnesty International was founded in 1961, July, by Peter Benenson in the UK. The charity is approaching it’s 50th Anniversary and this video seems to have been prepared with that in mind. The message of the video, however, […]
Fungus transforms ants into zombie slaves
The BBC have YouTubed a short video from Sir David Attenborough and the Planet Earth TV program that showcases the rather horrid Cordyceps fungi. Cordyceps fungi prays on live insects and takes control of their body and mind. The video shows one strain of the Cordyceps fungus as it takes over the body and thoughts […]
Reincarnation in China is banned without permission
This may seem like an idiot move by some weirdly totalitarianism country – but China has banned any Buddhist monk from being reincarnated without permission. The law came into effect in 2007. Sound crazy? There’s a sinister side. The current Dalai Lama is 76 and he’s beginning to plan his succession – in other words […]
Groupon mocks Tibet then has to pull super expensive Super Bowl ad
The group saving site Groupon paid big bucks for a series of adverts that premiered during the Super Bowl. The ads were about “saving the money” and Groupon thought it would be a wise marketing strategy to compare that to saving something else. For example, there’s a “saving the whales” ad that featured Cuba Gooding […]
Devil trailer
Devil is a movie from M. Night Shyamalan – yeah, the guy who did “I can see dead people” Sixth Sense. It stars Chris Messina as Detective Bowden, Bokeem Woodbine as Ben Larson and Caroline Dhavernas as Elsa Nahai. In plot terms – pretty simple stuff but horribly effective. A group a people are trapped […]
