Getting Our Currency Back On The Rube Goldberg Standard

Getting Our Currency Back On The Rube Goldberg Standard

I believe that technically, this isn’t really a Rube Goldberg machine. I could be wrong, either way. It doesn’t really do something simple in a complicated way. It just falls down, sorta. Although, it’s certainly falling with style, ain’t it?

Please disregard the continent-sized forests that were flattened to produce enough Kapla blocks to produce this video. All those pine trees were blocking someone’s view of something important anyway, I’m sure, like four-lane highways or strip clubs or Walmarts. Of course the truly ecologically minded understand that you can always buy a wood furnace and burn the blocks for heat. There’s enough there for three heating seasons, easy. That makes this stash of blocks more valuable than the gross domestic product of several countries who’ve debased their currency. They should go back on the Rube Goldberg Standard, and use wood blocks for currency, and eliminate the middleman.

(Thanks to the estimable Charles Schneider for sending that one along)

I Guess I Want An Infinity Mirror Guitar

I Guess I Want An Infinity Mirror Guitar

I didn’t wake up this morning wanting an infinity mirror guitar. As a matter of fact, I can’t recall ever waking up and wanting an infinity mirror guitar. To be honest, I’ve never gone to bed while wanting an infinity mirror guitar, either. OK, full disclosure: I’d never heard of an infinity mirror until I saw this video. But right now, you’re damn straight I want an infinity mirror guitar.

And I can’t even play the guitar.

Good At His Job

Good At His Job

Are you good at your job? I hope I’m good at my job, but I’m beset by doubts. I doubt this helicopter rescue pilot has any doubts about his abilities. Hell, even the guys jumping out of the plane to rescue Limpy McSkicrasher seem pretty sure the pilot knows exactly what he’s doing.

Nissan 350Z vs Porsche 911 vs Um, Er, Ah, Geezuz…

Nissan 350Z vs Porsche 911 vs Um, Er, Ah, Geezuz…

Check out that Volkswagen Golf. Getting it done. It’s an important lesson: You never know what people have under the hood. You gotta be careful of the low-key guys. In the same spirit, never pick fights with little guys in bars. They always seem to know Jiu Jitsu or Karate or Kung Fu or some other oriental words.