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OBEY III

Go Pink Tigers!

Swap the tables and you see how ridiculous the Christian stance is on homosexuality specifically, but in general just about everything.

glumbert - Gay scientists isolate Christian gene

Happy Howie's Birthday Spring Break 08, Colorado Style.

Devoid of topless sorority girls and fat frat boys playing beer pong one might think that Team Bronski members may have missed out this spring break being in Colorado but one would be wrong. There was snow to be had and a bright sun to ride under, the weather couldn't have been more decent which is more than I can say about a certain resorts layout. (It rhymes with fleckenridge) Once you finally GOT someplace those some places were very nice. Some of the best terrain was not even captured with footage because the riding was so good no one wanted to stop and yank out a camera. The manly men hiked up to the 13,000 foot top a bunch of times but I could only manage one trip up. What can I say, I am a chairlift fan and also a 16 floors above sea level dweller. 13,000 feet does amazing things to my body, things usually confined to horror movies and nature films but the hike is worth it. We also were privileged to live through the great potato scare of 08, rescued by Drew's avalanche pole, NICE WORK, a vicious game of quarters complete with chicks making farting noises and the wearing of corn chip yamikas, shredding the Nar and some other events I can not get into due to certain (outdated if you ask me) laws.

Next year I get my fat ass on a treadmill before hiking in to space. Anyway, enjoy the short film below and click here for a higher resolution, wider screen version in Flash (god bless Flash video). Until next time Colorado, I will will be sucking on my oxygen mask and thinking of Keystone or A-Basin or Loveland.

OBEY II.

If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out.

From the brilliant mind of Tim Minchin is a song called "If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out" and it is truly on the HAPPYBOX wavelength.

Godspeed ACC.

R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke. You were a great man.

Via Gizmodo.com.

OBEY.

Say Hello To My Little Friend: Tengu.

If I were a small, USB powered voice activated..... thing I would certainly not be unlike Tengu from Mr. Jones. Once you wake it up (by blowing on it's face... no I am not kidding, check out the instructions below) it displays a variety of faces which are really eyes with different mouth styles. The eyes do occasionally move though, blinking and shifting directions. The led lights inside are muted and blurred slightly by the white plastic that Tengu is made of. It's an effect I like because it also blurs the line of what we find "cute". More of a muted light allows me to look it interacting with the music and not automatically think "LED light" but rather "cute little singing dude". I really like this little dude. Here is the designers website, if you ask me this is his coolest design yet.

MWA

I have said it before, rap is not what it used to be. As cliché' as the statement may be it is true. In my humble very suburban opinion rap has declined in almost every worthwhile category. On second thought my opinion is far from humble. I hate being extra careful when speaking about things just because certain groups of people are super sensitive so you know what? In my, although yes, suburban, highly educated, versed and well practiced hip-hop opinion.... I may not be a rap expert but I do have more than a few hip-hop Happybox specific parts of my life that remain important to this day, to me anyway. First rap song I ever heard was Roxane Roxane by U.T.F.O. on the radio. I recorded it onto a cassette tape and played it on a boom box until the tape was so worn it sounded like I lost all mids. I don't remember how old I was but let's put it this way... it was an all boys summer camp and I didn't mind, so must have been quite young. Through the years I watched hip-hop grow from a baby of a movement into what it is and could be today. I wrote rhymes and messed around on the wheels of steel a bit in school and even opened for DJ Sam in New York one night. To this day he lies to my face and says I sounded tight. God bless his civil disobedient ass.
Before I get onto a rant about how street I am my whole point was seeing the below video and laughing my tuchas off. Then I was remembering how many rap artists used to have fun on the mic and how little you hear of that anymore. Even N.W.A. the hardest gangster rap of the day threw in snide jokes and sarcastic humor into thier joints. Know what I'm saying? I think EZ would approve of this, I really do.

glumbert - Muppets with Attitude

Butt Dance, You Know You Want To.

I found this in the recently submitted section of Break.com. It's called the Butt Dance. What else do you need to know? Watch it!