©Warner Bros.
I’ve been thinking about my mother a lot this week. Continue reading
They Done Her In
Category Archives: Video
Trojan Horse
Mostly Wordless Wednesday
If you happen to catch sight of me jitterbugging by, it’s because this is playing on a loop in my head! Continue reading
Meep Believing
meep believing ©Linda Billet
“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” Jim Henson (as quoted by Linda Billet)
Papa Can You Hear Me?
©Mosaert Records
“Tout le monde sait
Comment on fait des bébés
Mais personne sait
Comment on fait des papas” – Papaoutai by Stromae
(translation: Everyone knows how to raise a child, but no one knows how to raise a father)
Cheap Flights! (An Irish Ballad)
Sssssh. No talking. It’s Wordless Wednesday. Just watch this, and try and keep the hooting down to a minimum! Continue reading
They Had Me at Hootenanny!
I do, I do, I do!
Now THIS is a proposal (or two)! Continue reading
Lorraine Loots and the Very Young Eyes:
©Lorraine Loots
365 Paintings for Ants is one of those titles that immediately grabbed my attention. Continue reading
Too Fast…
©Stone House
Unwitting Collaboration
Israeli composer Ophir “Kutiman” Kutiel creates original songs by editing together clips of amateur musicians he finds on YouTube. Continue reading
Pulp Fik Shun
Baby-faced boy makes good. Continue reading
On Shakey* Ground (*misspelling intentional)
Alejandro Rose-Garcia
In honor of Sherry, our lovely house guest from Austin, TX, today’s OBT is one of the many musicians who have made her hometown’s music scene what it is today. Continue reading
Buddhist meets steampunk meets A.I.
Kwanon_z by Wang Ziwon
I have often described my daily search for One Beautiful Thing as “following the breadcrumbs.” Continue reading
Shuttin’ Up on Wednesday
(Sssshhhh!)
Maybe She’s Born With It (or maybe it’s projection mapping)
Here’s a bonus I-Can’t-Sleep-and-I-Have-to-Get-Up-In-Four-Hours OBT. Lucky you! (Less lucky me, though this video of “makeup” projected onto a woman’s face is absolutely hypnotic.) Continue reading
You’ve Got (Snail) Mail!
Janice MacLeod
This started out being a post about a great idea, some very appealing art, and a lovely gift that my mother would have loved. But the more I read about Janice MacLeod, the more interested I became in her story. Continue reading
Grown-Up Patty Cake (or Cups 2.0)
Kurt Hugo Schneider and friends
Bonus Lunchtime Mini-OBT
One of Ricky Gervais’ talented fans has animated the Naughty Elephants bit from his HBO special, Out of England. I got this from Ricky’s Facebook feed, and it’s short and sweet and very funny.
Happy Tase-Day!
©Patrick Hall
Portrait photographer Patrick Hall has been called a sadist, a madman, and an irresponsible maniac. Continue reading
My OBT 