Bill Dance's Classic Bloopers

Nothing like watching another person's repeated misfortune to help cheer you up on a down day...

Bri Traquair - You and I - Cover

Enjoy this bit of cover music by the one and only Bri Traquair.

Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton

The official music video to Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is out. I am enamored with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's videos. The music is great (seriously a drum and brass section breakdown) and they really do video wonderfully.

Enjoy!

Trebuchet Challenge Game

I have had a number of friends build trebuchet's for fun and science, but I have never managed to get up the gumption to exert the energy required to build something that impressive. Thankfully the internet pulls through with an opportunity to make me feel as though I built a trebuchet.  You can put your skill to the test by tweaking a virtual trebuchet to gain points in a triathalon of trebuchet terror!  First you get points for launching the ball as far as you can, then as accurately as you can, and finally as powerfully as you can (by knocking down a wall).

Trebuchet Challenge

If you are the type of person who wanted build your own trebuchet but don't have access to the saw and woodworking tools necessary. Oakland Ballistics (I know... right?) has released a Wooden Trebuchet Kit that can help you be up in operational just in time to lay siege to that new picket fence you neighbor put up. Oakland Ballistics: Wooden Trebuchet Kit

Presidential Car Wash

Make it rain! Don't hate the player and don't hate the carwash also. I'll emancipate the dirt from this hatchback! Rhett and Link strike again with a great local commercial for Presidential Car Wash.

Inflatable Evil Unicorn Horn for Cats

Thank you Archie McPhee for creating the perfect gift for my cat.
Inflatable Evil Unicorn Horn for Cats

And to Amazon for carrying the more peaceful: Accoutrements Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats

I Knew You Were Trouble - Walk Off the Earth Featuring KRNFX

This video is my daughters favorite right now. So much so that if the Taylor Swift version comes up, she asks when the beat boxer will start.
Enjoy!


Walk off the Earth's album Revo is available now. Sadly it doesn't have this song on it, but in my opinion Sarah Blackwood's vocals are worth purchasing the album.

Fur Elise Slightly Different

Fur Elise as a jazz version that would make Mozart* Beethoven proud.



* - Edit: because dwightk is smart.

Draftmark Tap System

I was selected a few weeks ago to try out the Draftmark Tap System and I think the darn thing is pretty cool. It fits in your fridge has a rechargeable battery to help dispense the beer and really puts out a product that tastes delicious at a decent price. Each kit can get you 11 servings at about 12 oz. each.  The real kicker is that the refills are not available everywhere, so you have to double check their store locator to see if you can get them. I still have to pick up a refill to give it a full test, but I am very excited to see that Shock Top Belgian White is one of the first beers in their lineup. They are generally a pricier beer and in my experience it tastes best from the tap. I also just spotted that you can get a travel kit for the Draftmark: The Draftmark Gel Wrap so you can keep the brew cool on the move.
The only real competitor (apart from brewing your own) that I can find on the market is the KRUPS / HEINEKEN BeerTender B100 with Draught Keg Technology (what a name) which is just to pricey in my opinion, plus it has to take up space on your counter as well as a power outlet. Anyhow, I'd encourage you to check the Draftmark out. I am hoping to post a video in the near future showing the tap system in all its glory. So stay tuned.

I received the Draftmark Tap System for free as part of BzzAgent. Bzz hasn't exactly sent me a torrential downpour of free items to try, and they do not inform my opinion in any way apart from giving me the opportunity to see if I like this product or not. I haven't received a lot of these things in the past, but I like beer, so I figured why not.