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I love how focused and engaged these two babies are in their communication with each other. It's called "Twin baby boys have a conversation - part 2." One of my favorite quick moments in is minute 1:56 when words just won't suffice, and so a quick kiss to the freezer is the only thing to do, then back to the animated argument. Or dialogue. It's really wonderful.

Good question. Voina is a group of Russian artists who engage in street action art. The Independent describes it best in their article: "Artists Who Crossed The Line." An art group that stages orgies, throws cats at cashiers and has Banksy as a fan has enraged the Russian authorities By Shaun Walker Voina throwing cats in supermarkets Voina overturning police cars Voina drawing penis on bridge in St. Petersburg I suppose what Voina is, is a movement in contemporary art which is relatively new to Russia despite being widespread in the West and is regarded by critics as one of the most valuable contemporary art movements. Apparently, it's got people talking.  Even Banksy is fan.  And they have people paying attention, which means,  I like them even better. If you ask them  what their goals are you get this bizarrely complex and lofty definition: Goals and objectives of  the Art-Group Vojna in the period 2008-2010. Rebirth of heroical beha...

A New York resident struggles for seeking the meaning of life with complete strangers on the NYC transit system. A long clip, but entirely worth it.

I always kept my favorite books from my childhood.  Including all my original paperbacks and hardcovers featuring those illustrated by Pauline Baynes. For weblink featuring more of her book covers, click here... Pauline Baynes's illustrations were just  so wonderful and creative.  Her simple black and white images fired up the imagination and were the perfect counterpoint to all the great writing for children by C. S. Lewis and J. R. Tolkien. I saved every one of her books to read to my own children who also fell under her same creative spell. I realize that publishers have by now probably replaced most of her original work with more contemporary images, but why bother changing greatness?   Her work was astonishingly creative and bold, considering what a prudish society we live in.  Much of her imagery should have had Puritans in a tizzy, drawing all those Druid-friendly characters whisking young girls into a wooded dell in such a beguiling, appeali...

Oddly impossible to stop playing  First Person Tetris However, since I have many, many things to catch up on around here, I'll let you waste time here instead of me. -- Enjoy!

Little Kid Tells The Best Knock Knock Jokes I don't mean to dis the dad, here, but it would be so much funnier without his talking very much.   Maybe just keep the father's facial expressions.   (The kid's able to hold the stage without, you, Dude!)

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