Mike Browne’s Blog

This is one of the most moving pieces of video I’ve seen in a long time:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU[/youtube]

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another. [source TED and The Positivity Blog]

Dr. Bolte Taylor’s ability to find spiritual significance during a near fatal cerebral hemorrhage is astonishing, terrifying and uplifting all at once. Probably the most important twenty minutes I’ve spent in a while. I must attend TED one of these years.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWSymjhWIeQ[/youtube]

Filmed in 1976 but more relevant today.

Faked for a cell phone ad but fun enough to share.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCfEAzeLP-w[/youtube]

R.I.P. Kenny MacLean, former bassist of Platinum Blonde, who was found dead on Monday. He was 52.

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Famous John Williams themes done a capella with lyrics from Star Wars:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4[/youtube]

Wow.

I know it’s over, but this is still relevant:

In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?

I’m not sure what the look on the model’s face means as she looks off into the distance wistfully. She doesn’t really appear to be connecting with the ‘product’. Perhaps she will later on when no one’s looking.

[from popcrunch]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQd0ELH7SNI[/youtube]

Creepy…

If you’ve ever had the displeasure of auditioning for a commercial you know how close to reality this video from Kate VanDevender of actordiaries.com is:

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/656553[/vimeo]

Oh the humiliation of the average working (or wannabe) actor.