wanderlust

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” - Dr. Seuss

Come and Play, Everything’s A-Okay

Feeling a bit nostalgic, I looked for, then eventualy stumbled upon, a lot of Sesame Street videos on YouTube that I vividly remember seeing as a kid. Here are my favorites.

Crayola Crayon Factory

Pinball
I’m still waiting for a Phish cover of the song

Alligator King

Superstition by Stevie Wonder

Teeny Little Super Guy

Lost Boy Remembers His Way Home (I thought it was creepy then, and it’s still a little creepy now.)

Orange Sings Carmen

Cab Calloway Sings “Hi De Ho Man”

Ladybugs’ Picnic

Red Ball 1,2,3

Goat Gets Mad

And some new favorites, linked since embedding was disabled on many of these:

Neil Patrick Harris is Sesame Street’s Shoe Fairy

Preschool Musical

Feist Sings 1,2,3,4

September 2nd 2008
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Wordpress for the iPhone

Oh yes. Expect more blogging.
July 31st 2008
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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

This may be the best thing I've seen all year. I'm a little late to the party, but that only means I didn't have to wait for each episode to post. It's basically a very well-made web series. Neil Patrick Harris stars, and part of me hopes HIMYM ends soon so ...
June 26th 2008
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An Open Letter to a Former and Current Employer

Backstory: I was laid off last September, and my company called after my semester at school wanting me to come back. I'm only back for the summer, unless I can work part-time during school. I was asked to think about saying something at our company-wide meeting this morning about what ...
June 25th 2008
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Brilliant.

Marketing campaign for laundry detergent in Thailand. To demonstrate their product's ability to remove tough stains, the makers of Breeze Excel washing detergent sent product samples wrapped in tshirts through the regular mail, with instructions to wash the shirts -- significantly dirtied in transit -- upon receipt. (Via Kottke)
June 23rd 2008
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Part of Me

(Ed. note #1: On Saturday, Alisa left for an eight day trip to Ohio with the youth group she works with. It will be the longest we will have gone without seeing each other since she moved here. Today, I cope with her absence via the written (or typed, rather) ...

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