Happy Hanukkah

The Festival Lights.

Happy Hanukkah to our observant friends.

Image courtesy of http://www.animationbuddy.com/religion/Religious/Jewish/10/67/.

Negotiating Dental Work

For those not quite so skilled in the art of negotiating for health care, check out how this man arrives at a bargain.  From Vox In A Box.

Dentist Negotiation

January 15, 2008

Listen in as Vox demonstrates the art of negotiation with his dentist… but forgets how much pain it may cause in the long run.

This is one from the archives. Originally uploaded from a web cam with terrible sound quality.

So, sensation seekers, after delving the archives, I now share it with you in all its cringing glory!

Video Copyright (C) Voxinabox 2007 and don’t forget to floss

Enjoy.

Multipurpose Cuffs

Cuffs at home can evoke a certain glee in some.  An automatic invitation to some creative action of sorts.

See how this couple put their handcuffs to work for them.

Video at Live Leak.

See:

• http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3a362574a0.

Cat Puts In Order With Santa

Own a cat?

A little holiday suggestion from this cat to Santa’s reindeer helpers.

“Pssst… Tell Santa I want catnipz!
Image courtesy of http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/12/19/funny-pictures-i-want-catnipz/ and http://bunwaycards.com/Card/Verify.aspx?ciid=2788740.

Winter Solstice In The Northern Hermisphere

Winter is here.  Enjoy this video as a reminder that the solstice of the northern hemisphere can be spectacular anywhere.

Vintersolverv Winter Solstice

MollanMedia.  This is filmed on the shortest day of the year, 2007 dec 22. In South of Norway.

Wikipedia.

A solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is most oriented toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to reach its northernmost or southernmost extreme. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, its apparent movement north or south comes to a standstill.

The term solstice can also be used in a wider sense, as the date (day) that such a passage happens. The solstices, together with the equinoxes, are connected with the seasons. In some languages they are considered to start or separate the seasons; in others they are considered to be centre points.

Summer solstice and winter solstice are the most common names. However, these can be ambiguous since seasons of the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere are opposites, and the summer solstice of one hemisphere is the winter solstice of the other. These are also known as the ‘longest’ or ’shortest’ days of the year.

Northern solstice and southern solstice indicate the direction of the Sun’s apparent movement. The northern solstice is in June on Earth, when the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern solstice is in December, when the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere.

See:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBtOcp4njk
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice