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YouTubery Friday: VentriloChoir and “Amazing” Grace

It’s Friday! Procrastinate and countdown to happy hour with these lovely bits!

This video of a Hungarian ventriloquist choir was placed on the FOT forum by Big Plastic Head, preceded by the phrase “Nightmare Fuel.” I could not agree more. Good to know that, even in foreign countries, ventriloquists’ “dummy” voices sound pinched and annoying.

See if you can guess what song they’ll sing before it starts. I think you’ll be pleasantly horrified.

And while we’re on the subject of terrifying vocal performances, here’s another find from the FOT forum, this one posted by dania. It features a man at church who’s overtaken by the spirit of The Lord (and no doubt more earthly substances) and takes a stab at singing “Amazing Grace”. Hilarity ensues.

Most spectacular feature of this video: when the church band kicks in, and not only keeps a straight face, but stays on key/in rhythm the whole time. Amazing, indeed.

Live Blog: World Series Game 2

Update 10.30: Thanks to everyone who participated in this glorious live event! If you want to see what you missed or relive the glory, just press that little play button below.

Original post:

Hey fans! Much as I enjoyed last night’s live-bloggery, I felt my
method of doing so was a tad clunky and not quite dynamic enough method
of keeping up with the action. I wanted something that allowed more
verbage than tweeting, but sacrificed immediacy in the process.

So
now live blogging is back and better than ever! I’ve improved the
live-blogging interface for tonight’s Pedro vs. Burnett action, by the
means of that gray box down there. Oh yes, you’re welcome.

So
come back ’round 7:30pm EST and keep yer browser right here this
evening for hot World Series action! No more refreshing! No more
constant Twitter updates! (RSS feed here for supernerds.) And you can comment along with me! IF YOU DARE.

Live Blog: World Series Game 1

buckmccarver.jpg As a Mets fan, can I ignore the World Series just because it features two teams I don’t like? Of course not! This is still the World Series, and I intend to watch every inning. This is part of baseball history, unfolding before our eyes. Plus, maybe someone will get horribly injured on live TV!

So keep your eyes on this space, for I shall be live-blogging this whole grotesque event for posterity! God help us all!

All live blog posts in chronological order, after the jump.
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