this is how i’m feeling right now: my loony bun is fine benny lava. yeah, you know it. i hope your sunday is half as awesome as this video clip and it’s phonics based subtitles! just keep dancing …
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think you’ve got roller skating skills? how about limbo-skating? check out the article on daily mail titled the amazingly flexible boy, 6, who can limbo-skate under cars. it’s about aniket chindak, a boy in india who holds the unofficial world record for ‘limbo-skating.’ aniket is training to break his own world record of skating under 57 cars in 45 seconds.
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oh boy! now with video!
seems to be a rash of bollywood viral clips these days on the internet. why stop now? this thursday morning it’s music video VS music video here as the bollywood magic and blatant rip-off that is indian thriller goes up against the highly powerful and original michael jackson’s thriller. takes more than just red leather pants to pull this off. who will win? your comments decide. it’s always fun to see the culture you grew up with repackaged. right on time for halloween too. indian thriller via it’s a mad mad mad mad blog (thanks russ!).
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check out this amazing and disturbing photo essay by brendan corr called End of the Line. it deals with the dangerous and hazardous work of ship breaking, the piece by piece dismanteling of those gigantic cargo ships, naval vessels, and cruise liners. now almost all of this highly toxic and hazardous work takes place asian countries, mostly in India, Bangladesh, Turkey, China, and Pakistan. workers are often exposed to high levels of asbestos, heavy metals, and other contaminants. greenpeace has been involved in effective activism and campaigns to stop western nations from exporting ‘end of life’ toxic ships to poorer countries. greenpeace has even spotlighted 50 toxic ships, including the Pacific Princess - a.k.a. the love boat, in their campaign.