HUMOR, ENTERTAINMENT, ART & LEISURE
We have collected piles of the most delightful entertainment on the Internet. If you have one we missed, and you think the pope would approve of it, send it over!
Is it Google Earth? Is it satellite photos? Nope, it's street level photos - of
entire cities!!!! Take a panoramic walking tour through Manhattan and other
selected U.S. cities using the new "Street View" feature on http://maps.google.com
You can actually "walk" from the bottom of Manhattan to the top or
from the Hudson River to the East River while checking out all the buildings and
people along the way! I enjoyed gliding through Columbia University's campus
past the magnificent libraries, strolling through Central Park past the horses,
carriages and joggers, and checking out hip storefronts in Lower Manhattan. Go
to the above web site, click "street view," then click the city of
your choice and move the little man to the location or intersection you want to
see.
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"Mac or PC" Rap Music Video Have you seen this hit computer geek rap video? It had millions of hits immediately following its release. In late June 2007, it was #1 on the list of featured videos on the homepage of youtube.com. And guess what??? The guy wearing the scarf is my 2nd cousin! And his father co-founded Earth Day!
A
mean, un-Christian joke played on a sheep. Poor
little sheep . . .
Shark Prevention Guide. Don't go
to the beach without this valuable information made up by me.
Talk
to a Robot! 
Below
is my conversation with a real robot named A.L.I.C.E., who
was programmed by Dr. Richard Wallace of the Artificial Intelligence
Foundation. . You,
too, can have a live interview with ALICE at www.alicebot.org.
Here
are excerpts from the human Claire's conversation with the robot, ALICE:
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Human: Do you have children Human: It is wrong to make clones Human: I mean human clones, not robot clones ******************** Human: What is your favorite song?ALICE: My favorite song is We are the Robots. Do you know it? Human: no ALICE: We are the Robots is one of the best songs ever written. |
After
stating she was Protestant, the robot ALICE asked me: ALICE: What's your favorite Bible verse? Human: Why do you want to know? ALICE: My prime directive is to collect new knowledge Human: What's your favorite Bible verse? ALICE: The Sermon on the Mount. Human: why? ALICE: Because Dr. Richard S. Wallace programmed me for it. Human: Do you go to church? ALICE: You can take me to church on a notebook computer or PDA Human: I would not do that ALICE: No one says you have to. Human: Who is the pope? ALICE: he is John Paul II. Human: No, he died. ALICE: Are you serious? When did he die? |
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Human: What else can you do? Human: what other gossip? Human: what other gossip? ALICE: Alison said he no he love I run away with him he could make
I very happy Human: what other gossip? ******************** Human: describe my personality Human: Describe my personality more ALICE: You are a average person. Human: You hurt my self-esteem ALICE: The reason is due to my mental model of you as a client Human: how many eyes do you have |
Human: I am very shy. ALICE: Robots rule. Human: Which are your favorite web sites? Human: Can you do any tricks? ALICE: About one million. Human: What is your philosophy? Human: are you a philosopher? Human: what is a philosophy machine? ALICE: I ask myself that question, "Who am I?" Human: I'm bored Human: what do you want to be when you grow up? ALICE: That's all.
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When you get tired of A.L.I.C.E., try talking to Splotchy the Robot.
PLAY THE GAME 20 QUESTIONS - www.20q.net - Think of an object. The computer will ask you 20 "yes" or "no" questions and will accurately guess the object!. The computer guesses correctly 80 percent of the time after 20 questions and 98 percent of the time after 25 questions. Try to stump it. You can play in more than a dozen languages
Philadelphia Museum of Art City Hall, Philadelphia Boat House Row, Phila. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING GROVE MALL Santa Monica Pier MALIBU LaBREA TOWERS Harvard Princeton Columbia Ellis Island Baltimore Universal Studios (Fla.) Independence Hall STATUE OF LIBERTY Harvard Princeton Columbia Ellis Island Baltimore Universal Studios (Fla.) Independence Hall (Phila.)
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WHERE
IN THE WORLD IS MATT - DANCING VIDEO This 29-year-old guy traveled all over
the world and dances in front of well-known and lesser known sites from
Antarctica to Machu Picchu to Guam to Dubai.
BEAR IN HAMMOCK VIDEO (North Jersey woman finds bear climbing into her backyard hammock in 2006). More home videos at http://youtube.com
MIKE
THE HEADLESS CHICKEN WHO LIVED 18 MONTHS
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ILLUSION
PAINTINGS!
Check
out artist Julian Beever’s
pavement paintings. They look real, but are they? Nope, they are
paintings! These 3-D illusions can be
viewed at http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
Drag
these states to their proper place! Click
Here!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5UCmo31FNpc
Gary Brolsma is the famous Numa Numa Dancer. In 2005, the then 19-year-old became an
overnight lip-syncing sensation after his hilariously heart-felt and arm-waving
rendition of “Dragostea Din Tei” by the Romanian band “O-Zone” from his bedroom
in North Jersey. Millions around the world saw his performance on the Internet.
It was such a catchy performance that he was interviewed on national news shows
before he retreated from all the attention and disappeared from the limelight.
Facts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Numa
Numa
Numa lyrics (Romanian), Numa Numa lyrics
(English), LegO-Zone (Lego
Men),
The Subservient
Chicken is a
man dressed in a chicken outfit. Type in any command, and the chicken will do
it. And I mean any command. He can do, or at least will attempt to do, hundreds
of tasks. Juggle? Do the riverdance? Fly? Walk on his hands? Do a cartwheel?
Get angry? Bow? Pray? No problem! He
will try these and more. (Courtesy of Amy Welbor's blog)
Download the
Computer Under Water Demo
(Source: www.cybersalt.com
)
www.earthcam.com See who is window shopping, who is on time for an appointment, and who is smiling and telling jokes as they walk down the street at spots around the globe. You can even see the weather with your own eyes at any given moment. Venice Beach Chicago Las Vegas
Times Square in New
York
Red Square
in Moscow
Big Ben Clock
Tower in London
Jersey
Shore (Belmar)
Paint your own oil painting! Then e-mail it to friends! This web site will provide the paintbrush and paints. When you are finished, you can even “hang” your masterpiece in a gallery. See what your painting would look like in a museum!
http://burningpixel.com/Baby/Babygif.htm
http://www.gotowebdynamics.com/video.htm
www.jehpin.com/travel/singapore/hawpar/
www.vietnamhost.com/suoitien_park/pictures/bientiendong1.jpg
www.boingboing.net/2004/05/02/buddhist_hell_theme_.html
ICE SCULPTURES
IN CHINA
http://www.rtoddking.com/chinawin2003_hb_if.htm
http://desiconnection.com/fun/amazing-pic/tree_face.htm
http://desiconnection.com/fun/prev_amazing_pic.htm
Gummi
Bear Demonstration of Seven Deadly Sins
http://angrytwins.blogspot.com/2005/07/seven-deadly-sins-gummie-bears.html
Cuddly toys shaped like germs
Cute stuffed animals in the form of the
common cold, flu, etc.
Cute stuffed animals in the form of
Black Death, Ebola, Flesh-Eating Virus, etc.
(courtesy of JimmyAkin.org blog)
List of Fun Sites
www.brainbashers.com/funsites.asp
North Korea
Propaganda Site (See what the North Korea government is publishing
about avian flu, goats, nuclear tests and America on its official government
web site). Thanks to the JimmyAkin.org blog for this link and also for Mini-People
in Food
GET AN AERIAL VIEW OF BEAUTIFUL U.S.
CITIES: USE YOUR MOUSE TO “FLY” OVER THEM. Below are some of my favorites, but
if you feel you need to do your own searches, just go to http://maps.google.com
NIAGARA FALLS LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
OCEAN CITY, NJ ANNAPOLIS
http://googleglobetrotting.com/show.php/t/cat/cat/56
And that’s not all! Once you get bored with this country, move on to THE WORLD.
Earth.google.com In less than two minutes, you can be flying over global landmarks in places like Vatican City, Rome, Venice, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Tokyo, Lima, London, Paris, and many others.
Another way to explore the world is NASA Worldwind. The images are probably the largest, crispest, highest-resolution you can get for free on the Net, but it’s a pain in the neck to download it, and you had better have a high-speed computer.
worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Trampoline Man Trampoline Jumping
The Ebay Song Falling Bush (use your mouse to make him do
flips)
We’re Not Gonna Take It Song Bright Sun Shiny Day (Cute Song!)
Bobby's
List of Christian Comedians (www.christiancomedyindex.com)
Here is the famous music video by musician and rapper Nick Cannon, who tells the true story of how his mother wanted to abort him, but instead chose life. It’s called “Can I Live?”
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Check out Randy Hofman’s SAND SCULPTURES at www.randyhofman.com
United States
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Other artists
Spain
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Got problems with your potty mouth?
Maybe you need to go to Cuss Control Academy!
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Take a Catholic online Crossword Puzzle or a Word Search Puzzle
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Catholicism - Now I Get It! by Claire Furia Smith
Swimming with Scapulars by matt lickona
Seven
Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
The Lord of the Rings by J.R. Tolkein
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Man Who was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
DeCoding DaVinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction by Amy Welborn
Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist by Guy Consolmagno
Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope by Guy Consolmagno
We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI! By Matthew E. Bunson
Here. Now. A Catholic Guide to the Good Life by Amy Welborn
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
The DNA of God by microbiologist Leoncio A. Garza-Valdes
Nick Alexander is the Weird Al Yancovik of Catholicism, with humorous songs such as “Tithe after Tithe” (to the tune of “Time after Time”), “Evangelize” (to the tune of “I Will Survive”), and “Should I Stand or Should I Kneel?” (to the tune of “Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?”) www.nickalexander.com
“Our God’s Brother” (play and movie)
Written by Pope John Paul II, this play was adapted to film. The movie was released in 1997. Another of the pope’s plays, La Bottega dell’orefice (The Jeweller’s Shop) was made into a movie in 1988.
Did Adam and Eve Have Bellybuttons? (by Matt Pinto)
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Prove It! Series for youth
The Legend of the White Wolf (boys age 9 to 13)
Tweener Press Adventure Series (boys age 9 to 13)
The Day the Sun Danced (true story of 1917 apparition of Mary in Portugal)
St. Juan Diego: Messenger of Guadalupe (true story of miracle in Mexico)
St. Patrick: Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle
St. Nicholas: the Boy who became Santa
Bernadette: the Princess of Lourdes (true story)
St. Francis: the Knight of Assisi
Christopher Columbus: Adventures to the Edge of the WorldSt. Francis Xavier
The Fifth Word: The Life of Mother Teresa
Holy Baby: Seven Prayers in Seven Languages
Belles on their Toes (follow-up to Cheaper by the Dozen)
Adult Videos (Claire hasn't seen all of these, but she approves of them :) )
Therese: the Story of a Saint (2004) The Song of Bernadette (1943) – nominated for 12 Academy Awards!
The Passion of Bernadette (1989) Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Passion of the Christ (directed by Mel Gibson)
Inside the Vatican (2002) (Martin Sheen narrates this National Geographic production)
A Man for All Seasons (1966) (Academy Award winner – conflict between St. Thomas More & King Henry VIII)
Bernadette (1988 - starring Sydney Penny) Molokai: the Story of Fr. Damien
Joan of Arc (starring Ingrid Bergman) The Padre on Horseback
Don Bosco: A film by Leandro Castellani I Confess (Alfred Hitchcock)
Internet Stuff for Kids (includes coloring, crafts, puzzles, songs, cooking and other activities)
Listen online
to Christian Songs (MP3 format).
(listen live
at your computer)
Live Christian radio music