Bio:
Musician? Music-aficionado (aren' t we all)?
Then you really ought to visit The Sift's last.fm page!
But enough about me, let' s talk about me:
I'm a happily married fellow living the dream. Let's just say I adore my wife. We're a happy kickin' family (no toddlers as of yet, but I promise updates as/if/when the situation develops!)
Also, a note regarding the Sift - downvote more. Since the queue escape limit has now become comparatively minuscule due to increasing amount of users voting, feel free to downvote stuff you feel mustn't be published. And please, do not get too upset if somebody (e.g. me) downvotes your submissions - instead inquire politely as to any reasons for such a decision - if it's not already pointed out in a comment (I usually leave an explanation for my more guilt-inducing downvotes and so can you).
Science + Actionpack = my favorite channels' couple.
Seriously, I love this place and so should you. If you don't, odds are you're doing something wrong. Try stopping trolling, for instance. And if the Sift's taking up too much of your leisure time - well, there's not much anyone can help you with, really. It doesn't further my procrastination though; worst 'affliction' of mine is regularly
Additional info: http://blog.videosift.com/youdiejoe/25-Random-things-about-me#comment-658810
Cheers, EDD
Eia Videos Submitted by EDD
In reply to this comment by EDD:
Weren't you from NJ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaVDdpyFpW0
http://www.videosift.com/video/Most-Epic-Marriage-Proposal-Ever
In reply to this comment by EDD:
Michael Swaim is *quality internets, as is your taste in sift, bryce
In reply to this comment by EDD:
Very nice of you to mention this. James Roe isn't completely inactive, as far as I know, and edeot is on active service in Iraq since beginning of summer, so I hope he'll be back in some months' time.
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This is an excerpt from the full video http://www.videosift.com/video/James-Lipton-interviews-Ricky-Gervais; a fantastic interview that I suggest everybody who voted for this one watches.
I guess it's not a dupe, but it still irks me that I didn't sift this very clip a couple of months ago, because of seeing the full interview was already up here
In reply to this comment by EDD:
I wanted to do this as soon as I was 30 seconds in: *quality!
In reply to this comment by EDD:
It might have been the 5th grade and we had a real shitty Math teacher at the time. It's not that she really sucked at Math (she did), it's that she was just this terrible terrible human being (more on that in a sec); she was also our class supervisor, which meant she headed all extra-curricular activities, museum trips, etc.
One of her most screwed-up and unprofessional favorite things to do in class was to wait for a hapless kid to make a mistake while solving a problem on the chalkboard. She anticipated these moments like a fucking alligator in the Amazon jungle. Every kid dreaded having to go up to the front. Whenever an unfortunate youngling made a mistake, be it just an "+" instead of a "-" in an equation, she'd stand up, and say to the class "Johnny made a mistake, class. Let's all point a finger at him, laugh and say Mistake, mistake!" - I fucking kid you not. And everybody had to do it. It's like she could only get off on little kids being humiliated.
Now, I wasn't a prodigy, but I was pretty damn smart. Especially at Math. In fact, I was already better at it than she was. I was also pretty much a poster child - almost never caused any trouble, didn't cuss, etc. As a result, there was little reason for her to have me up there after the first couple of times of going to the chalkboard and solving problems in a minute without any mistakes. Naturally, this made some of the other kids jealous of me, but that's not the point.
So one day she has me do it anyway. I get up there, start copying the equation from the textbook, and bam! I write down the wrong number. I realize my mistake after some 10 seconds and rush to the sponge to erase the incorrect integer and as soon as I start doing that, the bitch notices. Fuck.
She stands up. Takes two steps towards me. She says her infamous line to the class, some of whom are eager that the poster boy will be the recipient. They start: Mis...
Me (shouting, completely spontaneous): FUCK YOU ALL, MOTHERFUCKERS!
Nobody said a word. Hell, I was as shocked as anyone. I finished solving the problem and went back to my seat. I was never sent to the principal's office.
She never did that shit again.
Seems to have helped now.
Soon I'll be able to promote too.
-n
In reply to this comment by EDD:
Thanks for that, I had missed you *qualitying that one
It's weird though, it hasn't gotten any additional votes since - I think I'll be inquiring about a possible 'malfunction' in this case.
Cheers, Ed
In reply to this comment by notarobot:
Another *quality performance from this lady.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Lip-Dub-I-Gotta-Feeling-UQAM-4-54