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Wednesday Afternoon Diversion: How To Succeed With Brunettes

Last week was National Etiquette Week but this instructional video produced by the United States Navy in 1967 purported to help commissioned and non-commissioned officers work on their game with dark-haired beauties. (Blondes, we assume, couldn't be bothered with.) [ more › ]

Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: 'This Is Water' By David Foster Wallace

"The fact is, in the day to day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have a life or death importance," David Foster Wallace told a class of graduates at Kenyon College in 2005. "The fact is, you graduating seniors do not yet have any clue what 'day in, day out' really means." [ more › ]

Monday Afternoon Diversion: Insert Tobias Fünke Anywhere

Thanks to the magic of chroma key, you can now put Tobias Fünke's Internet acting reel into any movie you want. Here are a few examples. [ more › ]

Friday Afternoon Diversion: Turbonegro Gives Us Worms

Turbonegro are not the most politically correct of bands. Wait, that's a massive understatement. [ more › ]

Wednesday Afternoon Diversion: Suits That Fly

Justin Timberlake may be one of the most talented people in the world, but his suit and tie ain't got nothing on Iron Man's suit that flies. [ more › ]

Friday Afternoon Diversion: Telekinesis Brings The Sunshine (Sound)

Telekinesis' new album Dormarion is just the sort of thing we need to brighten up a dreary day. [ more › ]

Thursday Afternoon Diversion: The Smoothest Sitter in the Galaxy

Sure, Jonathan Frakes was a mid-90's dreamboat, but Commander Riker was Dr. Smooth. Here's the best video we've seen all day. [ more › ]

Wednesday Afternoon Diversion: Thank God For Dentists

Here is Ron Artest Metta World Peace opining on the genius of Jesus in how He planned when and how we lose our baby teeth. [ more › ]

Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: The Worst Of Crime And The Internet

Slacktory has put together a supercut of Law and Order's fakest websites, for your cringe-worthy enjoyment! [ more › ]

Monday Afternoon Diversion: The Greatest TED Talk You've Never Seen

What happens when you put a bunch of highly educated, upwardly mobile people together in a room where they've paid upwards of $2,500 for the bragging rights of saying they've gone to a TED conference? [ more › ]

Friday Afternoon Diversion: Russian Dash Cam Good Vibrations

Russian dash cams don't just capture foreign objects or aircraft crashing into the earth. Often they chronicle the fact that humans can actually be pretty kind when allowed. [ more › ]

Thursday Afternoon Diversion: Friendzoned!

How many Shiba Inu does it take to stop one man from snuggling his pooch? Just one, and that's enough for us! [ more › ]

Wednesday Afternoon Diversion: Adorkable

If you've ever fantasized about surreptitiously meeting Zooey Deschanel in a Sheraton by the airport, this short film is for you. [ more › ]

Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: Joby, The Good Dog

Today, we're going to show you this dog; he minds so good. He got to do a little meditating. You know how dogs is. [ more › ]

Friday Afternoon Diversion: A Leisurely Drive With Ah-nuld

Arnold Schwarzenegger is in the driver seat and we're just along for the ride. [Photo via Arnold's Facebook page] [ more › ]

Thursday Afternoon Diversion: Japanese Binocular Soccer

Would you ever guess that Quentin Tarantino cited this director as one of his influences? [ more › ]

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