CNN uncovered a truly amazing story today about a young girl in California who received notice that her family is alive in Minami Sanriku, Japan via YouTube.  Akiko Kosaka studies at the University of California at Riverside where she began a yearlong study of English last September. She is originally from Minami Sanriku, a small fishing village on the coast of Japan where an estimated 17,000 residents were feared to be dead or missing ... Read More

If like me you have an addiction to spending way too much time on the internet looking at memes, you have probably already heard of Slenderman. If not, you are in for a delightfully spooky treat. Slenderman is an internet-generated urban myth. Atypical of most folklore, however, his origins are easily illuminated. On June the 8th 2009, the infamous online forums, Something Awful launched a “paranormal pictures” photoshopping ... Read More

 I don't enjoy watching things like Animal Planet. While the footage is usually pretty neat, the narration totally kills it for me. So boring! Enter the YouTube series Randall's Animals. A sample line from "The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger": "Here's a house full of bees. You think the honey badger cares? It doesn't give a shit. It goes right into the house of bees to get some larvae. How disgusting is that? It eats larvae!" I think I've ... Read More

    Greatness aside, it's about time someone pokes fun at Lady Gaga's wacky video aesthetic.  Key of Awesome, who have a weekly musical spoof show on YouTube, call Gaga out on her habits of adorning her hair with everything but the kitchen sink and sometimes substituting her clothes for caution tape.  The video also speculates how Gaga got Beyonce to agree to do all of the weird things she wants in the "Telephone" ... Read More

Did the Monday morning return to work leave you feeling a bit down? Never fear my friends, thanks to the beauty of YouTube, the universe has blessed us with mindless entertainment at the click of a mouse. Do you consider yourself a crazy cat person? (Shhh...your secret is safe with me). Even if felines aren't your cup of tea, you can't help but laugh at this montage of ridiculous cat clips, set to the rap-tastic stylings of BoyfriendsInc. ... Read More