Last link for the night!!!
86 year-old guy lives on his own private island that he bought in the Indian Ocean 50 years ago for £8,000 - not too shabby of a way to retire, if you ask me!
Just a man and his giant tortoises, in a veritable paradise…
I stumbled onto this show earlier today and thought it was kinda unique and cute. Curious to see where they end up taking it…
I got a real kick out of this video – it kind of reminded me of the big road trip that Sara and I took a couple of years ago, minus the worldwide travel aspect, of course! Seriously, how cool would it be to just take like ten grand, a week, and a map, and just wander around seeing all of the wonders of the world?!
Just to name a few off the top of my head, my list would probably include Egypt, London, Paris, Germany, China, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. Where would you go?
I find myself continuing to regularly be amazed by the quality of new web shows that I stumble onto on a regular basis. Considering that the “production crew” for these shows is typically a fraction of any regular television broadcast, if not simply the host and one guy behind the camera, if I worked on one of those regular, old school TV shows, I myself would be getting a little nervous!
Correction: *I* myself would probably say to hell with the big, overhead production and get a few of my friends together to do a show all by ourselves, but that’s just me… 
Nevertheless, I thought I’d take this otherwise drab Thursday evening to share a few of the newer online shows that I’ve been enjoying lately.
The Point - A political round table hosted by Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks – kind of like Real Time with Bill Maher, but slightly less cynical.
SciShow – A really fun and informative show about … SCIENCE!!! This guy reminds me a lot of Bill Nye, and the show is beautifully produced – I’m honestly not sure why it’s not on the Discovery channel already.
My Drunk Kitchen - So Hannah drinks, but at least she’s a funny drunk, and also sometimes food even happens along the way…
CheckPoint – Weekly commentary and gentle prodding on video game news – I like it because despite barely having time to play, I still get about 85% of their jokes!
I really hope that last one isn’t true!
And one more, just because I’m supposed to be packing and this video is pretty awesome…
I can only hope that I’m that fun of a Dad when I have kids! 
Be sure to watch it full screen in 1080p – the working airport looks really cool…
(ok, but seriously – this is pretty amazing…)
I’m not entirely sure how I got here, but some late-night surfing brought me to this new (to me!) web series by Jessica Mills called Awkward Embraces, and after watching about half a dozen episodes pretty much back to back, I must admit that I kinda like it!
The creator kind of reminds me of Felicia Day, in that she also stars in the show as a socially awkward geek girl who’s constantly getting schooled by her friends around her, although the majority of Awkward Embraces actually takes place in “real life” instead of in game! It’s slightly less nerdy, given that it’s more focused on relationships than gaming, although I’m sure most Star Trek fans would argue that Jessica earns that point back rather easily by constantly bringing her obsession with Trek of all kinds to the forefront! It’s a pretty funny show, though, and apparently I’ve got two full seasons to catch up with before I’m current.
I think Felicia Day had produced four seasons already when I finally first discovered The Guild, which just continues to amaze me that there are all of these high quality, professional, but independent creators out there cranking programming that strongly rivals most of the crap that ends up on network TV these days. I mean, both The Guild and Awkward Embraces look great – and sometimes it’s hard to believe that these shows are being created by passionate teams of maybe a dozen instead of the hundreds that all have to come together for a traditional TV show.
Also funny that aside from a few random favorites, most of the new shows that I seem to get hooked on these days are born on the Internet! Go check out Awkward Embraces – you might find that you like it, too…
