Just Mob It

In the Age of Irony, the flash mob is a troublesome brainchild. Conceived to poke fun at hipsters and conformity, this mockery mob-ishness has been hijacked by those savvy Swedes as a tribute to the late King of Pop. For all the cheap jokes we've slung in Michael Jackson's direction over the years, it's easy to see that these people are dancing for anything but irony's sake. These performances are like human fireworks. They don't try to drag out the whole song; they get the point across in less than two minutes. And then, as if nothing had ever happened, they disappear into the crowd.

I could think of no better way to commemorate the strange man who gave us such ridiculously catchy music and some flippin' sweet dance moves.

Call of the Wild

For some, it may be easy to forget that Isabella Rossellini is a famous actress and not a kooky high school biology teacher. But if I were a biology teacher, you better believe I'd be using these videos in my class. Check out both seasons of "Green Porno" at the Sundance Channel website.

You may have asked yourself at some point, why sex? Why not just asexually divide like creatures did at the beginning of our world? Fortunately for us, unique combinations of DNA help many species to fend off parasites. So, as the article's title says, "Like Sex? Thank a Parasite."