Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

Improv Everywhere, board a subway train… and set up shop. Awesome.

Zoom & Co. has something related planned for the days ahead. Keep an eye out.

Link: Urbanprankster

 You know you’re getting old when the first time you see Carpet Skates on QVC you think, “Great, another way to hurt yourself.”

You know you’re staying young when you order ‘em anyway.

As for what watching QVC says about you… that’s another question entirely.

Link: QVC.

It all started when the 49-year-old Texan moved onto a road with a strange white dirt. “Clean me” evolved into simple drawings, became this…

Link: Dirtycarart via Thesun.

New sport alert. Remember our friend who doggled the scammers? It looks like he’s not alone. Far from it. 419 Eater (419 being not only the area code of Toledo, but also the proper name of those Nigerian email scams) is a whole site dedicated to “scambaiting”, the simple pursuit of getting those rascally rabbits to send silly pictures. Check out the gems they’ve collected so far.

Got a few minutes to spare? Start with their “hints & tips“, then head over to your inbox and begin the dance. Really, these guys are so photogenic they’re practically begging for it.

Link: 419eater.

The next president of the US… done with office supplies, right here in our office. Whatever.

Seems I might have miscounted on the delegates. Damn clairvoyance acting up again. Whatever.

Ali had an ex that used to play lottery scratch cards every week. Most weeks she lost. Some weeks she won. The whole thing got him thinking… about gambling… and life… and that thought led to this: I LOVE MY LIFE THE WAY IT IS. Ali plans on covering a whole room, floor to ceiling, with unscratched lottery tickets. It’ll take about 8,000 (the count right now is at 193), and aside from some fun wallpaper, a good story, and a blog documenting the process, not one of those tickets will ever change Ali’s life.

Link: ILoveMyLifeTheWayItIs via SwissMiss.

Improv Everywhere‘s LA team GueriLA did what they do best this weekend. They assembled a team. Met on the dot. And instigated their own controlled chaos. This time the move was watching the countdown clock on the crosswalk, then going nuts when the clock strikes none as if it were New Year’s Eve. Seven intersections. 50 agents. Countless stunned bystanders. Priceless.

Link: UrbanPrankster.

What is your house doing right now? No really, think about it. What is the place you live in actually doing at this very moment. Nothing, right? That’s cause it’s lazy. Not Steven B. Klinsky and Maureen Sherry’s house though. Their 8.5 million-dollar, 4,200 square-foot apartment is filled with riddles and mysteries designed to intrigue those within. In fact, it’s got it’s own soundtrack, story book, and code – a la Di Vinci – that needs cracking. What it does once the mystery is solved is anyone’s guess. But in the meantime there are compartments, clues, cyphers, and secret gizmos to consider. The pictures do it no justice. You’ll have to read the story. Scratch your head. And dream.

Link: NewYorkTimes via Kottke.

Feel like buying something? Even better, feel like getting a gift, shaking the box, and not knowing what’s inside? “Buy Something” promises just that. For $10 they’ll ship you, um, well, something. “It may be something you need, something you want or something you desire.” It also might not. “Your something may be anything.” Whatever it is, it comes in a brown paper box with a giant question mark on it. Go ahead, surprise yourself. Doesn’t that sound like a good time?

Link: Somethingstore via Trendhunter.

If you ask us, shooting a flying disk with a shotgun is plenty hard. “Master Caster” Gary Hain does it with his rod and tackle. Watch close. Wowsers.

Link: Neatorama