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Sometimes Mother Nature has a way of telling you to ease up on the beer a little. And some folks carry on regardless. The fun really starts at about the 40 second mark

Anyone with kids in the house will know Zac Efron, eponymous lead of the High School Musical series, the pop culture equivalent of nails on a blackboard. I thought nothing could persuade me to go see a movie he was even in, let alone leading. But this new trailer for the movie Me and Orson Welles looks pretty interesting, with a spot-on portrayal of Orson Welles by Christian McKay.

A while ago I was involved in a Kickstarter project where a bunch of New Yorkers got together to make their own book. It was a fun experience, and now I've noticed a much more worthy project for your attention.

Designing Obama is to be a book that chronicles the graphic art created by both professional artists and grassroots campaigners in their attempt to elect the President, co-ordinated by the Design Director of the Obama Campaign. 350 color pages, hardbound limited edition, $50. A great keepsake to pass down to your kids, or just a cool Christmas gift.

I pledged mine, and I suspect there are a few readers here who might like to do the same. You can find out more here.

A little Monday Morning anarchy to get you started. From the creator of I Made This. You play this. We are enemies. comes another wild and weird art/poetry game, Evidence of Everything Exploding:

Using documents, both historical and little-known from B. Gates, NASA, James Joyce, Dadaism, Neil Gaiman, Fidel Castro, the Pizza Box Patent and many others, the game explores those strange moments where history turns or doesn't, where unusual forces collide to create or topple storylines, possible futures. Complete with matchbook death rewards, strange marked up text and curious prophecies, The madness of the pages meets the madness of the game.

Here's a fun video from the new Disney Parks Blog. The Magic Kingdom at Disney World is probably the perfect subject matter for Tilt-Shift video, and some of these sequences have a very nostalgic feel. (not that I've ever been to a Disney park, but - whatever)

I've been playing with a new mixtape service called 8 Tracks, which allows you to create and share playlists of - you guessed it - 8 tracks or more. Here's a selection of my favorite mashups for your thursday listening pleasure.

Way back when (actually in 2005), we did a Top Ten list of Famous Last Words . But I guess it's all very well being smart to the end when you're a famous politician or writer. What about your average murderer or rapist? Luckily we now have a sample to judge, because the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has released a database of 400 last statements made by prisoners before their execution.

So what words of wisdom come to us from those about to meet their maker?

Yes, Ain't no way fo' fo', I Love all yall.

Uh, I don't know, Um, I don't know what to say. I don't know. (pauses) I didn't know anybody was there. Howdy.

Only the sky and the green grass goes on forever and today is a good day to die.

Yes sir, Warden Okay I've been hanging around this popsicle stand way too long. Before I leave, I want to tell you all. When I die, bury me deep, lay two speakers at my feet, put some headphones on my head and rock and roll me when I'm dead. I'll see you in Heaven someday. That's all Warden.

There's a lot more, and despite most of them just acting remorseful, there''s a few buried nuggets. (Pun Intended)

From the department of "What the hell do we need this for?" (who have previously brought us such insipid ideas as the remake of The Hulk, and the upcoming live action Barbie movie), comes news of "At Your Service", a new stop-motion action/comedy series featuring award-winning Chef & Hell's Kitchen frontman, Gordon Ramsay. My wife and I have often remarked that Fox had turned Ramsay into a cartoon version of himself, and now the circle is seemingly complete.

Ummm.

So... Richard Whitehouse, an artist from Ohio is constructing a piece called The Rape Tunnel. It's an installation in a gallery, a long narrowing tunnel that can be walked through, and he's promising that anybody who enters it during the exhibition, he'll attempt to rape.

In 2007 at the Seward Projects Space in Columbus, I had my first breakthrough with an installation that was to be the prototype for this current one. It was called THE PUNCH-YOU-IN-THE-FACE TUNNEL. It was the same set-up as THE RAPE TUNNEL except at the end of the tunnel I’d punch the subject in the face instead of raping him or her. The impetus was completely reactionary to the current state of art, and motivated by pure frustration.

As it turns out, I ended up breaking the nose of the third person to crawl through the tunnel, an aspiring model. She went to the hospital and eventually sued me. Her modeling career was put on hold. The civil case was long and drawn out and the matter still hasn’t been resolved. To this day she still has unpaid medical bills. The point of this long aside is that all this took place two years ago, and I’m still having an impact on this young lady’s life, something not many other artists could claim about their work

Rape seemed like the next logical step.

There's more of this on the Artlurker site, including a Q&A where the artist goes into pretty graphic detail about his intention. It's clear from the piece that part of his objective is to generate discussion, protest, anger and debate, and I'm more than willing to play my part by posting a link here. But I think I'll forgo the show itself.

Let's discuss, on a range of subjects from morality, taste and art to internet hoaxes.

I was late catching up with ABC's FlashForward due to business traveling, but having now seen the first episode on my DVR, I have high hopes that we might have something to fill the void of Lost in the next few years.

Long time readers will know that way back when Lost began, this site was a little hotbed of ideas/theories. Over the seasons that diminished as things got so damn complicated, I think we all gave up caring. But I thought I'd officially start the FlashForward theory thread, and in the coming weeks we'll see how well we do.

I'll put the rest after the jump, as there are definitely some spoilers ahead.

A little something to blow away the Monday Morning cobwebs. (via Waxy)

I thought dust storms were only something they experienced in the outback, or maybe Iraq, but apparently one recently rolled across Sydney, resulting in an amazing gallery of photos on Flickr that's almost post-apocalyptic

I think I fell a little bit in love with this blonde firecracker lady during her outstanding 6 minute refutation of Kirk Cameron's ridiculous little scheme to distribute 50,000 copies of the Origin of Species with an updated pro-Creationism introduction. You can watch the original video here, but it's not necessary to appreciate her very entertaining dissection.

We're living in heady technological times - it seems like the changing pace of our connected world grows exponentially. I sometimes marvel at the world our kids will inherit.

And then there's this. Probably the best iPhone app ever made. As your net worth drops, so do their panties. If only I'd had this six months ago, I might have stayed a lot more cheerful.