So, how's your Monday treating you? Well, it's about to get a bit more surreal. Prepare yourself for Terry Gilliam's 1968 directorial debut: Storytime. Gilliam later became known for his work with Monty Python, of which he was the only American member. Storytime is presented in three parts: the tale of a cheerful cockroach named Don, the surprising truth about Albert Einstein's hands (no, not that Albert Einstein), and finally the best Christmas card ever. You can see how this style led directly... READ ON

That's right. Can it. Canned food advocates are rolling up their sleeves this month and crashing all those raw food potlucks.  If you've enjoyed some canned classics recently, you'll want to give a quick salute to Napoleon, who bribed all of France to surface a quality inventor. Enter Nicolas Appert, who pocketed the Francs after logging 14 years behind a workbench littered with glass, wax, and wire. Canning is clearly more popular, but what about pickling, smoking, and drying? They don't... READ ON

While I'm a true and tried Apple user, I've been eyeing the Microsoft Zune with curiosity—not so much because I want one, but because I'm dying to know how the supposed "iPod killer" plans on positioning itself. In any case, I've stumbled onto two ads recently, one of which I find thoroughly endearing, and the other completely disturbing. Here's the one that's too cute not to... READ ON

I found this link from the Presurfer, and it's pretty darn cool"¦ watch how an ordinary drawing suddenly gets animated to explain physics! Click here to... READ ON