Yesterday the city of Santa Cruz, California joined a legion of other groups around the world in the attempt to create a world record for the number of people simultaneously dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” while also raising money for a number of charity organizations around the globe – the event is called “Thrill the World.”

Santa Cruz, California

Portland, Oregon

Mill Creek, Washington

Oakland, Maryland

Helsinki, Finland • Nanchang, Jiangxi, China • Los Angeles, California • Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario, Canada • Xi’an, Shaanxi, China • Sydney, Australia • Ankara, Turkey • Newton, New Jersey • Mount Vernon, Washington • São Paulo, Brazil • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Orange County, California • Seattle, Washington • Neusiedl-am-See, Burgenland, Austria • Gray, Maine • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Lanzhou, China • Mt. Rainer, Maryland • Chicago, Illinois • Denver, Colorado • Goldsboro, North Carolina • Needham, Massachusetts • Bloomington, Indiana • St. Petersburg, Florida • San Antonio, Texas • Ottawa, Canada • Mount Pleasant, Michigan • Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

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Just like the name says: hamster races.
It was a fun time, here’s my video:

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Last night the city of San Jose, California, was totally dead.
Really dead.
Undead.

Last night was San Jose’s first ever Zombie-O-Rama zombie crawl: hundreds of zombies took to the streets in search of brains, drink specials, and an outdoor screening of “Shaun of the Dead.”

Here are some photo highlights:

BBRRAAAINNNSS Bonus Round:
RobotAlphabet’s Zombie Sarah Palin

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You may have caught these crazy Brits chasing cheese wheels down steep hills on SportsCenter this week, but this particular video compiles some of the best tumbles from the 2009 competition.

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To advertise their upcoming Ladies Day, Kempton Park Raceway (London) hired international hair stylist Sascha Breuer to style two of their finest fillies, Moral and Robyn.

(via Notcot)

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Tonight from 8:30-9:30pm (your local time), people will be turning off their lights and appliances in a global effort organized by the World Wildlife Fund to make a statement against climate change. Join in if you can– if you can’t spare electricity tonight, hopefully you’ll be able to reduce your carbon footprint in other ways, or at least increase your awareness of climate change!

Go Team Earth!

Earth Hour – Official Page
Earth Hour – Wikipedia

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Speaking of Prop 8, did you know today is Repeal Day?  Yes, that little-known holiday squeezed in between Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and the other drinking-centric holiday, New Years’ Eve.  Celebrating the repeal of the 18th amendment in 1933, ending Prohibition, Repeal Day is a time for everyone to enjoy the freedom to knock back a fifth of Jose, make out with a guy a head shorter than you, and pass out on the stairs of a co-worker’s apartment with a mouthful of your own vomit.  Or so I’ve heard.  I mean, I would never do anything like that.  Nope.

repealday.org

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