Video of the Day: Al Sharpton Tries To Ride A Bike

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:33:00 GMT

Reverend Al Sharpton Rides a Bike! from jenchung on Vimeo.

It's hard to ride a bike when you're shaped like a bowling pin.

Al Sharpton participated in the Critical Mass Bike Ride in New York City over the weekend. Never one to miss out on the pigs clubbing innocent environmentalists, he was whisked to the kickoff by our mutual lawyer friend, Wylie Stecklow, who introduced the welcoming crowd to his Reverendness.

The former Democratic Presidential candidate called for the police to leave innocent, law-abiding cyclists alone (the NYPD has waged a relentless and totally uncalled for war on Critical Mass Bike Rides for many years now) and introduced Sean Bell's father and fiancee to the supportive crowd, who then geared up for the arrests and ticketing to come. The Reverend himself was probably too encircled by paparrazzi and amateur activist-journalists, all of whom were rushing to put this up on YouTube first.

P.S. In the future, Al, it may be better to accept labels like “limousine liberal” rather than attempt this adventure again. Although thanks for sticking up for us serfs!

Via Vimeo and the Gotham Gazette.

Pillow Fight 2008: The Happiest Place on Earth

Emily Farris — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:21:00 GMT

Have you ever wanted to witness two girls, or two guys, having an old school pillow fight? If the answer is yes, your dream is about to come true times, like, four thousand.

According to the Facebook invitation, 8,361 people are planning to throw down at the Third Annual New York City Pillow Fight taking place in Union Square tomorrow. And counting all the people who aren't on Facebook, there will probably be 8,364 people there.

If you don't live in New York, don't fret. This is all part of International Pillow Fight Day, so if there's not one happening in your city, you can arrange one. We know it's late notice, but is it ever too late to be the creepy guy who finds some excuse to get a couple of hot chicks to come over with pillows? Hell, you could even provide the pillows and the booze. You may be creepy, but you're not cheap, right?

Fun costumes are encouraged, so we're sure if you want to see two girls pillow fighting in nighties, your chances here are as good or better than anywhere else. Nighties or no, it sure does sound like a damn good time.

As much as we love a good pillow fight, though, Saturday is reserved as Scanner Emily's Sanity Day. But maybe this is exactly what we need. A pillow isn't a bludgeon, which is really what we want, and maybe that's a good thing.

Here's video from last year's pillow fight in New York City:

[International Pillow Fight Day]

[Image via bqunito's flickr]

Scanner : union square

Video of the Day: Al Sharpton Tries To Ride A Bike

Pillow Fight 2008: The Happiest Place on Earth