The concept of SMITH Magazine's Six-Word Memoirs is to take just six words and condense them into a phrase that tells a story.  The site has been collecting six-word submissions from the internet for the latest edition, Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak, which resulted in about 11,000 submissions.  Here's six-word author Daniel Handler, better known as "Lemony Snicket" (the pen name he used to write A Series of Unfortunate Events) reading off 10 of his memoirs he wrote specifically for the new edition:

 

It's a really cool concept, right?  The Six-Word Memoirs idea has been around for a few years, though the latest edition is just out this month.  Vanity Fair said that the six-word books "Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists."  That's a pretty good description, we think.  We've featured Six-Word Memoirs on TheDailyTube before, so just in case you missed it, here's a few vids:

 

Six-Word Memoirs: You, Too, Could Be Hemmingway

 

Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak

You can check out SMITH Magazine to find out where you can submit your own six-word memoir, and hopefully get featured in their next book.  Also, be sure to check out the event list that SMITH sent us. You can can catch some of the six-word authors on tour live in NYC:

NYC SIX-WORD EVENTS
February 9, New York City, McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St. 7pm.
February 11, New York City, Borders (Columbus Circle), 7pm.
February 12, Larry & Rachel will be on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" (check local listings)
February 14, New York City, Housing Works Bookstore Cafe. 126 Crosby (according to SMITH: "This will sell out, so if you're inclined, do get tix now. There's no guest list as it's a benefit for Housing Works but it's a great cause, will be a fun night, and $15 gets you a book, too")
Special event: "Personal Media Mixer & Confessional Culture Variety Show." PostSecret, FOUND, Mortified, and Cassette From My Ex join with SMITH Magazine for a very special evening to benefit Housing Works.
http://www.housingworks.org/events/detail/valentines-day-personal-media-mixer-and-variety-show/

 

In honor of Christian Bale's recent top-popping, we're going to give you a run down of some of our favorite internet freak out videos.  It's such great entertainment when people become the helplessly enraged objects of social media banter.  Let's start out with Mr. Bale himself, in case you haven't already seen it:

 

He's really pissed!  He's even using pompous phrases like "are you a professional" and "I'm gunna kick your ass!"  While that was a great freak out, let's take a look at some of history's more memorable hysterias (click on the pic).

 

Oh, yes. Bill O'Reilly's freak out was indeed a true classic. Remixes and parodies took over the internet for almost a whole week (that's a long time on the internet!).

 

What makes this Rupert Murdoch video so great is that he doesn't know that someone's recording him on their cell phone until he is in full, dirty-mouthed swing.  We wonder if the maker of this video has a job (or pulse) any longer.

 

This freak out is a little different than the others, because it's hard to conceive of such a terrible breakdown in the middle of a children's birthday party. The father in this video gets props for not having his own meltdown over the behavior of this loose cannon clown.

So BarelyPolitical has become BarellyDigital to avoid becoming completely irrelevant, and Obama Girl is still leading the team.  Here's her appearance at the annual geek-fest, ROFLCon:

She's done well for herself, that Ms. Ettinger.  Our gut feeling, though, is that BarelyPolitical was a more solid idea with more relevance (at the time, anyways).  "BarelyDigital"?  Eh, I guess you could make it work if you're lucky.  But it'll take more than lowering yourself to the dark underbelly of the geeky underworld (we're not talking about 4chan, either) to make it really catch on the way it hopes to.

Check out their premier video, guys:

 

The coutdown to Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration Ceremony is almost over, and everyone is just super-excited about it.  We found this cool embed code via Hulu.com that will allow you to come to your favorite online video resource (The Daily Tube, of course) and watch the whole ceremony live.  So save this link!  And come back and party with us :)

It's no secret that YouTube is full of retards that pull ridiculous stunts and sometimes even lie about what they're attempting for the sake of clicks.  Submitted as evidence is this video:

 

What a loser!  He totally can't take the hotness!  But seriously, folks, we really wanted to believe that this video was real.  Maybe it was, but the ending takes the coolness out of it.  To all YouTube wannabe webstars:  please get more serious with your videos.  If you're going to eat the worlds "most anything", don't fake it.  Do it like this guy:

 

Man Eats a Burrito Wrapped in a Pizza...Lives