Rube Goldberg was a Real Guy!

Ivy and I love both of the new OK Go videos for "This Too Shall Pass" (check out the marching band one also) but I'm especially fond of the Rube Goldberg machine version because I remember making stuff like this as a kid.

It's been almost a century since the real-life Rube Goldberg started creating his ingenious cartoon machines on America's funny pages, but his place in pop culture is as secure as ever.

Everybody sends out ripples in life, but some are more pronounced than others. I think...