Rob sent me the link to this video and I shamelessly stole it for a blog entry. Thank you and sorry, Rob.
Watch this video first, and then I'll talk more about it. Bring tissues.
I then got to checking on this and found the back story and the guy in the video who evidently started it, Juan Mann - according to Wikipedia, a pseudonym and a homonym of "one man." Here's a link to his story. Check out "How it all started."
Then I browsed YouTube for a while and I found that there are videos for locations all over the the world, apparently; among them NYC, Toulouse, France, Tel Aviv, Miami Beach, Peru, Amsterdam, Scotland, and of course, Austin.
How about a hug?
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Wow! Hugs count!
At least you credited me with the link. More than I deserved.
I love the video - thought the black & white to color was a cool effect.
Cool movement - you even smile just watching the video by yourself.
One more thing - it was cool seeing all of the places you know in the Austin video. I had already decided I knew the neighborhood before I saw Rooster Andrew's.
Cool. I had heard from the students about someone giving free hugs on the WVU campus by the Mountainlair, but I had no idea it was such a widespread thing. Cool.
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