Now about those eco-friendly wind turbines…
How China Built a Hospital in 10 Days [via].
A Lindisfarne board game piece. The 3D interactive image is cool.
Those ubiquitous skydancers were invented by Trinidad artist Peter Minshall for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. They are illegal in Houston (.pdf).
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image: Lyin’ Dog-Faced Pony Soldier?
Apologies to the late Buster Keaton and the late Poppie.]
Just when we thought we’d seen it all, the internet dishes up a fat, red alien baby that looks like it’s been ripped from the scorching sand dunes of Venus (we wish).
In reality, it’s just a Hercules beetle in its pupa form, enshrined in a chrysalis as it prepares to take on its adult form. But let’s not talk it down too much – this writhing cocoon is about to become one of the largest insects on Earth.
More about that beastie here.
I heard this on The Tim Conway Jr. Show KFIAM 640. The video is even better.
Heh. “Jucet Smolliet.” Dave Chappelle is one funny guy.
In 1977, _____ & The Pips appeared on The Richard Pryor Show sans Gladys Knight. IIRC, she had laryngitis that night.
Have a great Presidents’ Day weekend, folks, and we’ll do some stuff tomorrow.
[Found here.]
RIP Dallas Frederick Burrows (1928-2020).
For once Chris Matthews gets it right.
Need yak khullu wool clothing? Here you go.
Extraterrestrial radio: It’s only 500 million lightyears away.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image found here.]
Rats & Star (ラッツ&スター, Rattsu ando Sutā), formerly called Chanels, was a Japanese pop group that specialized in R&B & soul music… in blackface. Good stuff otherwise.
Oh!Sharels is also Japanese and also do some nice retro covers, like this 1959 hit by the Flamingos (which was a cover of the song from 1934).
How ’bout some Japanese rockabilly? Not sure just what to make of Shelly (aka Shelly Trip Realize, aka Tinc), but the band rocks.
Have a great weekend or something. See you back here tomorrow for stuff.
Right Click For The Tacky Map!
We’re all Fuldkommen Gak now.
Fight Blogslutting. (Psst. Hey, buddy. Got a Buck 4 a Bunk? A dime a day keeps the meerkats away. Cutesy little standy-uppy weasel-lookin' bastards.)
