Month: July 2010

Practical Geometry


Steamboat McGoo found this excellent study illustrating the importance of understanding basic geometry. Although the explanation is in Japanese, it’s of critical importance that angle TQS is equal to angle AQE in order to cause the schoolboy’s jaw to drop.

There’s a pun in there somewhere about an extra riser, but I’m not gonna go there.

[Whoa. Just found the source of that excellence. There are a series of  Manga textbooks, and they’re available in other languages including Portuguese. Tip o’ the tarboosh to mars for the update.]

TR Facebook Page Wanders Off, Missing Since Sunday, Authorities Have No Leads

Folks,

For some reason the Tacky Raccoons FaceBook page mysteriously vaporized. It’s possible that the password was hacked, but more likely I clicked on it and spooked it myself. Thanks to all of you who dropped by and linked to it, left comments, and we’ll have a new one up soon.

Bunk

Not A Giraffe

[Found here.]

Duelling Hot Links

 

Remember the banjo boy from Deliverance? His name is Billy Redden.

Shannon asks the wrong guy to do a missing cat poster.
[Update 20 July 2010– David Thorne’s website is here. Expect to be entertained for the next few hours.]

Awesome model train museum in Germany is awesome.

Here’s a phrase you don’t hear often: Virtual Centipede Head.

Here’s another phrase you don’t hear often: Virtual Sinus Surgery Simulator.

This blog is rated PG because I used word “fart” once and said “crack” three times, according to this site.

The world’s most annoying parrot?

[Update– Deleted reference to FaceBook probs.]

Larry

The Three Stooges would have been nothing without Larry Fine, and all you have to do is imagine Moe Howard with only Curly Howard, or Moe with only Shemp Howard.  To be sure,  a team of  Shemp, Curly and Larry wouldn’t have lasted long without Moe Howard’s belligerence.  Larry Fine was awesome.

[Image found in here.]

Saturday Matinee – FAIL fail, Original Star Trek, Robert Klein, Friends of Distinction, Cornelius Brothers, War

FAIL fail = WIN
Reminds me of the 2nd .gif  here.

The original Star Trek was the best. Check out how young Kirk and McCoy look [via].

I might have posted this before, but Robert Klein was truly funny occasionally. If anyone has a clip of his classic “I Can’t Stop My Leg,” lemme know.

Classic summer song by The Friends of Distinction.

Here’s The Cornelius Brothers in Ft. Lauderdale in 1983, reprising their hit from 1972. (The video link above jumps to other stuff; couldn’t find a solitary link of a live show.)

Also from 1972, here’s War‘s live version of “Slipping Into Darkness.” Early 70s funk was awesome. Have a great weekend, folks, and be back here tomorrow for more funk and games.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 136 – Sparrow WTF, Soccer WTF, Playground WTF

[Found here, here and here.]

Pancake Makeup

[Found in here; there’s another one there.]

And The Crowd Goes Wild

That’s one hardcore fan.

[Found here.]

Security Warning = An Ounce of Prevention

Simple, yet effective. No dinosaurs have threatened this household since the warning sign was posted by a safety-conscious 4 year old. I’m going to enlarge the image, print it and post it on our front door, just in case.

[Found here.]