That’s a sea pig. Here’s a video of several in action.
[Image found in here. More sea pig info here and here.]
Update: Here’s another sped-up sea pig vid.
Month: February 2013
Scientific Hot Links
Canada’s House of Common addresses a potential threat to civilization [via].
This song was a hit on pop radio in the early 1960s, and it’s enough to make you wanna puke. [Wiki: The song was composed by Ghanaian musician Guy Warren in 1956 under the original title “An African’s Prayer (Eyi Wala Dong)”.]
The New Dimensions in Testimony program is pretty awesome. More here.
“‘I now have work for 20 years,’ he exclaimed joyfully.” Disturbing true story here.
Classic list of everything blamed on Anthropogenic Global Warming Climate Change: The Warmlist.
ICYMI Department: The Institute for Centrifugal Reasearch: Gravity Is A Mistake. Must see video [via].
Searching for Twitter followers with the promise of absolutely no content, no following and no retweets.
Top image found here, caption inspired by this:
Saturday Matinee – Goats, Martha’s Birthday Party, ICR Documentary, Doc Watson & Friends
Goats. [via]
Martha’s Birthday Party. This is by the same guy behind The Perry Bible Fellowship.
Fascinating short documentary from the Institute of Centrifugal Reasearch [via].
“Bury Me Beneath the Willow” performed live at MerleFest 2002 by Doc Watson, Sara Watkins, Chris Thile, Sean Watkins & Byron House. The song is an old traditional that likely originated in the 1800s. From The Mudcat Cafe, commenter “Stewie” posted this:
Meade’s earliest printed citation for this is Sandburg’s ‘American Songbag’ (1927), the same year as the Carter Family’s recording and 4 years after the first recording by Henry Whitter in 1923. Other recordings earlier than the Carters were: Ernest Thompson (1924), George Reneau (1925), Kelly Harrell (1926), Ernest Stoneman (1926), Burnett & Rutherford (1926) and Holland Puckett (1927). [Info from Meade et alia ‘Country Music Sources’ p 197.]
Very cool. You can hear the Carter Family’s version here.
That’s a wrap for this Saturday Matinee, and have a great weekend.
The .Gif Friday Post No.267 – Firedog, Llama Leer, Gecko Splat & Bro Cat
Saint Valentine’s Day
Subway Sandwich Beta Version
[Found here.]
Fat Tuesday – Heureux Mardi Gras!
New Orleans’ Treme Brass Band kicks it.
“Treme Brass Band parade down Frenchman Street, New Orleans, during the Satchmo Fest 2011 Club Strutt.”
Meanwhile At The Pea Hen Zoo
[Found here.]
Slow Commute 1978
1978 blizzard, south of Boston, Massachusetts.
The February blizzard was the second one to hit that year, the first being The Great Blizzard of January. I remember that one – whiteout and windchill of -60F. Assuming your car could even start there was nowhere to drive, and my 5 minute walk to get bread and bologna was brutal.
[Found in here.]
Tacky Raccoons 