There are two things that cause poverty in this world: Government malfeasance and natural phenomena.
[Found in here.]
Update: P.J. O’Rourke’s book “All The Trouble In The World” is a good read.
Author: Bunk Strutts
Boogah Boogah.
Zircon Encrusted Hot Links
Important Stuff:
Just read Chris Kyle‘s book “American Sniper” and I highly recommend it. Here are some interviews.
I read Marcus Luttrell‘s “Lone Survivor” – twice.
Johnny Mead‘s got a story from WWII.
Former Soviet citizen Vladimir Jaffe politely attempts to educate students on the truth about life under communism. (The girl actually believes that the millions of people murdered by The Red Terror was “an accident.”) Their ignorance scares me.
Not Important Stuff:
Here’s what happens when you mess with a dead whale carcass.
This is what you get when you google Holy Crap.
Hungry? Eat this.
Perhaps you’d like a tin sandwich instead?
[Top image from here, and, yeah, they’re all tweezers.]
Saturday Matinee – Charlie Musselwhite with Ben Harper, Walter Trout with Joe Bonamassa, & Anders Osborne
Great jam from 2013 with Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.
Walter Trout kicks Joe Bonamassa loose at the Winter Park “Blues From The Top” music festival in 2007.
Anders Osborne slides into Swamp/Soca/Reggae mashup with a nice groove.
Great stuff to rock you for a while. Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll be back tomorrow whether you like it or not.
The .GIF Friday Post No.474 – California Winter, Parking Lot Pothole & The Karma of the Pylon
Medieval WTF
A long, long time ago this painting made complete sense.
There’s a wood-fired forge, anvils, metal working tools, a peacock, a gryphon(?!) a deer and a bigass possum watching a naked man without genitalia cringe as a woman takes an axe to a parrot while the wind is blowing.
It’s an illustration from a French manuscript entitled The Personification of Nature Making Birds, Animals and People [ca. 1405].
Okay, so Mother Nature had already finished creating The Birds, The Animals and at least one of The People, but then she realized that the poor guy needed a pecker. If anyone else has a better analysis, post it, because I’m done here.
[Image found here.]
“Um, honey… It’s back.”
[Source: Our kitchen window.]
Heureux Mardi Gras! Krewes, Booze, Beads & Boobs
Mermaid
[Found here.]
Totally Copacetic Hot Links
The symbol for division (÷) is called obelus. On the other hand, the division slash (/) is called virgule. You like mathematical trivia? Here’s a fun list.
What happens when two chatbots talk to each other? They bicker, or they bicker while hitting on each other.
A Frank Discussion Between Emojis About Diversity.
Here’s the literal version of the video to Total Eclipse of the Heart.
[Top image from here.]
Saturday Matinee – Jimbino Vegan, Tuba Skinny, & The Rebirth Brass Band
Apparently that’s Jimbino Vegan and someone or something known as Zugdidi with a decent backup band.
Tuba Skinny on the streets of NOLA. The dog gets it.
The Rebirth Brass Band are the real deal (but please, give us at least one chord change).
Have a great Mardis Gras and Do Watcha Wanna.
Tacky Raccoons 