[Found here.]
Birthday wishes granted.
[Found here.]
Yoneji Inamura’s Contribution To The World: 20,000 Beetles
Although [Yoneji] Inamura created several sculptures out of beetles, he spent 6 years in the 1970s constructing this one, which has become his masterpiece and the largest sculpture he ever made. When it was done he donated it to the city.
The sculpture, made from rhinoceros beetles, winged jewel beetles, drone beetles, longhorn beetles and other types of local beetles, depicts the senju kannon bosatsu (1000-armed bodhisattva), a popular Buddhist deity in Japan.
[Click on the smaller images to enlarge. More here, found here. Somewhat related posts here.]
Well-Balanced Photography
Monday Morning Already? Woof.
[Found here.]
Meretricious Rhadamanthine Hot Links
Johnny Rotten weighs in on Briexit… and Donald Trump.
Roger Daltrey weighs in on Briexit… and Donald Trump.
Earliest known definition of “cocktail” as a beverage appeared in 1803. The actual origins of the word are disputed; here’s one analysis.
Groucho Marx once hawked cocktail napkins.
Ever wonder why cocktails are served in different glasses? Me neither.
No idea what the 1927 Jiggling Chair was supposed to remedy.
Attempted Escape of the Maniac from The Wild Witch of the Heath, 1841.
This is mildly amusing. Move your curser, then do it real fast.
From the You Gotta Be Kidding Me Department:
Cloned Woolly Mammoths are planned to be introduced to an Arctic Siberian park in order to stop “global warming climate change.”
Horrific April Fools Day pranks of the 19th Century, and some were lethal. More pranks here.
[Top: Original image of the TV-HiFi console hottie found here.]
Saturday Matinee – Billy Blob, Superstitions & Stevie Wonder
Clever animation from Billy Blob: Two radiation particles travel to Earth with a mission and a cool soundtrack.
Origins of some common superstitions [via]. They missed the obvious. Walking under a ladder is dangerous because you might dislodge it, or whoever’s working up top might accidentally drop something on you. I’d guess that the business about stepping on a crack likely has to do with walking on thin ice. Seven years of bad luck for breaking a mirror? Not so sure about that one.
Stevie Wonder, live at Sesame Street, 12 April 1973. What a killer groove. I liked this one even better:
Yeah. That. Head-bobbin’ trad-blues-funk at it’s best.
Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ve got more cool stuff coming soon.
The Friday .GIF Post No. 477 – WTF Toy, ViewMistress & Nobody Notices Stupid
Headless Templates
Stuff like this makes me wanna puke.
Apparently it was an exercise required of applicants to a government job. The woman who posted this on Twitter said she was asked to leave after she voiced her disgust about the “I’ll Bet You’re A Bigot” test. (Note that they couldn’t even spell “Nostradamus” correctly.) I wouldn’t hire ANYONE who chose to participate in such an idiotic exercise, and walking out is the appropriate response, IMO.
And that’s exactly what she did.
Reminds me of this ill-conceived mind experiment, and the work of photographer Jill Greenberg (whose claim to fame is making toddlers cry as a political statement).
Puke.
[h/t @paperghost]
Humans are essentially glorified tubes.
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 