Oh yes. Oh no. OMG.
[Found in here.]
From Futility Closet:
In 1900, evidently tired of initiating pledges by hand, Edmund and Ulysses de Moulin decided to automate the process.With their “initiating device,” the applicant is blindfolded, placed in position, and told to pull the handles to test his strength. When he does so, the paddle spanks him and an electric shock passes through his arms, “making the sensation rather unique.”
All of Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits. Just like they were meant to be.
The Temptations’ 1970 hit “Ball of Confusion” has one of the best lines ever: “Vote For Me and I’ll Set You Free.” [via SADM].
According to Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, the top artists of 1970 were Neil Diamond and Aretha Franklin. Let’s go with some Aretha:
Aretha Franklin is an American classic. Here she is backed up by King Curtis.
Here’s King Curtis & The Kingpins. The description attached to this vid from the Utoobage: “The only band that could make Booker T & The M.G.’s sweat.”
Proof that Booker T & the MGs didn’t sweat. With that, have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow.
Yep. That’ll work. And no, I’m not mocking him in the least because he’s got one and I don’t. Meanwhile, I’ll man the shore battery.
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If I had a horse and wanted to paint and dye him I’d paint and dye him like this just to give him a high five and say, “Dude.”
[Found here.]
Awesomely creepy holiday photos… here.
Kim Jong-Il looking at things [via Presurfer].
Mobile movie theater is solar powered.
Curtis Got Slapped – Forty Pages of Demands For Reparations. Awesome.
Print all your documents with a coffee stain watermark.
Spider threatens itself, drives itself away [via].