I don’t know about you, but whenever our Fearless Leader speaks, I look around and imagine that he looks like something in our kitchen, like the water cooler. Somehow it makes it all better, because I know that our water cooler has no control over my life.
Saturday Matinee – Hambone & Hoodlin’, John Mayall & Captain Beefheart
“Learn that you’ll be goodndave.” Now google “eefing.”
Although Jimmy Riddle was one of the last great Eeefers, the Nashville R&B TV show “Night Train” once featured Joe Perkins‘ “Little Eeefin’ Annie.” Jimmy Riddle was the background “eeefer,” and Perkins lip synched it.
Later on, Jimmy Riddle explained it. [Related post, featuring the Hambone Boys, here.] Now, let’s clear the air a tad, with this:
Yep, that’s the great John Mayall. He kicks it at about 1:50 in. Not exactly hambone or hoodlin’ but he’s got it down. Have a great weekend, folks, see you tomorrow.
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Whoa, hold the presses. Just found this excellent clip of Captain Beefheart’s venture into R&B. Now we’re rollin’. Dim the lights, last song, slow dance, ladies’ choice.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 129 – Compound Pendulum, Nematode, Catslide
Strategy and Tactics
Snake Calculation
I never take a challenge sitting down, so when Steamboat McGoo spotted a black racer on his chimney and asked for estimates on its length, how could I refuse? After all, my ancestors specialized in reptilian length prognostication.
S. McGoo rewarded me with the honor of posting my snake calculations DIRECTLY UNDER HIS BANNER HEADER. (Click on the image unadulterated big to make it.)
Such an honor bestowed requires reciprocity, so I’ve added Aaardvarks & Asshats to our glorious blogroll. You goo, McGo!
Miss Aluminum Flex-i-Duct 1961
Necessity is a mother.
Once upon a time in a land of opportunity someone realized that there was a market for pig machines. Sitting for weeks on end, he pondered the problem before he went to the drafting board and came up with this excellent solution to a puzzle that had been bothering mankind since the first porkers were domesticated: how to adorn a sow with lipstick.
Obviously distraction was a key part of the resulting product, and once the animal was oblivious to its surroundings, one could also measure and weigh it. This data greatly reduced the amount of guessing that coopers required, allowing them to expand their trade, and thus pork barrel spending turned into a booming industry that survives to this day.
True story.
International Towel Day
If you don’t know what this is all about, ask Mr. Google.
No, you’re not gonna excrete several baked rectangular prisms of earthen material once your frontal lobes dissect this image and it’s not an offensive term for carnal knowlege of cognitive operations, but it’s still kinda cool.
[Link to original image lost. Crossposted here.]
Hot Links & The Temple Of Doom II
Awesome. Jim Lovell’s summary of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission can be found here. Although Tom Hank’s movie was great, the book it was based on, Lovell’s “The Lost Moon,” is a must read.
Recently there was a clever cartoon meme called “Tetris From Hell.” Now you can play it.
Are you pregnant? Know someone who is? Get your trendy morning sickness barf bags here. [via]
Wow. Interactive 360 degree video of the demolition of Texas Stadium in Dallas. From the inside. With sound.
Jim’s Pancakes are awesome pancakes.
Dysentery chimes in on Facebook.
Tacky Raccoons 