Magical Jazzy Cat Belches Rainbows

I’ve never seen a scarier omen.

[Found here.]

Gone Fishing

No idea what the story is. Possibly in Singapore.

[Found here.]

I’ll See You on the Dark Side of the Hot LInks

“Look, I got this. Just gimme a coupla minutes.” –Cristobal Columbo circa 1492

The Great American Solar Eclipse is tomorrow. Plug in your location here to find out what time you need to start banging your pots and pans to drive the dragon away. If anyone tells you it’s safe to look at with the nekkid eye, he/she is a fool.
Don’t do it.

Apparently The Ancients blamed dogs for the temporary darkness of a solar eclipse.

Every time I hear it, it seems she’s singing about her cat. On the other hand, it’s a good Solar Eclipse party song.

The Mystery of the U.S. Navy’s Ghost Blimp is still unsolved after 75 years.

84 year-old folk artist Denny Lunn tells some stories [via].

The last Blockbuster store is still open for business.

An honorary statue in New Orleans, depicting a famous military figure on a horse, was defaced with the words “Tear It Down” recently. The honored warrior was captured, tortured and killed by fire decades before Europeans even knew about this continent, and centuries prior to the founding of the United States of America. TRUE.

Walter E. Williams on Rewriting American History.

[Top image from here.]

 

The .Gif Friday Post No. 498 – Lake Reflection, Blowup & Blowout

[Found here and here. First one is my own, original image found here.]

Okay, I got nuthin’.

[Found here.]

Get a Frank at 10AM PDT from Jim Woodring

That’s Frank, with loyal companions Pupshaw and Pushpaw, and Jim Woodring has an online fire sale today. More info here.

Canary in a coal mine.

THAT was one dangerous job.

[Found here.]

Candy Colored Hot Links

Major Tom?

Monitor lizards can count up to six. Nobody knows why they stop counting at that number.

Some people will jump off a 33 foot tall tower for $30, and some people won’t.

There’s a lobster loose.

Awful graphics, but the information is interesting when you interpolate it. $100 in Mississippi or Alabama buys about 32% more than it does in New York or California (and a whopping 36% more compared to Washington D.C.).

One-sided negotiation is not negotiation.

This scene creeped me right out.

ICYMI. Yeah, it’s blogwhoring. Hit the tip jar if you don’t like it.

[Top image: The posterior of a 1956 Volkswagen Beetle, found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 497 – Rodeo Rascals, Hedgehog Cat Tango & Pwnd by Plastic

[Found here, here and here.]

That Game With The 15 Numbered Balls Is The Devil’s Tool.

We’ve surely got trouble. Right here.

BTW, that’s a bad rack.

[Found here via here. Related and entirely awesome true story of my best shot here.]