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Tortoise above the Venetian Lagoon 1555 Melchior Lorck

Occasionally I google three random words just to see what turns up. “John headlight insect” produced this, and I’m going to try it tomorrow.

How to change a lightbulb.

A Fallen Tear – The El Dorados [1956 Vee-Jay Records].

A Fallen Tear – The Marcels [1961 Colpix Records].

Goetta.

Beep … beep …  beep … THIS equipment is evil.

The Chalk Police have been summoned.

Look out, Cannes. Look out Oscars. There’s an old kid in town.

[Top image from here – Melchoir Lorck‘s “Tortoise above the Venetian Lagoon” 1555].

 

 

The .Gif Friday Post No. 431 – Pool Prank, Dog Lips & Mr. T’s Adjustable ‘Hawk

Pool Prank

DogFlapping

Mr. T

[Found here, here and here.]

Urban Camo

[Click for larger. Images found here.]

The Poop Coop

Poop Coop

Well, Cock-A-Doody-Doodle.

[Found here.]

Like A Boss – LIVE!

Like A Boss

LOOOOOL!

That’s not a photoshop. This German company sells wearable plush meme pillows, perfect for any occasion, like these:

real_rage_face_comic_meme_guy_plush_cushion_pillow_moodrush

[Found entirely by accident.]

Saturday Matinee – USS Hartford Breaks The Ice, Remi Gaillard & Ray Charles

ARCTIC CIRCLE (March 10, 2016)
USS Hartford (SSN 768) surfaces in the Arctic Circle near Ice Camp Sargo during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. Servicemembers and civilians assigned to Arctic Submarine Lab clear ice from the hatches to allow for surface access. ICEX is a five-week exercise designed to research, test, and evaluate operational capabilities in the region [via].

Remi Gaillard’s Blind Man [via].

Ray Charles was the best. Have a great weekend, folks. We’ll be back here tomorrow, rain or shine.

The .GIF Friday Post No.430 – Jerk in a Black Van, Hello Octopus and Rashida Jones’ Pulse

Jerk in the White Van

Hello Octopus

Rashida Jones Pulse

[Found in here, here, and the last was derived from here.]

1964 Soviet Taxi Prototype

1964 Soviet Taxi Prototype 5

Even a babushka with a baby carriage full of pea soup fits in, without a drop spilled. The car never made it to production, but the concept is interesting, given the state of automotive manufacturing in the USSR at the time.
[Click the images below for full size.]

This unique test car was designed in 1964 based on components of “Moskvich-408”. It successfully passed performance tests in Moscow and was recommended for serial production In Yerevan, but due to different reasons it didn’t go this far…

[Caption with more photos here.]

Noone AT All PERMITED TO FiSH

Noone AT All

Dang. Chicken Man cain’t fish no mo.

[Found in here.]

Nothing Much Happened Today.

Nothing Much Happened Today 19

My grouper needed a bath.

[Found here.]