Yep. The Potoo bird is real [h/t to Will N].
Category: Bizarre
The .Gif Friday Post No. 320 – RIPBOB2, Possum, Snooze fan & Cat floss
[Top one is for Bob2. Others were found in here, sans links. The 2nd reminds me of this classic Utoobage.]
Hot Air Blown [Updated with Link to story]
I don’t know the story behind it, but that’s some scary stuff. Besides the balloon snag, that tower wasn’t engineered to handle a bigass inflated windsock trying to pull it down.
[Found here.]
UPDATE: Apparently the accident dates to October 2004 during a hot air balloon festival in Albuquerque NM. After the collision, the veteran pilot grabbed the tower to stop the gondola from swinging, and he and two boys (ages 10 and 14) climbed down 600 feet as news helicopters buffeted the tower before being called off. Here’s the balloon in better health:
[Full Story here; h/t Guy Fleegman via Twitter.]
Little Boa Peep
NSA + IRS = [(1984+30) x 11] = WTF
I’ve Got A Secret
The .Gif Post No. 319 – Transitions, T-Turn & Speedo Beach
Talk To The Thumb
[Found here.]
Riding On the Metro
Ode To A Grecian Sponge
Strutts News Services – Grecian lad replenishes inland sea by removing water-logged animals and squeezing them to death.
Film at 11.
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 