[Update – Added SJH per Taminator’s suggestion.]
While you’re waiting for it to burn, here’s an arbitrary mix of tunes, all previously posted, and in no particular order. Cheers!
[Image from here. More playlists in these posts.]
On Friday, 3 August 2007, the date of our first posted post that was posted, the world twitched imperceptibly, a global nanoflinch, an earthquake with the power of a morning fart, or less.
3 August 2007 – Whelped
3 August 2008 – 1st year Blogoversary
3 August 2024 – 17th year Blogoversary!
As of this date, there are exactly 6,594 posts in our archives, +10.8 K comments and over 3.1M referral links that comprise
Steal, lift, purloin, burgle and abscond with anything you find here, just link back and give us credit for finding the stuff before you did.
We’ve featured the Top 11 Posts every year since 3 August 2008 and this year is no different.
The numbers adjacent to the titles indicate ranking for the previous 12 months, followed by the previous year’s ranking, and the third number is for all-time popularity (August 2007 – August 2024).
“NR” denotes “Not Ranked.”
Click on any link below and it’ll take you to the original post. So let’s go!
The Most Terrifying Bird In The WorldPosted on 1 June 2021, this garnered a surprising rank of 1/1/28 – Number One for three years in a row AND THE BIRD IS PURE AWESOME.
[I do not own copyrights to these recordings and they are posted for entertainment purposes only.]
Thanks for all your visits, comments, favorites and linkys, and I wish you all the best.
Bunk
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Instructions: Download and print out full size. Use crayons, colored pencils or markers to complete. Sign your name and return your work to my desk at end of the solar eclipse. Have fun!
While you’re busy doing that, here’s a playlist of random music to watch the eclipse by.
Thought I might do something different this New Years Eve. Buried in the Archives are over 100 tunes that deserve a replay, at least in my opinion. Some are pure awesome, others are eye-rollers, but all are songs that pleased my earballs in 2023. Each set is in no particular order, one click and you’re off to the races. Have at it.
Set 1 – January, February, March
Set 2 – April, May, June, July
Set 3 – August, September, October, November & December
Auld Lang Syne Boogie, Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (1949)
[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of these recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only. Apologies for the typo in the first track – That’s Stéphane Grappelli.]
Ice flotilla [via Bunkerville].
Finding Etzanoa [h/t Paul Y.].
Someone is jealous [h/t Pam M.].
Christmas cards Gilliam style [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: This nutcracker baking tin appeared on our kitchen counter last week and it works.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
On Friday, 3 August 2007, the date of our first posted post that was posted, the world twitched imperceptibly, a global nanoflinch, an earthquake with the power of a morning fart, or less.
3 August 2007 – Whelped
3 August 2008 – 1st year Blogoversary
3 August 2023 – 16th year Blogoversary!
As of this date, there are exactly 6,233 posts in our archives, +10 K comments and over 2.69M referral links that comprise
Steal, lift, purloin, burgle and abscond with anything you find here, just link back and give us credit for finding the stuff before you did.
We’ve featured the Top 11 Posts every year since 3 August 2008 and this year is no different.
The numbers adjacent to the titles indicate ranking for the previous 12 months, followed by the previous year’s ranking, and the third number is for all-time popularity (August 2007 – August 2023).
“NR” denotes “Not Ranked.”
Click on any image below and it’ll take you to the original post. So let’s go!
No. 11 / NR / NR – Staredown on the Pequod
No. 10 / NR / 203 – How To Make Capybara Dumplings
No. 9 / 5 / 36 – Kluck Klams – The Ghost of Walt Kelly Speaks
No. 8 / 11 / 35 – Bigass Ammonite Fossil is not a Bigass Ammonite Fossil
No. 7 / NR / 109 – Cliffside Path, China
No. 6 / NR / 83 – The Best VW Repair Manual Ever
No. 5 / 2 / 42 – Pelicans Trying to Eat Other Animals
No. 4 / 10 / 134 – Monetary Disfigurement
No. 3 / 4 / 53 – Professional Shadow Puppetry
No. 2 / NR / 96 – St. Pancras Hotel
Posted on 1 June 2021, this garnered a surprising rank of 1/1/37 – Number One TWO YEARS IN A ROW. AND THE BIRD IS PURE AWESOME.
[Note that I do not own copyrights to these recordings and they are posted for entertainment purposes only.]
Thanks for all your visits, comments, favorites and linkys, and I wish you all the best.
Bunk
P.S. Follow @bunkstrutts on Twitter for automatic updates and ephemeral inanities; ditto for you folks on Facebook. Both accounts are spam-free. Also, muchísimas grassyass to those of you who contributed to the PayPal Donation Account. I’m not in this for profit and don’t beg, but that doesn’t rule out blogwhoring. In any case, I appreciate it, and a dime a day keeps the meerkats away.
Cutesy little standy-uppy weasel-lookin’ bastards.
Tacky Raccoons 