Category: Cool

Bosnian Ghost Car

Helge Meyer was on a mission.

In the early 1990s, a former Danish special forces soldier felt a calling from God to go to Bosnia and provide humanitarian aid during the Bosnian War.

With the help of the US Army, he was able to fulfil that mission, driving through dangerous conditions to deliver relief to citizens of the war-torn country with only his Bible and a tricked-out [1979] Camaro – the Ghost Car.
War History Online

“And do you see that extra panel under the front of the car? Well, that’s not just a panel….it’s a mine-clearing blade. And if you take a closer look at the radiator grill, you’ll notice a cute yellow rubber duck.”
Drivetribe

Links where I found the story are defunct / deleted for some reason. A search for Helge Meyer  and/or Bosnian Ghost Car produces many results.

Macropicidal Hot Links

Swinging Mama, Tiny Grimes (1974)Guitarist Lloyd “Tiny” Grimes (1916-1989) played with many jazz notables. In the late 1940s he had a hit on a jazzed-up version of Loch Lomond with the band billed as Tiny “Mac” Grimes and the Rocking Highlanders. They wore kilts and included Red Prysock on tenor sax and singer Screaming Jay Hawkins.

FEAR.

The Rescue.

Two portraits.

Rent-A-Dwarf.

Die Kugelpanzer.

Don’t touch the trash can.

Invasion of The Worm Men.

Self-service grocery store.

One Miilion Frames Per Second.
[h/t Pam M.]

It’s a spider and it’s radioactive.

Happy Mothers’ Day!

[Top image found on Pinterest: Dark Mamika, photo by Sacha Goldberger, unknown date.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 728 – Doglix, Which Clown RU & Cathole

[Found here, here and here.]

*pop*

[Found in here. Zoom in and you can see the photographer and some nice wrought iron porch seats.]

Vintage Ads

[Found here via Tineye, the images date to at least 2010. The Google Classic postcard has been in my desk drawer for a very long time.]

Nebulaphobic Hot Links

Love Is Strange, Caesar & Cleo (1964)The Everly Brothers did a ska version of Mickey & Sylvia’s 1956 hit?
No, that’s Caesar & Cleo, aka Salvatore Bono & Cheryl LaPiere (nee Cherilyn Sarkasian), aka Sonny & Cher. Their cover of Love Is Strange was re-released in 1965 after I Got You Babe made the charts.

What is art?

Llamas are there.

fun fun fun fun
[h/t Mme. Jujujive]

Harpo’s got a secret.

Echinopsis blooming.

Trilobite camara lens.
[h/t Paul Y.]

Route 66 in Googlevision.

Maybe bang on it to straighten it up.

A high resolution image of a Solar Eclipse.

2018 IFMAR ISTC World Championships – A-main Leg 1.
[h/t Gus]

“Not my baby brother, but a similar-sized baby with one more hair.”

[Top image found in here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 727 – Doodling Doggie, Go Tow Pro & Cat Cat Clock

[Found here, here and here.]

The Housekeeper’s Nightmare

[Found here.]

Zoo Kabuki

[Found here.]

Keraunoscopic Hot Links

Run, Don’t Walk, The Ventures (?),  year unknown.That song title is not a typo, and I can’t find any info on the origin of the recording. One source claims it was unreleased, but that seems unlikely; it’s possibly the work of a tribute band. The Ventures had a huge hit with Walk, Don’t Run in 1960, but you knew that.

Lunch.

Outtake.

Luxury bumwad.

Trilobites of Morocco.

About Globohomo Art.

Soda theft prevention in 1919.

Titania McGrath’s predictions. They came true.

Average IQ of Students by College Major & Gender Ratio.

Disney made the lemmings leap to their deaths [h/t Barbara S.]

Economic factors may take some spring out of the Easter Bunny’s step this year.

[Top image is NOT a photoshop. It’s the aftermath of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, Hualien, Taiwan, February 2018, via Bunkerville.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.