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Category: Cool
Sandy’s Can Cars
Many sources mis-attribute these sculptures to eccentric Australian Albert (Tapper) Torney, but they’re the work of New Zealander Sandy, who sells plans and displays finished models here.
His process is brilliant, meticulous and it’s pure awesome.
[h/t Nancy H. via email]
Vincent Van Gogh Action Figure
His name is pronounced several ways and he was one talented mental case. Yeah, I know. He cut off his left ear and painted his portrait in the mirror, but this sanitizes it a bit.
Treading on Hot Links
“Free the Glutens. They’ve never had a country of their own.” Nick Clooney won’t sit next to Tom Waits on Letterman.
Dis is da Star Spangled Banner, mon.
Theme touring is a great idea, and these folks call them Pop Scavenger Hunts, like chasing down classic Monopoly gameboard pieces.
In my roadtrip days, I stayed off the Interstate as much as possible and found some fun stuff, like Loretta Lynn’s Country Kitchen and Museum. The food was country fried everything, and the museum was a room that displayed dresses Loretta Lynn wore at the Grand Ol’ Opry.
Always stop for pecan logs at Stucky’s.
If you’re heading north or south through Tennessee, don’t miss the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg. Best tour ever.
Oh man. Not sure if this is bad news, or what.
[Top image: Black Panther‘s little brother found here.]
Saturday Matinee – Neil Young, Kinky Friedman & Steven Wright
Powderfinger is one of my favorite Neil Young songs, but this my favorite version.
“Who are we to say the boy’s insane?” – Kinky Friedman on Charles Whitman,
Yeah, Friedman was being sarcastic, and yeah, Whitman was insane. Okay, let’s lighten this up just a tad.
I dare you to watch less than the full clip. Steven Wright is the greatest one-liner comedian since Henny Youngman.
Have a great weekend, folks. We’ll be back tomorrow whether you like it or not.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 524 – Scissor Gear, Streetwalker & Nested Zen
Dog Farts. They make me laugh.
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Shark Artistry
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Pumping In The Jet Age
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Chinese Year of The Hot Links
Exhaust system enhancement [found here via here].
If you give bees cocaine, they dance more vigorously and tend to overestimate how much pollen they’ve foraged according to this article. Why anyone needs to know how cocaine affects bee behavior (or why anyone would pay for such a study) is a puzzle.
This is my new favorite song. Oh wait. It’s this one. Oh wait…
The missus and I just watched “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon.” Excellent documentary from 2015. Here’s the trailer. So many flashbacks and clips took me back to my college childhood when nobody could afford a subscription, yet everyone had the latest issue.
Triboluminescence is an optical phenomenon in which light is generated through the breaking of chemical bonds in a material when it is pulled apart, ripped, scratched, crushed, or rubbed.
Man shoots Wintergreen Lifesavers with a pellet gun, creates triboluminescence, records it at 28,000 frames per second [via].
Static electricity fun: Trooch and I did this in college. When the winter humidity is down and even touching a door knob gives you a zap, get a fluorescent tube, turn off the lights. With a buddy holding the other end of the tube, start shuffling feet on the carpet. The tube will flash intermittently, and the stoners will go, “Whoa…. dude…”
TRUE. In 1504, Christopher Columbus thwarted a mutiny and saved himself and the lives of his crew by perpetrating a hoax [via].
This coconut crab commentary amused me.
How to annoy and frustrate students in 10 minutes. Imagine having to sit through an hour of that every day.
2018 is the Chinese Year of the Dog, also the Chinese Year of the Earth Dog and is also the Chinese Year of the Yang Earth Dog. Woof.
[Top image: Some time ago our friends adopted a one-eyed dog from a shelter, named him Popeye, then realized he was a she and renamed her Poppie. She’s now blind and deaf and bumps into things, kind of like a canine Roomba. h/t Alan & Clem]
Tacky Raccoons 