Category: Cool

Medieval WTF

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A long, long time ago this painting made complete sense.

There’s a wood-fired forge, anvils, metal working tools, a peacock, a gryphon(?!) a deer and a bigass possum watching a naked man without genitalia cringe as a woman takes an axe to a parrot while the wind is blowing.

It’s an illustration from a French manuscript entitled The Personification of Nature Making Birds, Animals and People [ca. 1405].

Okay, so Mother Nature had already finished creating The Birds,  The Animals and at least one of The People, but then she realized that the poor guy needed a pecker. If anyone else has a better analysis, post it, because I’m done here.

[Image found here.]

Heureux Mardi Gras! Krewes, Booze, Beads & Boobs

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[Found here, here and here. Related Mardi Gras posts here.]

Mermaid

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[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Jimbino Vegan, Tuba Skinny, & The Rebirth Brass Band

Apparently that’s Jimbino Vegan and someone or something known as Zugdidi with a decent backup band.

Tuba Skinny on the streets of NOLA. The dog gets it.

The Rebirth Brass Band are the real deal (but please, give us at least one chord change).

Have a great Mardis Gras and Do Watcha Wanna.

The .GIF Friday Post No. 473 – Death Defiance, Bouncing Bananas & Hypnocraft

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[Found here, here and here. BTW, the secret to levitation may be found in here.]

“Let’s play Gas Station.”

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“Mommy said her tank’s almost empty. After this we’re gonna change the air in her tires.”

[Found here, via wirecutter.]

“What the hell’s a two-lane Highway? OuttaMyWay, Butthead!”

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Cadillac prototype illustration by automotive designer Wayne Kady. [Found here.]

Polar Ice Bear Cicles

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Hanging from the side of an iceberg by their hind claws, a polar bear and her cub search for penguins feeding in the frigid Arctic waters below.

Classic polar bear prank, akin to a snipe hunt. “Look, son. If you even think you see one, go for it, because OMG LOOK THERE’S ONE RIGHT NOW!”

[Found here.]

Super Absorbent Professional Strength Hot Links

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Every State ranked by how miserable its winters are (and Alaska is NOT first).

“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” – Richard Feynman

Ran across the term “gundecking” recently, and inferred that it was something the Navy frowns upon. Don’t do it.

Need a helmet? Check out this Etsy account [via].

Great reasons to throw a tantrum.

Drug smuggling catapult discovered on U.S./Mexico border fence [via].

Remember Caddy Shack and killing golfers gophers? I want this. Check it out in action.

Reggae version of the Ramones‘ “Pet Sematary.”

Top image: A baklava wearing a balaclava while playing a balalaika on black lava [found here].

Saturday Matinee – James Burke, The Offspring & Full Blown Cherry (and a Yorkshire Pudding Recipe)

I’ve posted this one before. It’s a clip from the BBC television series “Connections” (a segment from the 1978 episode entitled “The Trigger Effect“). The message is a good one, and since the missus and I are still binge-watching The Walking Dead, it seems appropriate.

Marc Bell, aka Marky Ramone (long time drummer for The Ramones) sits in with The Offspring. in 2013. This also seems appropriate due to the current rains in CA.

I don’t post many music videos that don’t have video, but I’ll make an exception for this one because it seems appropriate.

From the Utoobage description you can find your favorites:

01 Blitzkrieg Bop 00:00
02 Rockaway Beach 01:52
03 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 02:58
04 Cretin Hop 06:55
05 She’s The One 08:44
06 Judy Is A Punk 10:54
07 The KKK Took My Baby Away 12:59
08 Teenage Lobotomy 16:06
09 I Wanna Be Sedated 18:11
10 Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio 20:21
11 Beat On The Brat 22:56
12 Bop ‘Til You Drop 26:08

“Judy Is A Punk” in Johnny Cash style is hilarious, and Elvis singing “Beat on the Brat” is awesome. That’s enough to keep your ears full while you’re searching for Yorkshire pudding recipes that don’t turn out like pizza crusts.

The following is not a video either, but it also seems appropriate.

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Have a great appropriate weekend, folks.