Blogoversary II: Our 2nd Year’s Top 10

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Whoa. Two freakin’ years (not counting the undercover ghost-posting stalking decades) and y’all are still with us, doin’ the Number 6,  a-ridin’ into town a-whompin’ an’ a whumpin’.

Our first post was on Friday, 3 August 2007, but since we don’t wanna interrupt your Monday work schedule with all the hoopla, we turned back the calendar by a day.  We also know, since we track the stats, that most of y’all check in here during your working hours anyway.  Believe it or not, our statistics have a pulse. You have no excuse for not clicking through all 11 links below, because it’s still the weekend.

Tacky Raccon2..1Many people have asked us about our now world famous TR logo.  Once we’d decided on a blogname, we realized that we needed a mascot, so I doodled a raccoon that had just realized he’d blundered through a puddle of rubber cement. That was it. One shot. On a scrap of notebook paper. Serious history.

There are a lot of reasons why I like posting inanities on this blog, but I can’t think of any right now. All I know is it keeps me from oiling the chainsaw and putting the dishes away. Mostly I enjoy the camaraderie  of my fellow blogheads and the opportunity to crosspost trash talk with relative impunity. Above all, comments from near and far keep me sitting here and avoiding “Dancing With The Stars” reruns.

So here are the greatest traffic producers of the past year, with the previous year’s ranking separated by an appropriate slash.
NR = no rating,  indicating that the post either didn’t make rank or wasn’t posted last year.

My personal favorite for this year, Popeye’s Obituary, didn’t rank, but it’s barely a monthski old.  A simple click on any image below will take you to the realm of the original coolness.

SO HERE WE GO:

No. 10/1  – Another Great Christmas Gift Idea

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No. 9/nr – Lesbian Amputee Dwarf Porn

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No. 8/4 – Faith Enhancer
[True learning experience here.]

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No. 7/nr – LOL Ferret: On Watch

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No. 6/nr – Southern California Fires October 2007

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No. 5/2 – Nice Stained Glass

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No. 4/5 – Pirates Attack Venice With Rabbit

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No. 3/nr – Giant Wooly Bear Caterpillar Discovered
[Don’t miss the comments on this one.]

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No. 2/3 – Batmobile Babe Magnet

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AND THE NUMBER ONE POST OF THE YEAR IS:

No. 1/10 – LOL FERRET: Episode 1

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Thanks to all you loyal readers,  commenters and linkers.

Y’all make me feel like a hundred bucks.


Saturday Matinee – Ghosts & Vapors, Pink Dub, Midnight Animals Oil, Ramones California Sun


Ghost caught on video!
“Booo! Booo! Run for mayor somewhere else! Booo!”
[Found here. Don’t jump to a Beer Summit conclusion, there’s more to the story.]

[Found here. Welcome to Electric Pelosiland.]


No video, but the concept is great. Pink Rock Floyd Steady Dub.

Nice cover of the Animals’ 1965 hit by Midnight Oil. But here’s some trivia: The song was written by Barry Mann. (More about him here.)

Oh, yeah.

The .Gif Friday Post No.91 – Mona

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[All from Halbot Mail.]

The Manly Blogger Guy Award

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I never turn down awards, even from Archie. He and I don’t see eye-to-eye on basic economics and politics.

I don’t recall exactly, but I think we had a cordial discussion on whether a janitor should be paid the same as the owner of the company that employs the janitor, and  I said no.  Regardless, Archie’s basically a good guy with a cool blog.

Since I don’t wear perfume, I’ll pass on this prized and coveted award to:
Amy Oops
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Nurse Myra
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and Nick.

[Thanks, Arch: All in fun, dude!]

Donald Tyler’s Contribution to the World

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U.S. Patent No. 7,488,244, filed in April, 2007, by Donald Tyler of Cadiz, KY. Abstract:

“An apparatus for skinning a squirrel that is easily manufactured, portable, quick and in which the apparatus can be mounted to a variety of surfaces. The apparatus comprises a base plate connected to toggle clamp in which the toggle clamp is engaged to press two metal tubes tightly together. The base plate is bent at an angle and secured to a stationary object. The tail of the squirrel is placed in the apparatus in between the two metal tubes and the toggle clamp is engaged to secure the tail. The skin is pulled from the uncut skin of the tail thereby removing the skin from the body in two pieces of skin.”

In other words, it’s a toggle clamp. Very cool.

On the other hand, `Mr. Squirrel® looks like a lot more fun.  It comes with TWO attached key rings and a handy braided thong so that The Squirrel Hunter in your family can wear it around his/her neck when not in use. What a deal!

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[`Mr. Squirrel® found here. Patent image found here. Patent Abstract here.]

Apebot

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[Found here.]

Killbot

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Meerkat Demolition Team briefing prior to deployment.

[Found somewhere in here.]

Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Hot Links

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It’s not what you think it is. Click on the image, then scroll down for fun in the comments section. [Hint: It’s a handmade aboriginal novelty fake turd.]

Diesel’s “Mercury Falls” has a website here.

The Dullest Blog in the World [via].

Hey, this video is kinda funny.

This is a cool visual search dealie [found here].

Guess the nationality. You have 10 seconds per image.  (Bunk did amazingly well and miserably poor at the same time.)

I’m sure we posted this must-see before. Here’s Penn & Teller debunking global warming and environmentalism in general from several years ago.  Forget the language warning, let your kids see it in its entirety.  Click here.

Here’s a potentially life-changing video to watch (before you click here).

Best first page of any book ever (found here). The book’s got some great reviews here.

Ted Nugent NEVER holds back. Click this. [For G.Eagle Esq.]

Quick. What’s the Capitol of Brazil? Wrong. Ivan busts some of the stereotypes.

Military Magazine is a great non-glossy newsprint publication, filled with current affairs and commentary that doesn’t appear in the mainstream media.  Order a free sample copy, and tell ’em Bunk sent you.

Things like this happen…

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…especially when I’m bored and have a Sharpie Marker nearby.

Saturday Matinee – Oddness, Beat Girl, Hang & Guitar, Procol Harum & Brownsville Station

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Procol Harem’s 1967 hit, Whiter Shade of Pale, was a great song even if nobody cared what it meant.

Brownsville Station double header. I give credit to any three-man power group that can pull this kinda stuff off, even if they were only remembered as a one-hit wonder.