Checking the Lotto

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If I had all the money I ever spent on lottery tickets… oh wait, I do. You can get better odds in Las Vegas, and that city was built on odds. You want 2 to 1 odds? Go to the racetrack, and you won’t get it there either. [More below the break.]

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Help Us, Meatloaf!

Oh yeah. This is the guy you want to raise money for your organization. Humongous Rock Star of the Universe.

Actually, Meat was entertaining, given that he jumped up onto a sweaty stage commanded by disco, glam rockers and over-produced arena rock of the late 1970s. Mr. Loaf has my admiration, and had an amazing career.  He was a punk as much as anyone, and he had Ellen Foley, too.

[Found here.  Meatloaf images found here and here.]

March is Meme Appreciation Month

ALL YOUR MEME ARE BELONG TO US

[Found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.117 – Flipping, Bad Hose & Instant Death

[Found here, here and here.]

Mouse Burr From Horse’s Tail

That has to be one of the best titles of any post ever.

[Found here, crossposted here.]

Books About DNA

Same rules apply as described here:

There are exactly two books that I’m gonna pre-purchase with cash. Before I take them off the shelf they will have increased in value and I’ll sell them back at double what I paid for them.

Then I’ll do it again.

[Found here.]

Snowmobile

www.newton.acrossthebow.com/cru_data_lgf.pdf

www.newton.acrossthebow.com/harry_read_me.pdf

[Image found in here.]

Close Encounters of the Hot Links

Image found here.

Amazing interactive video. Take a drive through Haiti [found here.]

Cool Architecture and design here.

“But I don’t like Wikipedia.”

Axe Cop is AWESOME. Do not miss this action strip, created and written by a 5 year old, drawn by a 29 year old, and previously posted here. [The Awesome Miss C found this gem.]

Muddy Waters Iguana [via].

Chairlift.

How to build a space station animation.

This blog post is fascinating in its basic analysis of the topic while being dissected in the comments section. [Found here.]

This looks like an entertaining time waster.

Never played snooker, don’t know the rules, but this is impressive. [Found here.]

What type are you? [Found here.]

How to get from Las Vegas to Honolulu here. Direction 26 is the tough part.

Nice collection of clips of Tom Waits in the movies.

Strider’s collection of  Crappy Album Covers is new and improved, cutting edge, wave of the future.

The Official Collection of Hot Links here.

Saturday Matinee – Axe Cop, Roadtrip, Original Stairway to Heaven, Mumbles, YaYa and the Wall of Death

Axe Cop is Awesome. PERIOD.

Whoever added the Boots Randolph sound track to this car chase gets our respect.

In 1964, The Beatles wrote “Stairway to Heaven.” [Found here.]

Clark Terry’s classic scat “Mumbles” [from M @ Blogmocracy].

Gotcha some Buckwheat Zydeco with a cover of Lee Dorsey’s “YaYa.”

Might have posted this before, but I like the song. Originally recorded by Richard and Linda Thompson, it still kicks. Have a great weekend, folks.

Giant Lamprey Attacks King Kong

And boy is KayKay pissed, having to drag that sucker around from now on.  Or maybe it’s heartworm he picked up while wading barefoot through the swamps of the Hamptons.  Either way, he’s got my pity.

[Found here.]