Category: Hot Links

Hot Links Vacation

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Dan found “Vacation ’58,” the short story for the John Hughes’ movie “Vacation.”

Crappy Taxidermy, and lots of it here.

Slime mold remembers patterns of events. Short article here.

In 2005, this actor played 165 parts in a popular movie.  [Guess who before you click here.]

Eternal Moonwalk is clever.

Because we all love Paleogene ungulates.

Nice collection of videos by Quirkology here.

Google “handmade aboriginal novelty fake turd” and you get 6,390 results.

Some trees just piss each other off.

Froggie! Fishies! Hamster!

1:30 of pure greatness.

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.


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.

One Flew Over the Hot Links

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Photo mashup thingy here.
(Guess who it is before you click here.)

Most armpit farts in 30 seconds, viewable at the Universal Record Data Base.

Very cool algorithm experiments to mess with, like this one. [Found via The Presurfer.]

Great blog title with an excellent banner:  Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule.

Root boot, walk like Ent. Can’t describe it any other way.

I wonder what they were playing. CD Players in Space.

Hebebe. Bebe. Hebebebe. (here)

easter-eggsVideo lifted from an Spanish site that lifted from a Russian site that lifted from an American site, featuring Boots Randolph, here.

Bad eggs.  Here.

Who’s Who painting with embedded links here.

Can’t embed LiveLeak on WP, so here’s a link.

Got a small flock of blackbirds that show up once a year to snag the catfood on the patio.  Recognized GimpyBird from last year; he’s got a club foot. Not being a “birder” I found this excellent site to identify the little bastards.

Amy Oops has a new live chat widget on her site. Go here to talk trash about her (or me, as I guest post). When I visited on Thursday, she was spending her day off killing zombies.  The bad kind.

Here’s the Best Zombie Site. (Some NSFW, most NSFK.)

THIS IS PASTAAAA!

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Ghost Riders in the Hot Links

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Cool social experiment: Tweenbots [found here].

Let’s make some Zen music.

Serious 3D total immersion video here.  The eyes override the brain.

What type of Web Commenter are YOU?  Descriptions here.  (As for me, you already know.)

Learn a new language here.

Some things you can’t “unclick” and there’s a big fat honkin’ one here.

Rockhoppers got their webcam back up and running.  YAY!

Buncha Buildings Bein’ Blowed-up here.

American ancestry brief from the 2000 census (via this excellent website). Interesting that the largest percentage, 1 in 6, described their ancestry as German.  When asked, I usually describe myself as European Mutt.

The New Yorker Magazine cartoon caption contest can always be answered with “[this].”

Nice tasty archive of linkages here.

Teh Fairies Debate parleys on.  Over 1,500 delightful educated comments for your perusal.

Seven questions about drinking water here.

And a cordial reminder:  Mother’s Day does not mean “Be a Pain in the Butt Day.”

Land of 1000 Hot Links

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17 Gods, from Hanuman, and only one of them is not pissed at you.

25 Greatest Calvin & Hobbes Strips.

Probably no one will attempt to fight. [Via Nurse Myra.]

“Future Schlock” by P.J. O’Rourke is worth a read.

How could you miss it?  WEASEL PUKE.

And just in case you missed this, ya gotta see this worm.  It pukes itself up.

Speaking of coffee, Rockhoppers has a radio ad.

“We’ve seen just a skyrocketing autism rate.  Some people are suspicious that it’s connected to the vaccines. This person included.” More scientific ignoramuses here.

James Burke’s excellent series “Connections” is required viewing. Here’s Part 3 of Episode 1.  I’d forgotten about the show until Mr. GAB reminded me.

The Ocapellos were the greatest singing group ever if only because Frank Zappa took their song “The Stars” and mooshed it into “Fountain of Love,” recorded as Ruben & the Jets.

Speaking of Frank Zappa, one of his greatest influences was one Edgard Varese.  John M. of Uncertain Times found some great gems and posted them here.

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I’m Dreaming of a White Hot Links

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David Burns’ History of lolcats.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. That explains a lot. Unnecessary Knowledge.

Whoa.  Loud and in-your-face Inflatable Fruitcake. [via eblort]

You’ll beat me if you can Run 11.3 meters. Kinda funny.

Mr. Nice Hands.  Kinda like “Purple” except with music.

The Wisest Human has loud opinions…  [From SNTC.]

Heavy mammals.  Really heavy mammals.  Did I say “Heavy Mammals?”

Don’t feed the deer. OMG. LOL. Giggle. Here. LOL. OMG.

Noel = Leon.  Click here and scroll down to the Alphabet Song. Then click here for some Leon cheer.

Raincoaster recently passed 1,300 comments on This Post.  Help her make it to 1,400 by the end of the year! [Related post here.]

Hot Links Meets the Werewolf

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Dog Sucked into HVAC Return Air Grille. Film at 11.

Before you go any further, check out Pandora Radio, search for Louis Armstrong, click play, and then continue. You’ll like it, especially on a Sunday morning with fried eggs sprinkled with garlic powder, sausage patties, and sourdough toast slathered with real butter.  That’s what I’m gonna do.  Makes the rest of the week just gravy.

The Clogblogger is a Blog about Clogs.

Four women with different problems here. No. 3 is my favorite.

RGF appropriately calls them “Bike Crickets.”

Best of Dicky Goodman:
Side A: Batman and His Grandmother
Side B: Suspense

What if there were no “handedness?” Read “Harvey’s Hands.”

Find out what’s happening on teh internest RIGHT NOW [Via The Presurfer].

Join the disgustion.  Dessicated Fairies, here.

When a boy loves a girl, you hear a version of this in your head.

Panel discussion: America should stop throwing money in a hole. Here.

Loosely related to videos posted yesterday, check out  Blackboard Jungle.

I Was A Teenage Hot Links

She wants you to right-click on her.  Now.

Chuck Norris vs. Nancy Pelosi.

The Intro to “The Prisoner.”  Great ’60s spy/spook/paranoia TV show about freedom. No. 6 never gives up his ethics, even when given the opportunities.  There are way too many politicians these days, and too few are No. 6’s.  [Yeah I know, it’s a link repost.  It’s still great, though.]

Sunday is FUNDAY! from FinPeng.

Make your own KFC Cardboard Colonel.

Smelly Board Game via RGS.

I don’t play flash games, but some of these look pretty good.

Mighta posted this link before, but here it is again, just in case.

Fly around until you realize that there’s only one lake.

Fly a balloon – This one’s been around a while, but it’s still clever.  Click the link and ride.

Lotsa “Crappy Album Covers” here.  Don’t miss “Fun With Joyce.” (Related posts here and here.)

Vinyl Abuse has some interesting figurines for some not so interesting prices.  Worth a look, though.

Here’s an archive of links about B.O.

Dionne Warwick’s Cosmic Peephole.  Really.

Webpost titled “Moms with IBS.” I don’t know why it was linked to this post, but Barrack works in mysterious ways.

How to get to anyplace in the world in 42 minutes.

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Bride of Hot Links

The Undramatic Chipmunk found via cnet.

Lotsa odd facial hair here.

Build you own virtual star and watch it grow old.

Unintentional Goatse proves that there is indeed a website for everyone.

How to confuse an idiot: here (from Phil’s Phun).

Websperiments.

Try out the Uglifier. On yourself.

Winter in Russia.

The first ButtBerry Award, here.

How to deliberately create an unsuccessful blog, by Slippy.

Always dry, always excellent:  Futility Closet.

Ditto Hanuman. I don’t know where he finds these gems.

Garfield-Garfield from SNTC.

Speaking of lame comic strips:  Marmaduke Explained shows us all where we missed the humor.

And finally, here’s the correct response to every New Yorker Magazine caption contest.