[Image above found here.]
List of everything reported to be affected by Global Warming Climate Change (with links!) here.
US Unemployment animation from January 2007 through September 2009. Not good.
Laptop Steering Wheel Desk. Read the reviews, click on the pictures to see it in use.
Bad Spock Drawings (link found here).
Nurse Myra mentioned that she wears this perfume.
Zoom.
How many people are in space right now? Click to find out.
I really don’t want to know the story behind this.
And then I’ll call Pup Tentacle
Note that we have once again made Google History by being the first to post the term “Cephalopoodle.” It’s right up there with the first mention and commentary about Igde Pshat. Y’all are cordially welcome.
zen haiku:
knock knock knock knock knock
knock knock knock who’s there? Not that
octopus again
From that same link comes this great Zen google translation:
“Neurotic he is already.You can repair the way the octopus laugh : it is like empty.”
Congrats to Hanan of GrowABrain for the new addition to his family unit.
Tribute websites exist for just about everything, including the WWW. Don’t badmouth Artemus Gordon.
Interesting lecture on creativity by Sir Ken Robinson. I don’t agree with everything he espouses, but it’s an entertaining commentary on the public education system.
Given that a circle is comprised of line segments, and that each segment is tangent to the center of that circle, then the simplest circle that one can draw is an equilateral triangle.
Soldier’s Mail came from a comment on this post. Good stuff.
Military Magazine is still a good read. Get a free copy and decide for yourself.
Oh, and BTW, Hobotopia rocks.
Anyone paying attention to the ongoing LGF soap opera will appreciate Bite Me Comics. If you’re not, consider yourself fortunate.
Diesel’s book “Mercury Falls” is out on amazon. He’s a funny guy who helped me get my blogging mojo. (More info here.)
The man who saved billions from starvation who you’ve probably never heard of: Norman Borlaug (1914-2009). Related video here (includes some unnessesary foul language from Penn Gillette).
Turning Number 1. I’ve got no clue what this is all about, but it’s yet more propaganda showing that the guy is always the idiot.
Little kids and the marshmallow torture.
Charlie Rose interviews himself and Steve is not happy. [Found here.]
Just click it. Do it. [Tip o’ the tarboosh to Bordm.]
Another TED video by someone I’ve never heard of talks about perceived value.
How not to get killed or maimed on the golf course (tip from Ken A.).
This page is under construction (via The Presurfer).
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.
1:30 of pure greatness.
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.
Many 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
No. 9/nr – Lesbian Amputee Dwarf Porn
No. 8/4 – Faith Enhancer
[True learning experience here.]
No. 7/nr – LOL Ferret: On Watch
No. 6/nr – Southern California Fires October 2007
No. 5/2 – Nice Stained Glass
No. 4/5 – Pirates Attack Venice With Rabbit
No. 3/nr – Giant Wooly Bear Caterpillar Discovered
[Don’t miss the comments on this one.]
No. 2/3 – Batmobile Babe Magnet
AND THE NUMBER ONE POST OF THE YEAR IS:
No. 1/10 – LOL FERRET: Episode 1
Thanks to all you loyal readers, commenters and linkers.
Y’all make me feel like a hundred bucks.
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.
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)
Video 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.)
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.”
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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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.]
Tacky Raccoons 