Low-Budget Halloween Costume

Halloween Costume Budget

Stumped for a costume? Be a bitch with zits.

Years ago, had I attempted this simple costume, I’d have figured out a way to load the zits with shaving cream so I could pop them.

You’re welcome.

[Stockphoto found here.]

Mexicans Spotted Crossing Into Russia

Illegal Immigrants in Russia

This is NOT a photoshop as far as you know.

[Images found here and here.]

“Friday The 13th Comes On A Monday This Month…”

Van Gogh

“… so we got a whole week of bad luck.”

[The Friday the 13th snark was coopted from Walt Kelly’s classic comic strip Pogo. Image from here – it’s a charcoal sketch by Vincent Van Gogh captioned “Worn Out: At Eternity’s Gate.”]

Swingin’ And Slingin’ The Hot Links

Pendula Demonstration

Horse rocks out to crappy dance music [via].

“Welcome to Kansas: Not as Flat as Delaware!”

How to multiply numerals with multiple digits graphically. Very cool. Now I can get rid of my TI Datamath.

Sorry to have to state the obvious, but the people who marched for “Climate Change” are idiots.

Interesting timelapse of Arizona weather [via].

Planets inside water droplets.

A Tribute to Pugsley Addams.

Very cool audio/visual display of pendulum motion [via]. Visual demo of sound waves, mathematical sine wave congruences, electronics, physics, gravity, art and bowling all in one. Surprising stuff happens about 1:00 in. There’s medical info in the video as well – one of the kids has whooping cough. I haven’t heard that sound since I was in 3rd grade. [A screencap of the video is the source of the top image.]

Saturday Matinee – Bébé Chouette, TrollfesT & Irma

“What the hell is dat?” Owls spot camera [via].

TrollfesT is a Norwegian folk metal band (according to Wiki) who want to party in Cabana, and “Solskinnsmedisin” translates to “Sunshine Medical” according to Mr. Google. Where the hell is Norwegia? Bunkarina’s boyfriend thought I might like it, and I did. If that was a bit much, here’s something a bit lighter.

Irma Pany is a singer-songwriter from Cameroon. “Save Me” is kinda catchy, and the video is kinda interesting [via].

Have a great weekend, and we’ll be back tomorrow with more blatant inanity.

Elvis Smells A Shirt.

Elvis Smells A Shirt

[Found here.]

Life On Jupiter In 1940

Life On Jupiter 1940

Life on Jupiter has changed dramatically since then.
Don’t ask me how I know.

[Found here.]

Clint Eastwood Talks To The Lucas

Clint Eastwood working on his 1958 Jag XK 120 in 1960
Clint Eastwood working on his 1958 Jag XK 120 in 1960 (colorized).

Interesting that every time I worked on my car my hands and forarms showed it and there was no camera around, but then I’m not Clint. The photo would be entirely believable if it were Chuck Norris because his cars piss oil and refill themselves automatically once he steps outside.

[Found here.]

Cute Puppies

The World’s Ugliest Dog Contest celebrates its 25th anniversary today [21 June 2013] at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California. Twenty-five plus “beauty challenged dogs are foregoing their usual beauty regimens in preparation.”

[Images and description found at the Ugliest Dog Contest Contenders. Note that all of them are members of the breed the missus refers to as “Kikmi Dogs.”]

The .Gif Post No.349 – Eagle Meets Cat, Cats Meet Dogs & Marmot Licks Lens

Eagle Cat

Cats and Dogs

Lens Cleaner

[Found herehere and here. Stitched the first together from 3 others and un-jitterfied it.  In the 2nd, one of the cats lost a tooth. The marmot lens cleaning .gif is a timelapse from this vid.]