Cat.
A silent video can record sound??
Foreign Born Population in the US.
Are you a commie? Take this quiz to find out! [via AoS].
Amazing transformation: asian guy turns into white hipster.
The Corona virus is not the greatest threat to the US economy.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image from here.]
[Found here.]
King Oliver & His Creole Jazz Band – Sugar Foot Stomp (1926)
Louis Armstrong played 2nd cornet, married the piano player Lil Hardin.
Lil Armstrong & Buck Washington – Or Leave Me Alone (1936)
That’s Mrs. Louis Armstrong to you.
Al Hirt – When The Saints Go Marching In
Not sure what year, but I’m pretty sure that’s Pete Fountain on clarinet.
Might as well throw some Cajun into the mix while we’re at it. No idea who the artist is or what year, but the song is called Toot Toot.
[Gator roast .gif found here.]
[Found here, h/t Octopus.]
[Found here.]
Now about those eco-friendly wind turbines…
How China Built a Hospital in 10 Days [via].
A Lindisfarne board game piece. The 3D interactive image is cool.
Those ubiquitous skydancers were invented by Trinidad artist Peter Minshall for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. They are illegal in Houston (.pdf).
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image: Lyin’ Dog-Faced Pony Soldier?
Apologies to the late Buster Keaton and the late Poppie.]
Just when we thought we’d seen it all, the internet dishes up a fat, red alien baby that looks like it’s been ripped from the scorching sand dunes of Venus (we wish).
In reality, it’s just a Hercules beetle in its pupa form, enshrined in a chrysalis as it prepares to take on its adult form. But let’s not talk it down too much – this writhing cocoon is about to become one of the largest insects on Earth.
More about that beastie here.
I heard this on The Tim Conway Jr. Show KFIAM 640. The video is even better.
Heh. “Jucet Smolliet.” Dave Chappelle is one funny guy.
In 1977, _____ & The Pips appeared on The Richard Pryor Show sans Gladys Knight. IIRC, she had laryngitis that night.
Have a great Presidents’ Day weekend, folks, and we’ll do some stuff tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 