Las Adelitas was named after female warriors of the Mexican Revolution, and is a splinter group of the Brown Berets, a radical racist leftist group that believes California belongs to Mexico. I like the painting (by Sylvia Ji) but not the message.
Tony Clifton: The Man, The Legend.
Konceptofon’s Photostream is very cool.
Part 1 & Part 2 of a BBC documentary on Scottish proto punk Alex Harvey (1935-1982).
It’s Homer Time!
Ryan Gosling won’t eat his cereal.
I could watch this forever.
“Long term use of pessoi could have resulted in local irritation, skin or mucosal damage, or complications of external haemorrhoids.” [Source, via here.]
The Blob eats a magnet. The Blob can do other stuff.
Ride the City of New Orleans from New Orleans to Hammond LA in real time. (BTW, Arlo Guthrie didn’t write the song, Steve Goodman did.)
What a cute waste of technology.
Make your home smell like a bag of sliders.
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Nor pane, in Russia.
Cool downloadable drum loops. Purple Napkins is pretty good.
A Bacterium on a Diatom on an Amphipod. [via]
George Thorogood discusses his influences and his switch from acoustic to electric guitar.
The Beatles’ most counterfeited album: Introducing The Beatles.
First known image of computer porn. (Don’t worry. It’s cool.)
“I swear! He just went into another cow’s butt!” Kids discuss Cyriak’s “Cows & Cows & Cows.”
All about Kenny, Bush Chooks, EB, sport, E squared, red can, green stuff, kero and wife bashers here.
The Bible, translated into Gullah, is apparently not a parody: Gullah Nyew Testament.
VERY COOL sciency images with brief descriptions here.
Canada’s House of Common addresses a potential threat to civilization [via].
This song was a hit on pop radio in the early 1960s, and it’s enough to make you wanna puke. [Wiki: The song was composed by Ghanaian musician Guy Warren in 1956 under the original title “An African’s Prayer (Eyi Wala Dong)”.]
The New Dimensions in Testimony program is pretty awesome. More here.
“‘I now have work for 20 years,’ he exclaimed joyfully.” Disturbing true story here.
Classic list of everything blamed on Anthropogenic Global Warming Climate Change: The Warmlist.
ICYMI Department: The Institute for Centrifugal Reasearch: Gravity Is A Mistake. Must see video [via].
Searching for Twitter followers with the promise of absolutely no content, no following and no retweets.
Top image found here, caption inspired by this:
Awesome balancing act: Gravity Glue.
“As we gazed into each other’s eyes, Athena encircled my arms with hers, latching on with first dozens, then hundreds of her sensitive, dexterous suckers…. Athena’s suckers felt like an alien’s kiss—at once a probe and a caress.”
Thomas Sowell Dismantles Racialism and Feminism in under 5 Minutes. (ca. 1979)
Beer can pinhole camera with 6-month-long exposure photo.
The horse is approaching the gate. And it’s off…
40 years in the taiga wilderness.
The Amazing True Odyssey of the Paskowitz Family.
Story time: The background of “Never Mind The Bollocks” the Sex Pistols’ debut album from 1977.
Top image: Early Ramones, live in Arturo’s loft 1975.
Visit Rose at The Coffee Shop and sit next to the virtual fireplace.
Via the Transnational Pupshaw Association, this is Problematic. Click through for the vid.
Abandoned Paintings – the Classics depopulated.
Oh, man. They wasted Periwinkle.
“It’s a kite!” “No, it’s a camera!”
Francis Alÿs‘ animations.
Top image: Ana Gloria and Ronaldo, Havana, 1957. (Click the pic for a bonus.)
Chaetopterus pugaporcinus aka the pigbutt worm.
Cool exhibition of Conway’s Game of Life here.
Nice collection of Living fossils.
Nan goes Christmas shopping in Singapore.
If you’re going to run over your own kid, do it with a Landrover.
A Twinkies inker exposed.
It’s a girl, my lord, in a flat bed Ford. Winslow Arizona trompe l’oeil. (Only criticism – there oughtta be a Jackson in the upper window instead of an eagle.)
Cutting a torus – The Möbius Bagel [via].
On Anthropogenic Global Warming, this is a fun read, and educational, too.
For those who think this blog is about Raccoons, here ya go. [h/t A.U.]
In compliance with Stacy McCain‘s Rules Numbers 2 & 5 on how to get a million hits on your blog, we took a vote and figured why the hell not.
Top image found here.
Michael Jackson’s 1993 Patent is cool, but he likely got the idea from this guy.
Hominid will creep you out. [via]
Nothing but Plague Doctors. Prior to medical/scientific knowledge about the causes of The Black Death, Plague Doctors risked their lives attempting to treat the infected while trying to protect themselves from the “miasma.” The very sight of a Plague Doctor terrified people as he was a harbinger of death, and due to his specialty, a Plague Doctor was often forced to be a recluse himself.
I missed the debut of the The Butter Dance, but inadvertently featured it here. Don’t try this at home, or anywhere for that matter. After all *ahem* Melati Suryodarmo is a professional. [h/t kdub]
Retro Pron – 1890s. Drool away me laddies. Drool away.
Let’s see. Mothers believe in peace, and Monsanto hybrid corn equals death. Got it. Zombie stalks Berkely – again. [Some stuff on Zombie’s site is NSFK/NSFW.]
Plot it:
2*sqrt(-abs(abs(x)-1)*abs(3-abs(x))/((abs(x)-1)*(3-abs(x))))(1+abs(abs(x)-3)/(abs(x)-3))sqrt(1-(x/7)^2)+(5+0.97(abs(x-.5)+abs(x+.5))-3(abs(x-.75)+abs(x+.75)))(1+abs(1-abs(x))/(1-abs(x))),-3sqrt(1-(x/7)^2)sqrt(abs(abs(x)-4)/(abs(x)-4)),abs(x/2)-0.0913722(x^2)-3+sqrt(1-(abs(abs(x)-2)-1)^2),(2.71052+(1.5-.5abs(x))-1.35526sqrt(4-(abs(x)-1)^2))sqrt(abs(abs(x)-1)/(abs(x)-1))+0.9
[Found here.]
Interactive map of US suggests basic stereotypes of individual States.
Science in action: LHC Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment Webcams. There are currently two webcams online.
The Jonco Stoop N Poop is a must-have for people on the go.
Busting a Troll. It’s a must-read for parents, and it’ll creep you right out.
How’s it feel to be a Green Dot? That’s right, one of those little World Peas is just for you. View the Live Map here. It will display little blinkies that show you who else is here, and it’s anonymous. (We’re at the ass end of the US, just in case you were wondering.)
It’s intuitively obvious to the casual observer that we’re on the verge of taking over the world, so be content in the knowledge that you have assisted with the conquest.
We added an online store and a widget that sort of links to another online store. WorpDress now allows adverts, and they also allow PayPal Tip Jars, so we added that as well. Has any of it paid off? Nah.
We’ve featured the Top Posts for each year since we started in 2007. The numbers indicate this year’s ranking followed by last year’s, and we’ve added a third for all-time ranking (2012/2011/All-Time Rank). NR indicates Not Ranked.
Click on any image and it’ll take you to the original post.
No. 11/nr – Popeye Dead at 108
No. 10/nr – Mickey Possum has a good attitude.
No. 9/nr – The .Gif Friday Post No.104 – Catsup
No. 8/nr – Babe Cannon
No. 7/2/5 – Amy’s Motivational Poster Collection
No. 6/7/8 – Giant Woolly Bear Caterpillar Discovered Near Las Cruces, NM, Predicts Global Warming for Decades to Come
No. 5/nr – 10/10/10 10:10:10
No. 4/nr – 10:11:10 11/10/11
No. 3/nr – Possum Haiku
No. 2/1/4 – Capybara Lapwarmer
AND THE NUMBER ONE POST FOR 2012 IS:
The .Gif Friday Post No.93 – Cat Fish Robot Jam
It scored at No. 6 in 2011, and it’s at No. 7 on the 5-Year popularity ranking.
We plan to keep going with this baboso unless it becomes a chore, but considering all the fun stuff we’ve found just to keep our self-imposed goal of One Post Per Day, it looks like we’ll be around a while. Cheers!
Tacky Raccoons 