I like these guys, but there’s just too damn many of them.
(Barranquilla, Colombia)
If I were younger and single, I’d hang out with her. She’s fun.
(Barranquilla, Colombia)
The Wave: Here’s how they do it in Ovar, Portugal.
Rio de Janeiro has a large population of diminutive people, and they built a floating recliner just for Jennifer Lopez. She’s a goddess down there.
[Hundreds of awesome photos of Carnival from around the world, starting *ahem* here.]
Nobody lives in Awesome Town. There is no plumbing, no electricity and no air conditioning. There is no city council, no Police Department, no Fire Department, no Post Office. There is a jail where no one will be incarcerated. There is no telephone service and no weekly trash pickup.
Awesome Town has no industry, no farming, and no business.
There are no stores or restaurants in Awesome Town, but there is a 5-story hotel. Nobody has ever checked in to the hotel and no one ever will. There are no gas stations because there are no cars, and children are not allowed in Awesome Town.
There are no newspapers in Awesome Town because there is no one to read them. There are no medical facilities or pharmacies either, and there is no hospital. There is no internet service or broadcast radio or television.
Awesome Town is located on San Clemente Island, California. It is a Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Complex.
[From this Architect’s perspective, this would have been a fun project. Found via here. Photos from here. Detailed description from CMA below the break.] Continue reading “Awesome Town is Awesome.”
Robert Crumb is the greatest cartoonist as far as you know.
Classic rock hits on piano here, here, here, here and here. Click on each, one at a time, and look away quickly. See how long it takes you to recobanize ’em. (I posted this one yesterday.)
Speaking of classic rock, David Lee Roth did something here.
YAY! Leech Farm!
Scary Baby. The title sums it up.
Raindrops. Kind of hypnotic.
Excellent photos from an Antarctic cruise.
Early Saturday Morning TV ca. 1966.
For those of you who peruse and/or participate in discussion blogs, especially tempermental ones, check out the Flame Warriors Home.
Molecule of the Month for January 2010: Green Fluorescent Protein – A molecular tag that can be inserted into genes to make animals and plants glow green.
Put fuldkommen gak into google translate.
The Best Things On the Internet 2009 according to Buzzfeed [via].
Google the word “why” and see what pops up in the autocomplete box. More fun google tricks here.
Fun Fart Facts. Here’s the link you asked for, Danny.
Fingerbutts from around the world.
“Now those of you will notice the bloody mess on Jenny’s back and that is the most important part of the ritual that will give her wings.” Read more here.
Lotta comments this pist year, and we thought that y’all should be recobanized for what you are: Goaders.
Y’all are goaders, but I mean that in a friendly way. Every last one of you who leaves a comment gives us a reason to respond to your comment, and to post more. We feed off of YOU!.
We can’t pay you back directly, but we can certainly list all those who made the day in one way or the other, so thanx and a tip o’ the tarboosh to:
a dood, aimeerenee, alfred, AmyOops, aNa, anabel, andiscandis, Andrew, Apple, archiearchive FCD, ArmedGeek, Artiespet, azahar, bad, Becky, Bo Weez, booo, bramw8, brianna, Cactus Man, Caplin Rous, Cathrine, cbullitt, cc, Chiqui, chris, Chris@Maugeritaville, christie, cindy, crosby, Crystal!, cynder11, daisyfae, Dalton J. Fox, Dan, Dan Johanson, DarkMatter, Darryl, datora, David, David C., David S., davidhmercier, davidisherenow, Davis, Dennis the Vizsla, diesel, Doraz, Dr. Van Wolfieburg, Ella, Eric Anderson, Evil Klown, fantasiaspillowtalk, Feng, Finicky Penguin, fracas, Frank, G Eagle Esq, Gabriel…, Garryk, Gerry, gigiwiwi, gnus, GoingLikeSixty, Grannyweasel, Gretal, Hannah, haroldsnodgrass, healingmagichands, Heather, humorousreview, iguana feeding, ingrid, izaakmak, jc, Jen, Jessica, Jingle, John M., Kait, Karl, Katie Frank, Kissa, Kitty, lahru, Leeuna, LGS, lolarusa, Maddy, MadMadMargo, Magdalini, mary lee stropes, Matt Ross, MauMau, Max, Melanie, Mental Mist, Metro, michele, Milk Lion, Miss Cellania, MR T himself, nathaliewithanh, Nicole, Nifty Nick, nikolaykotev, Notoriously Conservative, Nurse Myra, Observer, Ola Glomstulen, otterhavver, Otto Mann, P.L. Frederick, Pete Aldin, phil cordery, Phil E. Drifter, Planetross, Potzorbie, Pwn Greenland, pyratelickitysplits, RGS, raincoaster, ramblette, razzbuffnik, renerup, richard, Ricky, roppolo, S. Le, sam, sandysays1, Sara, sarahenity, Senem, sHx, silverstar98121, Skybluepink, Skye, Slippy Lane, Stanimal, steve miller, steve smith, Steve Stevenson, Strider, Susi Spice, tahrey, tape, Tattoo Jim, The Necromancer, theliteraryhorse, Tony, Torben, tylerdurden, Uncle Keith, Unfinished Rambler, VE, VHDT10, WannaSmile, warlock6, waterjay, Whatigotsofar, wheels, Woodstock 1969, woosk, worldwar1letters, Zanypickle, Zeusiswatching.
Another decade behind us, and now we get a new one to mess with starting tomorrow. Best wishes to all –Bunk
[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.
“I’d like to see a calculation to show how long it would take for its miles-thick icepack to melt at 33 degrees F. Sea level increases wouldn’t matter because if you weren’t living closer to the poles you’d be dealing with 150-200 degree temperatures on the surface. I hear it’s gonna happen in five years or so.”
–Bunk Strutts, 20 October 2009.
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Folks, this post was sitting around for a while, and I was about to delete it except for recent events regarding the AGW hoax debates. If you haven’t been following, here are some links to bring you up to speed.
Soylent Green’s cbullitt posted the error data cluster from the AGW folks at East Anglia University’s world renowned Climate Research Unit. (BTW, thanks for the hat tip cbull.)
The UK Telegraph chimes in on “Climategate.”
AJStrata has been debunking (gawd I hate that word) AGW for some time now.
Chris Horner of Watts Up With That has filed three NOIs:
Iowahawk dissects the situation. Don’t miss this one.
Even CBS (!?) seems to have gotten the story right. Lookee here.
AND IT’S ALL JUST IN TIME FOR COPENHAGEN! YAY!
[Image found here. Related post here. And here’s our Cache of Related AWG Snark. Let’s make Greenland green again!]
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).
That’s Granny Annie, a retired volunteer schoolyard monitor who sends elementary school children to Purgatory for wearing socks with colors that haven’t been approved by the school magistrate.
That was a last minute request from Mrs. Strutts to submit a response to this contest:
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.
Tacky Raccoons 