Train to Utoob City, now boarding on Platform Click.
See for yourself why every year more people buy RCA Victor than any other TV.
The most Trusted Name in Television.
THIS is what Television was invented for.
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Category: Link Dump
sCrap. Another 10 Truths Meme.
Although he blames others, I blame cbullitt for this. The meme requires the recipient (mwah) to post 10 True Facts about himself/herself (mwah also) and to nominate 10 more suckers. At this rate the entire blogosphere should be covered in a matter of days. So here we go:
1. The Beatles’ “Hard Day’s Night” was the first record I owned, and it was a 45rpm. I liked the B-side better: “I Should’ve Known Better.”
2. Once I played rhythm guitar for a LDS teen dance without knowing all the chord patterns for some of the songs, so I just turned my volume down to -1 and faked it.
3. I understand trigonometry but not calculus.
4. Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” is one of my favorite movies, as is “The Caine Mutiny” and “Cool Hand Luke.”
5. I’ve read David Kahn’s “The Code Breakers” unabridged version and understood a lot of it.
6. I played the part of “Action” in a high school production of West Side Story, and I was a catlike ball of fury.
7. I was born with heterochromia, but I’ve never suffered because of it.
8. I can use the word “polyisocyanurate” correctly in a spoken sentence without stuttering.
9. My ancestry includes Scottish, Irish, English, German, Swedish and 1600’s Italian royalty. In other words, European Mutt.
10. In the mid-1980s I decided to see how much junk mail was generated from information request postcards from construction industry trade magazines. The result? A LOT. The name I filled in that generated the most unrequested junk mail was… Bunk Strutts.
Now for the hard part. In no particular order:
Remember to sign up cbullitt for Latvian porn spam if you’ve already been tagged.
Blogoversary II: Our 2nd Year’s Top 10
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.
The Manly Blogger Guy Award
I never turn down awards, even from Archie. He and I don’t see eye-to-eye on basic economics and politics.
I don’t recall exactly, but I think we had a cordial discussion on whether a janitor should be paid the same as the owner of the company that employs the janitor, and I said no. Regardless, Archie’s basically a good guy with a cool blog.
Since I don’t wear perfume, I’ll pass on this prized and coveted award to:
Amy Oops
Raincoaster
Nurse Myra
VE
Feng
and Nick.
[Thanks, Arch: All in fun, dude!]
Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Hot Links
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.
One Flew Over the Hot Links
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.)
Ghost Riders in the Hot Links
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.”
The Kings of the Ducktail Cats
Whoa. The Kings of the Ducktail Cats.
Cool optical illusion. Stare at it for less than 30 seconds and the image appears.
Raccoon news and their misadventures in Florida here.
Huge alligator here.
Check out the size of the snake posted here.
Elizabeth and her Invisible Chinese Baby is a great name for a blog.
Top 10 Obama-Biden gaffes, from the UK Telegraph! More gaffes here.
The Fall of the House of Google [via the Presurfer].
This guy knows what he’s talking about.
Very Serious Hair (with zombie boys)
Image above from Sexy People. The site has many pictures of average, but slightly odd-looking people. When viewed individually, they aren’t much, but when viewed collectively, heh, it’s a Mag-Lev train to Hootsville.
A year later, the zomboys are still in sheer terror, suddenly realizing that the rest of their lives will be spent hunting for brains. (Here’s another example of a kid who gets better looking with age.)
I suppose I fall into the same category of normal-yet-slightly-odd-looking people. But of course you folks already know who I am.
Mad Rectangular Prism Hornets
YouTomb is a MIT project that tracks deleted YouTube videos and lists the companies that deleted them. [Via Cool Aggregator.]
The Godfather. Script here.
“Are we there yet?” [Via Woosk.]
Manual of Traffic Signs: W16 Series.
Blatent advertisment:
Need a sexy voice for ads? Check out Mrs. Strutts’ ex-sister-in-law’s website.
Speaking of voices, Paul Harvey is an American treasure. I wasn’t aware that he was still broadcasting until Strider found these links.
Very cool collection of photos of ospreys fishing here.
Wanna play with a spider? Go on and click.
Crooked Brains has lots of cool zippers.
Proud of your handwriting? Turn it into a Font! [via RGF.]
Mira a Pegajoso Mapaches. Es un sitio web excelente.
Mad Rectangular Prism Hornets. Greatest phrase ever coined.
Tacky Raccoons 