[Found here. Don’t like those? Try these.]
Category: Odd
Wednesday, 26 December 2018, is the biggest travel day of the year according to AAA.
I’m Dreaming Of A White Hot Links
Okay, let’s have a poll. Answers are randomized, multiple choices are allowed, all anonymous. Pick your top three, add nominations as you wish.
Holiday Fun: Cat Poop Cookies.
From the ICYMI Department:
Porch Package Theft Payback is brilliant.
The Best Christmas Song Collection ever IMO.
If that’s not The Best Christmas Song Collection ever, THIS IS.
It’s not officially Christmas until I hear this version of Leroy Anderson’s 1946 classic.
From the Fun Facts To Know And Tell Department:
The song “Christmas Is My Time Of Year” was originally recorded in 1968 by the one-off supergroup “The Christmas Spirit” which included members of The Turtles (including Flo & Eddie), The Byrds and Linda Ronstadt. In 1976, an even sappier version was recorded and released by We Three Monkees.
[Top Image: I want to believe that’s a gourd. I really do, but it creeps me right out. These Christmas Tchotckes are very nicely done, but they would have given me nightmares when I was little [via].]
Saturday Matinee – The Tractors, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Blaze Bayley w/ Michelle Sciarrotta & The United States Navy Band
The Tractors – “Santa Claus Boogie” 1995.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers – “Rock and Roll Christmas” 1997.
Blaze Bayley & Michelle Sciarrotta – “Rock & Roll Christmas” 2013.
United States Navy Band – “Dueling Jingle Bells” 2016.
Just a few days left before I have to begin Christmas shopping so posting here may be sporadic. Have a great Pre-Christmas weekend, folks. Be back here tomorrow for stuff.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 564 – Schlemiel Schlimazal Schlemiel, How to Break Up With Your Boyfriend and Delete The Nude Photos At The Same Time & ASCII WTF
Pride, Trust and Faith
Some Music Just Stinks.
Nope. Not gonna touch those keys. No way.
[Found here.]
P.S. Not gonna touch this guy’s guitar, either.
Spiderman Saves The Ducklings
[Found here.]
Oh, The Weather Outside Is Frightful…
Russia, Yamal Peninsula. The ‘chum’- the Nenets’ dwelling – is as mobile as they are. It consists of long sticks, and stitched reindeer skins stretched over it. The image was taken by Vladimir Alexseev.
[Image and caption found here.]
National Gross Domestic Hot Links
DJ Marshmallow is awesome [via].
Dontcha just know it. Cuba cuba cuba cuba
They named the student, but won’t name the badgering teacher.
Savannah College of Art and Design students opine on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas when they’ve never heard of him.
Can’t score off the referee. Nope. (Was that one of the Hanson Brothers?)
Top 10 GDP By Country 1960-2017 is an interesting graph animation. Russia fell off the map in 1993 and didn’t make the Top 10 for 20 years. China made the list in 1993, and look what they’ve accomplished since then. [Found via here].
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” is a pretty and innocent classic song about flirting, nothing more (despite what the SJWs would have you believe).
Fun Facts To Know And Tell: The USS California, christened in 1908, was sunk in 1918 by a German U-Boat. The USS San Diego, christened in 1914, was sunk in 1918 by the same U-Boat… yet the United States lost only one ship during WWI. Amazing that only six lives were lost. The latest story (with photos and sonar imaging) is here.
“The difference between a good officer and a poor one is about ten seconds.” —US Admiral Arleigh Burke (1901-1996) More here.
A 3,000 year-old penguin “super colony” was recently discovered in Antarctica, and the UK Daily Mail has to explain what guano is.
[Top image: One-Eyed Charley Parkhurst had a fascinating life story. More here.]
Tacky Raccoons 