Odd – Page 340 – Tacky Raccoons

Big Gulp

[Found here.]

Everybody’s Heard About The Hot Links

This is kinda cool. Interactive Twist Again [via].

Skybridges [via].

I love the name of this experimental project: The Slingatron.

Never heard of guard llamas until a few days ago.

Photos of a young James Newell Osterberg, Jr. [via]

Very cool.

Oh, and about Syria? There’s this abbreviated version.

The Bird is The Word. Don’t you know about the bird?

Top image from here.

Saturday Matinee – Santigold, Ленинград & Rod Piazza

Santigold’s “Lights Out” vid has some cool retro patterns.

Great WTF video: Ленинград — Рыба. Russian/Punk/Dixieland by a band named Leningrad, titled “Fish Of My Dreams.” English lyrics translation here. [h/t Bunkessa].

Hot Rod Piazza.

With that, we’re out for the weekend. Have a great weekend, folks. See you tomorrow.

9:13:9 13/9/13

Second: Minute: Hour; Day / Month / Year

Odd date/time convergence in smallest to largest increments on Friday the 13th.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 297 – Page Turner, Giraffe Gymnastics & “Did You Catch That?”

[Found here, here and here.]

P.S. Miami Marlin’s pitcher Jose Fernandez is pretty good at spearing ’em. Here’s another one from July.

3:5:7 9/11/13

Hour : Minute : Second; Month / Day / Year

Odd-numbered time and date convergence.

Learn To Fly On Two Wheels

Image found here, along with insane videos of the rocket bike. Pure Darwin Award material, and perhaps a message to a certain Fledgeling Commander In Chief.

JEEP

“There’s your problem, son. You got snakes.”

[Found here.]

Potential: One-Eyed Rat Rod Short Bus

This ^^^ could look like this vvv only lower.

1953 Short Ford Bus offered for only $6,500:

I put Flat Head V-8 In service 10 years Carb, Ignition, Two new water pumps, all heater hose and service ran strong and just needed a clutch fork, a few glasses and I have access to glass, pulled drive line and did not work on any more, would make a great ride [via]

Go for it.

P.S. The interior is flawless.

[Yep, now we’ve got an archive category for Rat Rods and it’s entirely awesome.]

Saturday Matinee – Retro Ads, Stray Cats & The Sadies

Classic car commercial clips [via].

How can we possibly top that?

Yep. There’s more Rockabilly in the first 02:30 than you can shake a dead rockin’ cat at. The Stray Cats were awesome. Where do we go from here? Oh wait. I got it.