Category: Odd

Cheesecake from the Dawn of Time? Nah.

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“The Dancing Venus of Galgenberg is unique. Her head and limbs are carefully depicted, and even accented with openings in the stone. Her left arm is raised with the hand behind the head. She stands with her weight resting insouciantly on one foot, and the right hand is placed on the hip. One breast is shown in profile, the other is carved in low relief. In my column, I drew attention to Betty Grable’s familiar pose.

“The Dancing Venus is no Mother Goddess. This is a chick with sex appeal. Cheesecake since the dawn of time.“

Really.  Someone needs to get a life. Continue reading “Cheesecake from the Dawn of Time? Nah.”

The Best Seat in the House

I suspect the shower is in the main entry.

[Found at a now-defunct Russian website.]

Casting Call

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“Number 27, sorry, you’re too tall.”

“Number 28, ah, work on your voice. The pitch just doesn’t seem right for the part.”

“Number 29, get out.  I’ve got no time for jokers.  Next.”

[Image from Cool Aggregator.]

Saturday Matinee: Jerrie Thill, Ray McKinley, Gene Vincent & Clifford Stoll.

We have a very eclectic combination this weekend.  You’re gonna like ’em.

Oddness alert: Jerrie Thill, and  Allee Willis. [Found here.]

Ray McKinley‘s band with “Big Boy” (featuring Imogene Lynn) and “Jive Bomber.” These appeared in a 1942 short that included “St. Louis Blues.”

Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps’ “Baby Blue” from the 1958 movie “Hot Rod Gang.”  Oh yeah.

18 Minutes with Clifford Stoll, an amazing guy with a lot of things he’s not going to talk about.  (This is the same guy who more recently was mocked for a Newsweek article he wrote in 1995 regarding the future of the Internest… and was wrong.)  I wouldn’t be surprised if he was the inspiration for Dr. Emmet Brown,  played by Christopher Lloyd, in the movie “Back To The Future.”  This one is mandatory viewing here, so grab a snack and a beverage and watch the whole thing.

[Found at Neatorama.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 68 – Eep!

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[From here, via here.]

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Tough Decisions

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[Image from Bits & Pieces.]

The .gif Friday Post 67: Vulcans Then and Now

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[Very nice collection of tasteful .gif animations here.]

Mullets of the Orient

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Really.  Gotta better description?

[Image from here.]

Molluscan Graffiti

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At least it’s not public/private property. I mean, snails don’t have rights, at least not yet.

(But Wait! They Do!)

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More about this here, via here.

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[Japanese Chupacabra from here.]

What Fairies REALLY Look Like

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Joachim Knill uses the world’s largest portable polaroid camera for his amazing photos, including this one of a genuine live fairy.

And if you want to see a genuine dead fairy, click here, and be sure to check out the comments… over 1,400 of them, and counting. Join the Great Debate!

A Caveat is in order:  One Bunk Strutts and one Metro had a very heated discussion in the comments section beginning in November 2008.  We both walked away, bloody and sore, but survived the ordeal.  That’s worth the price of admission by itself.

[Image from here, found via Uncertain Times.]