[Found here.]
Holy crap. It’s The Mothership.
[Found here.]
Category: True Stories
Ronald Lee Ermey (1944-2018) Buried With Honors.
Mr. Otto’s Dicycle ca. 1880
No idea how this works, how to steer, how to brake, but it was touted as a safety bicycle for people unable to handle a penny farthing. I’m guessing that if you came to a quick stop, you’d be either thrown face-first onto the pavement, or you’d rock back and forth until your lunch suddenly appeared on your lap. Once you started pedaling, the same rocking thing would happen again with the same result, only messier.
I want one.
Super Blood Wolf Full Moon Hot Links
Yep, there’s a Super Blood Wolf Full Moon on tap for tonight, and that’s its launch pad. The fun starts about 10:30PM EST / 7:30PM PST. [Image found in here.]
If I find the time, I’ll swing a wood at it and post the .gif.
Instant Karma [Film at 11, via here].
Victim of “Toxic Masculinity” speaks out.
Who is Dan Getkin & Who Are The Twelve Six?
I arbitrarily Googled “rock nose green” and found this. Here’s a sample.
Want a pet that can give you nausea, fever and intense pain with just one bite? Here you go.
Man distracts hungry polar bear from its prey, wastes its time and energy, just to make a video of his faux bravery. Meh.
On 14 January 2019, CNN’s racist legal analyst Areva Martin claimed radio host David Webb benefits from “White Privilege.” There’s just one little problem.
Saturday Matinee – Steel Shredder, Egg Cracker, Android 207, Tom Waits & Pink Floyd
Not sure why, but this kind of stuff fascinates me.
Egg-breaking machine complete with egg-breaking porn soundtrack found here.
I ran across Paul Whittington‘s Android 207 a coupla years ago. Seems to fit.
Tom Waits‘ self-accompanied masterpiece “Clang Boom Steam” also seems appropriate.
From the Utoobage description: “The iconic video was created by Gerald Scarfe initially as a backdrop film for when the band [Pink Floyd] played the track on its 1977 In the Flesh tour.”
From the Utoobage comments: “Imagine having to wait 40 years to watch your favorite band’s official videoclip.”
Have a great weekend, folks, and don’t forget that astronomy is gonna happen tomorrow night.
Bigass Shiny WTF
Caption (from source) :៧. សួតសេះដែលសប់ខ្យល់ពេញ
Google Translate detected Khmer: 7. suot seh del sabkhyal penh
In English: “7. The pneumonia is full of rain.”
Based on the translation, I’m guessing that those are a pair of whale lungs that are full of water… but I’m wrong. According to the Daily Mail, they’re a pair of fully inflated horse lungs.
Next question: Are they wet and shiny, or are they dry and marked with chalk?
[Found here.]
Wednesday, 26 December 2018, is the biggest travel day of the year according to AAA.
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.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 562 – 7 December 1941 We Remember
The missus’ Uncle Harry was there. The Japanese were strafing the airfield, and Harry dived under the heaviest piece of equipment he could find. He found out later that it was an ammo truck.
Harry survived the attack. Many did not.
That’s a scan of my late Dad’s rubber stamp. He used on all his snail-mail correspondence.
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