[Found in here and here. Related posts: This and especially This.]
La Faune De Mars
Big Ugly Stinkin’ Hot Links
“Dog Factory,” an odd Edison film from 1904, is viewable and downloadable here. [Found here.]
The Country Sisters’ “Cotton Eyed Joe” is interesting. Jump to 02:10 for cool.
God is everywhere. [via]
Awesome interactive Scale Of The Universe that Wheels found.
Oxford Dictionaries Spelling Bee. On “Fiendish” I got 13/15. I blame the pronunciations and lack of spellcheck. 😛
One Tiny Hand is the appropriate title for this website. [h/t Dan S.]
Zo Rachel has some things to say about Sweepin’ The Hug Under The Rug.
Saturday Matinee – Slinky Workout, Eating Wood Grubs, Judex, Ruin & The Cowsills
[Found here.] And speaking of slinkys…
…be sure to watch this, especially if you’re squeamish. [via]
Apparently this was from a French 1963 remake of a 1914 film about a crime fighter who wears masks. [Found here.]
Ruin is an animated action short film set “way in the future” in a green post-apocalyptic universe. Directed by Wes Ball, who has been working in Hollywood for 8 years doing graphic work for HBO and DVD/Blu-ray featureetes. Described as his “passion project”, Ball has been working on Ruin off and on for the last two years.
[Found here.] And now we’re gonna rock.
This last one made me wanna puke, too, and I’d rather overwork a slinky, eat a giant wood grub, don a cockatiel head and ride the Road to Ruin than hear that again. Have a great weekend folks. See you back here tomorrow for palate cleansers.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 221 – Cat Tongue, Bear Smack & CheetahBot
the history fart
Approximately 200-400 years ago during Japan’s Edo period, an unknown artist created what is easily the most profound demonstration of human aesthetics ever committed to parchment. I am referring to He-Gassen a.k.a. 屁合戦 a.k.a. “the fart war.” In this centuries-old scroll, women and men blow each other off the page with typhoon-like flatulence. Toss this in the face of any philistine who claims that art history is boring.
Ancient Japanese art is a gas – but my hoax-alert antennae are twitching with the reference to “He-Gassen” even though I found another source here.
[Found here, h/t Princess Natasha.]
Monopod
The Original Bigfoot. [Found here.]
Mona Bitmap
Heh.
[Found here.]
The Most Popular Badge in Afghanistan
With tensions at an all time high in Afghanistan following the Koran burnings, the urination video, and the killing of 16 civilians, attention is now falling on a long line of “Infidel” apparel and gear.
Exhausted from how they feel they’re being perceived, troops have taken to wearing patches and carrying items that label themselves infidels, and offer translation in local dialect.
In the Muslim world an infidel means literally “one without faith” who rejects the central teachings of Islam.
Military.com tracked down Clayton Montgomery at Mil-Spec Monkey, a large online seller of infidel gear, who says his most popular item by far is the “Pork Eating Crusader Patch.”
[Full story here, h/t Soylent Green. Larger size image for lifting and posting below the break.]
[Update: For those interested in reading an assessment of the situation in Afghanistan, Pete Hegseth, emailing from Kabul in January 2012, has some interesting (and disturbing) observations.
Pete Hegseth, founder of Vets For Freedom, is now posted to Afghanistan, where he has been training Afghans as well as American and coalition troops. His reports on the situation there are as knowledgeable as any you can find. Here is his final dispatch — long but worth reading through to the end.
Read the whole thing here: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/01/endgame-in-afghanistan.php
Tacky Raccoons 