[Found in here.]
lol pope
[Found in here.]
Sasquatch Sighting
[Found here.]
Hot Links of the Sarcophilus harrisii
Jack Harrison, the last survivor who participated in The Great Escape of WWII passed away on 4 June 2010. There’s an interesting interactive illustration of one of the tunnels here. [h/t to Wheels.]
Who is the Horseboy?
Disgusting prank is disgusting.
Awesome invention by a Ham radio afficionado that fights cancer.
Cadillacs and Album Covers here. Two more here.
Google is getting so full of information it occasionally collapses under its own weight.
Need a chemical suit? Lookee here.
Live webcam in Amsterdam with sound here.
Speaking of sound, the Zambelli Family is awesome.
Amazing staring contest back stage at the Webby Awards. [via The Presurfer.]
What’s your American dialect? Here’s one test and here’s another.
The Sci-Fi Airshow has an online guided tour. I’m going next week. [via]
Saturday Matinee – The Clarks, Dan Akroyd, Eubie Blake, Tandy & Randy Newman
The Clarks! Tip o’ the Tarboosh to coldwarrior.
Dan Akroyd plays James Cotton‘s version of Ike Turner‘s Rocket 88.
Eubie Blake was awesome. He was 95 in 1978 when this interview was recorded.
During the break there’s an advertisement for the troublesome RadioShack TRS-80 computer system, using magenetic tape cassettes for data storage. Only cost $599! That’s about $2,000 in today’s dollars. Later on, after users complained about problems with the cassette drives, Tandy eventually offered an awesome 5MB hard drive accessory, about the same size as a PC today, for $1,500 – a whopping $4,900 today.
Okay, 1978 was probably the peak of the (gag) disco phase, and the birth of R&B pop love anthems. There is absolutely nothing that ranked in the top 20 that I’d post here, except for maybe for the Stone’s “Miss You.” Worst song they ever did IMO.
On the other hand, this song made No. 41, and Randy Newman gets kudos for writing the most misunderstood song of the year:
Have a great weekend, folks, and meet me back here tomorrow.
The .Gif Friday Post No.133 – Needlepoint Dog is Awesome
Trashman
If that’s photoshopped, it’s well done, but I think it’s an actual sculpture, maybe pasted onto the image of the tunnel. Just a guess. It’s still cool.
[Image found here.]
Box Girl
[Lost the direct link to this, but it’s somewhere in acidcow.com.]
She’s upset because you won’t hug him, you selfish bastard.
C’mon now. Her beetle needs loving, and you just don’t care, do you?
G’wan, hug it. Its name is “Sirpaul.”
[Found in here.]
Cephalopod Gas Passing
There’s a happy patient. One squeeze and she’s happy; two squeezes and she’s dancing on the table; three squeezes and she’s prepared to serve in congress.
[Found here. Nice one, McGoo.]
Eat Me.
Vegan purists won’t eat meat because they believe that eating things that are even barely sentient don’t deserve to be eaten. Beef, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, etc. are out as are products, like milk, butter, yogurt and eggs. So are fish, shrimp, and other crustaceans.
I’m okay with that. Keeps the demand down so I can eat more for less money.
So, meat is definitely out. There’s no question that plants, although they have no central brains, also feel distress when maimed or killed for human consumption. Therefore we shouldn’t eat them either, as they deserve life, too.
Algea? No. They’re plants. Bacteria? No. They respond to stimuli as well. So what’s left? Cannibalism.
Cannibalism is out for the same reasons as basic veganism. This leaves rocks.
Well, you can’t eat rocks because the ancients (and some folks in Berkeley) believe they hold the souls of our ancestors, and are therefore off the menu as well. Lava? Nope. It’s the blood and soul of volcanoes, and they harbor spirits as well.
Hmmm. That leaves only one thing left to consume. Beer.
And to the first commenter that mentions yeast, or hops and barley, eat me.
[Image from here.]
Tacky Raccoons 