Tacky Raccoons’ 6th Year: The Top 11 Posts

We’ve featured the Top Posts for each year since this blog was whelped in 2007. The numbers indicate ranking for the previous 12 months followed by last year’s, and we’ve added a third for all-time rank (August 2007 – August 2013).  NR indicates Not Ranked.

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No. 11/nr/22  Death Row Barbie & Other Science Fair Projects

Animated Scales

No. 10/nr/72 – The .gif Friday Post 65: Animated Scales

Dude. Awesome.

No. 9/nr/69 –  The .Gif Friday Post No.204 – DUDE. AWESOME.

No. 8/7/6 – Amy’s Motivational Poster Collection

Giant Isopod

No. 7/nr/31 –  “Wow, Giant Isopod, Did You See That?”

No. 6/9/24 -The .Gif Friday Post No.104 – Catsup

No. 5/8/18 -Babe Cannon

No. 4/4/12 – 10:11:10 11/10/11

No. 3/6/5 – Giant Woolly Bear Caterpillar Discovered Near Las Cruces, NM, Predicts Global Warming for Decades to Come

No. 2/5/11 – 10/10/10 10:10:10

And the Number One Post for the past 12 months is:

Capybara Lapwarmer!

This bit of furry awesomeness was Number 2 in August 2012, down from Number 1 in 2011, and Caplin Rous is back in the top slot for most views with a score of 1/2/3. Congrats!

Thank all of you who visit, follow & link to Tacky Raccoons, and I hope you’re at least mildly amused at what our intrepid webminers have produced on a daily basis for the past six years. — Bunk

P.S. If you haven’t done so already, visit

The Official Cutting Edge Tacky Raccoons Store

for trendy and stylish acoutrements. If you don’t see what you like, or you want something a bit different, leave a comment or use the “Write Bunk” link in the sidebar.

I Wouldn’t Be Here If It Weren’t For Him

Grandpappy Strutts Gunslinger
That’s Grandpappy Strutts, and no, that’s not his real nose.

Put It On!

Space Cadet Helmet2

Space Cadet Helmet
The obvious question is “Why don’t you want people to see you?”

Oh wait. You work for Obama’s Transparent Administration , right? Well, we see you, and we saw what you did there…

[Found here, via here.]

Saturday Matinee – Axe Cop, Dog Machine & Lake Street Diva

Axe Cop! I’ve seen better and this one is the most accurate. More links here.

Rube Goldberg Dog Machine  is awesome. [via]

Lake Street Dive = Street soul on the street with soul.  [via]

Great RetroSoul. See you tomorrow, have a great weekend, folks, and please stay clear of the IdiotMobs. No goodwill is intended, and no good will come from it. Be safe.

Alopecia

Raccoon Alopecia

Yep. That’s a raccoon with a condition called alopecia. It’s not a chupacabra.

[Found here.]

Dog Trollface

Dog Trollface

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Wimberley Bluegrass Band, The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys & David Ford

The Wimberley Bluegrass Band
Parkfield Bluegrass Festival 5 May 2011.

The Wimberley Bluegrass Band is comprised entirely of four teenage siblings! Danielle plays the mandolin, James is a Deering endorsed artist and plays banjo, Mark, his twin, is a Black Diamond Strings endorsed artist and plays guitar, and Michael plays the fiddle. They all sing with Michael usually taking the lead and the others singing that tight harmony unique to family groups.

The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys.

“Brothers Jonny, Robbie and Tommy Mizzone are The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, a trio of virtuoso bluegrass musicians who play with dazzling vivacity.
Did we mention they’re all under 16?”

David Ford at Sun Studios. Jump to 1:15 for one man awesome rock.

All three of these vids made me smile. Have a great weekend, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No.286 – Cat Scan, Godzilla Eyes & Cthulu Flash

catmorphGodzilla Eyes

Cthulu

.GIF imagess found here, here and here. Warning – the first link has so many embedded .gifs it may crash your browser, and you have no idea how tough it was to edit this post with all the flashing spaz. Glad to finally post this one and get it out of the queue.

“All In Favour, Say Roof.”

All In Favor Say RUFF
“So it’s agreed. The Musher’s goin’ down.”

[Found here.]

Swan Swamp

SwanSwamp

[Found in here.]