The .Gif Friday Post No. 958 – Goose the Turtle, Taste the Chicken & Jump the Penguins

[Found here, here, and undoctored leaping penguins here.]

A Dressed-up Phalanx CIWS

The ship may be the JS Myōkō (DDG-175), a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The Ratheon Phalanx CIWS is sometimes painted as a “Minion“.

[Found here. More info here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 876 – Cat Pong, Hen Class & A Crash Test

[Found here, here and here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Miscellaneous strays from my desktop, most previously posted elsewhere.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 854 – Slop Tosser, Bug Munch & The Feathered Molester

[Found here, here and here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Most were previously posted elsewhere.

A Hooper’s Hen is also called a Thicken.

It lays chicken-shaped eggs.

[Found here, may have originated on Reddit. The egg is real.]

Imparidigital Hot Links

Big Ugly Wheels, The Beat Farmers (1990)From their album Loud, Plowed and Live, The Beat Farmers (featuring Country Dick Montana) were a great bar band from San Diego. Dan McLain (aka Country Dick) died onstage of a heart attack in 1995 at the age of 40.

Photo composition.

Falling on the moon.

The danger of jaywalking.

Hospice Nurse Julie on death.

The Greatest Chef of the Inland Swamps.

15 fake truths & true fakes. [h/t Eaglesoars]

Hidden Netflix search codes. [also h/t Eaglesoars]

Jellyfish & the Portuguese Man ‘O War [via Bunkerville]

Young, pine-cone-rich squirrels are children of privilege.

[Top image: 1954-55 Ford Chickens found here.]


From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored [updated]

UPDATE: This was accidentally posted ahead of schedule. Oh well, I’ll leave it as-is. Feel free to steal and share. Or not.

[More here.]

Nothing Much Happened Today.

[Found here.]