Horrorchids

[Images found here, here and elsewhere on the internest, h/t Jaime G.]

Cinco De Mayo Hot Links

Crackin’ Up, GA-20 (2023) One of the best roots rock blues bands to come out of Boston (or anywhere) in recent years, GA-20 consists of Matt Stubbs / guitar, Pat Faherty / guitar, lead vocals & gofro, Tim Carman, drums. The song is a cover of a 1959  Bo Diddley recording.

Old trucks.

Bouncing China.

The longest road.

Leveling dominos.

Daddy’s little placebo.

Norty Blues Episode 62.

24 Femmes Per Second.

Best ways to use Orbeez.

Put the Orbeez in a balloon.

If it’s true, is it still propaganda?

Shadow and Light: Sergiu Ciochină

Bouncing lessons [via Bunkerville].

Live Music Is Good Part 2 [h/t Gord S.]

Improved Ferris Wheel Goat. Related posts here.

Morse Code Receiver Chart is clever [via Memo Of The Air].

The Penguin goes “pew pew [via The View From Lady Lake].

¡Feliz Cinco De Mayo!

[Top image: Face Plant courtesy Pam M. via FB.]


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Easter Munchers

Watch your six, peeps. Spotted these morsels on a baking pan last night.

Blobby McBlobface

[Found in here.]

Patience waits.

[Found here.]

This is Robert. He wants to meet you.

[Found here.]

Monkey Pastry Chef

“When wound and the start/stop pull actuated, the incredibly detailed and realistically modeled standing monkey chef begins his performance by looking left then right whilst opening and closing eye lids as mouth moves to speak, lowering head slightly to indicate his latest culinary creation…”

This mechanical wonder (ca. 1880) sold for over $36k in 2014, and was presumably purchased by someone to keep their little brats and pets in line.

[More photos and background story here and here.]

The Friday .Gif Post No. 835 – Let’s Do The Cat Warp Again, Enter Raccoon & The Door Cam

[Found here, here and here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 831 – A 12-Hour Shift, Foamy Vibes & A Snowfall

[Found here, here and here.]

Theft Deterrent

“Please don’t do this. I want you to be safe. But please, if you do this, post the consequences on imgur.”

[Image & caption found here.]