Flipping the Bird

[Original un-flipped un-cropped budgie found here.]

Dexiotropic Hot Links

Black Dog Blues, Bayless Rose (1930) Guitarist and singer Bayless “Bailey” Rose’ recordings have been included in both white country blues and black ragtime anthologies. He was a Melungeon according to Mildred Justice, daughter of Dick Justice, another guitarist of the same era.

Camperness.

“Ah caint skip.”

In Dependence.

Can’t take it off.

Speed funk bass.

In a goth nightclub.

A life saved [via Bunkerville].

The Fried Egg [via Mme. Jujujive].

Starship Size Comparison Chart [via The Daily What].

Polar Bears – A Netflix Documentary [via Feral Irishman].

A big driftwood finger (and more nautical-themed works of Etsy).

Three young women eating spaghetti on inflatable mattresses at Island of Capri, 1939.

[Top image found here, colorized.]


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Umbrella Jellyfish Can-Can Horsebutt Ibis

African Sacred İbis (Plegadis Falcinellus)
Photographer: Hisao Kanno (2020?)

[Found here. The image also appears here.]

Birdball

[Found here. Another birdball previously posted here.]

Rule No. 1

Photo by Sarah Ainslie, Smithfield Market, London (1998).

[Found here and colorized.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

…and we just passed 2,800,000 views!

Muskrat Love

Spanish trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning. Stretching and drying the pelt follows this. His camp is in the marshes nearby. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parrish, Louisana, 1941.

[Image and caption found here.]

Bird Dogs

[Found here.]

Wedding Wedding Photo Photo

[Found here.]

Rectitudinous Hot Links

Luisa Bodem competes during the women’s long jump event at the German indoor athletics in Leipzig, Germany, Feb. 19, 2017.

Crazy Rat, The Violetz (2014) Neo rockabilly / psychobilly band from Japan.

Boops.

Inky Dink.

Slap battle.

Um, Vermont…

Magic manholes.

Some nice trains.

Van T. Barfoot vs. the HOA.

Work smart [via Bunkerville].

The pants see through your lies.

Abacusynth [via Memo Of The Air].

I Got Drunk And Slapped Me A Midget.

Zulu pronunciation tutorial [via Mme. Jujujive].

I’d buy this dumpster a beer for a story [via This Isn’t Happiness].

You already know what’s going to happen and you’re gonna watch it anyway.

[Top image found here.]


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