On first look, this made me go wow.  On looking at all the pics, it was less of a wow, but still.  Very cool.

I guess that thing called winter really is coming.  Thought it was some freakish urban legend.

Oh, and distractions! It doesn’t cover everything, but hits all the current hot buttons.

So, I’m done with class things.  I plan to do more work on my myth project, but for now I don’t have to do ( Read more... )

Donald, where the hell where these things when we were running around our backyards beating each other silly all those years ago?  Would have been so much better than those cheap plastic things that kept breaking.  XD

OK, I look down at my desktop weather gadget, and see this; is that sun oppressive enough looking?  Is it sunny with a mild chance of spontaneous combustion?


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OK, been sitting on some of these a while.  Time to let others know.

EepyBird, the group that started the Coke+Mentos geyser craze has decided that a choreographed accordion-style sticky note display was in order.  I happen to agree.

The World of Goo “Soundtrack” is up for the world to listen in on.  It’s rather good and fun.  Be sure to read the ( Read more... )

Dear God, what the fuck is wrong with my country? Seriously. What. The. Fuck.

Honestly. Does this even matter? At all? With all the shit wrong with this country-nay the world at large-does the mp3 player of the President elect matter more than a nifty footnote?

GIVE CONES CHANGE THE MACHINE

This thing is a complete laugh riot. And, while it might be hard to read through that mound of crap on the right side, there's a real gem near the bottom of it.

(Part of today's WTF)

Discussion of how this woeful mistranslation might have come to being over at the Language Log.

I'm rather certain I'm not the only one who finds this amusing. Or, for that matter, this.

All right. It’s not just people in horror movies that are plain retarded. There are extreme stupids in the real world too. This isn’t news. But people in [even minor] power that show no sign of any kind of brain in their head? That’s less common.I don't normally post about news, but really, this was just too good to pass up. And, I must agree ( Read more... )