What is it about this song that demands bizarre visual interpretations? First we have the Fred Astaire version in which he allegorically dives into his own psyche and discovers that everything is swell, then Peter Boyle and Gene Wilder as Dr. Frankenstein and the monster, and finally Taco looking like an animatronic Tim Curry with back-up dancers ( Read more... )

funranium noticed my copy of Getting Things Done in the bathroom* the other day and told me of the Getting Things the Fuck Done with Henry Rollins system, which consists of

Step 1. Find a picture of Henry Rollins looking angry (this is very easy)

Step 2. Print and cut out the picture of Henry Rollins looking angry.

Step 3. Keep the picture of Henry Rollins ( Read more... )

While researching for my Race and Law paper I came across this glorious WWI French postcard of the 15th Sikh regiment landing in Marseilles.

They look like some very spiffy bad-asses but I especially love the caption.


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The WHO recognizes six levels on the way to pandemic; they just moved up to level four, sustained human-to-human transmission with the ability to infect communities.

Level six -"pandemic in progress"- is defined by sustained human-to-human transmission and infections in countries in other regions of the world.

There are already confirmed cases in ( Read more... )

This is an interesting blend of linguistics, genealogy, and statistics: Give the World Names Profiler a European, Indian, or Japanese surname and it will show you not only in which country it is most common but also in which regions and cities. I was mildly surprised to learn that my mom's last name is not German, as we'd always thought, but ( Read more... )

Foreign suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, the US Supreme Court has ruled.

I hate wishlists, but I've slowly realized that I hate the waste of unwanted presents even more. So I have an Amazon wishlist, but I don't like the idea of being tied to one vendor, or even tied to purchasable objects ( Read more... )

courtesy of funranium, Stoners vs. six-year-olds in a series of basic reasoning tests.

British Blamed for Basra Badgers

British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra.
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UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."

I'm going to need ties when I'm a lawyer, might as well have a cuttlefish and brain tie. They even have non-silk versions!