tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15482358750075699952012-02-15T15:53:01.713-05:00Lanny-yap<i>because nothing is more interesting than human behavior</i>Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.comBlogger12081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-43730614681782063542012-02-13T19:15:00.002-05:002012-02-13T19:15:57.751-05:00Best Of Criggo
LinkBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-5592638839725615322012-02-13T15:21:00.000-05:002012-02-13T15:21:20.033-05:00Kegasus Is Missing
A group calling itself the International Brotherhood of Mythical Creatures has declared Kegasus, last year’s mascot for the Preakness InfieldFest, missing. “The news of Kegasus’ disappearance has been devastating for the Brotherhood, as he sat on the Executive Board as the social chair. The IBOMC understands the great honor of having a member play the important role of Lord of the Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-80570311648710937522012-02-12T21:31:00.001-05:002012-02-12T21:32:41.446-05:00Antarctica's 19-Mile Ice Crack
In mid-October 2011, NASA scientists working in Antarctica discovered a massive crack across the Pine Island Glacier, a major ice stream that drains the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Extending for 19 miles (30 kilometers), the crack was 260 feet (80 meters) wide and 195 feet (60 meters) deep. Eventually, the crack will extend all the way across the glacier, and calve a giant iceberg that will Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-72771072777843829492012-02-10T22:16:00.000-05:002012-02-10T22:16:03.330-05:00Seth Casteel | Photographs Of Dogs Underwater
Lifestyle pet photographer, Seth Casteel, captured these amazing images of dogs fetching their toys underwater.
Via Dangerous MindsBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-15997991415971795512012-02-10T21:36:00.000-05:002012-02-10T21:36:10.361-05:00Bad Puns, Paganism, And The Smell Of Burning Felt | A Muppet Wicker Man
YouTube
With Kermit as Sergeant Howie and Miss Piggy as Willow. Just splendid.
Click here to read the comic, and do yourself a favor and watch the 1973 original film with Edward Woodward.
Via NeatoramaBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-53696742445562120092012-02-10T13:46:00.000-05:002012-02-10T13:46:40.301-05:00Edgar's New 'Do
Before
After
It's amazing how much hair comes off one 8-pound dog.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-72900795401328532562012-02-10T12:51:00.000-05:002012-02-10T12:51:26.183-05:00T.G.I.F. | Laurel And Hardy Happy Dance
YouTube
For tomBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-43636659895635135032012-02-08T16:29:00.001-05:002012-02-08T16:29:48.314-05:00President Obama Fires Marshmallow Cannon
YouTube
Cool.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-20436763134167211642012-02-02T12:28:00.003-05:002012-02-11T17:13:26.515-05:00iGoogle Search | Why Does My ...
Bisou really, really wanted to snuggle and give kisses this morning, so I thought I'd find out why our doggies like to lick our faces. I got as far as "Why does my ..."Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-39545518013488501832012-02-01T19:06:00.000-05:002012-02-01T19:06:50.130-05:00R.I.P. Don Cornelius
YouTubeBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-35620010010464792252012-01-23T21:28:00.000-05:002012-01-23T21:28:36.243-05:00Wipe Your Butt With Moby Dick
From eBay:
My friend and I once joked that toilet paper should have instructions printed on them for certain people. One day, the conversation grew from there and turned into a wager that I couldn’t (or wouldn’t) be able to type out a novel on toilet paper. Yes, we did have some time on our hands but, as you can see by the following photos, I won the bet. There are four full rolls, one roll (Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-70108209400708680632012-01-11T23:31:00.000-05:002012-01-11T23:31:12.929-05:00Drug Or Pokemon?Sentret. Clasteon. Absol.
Drug names or the names of a Pokemon character?
Test your knowledge of drugs and/or the world of Pokemon with this new quiz at Sporcle.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-61875981625846796202012-01-10T23:37:00.000-05:002012-01-10T23:37:14.831-05:00Indie Gaming | The Stanley Parable
YouTube
In The Stanley Parable, you inhabit the body of Stanley, a man who, despite working a monotonous office job, is completely content with his life. One day, everybody in Stanley’s office disappears. Guided by a disembodied narrator — voiced impeccably by British actor Kevan Brighting — Stanley ventures off to find out why nobody is there.
It’s impossible to say much more without ruining Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-31787483095699724672012-01-06T22:15:00.000-05:002012-01-06T22:15:35.770-05:00The Black Liberal Boomer Blog | President Obama
YouTube
Thanks, Soll
LinkBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-27648471822094470762012-01-03T10:19:00.000-05:002012-01-03T10:19:15.501-05:00How To Feel Miserable As An Artist
Keri Smith
Thanks, Steve
Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-81687017942815269642012-01-02T21:46:00.000-05:002012-01-03T09:48:41.816-05:00Monkey Monday | R.I.P. Cheetah
Actress Maureen O'Sullivan and Cheetah.
Source
Cheetah, the chimpanzee who starred in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at the age of 80 ... The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbour, Florida, said Cheetah died of kidney failure on Dec 24, 2011. Debbie Cobb, director of the sanctuary, said that in his retirement the chimp had loved finger painting and seemed particularly Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-3122426522113542232011-11-24T14:54:00.000-05:002011-11-24T14:54:30.419-05:00Classic Re-Post | WKRP "Turkeys Away"As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Oh, the humanity!Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-59694993902353421912011-11-21T17:44:00.000-05:002011-11-21T21:55:47.336-05:00Monkey Monday | HappyClick image to enlarge
ArbroathBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-72498769706390856262011-11-14T00:01:00.000-05:002011-11-14T12:16:39.338-05:00Monkey Monday | Chimpanzee Demonstrates Understanding Of Human SpeechPanzee | Discovery NewsA 25-year-old chimpanzee named "Panzee" has just demonstrated that speech perception is not a uniquely human trait. Well-educated Panzee understands more than 130 English language words and even recognizes words in sine-wave form, a type of synthetic speech that reduces language to three whistle-like tones. This shows that she isn't just responding to a particular person's Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-45125691928595256712011-11-13T12:19:00.000-05:002011-11-13T12:19:16.251-05:0025 Ways To Wear A Scarf
YouTube | PresurferBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-61849697522768725182011-11-11T12:47:00.000-05:002011-11-11T12:47:39.285-05:00Cyriak | Kitty City
YouTube | The PresurferBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-47980759284951043132011-11-04T10:27:00.000-04:002011-11-04T10:27:27.377-04:00Nature Is Trying To Kill YouThe leatherback turtle eats your soul jellyfish and the backward-pointing spines in its mouth help to keep its prey from slipping out. They go all the way down its gullet.Source
Nature Is Trying To Kill You is a brand-new blog that celebrates "the animal kingdom's terrifying mouths, jaws, teeth, and tongues."
NeatoramaBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-47461168697611468092011-11-03T22:44:00.000-04:002011-11-03T22:44:23.341-04:00Similar Site SearchSimilar Site Search is a free and simple to use search engine that helps you find similar, related, or alternative websites. The search engine collects and combines information about websites from many sources including the site itself. It then generates a list of websites based on the similarity of topics and categories.Via The PresurferBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-9749763961991619992011-11-02T20:01:00.000-04:002011-11-02T20:01:27.718-04:00The Periodic Table Of MusicClick image to enlarge
Detail
D. J. Glass | Deviant ArtBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-4532271005341677852011-11-02T11:42:00.000-04:002011-11-02T11:42:29.770-04:00Face Revealed In Testicle Ultrasound ImageElsevier Inc.... when the scrotal ultrasound of a 45-year-old patient with severe testicular pain and a possible mass revealed the surprising image of a man in distress, urologists at Queen’s University, in Ontario, followed proper scholarly procedure: They submitted it to Urology, the official journal of the International Society of Urology.
“The residents and staff alike were amazed to see theBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-90402536865880661672011-11-02T11:18:00.001-04:002011-11-02T11:19:15.737-04:00Too Much Nature | Snake In ATM
YouTube | ArbroathBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-34807169591307320682011-10-31T14:11:00.001-04:002011-10-31T14:12:25.811-04:00Three-Eyed Fish Caught Near Nuclear FacilityFishermen in Argentina are claiming that they have caught a three-eyed fish in a reservoir in the Córdoba province, and it just so happens that a nearby nuclear facility pumps its hot water directly into this body of water. Unsurprisingly, the discovery of the three-eyed wolffish has prompted concerns about the levels of radiation in the reservoir and to what degree the local wildlife are Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-34385787068407165572011-10-31T13:32:00.001-04:002011-11-02T20:03:30.301-04:00Woman Crawls Inside Gutted Carcass To "Feel One" With The HorseWashington County investigators have chosen not to file charges in a disturbing incident involving pictures of a Portland-area woman and her boyfriend with a dead horse. The 21-year-old woman told Washington County Sheriff’s Office detectives she wanted to “feel one” with a horse, according to a WCSO incident report. After the horse had been put down and gutted, the woman undressed and crawled Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-55523654667475249372011-10-31T00:03:00.001-04:002011-10-31T14:13:28.081-04:00Monkey Monday | Muriqui 2016
Source
Rio de Janeiro environmental officials are hoping to make the endangered muriqui the mascot of the 2016 Olympics.
According to the state's environmental ministry, the muriqui or woolly spider monkey is one of several animals native to the state that is at risk of extinction. The monkey is native to the Atlantic rainforest, which covers several Brazilian states, as well as Paraguay, Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-91298470557632691342011-10-26T11:36:00.001-04:002011-10-26T11:37:57.648-04:00Halloween | Light Show 2011
YouTube
From the creator:
Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO. Four singing pumpkin faces, tombstones, hand carved pumpkins, strobes, floods and thousands of lights. Most all lights have been changed from incandescent to RGB LED, so power consumption is a lot less than in previous years. Also, DMX added to show. All lights, faces and props are custom made (DIY) by me except for the roof line which are Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-14893005776977800732011-10-25T09:48:00.000-04:002011-10-25T09:48:14.190-04:00Halloween | Waldo
More costumed Corgis at BuzzfeedBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-30675502888930013222011-10-24T21:18:00.000-04:002011-10-24T21:18:26.283-04:00Halloween | Tank Dog
YouTubeBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-57665054959407201852011-10-19T13:38:00.000-04:002011-10-19T13:38:09.268-04:00The Evils Of Evolution
Posted at an unidentified institution of higher learning.
Dangerous MindsBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-74303034174863640932011-10-17T14:03:00.000-04:002011-10-17T14:03:59.335-04:00This Is Why I'm Broke | HanderpantsKeep your hands warm and toasty with these stylish underwear gloves. These fingerless underwear gloves look just like real underwear and are made from 95% cotton, giving a comfortable feel while you parade around with men’s underwear for gloves.
Many more entertaining ways to waste your money at TIWIB.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-53132191722729518982011-10-16T20:47:00.000-04:002011-10-16T20:47:56.159-04:00NPR | Squirrel Cop
Stories of the first day on the job, the first day in a relationship, the first day in school. On the first day, any first day, we're expected to live by the rules and customs of the culture we're entering, but we don't know those rules and customs just yet. This is a true story, told by a former rookie cop.
[NB: This doesn't end well for the squirrel.]
Thanks, tomB
NPR | This American Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-41244497504598761062011-10-13T23:08:00.000-04:002011-10-13T23:08:20.574-04:00Simon's Cat | Double Trouble
YouTube
This is pretty accurate for dogs and new puppies, too.
Thanks, tomBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-31289181208198790522011-10-13T22:59:00.000-04:002011-10-13T22:59:28.462-04:00Bimbo's Initiation
YouTube
Bimbo's Initiation is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Bimbo and featuring Betty Boop. It was the final Betty Boop cartoon to be animated by the character's co-creator, Grim Natwick.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-11519850690083412582011-10-13T11:54:00.000-04:002011-10-13T11:54:22.820-04:00Synchronized Cats
YouTube | ArbroathBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-54709642982250999412011-10-13T11:39:00.001-04:002011-10-13T11:40:48.452-04:00Pendulum Waves
YouTube | Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture DemonstrationsFifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and (seemingly) random motion. The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-6074882985692085222011-10-12T12:56:00.000-04:002011-10-12T12:56:36.276-04:00Researchers Pinpoint Self-consciousness In BrainFeeling embarrassed? You can probably thank your pregenual anterior cingulate cortex (pACC), a boomerang-shaped region of the brain nestled behind the eyes. Cognitive scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, and U.C. Berkeley probed the neuroanatomy of embarrassment by asking healthy people and those with neurodegenerative diseases to sing along to the Temptations’ “My Girl.” Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-57200388128393042782011-10-11T18:50:00.000-04:002011-10-11T18:50:46.310-04:00Sticky Comics | The 7 Deadly Keys
TDW | Sticky ComicsBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-62723994592488740252011-10-11T16:27:00.000-04:002011-10-11T16:27:29.317-04:00America's Joyous FutureBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-11993351929393580112011-10-11T16:10:00.001-04:002011-10-11T16:30:01.839-04:00Xanthony O'Harbinger Probes The Cracks Of The Unknown
YouTube | io9
Viral marketing can be pretty obnoxious, but Rainn Wilson yelling nonsense about the Dragonsingers and hungry forests is a case study in how to do it right.
Including an homage to Isaac Asimov.
Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-975439863456995112011-10-10T23:09:00.001-04:002011-10-12T13:16:13.469-04:00Monkey Monday | 'We Don't Spank Our Monkey'
YouTube | ArbroathBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-32856960378398509602011-10-10T11:44:00.000-04:002011-10-10T11:44:03.457-04:00Grizzly And Sophie
Grizzly and Sophie are Bisou's second cousins. They celebrated Grizzly's birthday this past weekend with a cake their mom made especially for them. Don't you love the hats? Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-12241031021769103632011-10-10T11:10:00.001-04:002011-10-11T18:16:24.383-04:00Too Much Nature | Sharks Stranded In Golf Course PondHalf a dozen man-eating bullsharks live in the lake in the centre of [Carbrook Golf Course in Brisbane, Australia] where their fins poking through the water have become a regular sight. The sharks, which are between 8 and 10ft long, got onto the Queensland golf course when it flooded some years ago after a river broke its banks. They became stranded when the water receded, but now they are Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-18091119623974066652011-10-06T12:56:00.001-04:002011-10-06T12:56:06.793-04:00'Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn?'
Evelyn Evelyn are a musical duo formed by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley. According to their fictional backstory, the duo consists of conjoined twin sisters ("Eva" and "Lyn"), Evelyn and Evelyn Neville,who were discovered in 2007 by Palmer and Webley. The twins are actually portrayed by Palmer and Webley dressed in connected garments.
YouTube | Evelyn Evelyn | Brooklyn MuttBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-62077322915653092011-10-05T22:14:00.000-04:002011-10-05T22:14:22.225-04:00The 99 PercentTimothy Wood
Dangerous MindsBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-14472630000801149022011-10-05T21:36:00.000-04:002011-10-05T21:36:07.068-04:00Michele Bachmann Reviews Amazon ProductsClick image to enlarge
Pleated JeansBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-48582133068414554622011-10-04T11:02:00.000-04:002011-10-04T11:02:33.078-04:00Couple Raises Chickens In New York City ApartmentPhoto: Nicholas FeveloRobert McMinn, 45, and Jules Corkery, 45, are raising three hens inside their one-bedroom apartment in Astoria. "I don't think it's the ideal situation," conceded McMinn, a public policy associate at the mental health group Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services. But "they're cute. They're fun to [watch] run around. They're excited when we come home."
The Serama Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-31763874918246221212011-10-04T10:15:00.000-04:002011-10-04T10:15:01.960-04:00The Avalanches | Frontier Psychiatrist
YouTube | Website
I would swear that I hear "Baltimore County School Board" at the 26 second mark.
Thanks, RoyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-70400928452736050732011-10-03T16:44:00.000-04:002011-10-03T16:44:20.705-04:00Nevernudes Rejoice | Arrested Development Returning“Look, for the tenth time, it’s pronounced ‘a-NAL-rap-ist’ ” Arrested Development, the beloved comedy that ended its madcap run in 2006 after three seasons on Fox, is making a comeback. Creator Mitch Hurwitz and members of the cast confirmed Oct. 2 at the New Yorker Festival that [10] new episodes and a long-planned movie will start production next summer. Washington Post | The 8 Best Recurring Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-20816267294300469232011-10-03T16:03:00.000-04:002011-10-03T16:03:13.190-04:00Occupy Wall StreetSource
Brooklyn Mutt Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-70454078697891877802011-10-03T12:12:00.000-04:002011-10-03T12:12:32.916-04:00Monkey Monday | Meditating MarmosetsGoeldi's MarmosetAt the Dutch Biomedical Primate Research Center, marmosets are participating in an experiment in neurofeedback. This is a technique that shows people their brain activity on a monitor and allows them to see what kind of thoughts and techniques get them the desired brainwaves. Once they understand the "trick" to achieving this state, they practice the same way a person would Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-82820606509638960732011-10-02T21:07:00.000-04:002011-10-02T21:07:36.659-04:00Best Of CriggoBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-5562901112298591162011-10-01T22:46:00.000-04:002011-10-01T22:46:16.306-04:00Monsieur PingouinThe 79-year-old "Monsieur Pingouin" (Mr. Penguin), as he is known to locals in his Brussels neighbourhood, dons his favourite hooded black-and-white penguin costume as he looks back at more than 40 years of obsession. "My ultimate dream is to be buried in a deep ocean close to where penguins live," David said.
David's life changed in May 1968 when his hip was injured in a car accident. His Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-59518695388265583622011-09-30T22:46:00.002-04:002011-09-30T22:49:09.942-04:00Employee Handbook | The Ropes At Disney [1943]Click images to enlarge
From Brain Pickings:
In 1943, Walt Disney Productions’ personnel department set out to eliminate confusion for the company’s workforce with the publication of an employee handbook titled The Ropes at Disney. It was an effort to reconcile the need for organizational order with Disney’s effort to craft an image of an informal, irreverent, fun employer who seeks to “maintain Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-88588761635537967892011-09-30T22:16:00.000-04:002011-10-01T22:32:47.703-04:00Periodic Table Of Super-Hero ElementsClick image to enlarge
Detail
SourceBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-64211996815896378112011-09-28T18:38:00.000-04:002011-09-28T18:38:57.968-04:00Tony Cenicola | Pin-up ChickenTony Cenicola
This picture flashed briefly across my TV screen this morning and its insouciance delighted me. I wasn't sure what was going on because I had the sound turned off, so I found the pic online, and apparently it's so popular that the New York Times has a article about how it came to be.
TDWBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-17697934530601276782011-09-28T11:43:00.001-04:002011-09-28T18:41:35.181-04:00MinutePhysics | Dimensions
YouTube
That's it? I need the remedial five-minute version.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-88919672741915187232011-09-26T00:10:00.001-04:002011-09-26T00:11:22.563-04:00Monkey Monday | Monkeys Can Reason Through Analogy
Baboon Face | Papio papio
Henry Horenstein
A cat takes care of a kitten and a bird feeds fledglings: although the context is different, these two situations are similar and we can conclude that both cases involve a mother and its offspring. For a long time researchers believed that this type of analogical reasoning was impossible without language and that it was restricted to humans or, at Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-983854275170703382011-09-26T00:10:00.000-04:002011-09-26T00:10:37.810-04:00Reconstructing Brain Imagery Using fMRI
YouTube | The Presurfer
Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and computational models, UC Berkeley researchers have succeeded in decoding and reconstructing people’s dynamic visual experience. The left clip is a segment of the movie that the subject viewed while in the magnet. The right clip shows the reconstruction of this movie from brain activity measured using fMRI.
Science Direct: Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-78068438093206029692011-09-24T22:54:00.000-04:002011-09-24T22:54:08.467-04:00Dancin' The Boogie
YouTube
World-famous boogie-woogie and blues pianist Silvan Zingg plays his composition "Dancin' The Boogie" while champion dancers William Mauvais and Maeva Truntzer show the audience how it's done. Most of the time, the female dancer gets all the attention -- and Maeva Truntzer is wonderful -- but watch William Mauvais. His head and shoulders stay level but his legs and feet are "goin' to warBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-59775260202760469332011-09-24T20:01:00.017-04:002011-09-25T21:25:54.415-04:00Meet Mini-Molly
Mini-Molly is a nine-week-old "Morkie", a Maltese-Yorkie mix who came to live with big brother Tug the Pug today. She weighs two pounds now and will weigh about six pounds when fully-grown, so Bisou and Edgar will have a same-sized playmate. Aren't little doggies just the best?
UPDATED on Sunday 25 September:
Mini's mom brought her over today to meet Bisou, who gave her a good sniffing and Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-1312427584307812922011-09-24T12:47:00.000-04:002011-09-24T12:47:23.431-04:00Famous Last WordsLeo Tolstoy [1828-1910]
But the peasants ... how do the peasants die?
Alfred Jarry [1873-1907]
I am dying.
Please ... bring me a toothpick.
W.C. Fields [1880-1946]
Goddamn the whole fucking world and everyone in it, excpt you, Carolotta.
Read more famous last words at Buzzfeed.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-63675583898423932602011-09-22T13:44:00.000-04:002011-09-22T13:44:36.073-04:00Michael Gagne | Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets
YouTube | Neatorama
Michael Gagne created this series of short "interstitials" for the Nickelodeon channel for Halloween in 2005.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-31658184152611798702011-09-21T23:27:00.002-04:002011-09-21T23:28:21.474-04:00Did You Feel It? | Earthquake Information DatabaseUSGS | 22 September 2011
Did You Feel It? is a site hosted by the US Geological Survey where anyone can quickly [and anonymously] contribute data about earthquakes.
A list of earthquakes [is provided], and once you enter your zip code, you are given the opportunity to answer several questions (were you inside or outside, if you were asleep, did any objects fall, the duration of the shaking) Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-73570335725432733502011-09-20T23:49:00.000-04:002011-09-20T23:49:13.239-04:00'Min Min' Lights Chase Australian Man
Stuart Highway, south of Tennant Creek | Source
A man, who wished to be identified only as Aiden, was an hour south of Tennant Creek in Australia's Northwest Territory when he noticed a bright light following closely behind his car.
"About an hour after I had set off I looked in my side mirror and noticed a light behind me," he said. He thought nothing of it, believing it was another car - Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-24096038535371020762011-09-19T10:26:00.000-04:002011-09-19T22:28:27.259-04:00Monkey Monday | Picking Playmates
YouTubeBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-45878486122236778132011-09-17T23:45:00.000-04:002011-09-17T23:45:56.510-04:00Find The BeetleClick image to enlarge
Link | TDWBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-61544122874097667042011-09-17T22:47:00.000-04:002011-09-17T22:47:21.324-04:00Demetri Martin | SuccessLink | I Love ChartsBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-42076403608223066102011-09-16T21:43:00.000-04:002011-09-16T21:43:48.151-04:00From The Hand Of Johnny CashHouse of Cash
Julien's Auctions
Letters of NoteBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-76136679759779167662011-09-15T14:20:00.001-04:002011-09-16T11:20:40.822-04:00Amusingly Horrible | Significant OthersClick image to enlarge
Readers of The Hairpin submitted the worst things a significant other ever said to them. The winner:
There's a show pony, with a trimmed mane and braided tail, and then there's a wild horse running though a prairie. You're like that horse. I mean, there's supermodels, and then there's dirt. [And I am like dirt?] Yeah. [We are no longer together.]Read the remaining 31 Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-77787754038343508992011-09-15T13:14:00.000-04:002011-09-15T13:14:30.964-04:00Taxidermized By Chuck Testa
YouTube | TDW
More "Internetainment" by Rhett and Link.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-73684073663097119232011-09-13T00:05:00.001-04:002011-09-13T00:25:41.354-04:00Miss USA | Proud To Be An AmericanClick image to enlarge
Linda Holmes, writing for NPR:
One of the best parts of Miss Universe is that all the contestants have a national costume ... Since we are located here in Washington, D.C., I was curious about the national costume for Miss USA ... Yep. That's her. In case the flag distracts you from the other details of the outfit, here they are. The epaulets, the blue ribbon, and that Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-14615748059686684092011-09-12T22:18:00.001-04:002011-09-12T22:18:26.565-04:00Ben Dewey | Things Could Be Worse
Click images to enlarge
Ben Dewey is a professional comic book artist, illustrator, musician, and blogger from Portland, Oregon. Tragedy Series: Things Could Be Worse features "depictions drawn from regrettable accounts of the less fortunate for purposes of instruction, so that one may avoid similar missteps." View many more tragedies at the web site.
Via Pleated JeansBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-48356453010549153132011-09-12T19:16:00.001-04:002011-09-13T00:22:52.071-04:00Sounds Of Silence
YouTube
I happened to be watching TV on Sunday morning and this just broke my heart.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-66290558896493821012011-09-12T01:11:00.000-04:002011-09-13T00:23:59.311-04:00Monkey Monday | Curious Tamarins
YouTube | San Francisco ZooBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-12021833660970128742011-09-11T21:10:00.000-04:002011-09-11T21:10:02.993-04:00Kuriositas | Focus On BokehPhoto by Steve took it | Click image to enlarge
Bokeh is the blurry or out-of-focus area of a photograph. Kuriositas has a stunning post illustrating the aesthetics of bokeh with superb photographic examples.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-27692202141346276242011-09-11T17:22:00.000-04:002011-09-11T17:22:27.023-04:00Rhombus Illusion
YouTube | io9
To watch in 3D, cross your eyes until the two images overlap and merge together. When watching in 3D, we will see the following optical illusions:
1. The spinning rhombus appears to switch directions
2. Striped band appears to rotate in the opposite direction of the rhombus
3. Red cube floats in space
4. Red cube becomes transparent
5. Red cube rotates impossibly
6. The light Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-5326081567439496922011-09-11T16:36:00.001-04:002011-09-11T17:33:29.265-04:00Wordle | September 11Detail
From Gawker:
How do talk about 9/11, ten years later? What stories do we tell? What ideas grab us? We made a word cloud of editorials from 15 prominent local and national papers to see what came up.
The word cloud was made in Wordle using editorials from a number of local and national newspapers, including The New York Times, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-70604607161647385312011-09-10T11:54:00.000-04:002011-09-10T11:54:30.601-04:00What You Should Have Learned In Senior YearClick image to enlarge
Check out Michael Inman's web-comic The Oatmeal to find out what you should have learned in science, economics, english, phys ed, sex ed, and home ec during your senior year in high school.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-12768895177905066412011-09-09T15:28:00.005-04:002011-09-09T15:43:50.248-04:00Internet Archive Digital Library | 11 SeptemberThe Internet Archive is an organization that collects audio, moving images, and Web images for historical purposes.
The Archive recently announced the launch of Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive of coverage of the attacks, without any filters, by national and international broadcasteers.
The Archive serves as a resource for scholars, journalists, and the public and features one Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-65081635839832765112011-09-08T22:21:00.001-04:002011-09-10T12:01:16.982-04:00Periodic Table Of Beer StylesClick image to enlarge
Detail
Mantis DesignsBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-76696783870591764952011-09-08T19:51:00.007-04:002011-09-08T22:25:21.374-04:00Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Shot Glasses
Yes.
Gusto 1 | BuzzfeedBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-61751055804778139112011-09-07T13:46:00.000-04:002011-09-07T13:46:22.334-04:00Austin Pets Alive Resues Animals Endangered By Wildfires
A dear friend lives northwest of Austin, about 30 miles away from the Bastrop wildfires. He shares his life with a rescue dog, and he sent me this article from the Austin Pets Alive website about how shelter animals endangered by the fires are being saved and relocated.
The mission of APA is to provide education, resources, and programs to eliminate the killing of companion animals. Since the Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-21149260260243883672011-09-06T22:33:00.001-04:002011-09-06T22:37:48.197-04:00Animated Map Of Social MediaClick image to enlarge
In June 2009 there were 17 active social networks. By June 2011, there were nine.
I Love ChartsBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-24775019665452607802011-09-06T22:22:00.000-04:002011-09-06T22:22:51.572-04:00The Ten Commandments Of StevePhoto by Axel Schmidt | AFP-Getty ImagesClick image to enlarge
The Daily BeastBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-75564278825671961842011-09-06T20:52:00.000-04:002011-09-06T20:52:43.183-04:00Tom Lehrer | Periodic Table Of The Elements Song
YouTubeBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-17555017344925394052011-09-05T12:30:00.000-04:002011-09-06T18:12:37.053-04:00Monkey Monday | The Two Sides Of Using Chimpanzees In Research
Two letters regarding the use of chimpanzees in research were recently published in the Washington Post:
From Kathleen Conlee, Senior Director of Animal Research Issues at the Humane Society of the United States:
An Institute of Medicine committee met this month to debate whether U.S. scientists should continue conducting medical research on chimpanzees [“Advances in research may help spare Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-22584324101738231152011-09-05T09:36:00.000-04:002011-09-05T09:36:04.881-04:00Howling With The Wolves
YouTube | ArbroathBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-51684018935533911002011-09-04T18:14:00.000-04:002011-09-04T18:14:04.209-04:00Real Invisibility CloaksTechnology ReviewEver since scientists in Germany announced last year the ability to create a small-scale cloak of invisibility for a 3D object the size of a human hair, there has been growing excitement about the ability to extend this “cloak of invisibility” to larger objects. Now, researchers at Cornell led by Moti Fridman have gone one step further – they have shown that it is theoretically Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-14541999237121818232011-09-04T11:47:00.001-04:002011-09-04T17:55:31.849-04:00Devil's Mantis
YouTube | TDW
This impressive agonistic display is by the Devil's Mantis [Idolomantis diabolica], one of the largest [up to 5 inches long] species of praying mantis that mimics flowers.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-57150535319526478802011-09-03T23:16:00.001-04:002011-09-04T11:16:54.464-04:00Study Connects Child Abuse To Serious Depression In AdultsAlexander Chassey | "Stamp Out Child Abuse" Drawing ContestNearly one in 20 people in the UK have [multiple and long-lasting] depression as a result of childhood abuse, say researchers. The [mental health] charity SANE said the study highlighted how damaging childhood trauma could be.
Depression in some form can affect one in five people at some point in their lives. Researchers at the InstituteBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-81016491204611510872011-09-03T14:40:00.000-04:002011-09-03T14:40:51.402-04:00How To Stop Your Children From Becoming AtheistsClick image to enlarge
reddit | Dangerous MindsBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-15969726215213869132011-09-03T12:28:00.002-04:002011-09-03T18:04:38.363-04:00Literature Map
Type in the name of your favorite author and Literature Map will generate the names of other authors you might enjoy reading.
The PresurferBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-73877600468978365752011-09-02T22:20:00.001-04:002011-09-02T22:22:33.877-04:00Simon's Cat | Cat And Mouse
YouTube | Laughing SquidBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-52307201716280228552011-09-02T19:12:00.000-04:002011-09-02T19:12:38.839-04:00Too Much Nature | Great White Shark(s)
A two-mile stretch of coastline at Casa Reef in La Jolla [CA] was reopened Thursday, following the third confirmed shark sighting along San Diego's coastline in a week. The coastline at Casa Reef was shut down, after several people spotted a 12-inch dorsal fin around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday near the Children's Pool, where a colony of seals live.
... In addition to the shark sighting Wednesday in Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-10532897736539507912011-09-02T13:24:00.000-04:002011-09-02T13:24:04.201-04:00Could They Mean 'Gender-Neutral'?SourceBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548235875007569995.post-28963513197053223052011-09-02T11:38:00.000-04:002011-09-02T11:38:16.626-04:00The Importance Of Eyebrows
Brooklyn MuttBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522435215275305714noreply@blogger.com0