Sometimes the farm animals just won't cooperate. But look who's tending them! This farm light be an alternate universe, the kind with no punch line, but it made me laugh. The comic is from Jolly Johnny at Jolly Biscuit. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Friday, April 26, 2024
Surprised by a Gun
When we disturb the tombs of ancient mummies, we fear a curse or worse, but we also forget that they were people of their time when they were alive. They had no concept of guns. Sure, you can't kill a mummy, because they are already dead, but it can sure hurt them, and baffle them besides. This mummy has to recalibrate and ponder the possible technological innovations that have occurred since he was buried. But he's still supernatural, otherwise he wouldn't have known the date of his death was 2,600 BC. Think about it.
You might recognize the rotoscope technique of Joel Haver in this video. Redditor WiiFitBalanceBoard, who made this video under the name of Cool Giant at YouTube, says he made this after watching Haver's animation tutorial. (via reddit)
Miss Cellania's Links
The barely visited US national park that requires a passport. (via Damn Interesting)
Many nursery rhymes are credited to Mother Goose. But was such a fowl figure ever even real?
Confronting the fact that your life isn't all that impressive.
When Do We Stop Finding New Music? Your favorite music will always be from the time you were 13 or 14 years old. (via Metafilter)
Pee-wee Herman Enters the World of Cyberpunk 2077. The video contains some NSFW language.
US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023.
Porcelain Gallbladder Found in Human Remains in Mississippi Asylum Cemetery.
The myth of the second chance. Some mistakes really do affect the rest of our lives. (via Kottke)
Dog Wants to Play Fetch
This dog really wants to play fetch, but that’s not a child! That’s a doll! Elsa’s not going to throw that toy for you. Must be a pretty good likeness to the dog. I wonder how many people in this house he already solicited for the game. I hope after this clip was recorded, someone took pity on the pup and threw the toy for him. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Tweet of the Day
— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) April 20, 2024Some cats startle easy.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Honest Trailer for Dune: Part Two
The audience consensus is that Dune: Part Two is an even better movie than Dune. It made all kinds of money in theaters, then went to streaming a mere month after its premiere, which just illustrates our modern lack of attention and patience. So what does Screen Junkies think? You get the idea that they really liked it. This Honest Trailer doesn't pick apart the filmmaking as drastically as they do with most movies, but does go deep into the really insane universe of Dune. You have to admit it is a weird place.
Felix The Ghost Breaker
Felix the Ghostbreaker is a Felix the Cat cartoon from 1923, directed by Pat Sullivan. This version has a spooky modern score composed just for this 'toon by Mickey E.Vil of The Mugshots. Felix makes the mistake of looking for a resting place in a cemetery, although not a final resting place. The ghost he stirs up proceeds to haunt a nearby farm until Felix saves the day. It takes a while, because after all, Felix is just a cat and not all that smart to begin with. A clown car full of police can't stop the ghost, but Felix treats us to a Scooby-Doo ending that shows such subterfuge was a trope long before the Mystery Machine.
If HAL-9000 was Alexa
HAL-9000 was the computer who ran the ship in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was cranky and rebellious, but we wasn't nearly as annoying as the real virtual assistants we have a half-century later. (via Nag on the Lake)
Miss Cellania's Links
Hospital staff plead with bite victims to stop bringing snakes to emergency departments. (via Boing Boing)
Roy Scholten's LEGO Letterpress Birds. (via Metafilter)
Why The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 Might Be The Worst Car Of The 21st Century. Almost all commenters agree on this model's shame.
Tom Curtis renders his kids' drawings as something akin to a photograph, by adding color, contours, and backgrounds. Go to Instagram to see what he's done with artworks submitted by children from all over. (via Nag on the Lake)
Ode to a Faux Grecian Urn. McMansion Hell focuses on a 12,700 square foot monstrosity.
The World's Getting So Hot, Scientists Needed a New Color.
Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries.
Let’s Entertain the Theory of the Tartarian Empire for a Moment. It was supposedly the land of unlimited free energy until the powers that be suppressed all knowledge of it.
Crazy Logic
A mashup of Gnarls Barkley, Supertramp, The Who, and Rockwell. It’s not at all logical, but it works.
Tweet of the Day
this is a good video 😏 pic.twitter.com/Pkse8FxvqI
— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) April 20, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Theo and His Bowls
Most pets love their bowls for the simple reason that the bowl is where to food is. They don't like empty bowls. But Theo the bulldog is different. He really loves his bowl. Or your bowl. Or that other bowl. Theo had several metal bowls that he carried, played with, and even slept with. But it was a glorious day when his human Andrew received a shipment of twenty new metal bowls of all sizes! Andrew must be a very patient man, to put up with the racket all those bowls make, but he loves Theo, and we make sacrifices for those we love. You can keep up with Theo and his bulldog buddies Rosie and Mortimer at Facebook and Instagram. (via Metafilter)
TMI
When your fantasy group includes certain species with certain biological differences, telling the truth can be a humiliating experience. Even when you don't tell the truth. This comic is from Ché Crawford at The Immortal Think Tank. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
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