From Married to the Sea.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
An Honest Trailer for Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary hit theaters about six weeks ago and did really well with both critics and ticket sales. It's a science fiction movie in which untrained astronaut Ryan Gosling has to save the world. How could it not be a hit? The movie was lauded for its unique view of what extraterrestrial could can be. However, I had no idea it was as funny a Screen Junkies reveals in this Honest trailer. Gosling (who also produced the film) is an intelligent everyman, has to learn how to do everything on the fly, and stays adorably goofy throughout. the special effects and the alien lifeforms are impressive, too. Altogether this is a much more effective movie trailer than the real ones. Now I want to see Project Hail Mary.
Miss Cellania's Links
Where the Hell is Our Congress? The latest from Randy Rainbow is a parody of “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” by Raye. Contains NSFW lyrics.
12 diving suits. (via Everlasting Blort)
This dangerous bird has a secret hiding in plain sight. Cassowaries glow in strange ways. (via Damn Interesting)
5 reasons Stephen Colbert is one of the most important satirists in American history.
Pompeii victim ID’d as a likely doctor. New technology lets us look inside the plaster casts of those killed by the volcano. (via Boing Boing)
Justice Department expands Trump settlement to cover his tax audits. That's on top of the 1.8 billion slush fund. (via Fark)
What is this odd structure found in the middle of nowhere? You'll be delighted by the explanation. (via TYWKIWDBI)
A Blast from the Past (2007): The Eiffel Tower: a "truly tragic street lamp."
That Time It Rained for Two Million Years
The Carnian Pluvial Event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnian_Pluvial_Event was a time of major change for the earth and its supercontinent Pangea. Namely, lots and lots of rain, and all the changes it brings. That was when the forests grew and dinosaurs began to rise to dominance, about 230 million years ago. From the images in this video from PBS Eons, that episode appears to be the line between the familiar (dinosaurs and forests) and the weird, weird, plants and animals that populated earth before that. (via Digg)
A Little-Known Detail
(via Fark)BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) May 18, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Auctioneers
I missed this Saturday Night Live bit from a couple of weeks ago. Matt Damon and Sarah Sherman are married auctioneers having a fight. The diea is typical SNL, delivering an everyday occurrence in a ridiculously odd way, but this was impressive. No breaking, no stumbling. This took skills. (via Laughing Squid)
A Newborn Tiger Cub Completely Raised by Human Hands
In 2020, The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota was called about an animal breeding facility for which the owner had died. They went to rescue four tigers, but found an additional newborn. Tiger Winona had just given birth, and she was in poor health, plus she didn't know what to do with a cub since they'd always been removed after birth to socialize the cub and have Winona breed again. The cub was also in danger from his father Marcus, who was known to attack cubs. This was during COVID, so little Dash was isolated and raised by a single volunteer named Tammy.
Dash was the first newborn big cat raised by the sanctuary, and his progress was documented thoroughly on videotape. The Dodo compiled lots of clips to show us how Dash grew up to be a big and strong tiger. He'll never be released into the wild, but he can live his best life possible under their care.
The Disastrous Downfall of KFC
As a Kentucky native, I can tell you that in the 1960s and '70s, Kentucky Fried Chicken was something to behold- quick, delicious, and fairly local. It may have been "fast food," but it wasn't a burger to eat in your car. Rather, you picked up a bucket full of chicken to take home to the family, along with potatoes, gravy, and rolls. Instant Sunday dinner! Then Colonel Sanders sold his creation and spent the rest of his life complaining about what the corporate bean counters did to ruin his signature dishes. The quality of the food sunk item by item, and the name changed to KFC. The chain decided to be real fast food, and concentrated on a range of new items you could eat while driving. The prices soared and the portions shrunk.
Of course, there was a lot more involved than that, and hardly any of my opinions in the above paragraph are addressed in this video from Weird History Food. KFC suffered from corporate trades and mergers, over-expansion, ridiculous promotional stunts, and most of all, competition from other chains that specialize in fried chicken. Yet they still make money, and this video explains how.
My Border Garden
There used to be a house between mine and my neighbor's house, back when no one had cars. It was crowded, and that house was eventually demolished. The lady next door owned that property, which went right up to my driveway. When she died, a couple of flippers bought her property. I made a deal to split that extra yard, because they needed some remodeling money. With a new property line drawn, I plowed a border garden on my side. A new family bought that house, and erected a fence. So I've been gradually widening the border garden and planting perennials. The garden begins with daffodils in February, but they are only impressive as a welcome sign of spring coming. The tulips shown above pop up in March. That's when I start going outside every day just to admire the garden, because if those flowers are going to bloom, I owe it to them to take a look every day. In April, the irises take over.
Then in May, I have sweet Williams, but they aren't tall enough to dominate the border garden. That's okay, because I have roses blooming in front of the house.
Day lilies bloom through June, and they are spectacular.
Other lilies, pink, red, and yellow, join them in July. The year this picture was taken, the yellow ones dominated.
Later in summer, I have four o'clocks, zinnias, and hollyhocks, but it's the morning glories climbing the fence that really stand out in August.
By September, the sedum is blooming. Some years I am lucky to have marigolds, but they don't stand out much among the foliage.
The sedum, morning glories, and marigolds may last through October if the weather is nice, but usually by then I am gathering seeds and planting more tulips for next year.
Camel Eats a Cactus
When you live in the desert, you evolve to eat what's there. Watch this hardcore dromedary munch down on a prickly pear cactus with 6-inch spines! And you thought Captain Crunch made your mouth sore. Apparently, camels have protrusions inside their mouths containing keratin that are tough and flexible like plastic that enables them to deal with just about any food source they come across. They are also ruminants, so everything gets chewed up more than once. (via Boing Boing)
But Why?
This seems awfully familiar for some reason. It's a comic from Zach Weinersmith at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
Monday, May 18, 2026
You Make Me Wait
Oh, the agony! It's been five minutes since Frugit got a treat. He might not survive.
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