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Monday, June 22, 2026
A Ghost Watches True Crime
Every once in a while, you think about what people will say about you after you're gone. Will your life have a lasting impact? And did you leave a good impression on the people you left behind? Mostly we picture that at our funeral, which could be the last time anyone talks about you at all. But if you happen to be the victim of a widely-publicized murder, you just might end up in a true crime story available to the entire world. And once you're gone, you cannot control the narrative in any way.
Sure, that's a sad scenario. But in the hands of Ryan George it becomes a comedy as a murder victim's ghost gets a glimpse into the aftermath of the murder, and how his friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances use their ten minutes of fame on a TV show about him.
Miss Cellania's Links
The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought. (via kottke)
How to make kebabs. (via Everlasting Blort)
Never lose your short friend in a crowd again. But don't pay too much. (Thanks, Ken!)
Behind the Kaleidoscope: The Women Busby Berkeley Used and the Deaths He Walked Away From.
None of The Countries That Bordered Romania Before World War 2, Border It Today. (via Nag on the Lake)
The Quiet Unraveling of America’s Food Safety Net. (via Fark)
17 Eerily Accurate Predictions Made By Pop Culture (And 12 Hilariously WRONG Ones).
Ukraine's Tunnel of Love: Nature's Romantic Railway.
Cat Freaks out After Owner Disappears
The disappearing trick blew this cat's mind. She's not going to give up until she figures out where that hooman went. Meanwhile, these dogs don't care at all. (via Digg)
Office Perks
It doesn't have to be a tech company, and the perk doesn't have to be ping pong. The general concept applies to every workplace. This comic is from Jeff Lovfers at Don't Hit Save.
Sunday, June 21, 2026
13 Billion Years
Eight years ago, John D. Boswell, known as Melodysheep brought us a timelapse of the entire universe, from the big bang to the present time. I posted it, but the video has been yanked because it has now been completely reworked in Boswell's own style and words. The earlier film was a pastiche of video from various sources with celebrity narration. This is the same idea, with upgraded visuals, music, and narration by EpicSpaceMan (Toby Lockerbie).
The story is ten minutes that represent 13 billion years of history. That means that every second covers 23 million years. Human beings don't show up at all until the last fraction of a second. But that doesn't mean there's no drama. A lot of things are happening while you try to wrap your head around the scope of time. I recommend watching in full screen mode. (via Memo of the Air)
Welcome Home, Daddy!
A compilation of tiny tots and their joy at seeing Daddy come home. Happy Father's Day.
Fathers Days
Telegraph cartoonist Bob Moran tells us about how he was introduced to fatherhood, and the changes he went through. (via Everlasting Blort)
A Family Man
StoryCorps presents its latest story to be animated by the Rauch Brothers. Samuel Black talks about his hardworking father who may remind you of your own. (Thanks, Krisi!)
Saturday, June 20, 2026
The Unearthly
In the 1957 movie The Unearthly, John Carradine plays a mad scientist who recruits unknowing patients with no relatives for his ghastly experiments. Tor Johnson plays his assistant Lobo. It's about as good as you'd expect from a very low-budget film. (Thanks, WTM!)
Pumpkin
Pumpkin was spoiled by her previous owner, an elderly lady who died. She's a megachonker who weighs 20 pounds. Now, I had an orange cat who weighed 20 pounds, but he didn't seem fat because he was a large fellow who stood as tall as my knees on four legs. But Pumpkin is an average sized house cat, so 20 pounds is twice what she should weigh. She's so wide they couldn't have given her any other name.
As a special case, Pumpkin landed in a special home- with the president and CEO of Cincinnati's SPCA! Chris Seelbach is making getting Pumpkin back to a healthy weight his goal, but she's not quite on board yet. To make up for restricted food, Pumpkin is enjoying plenty of affection from the family. She doesn't like to walk much, but at 2:43 you'll see her walking toward the camera and you can almost hear the floor shaking under her. Oh Lawd, she comin'! See more videos of Pumpkin at TikTok. (via Laughing Squid)
Tap Dancing Through the Stars
Postmodern Jukebox is a rotating musical collective that collaborates with singers from all over in all genres, but for this performance, they've tapped a dancer instead (pun intended). Renowned tap dancer Demi Remick has performed with PMJ on the road for years. Here, she dances to a medley of science fiction themes in an act they call "2001: Tap Odyssey." In case you don't recognize all of them (although most of you will), the songs are from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, The X Files, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek: The Original Series, and Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Even if you don't care for tap dancing, you'll enjoy Postmodern Jukebox's jazzed-up versions of your favorite sci-fi movie and TV themes. (via Kuriositas)
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