Thursday, September 10, 2026
50 People Try to Cut a Watermelon
The stated goals is to cut a watermelon into "triangles." It took me a few minutes to realize they really meant "wedges," which is a very normal way to cut a watermelon. I don't know where they found all these confused folks. It's a simple matter of... cutting a watermelon. (via Digg)
Wednesday, September 09, 2026
Zydereen of Neptune
Zydereen of Neptune may be considered a TV movie. It is a compilation of three 1955 episodes of the Flash Gordon serial. The episodes are titles "The Witch of Neptune," "The Brain Machine," and "Struggle to the End." Zydereen is the witch, and she's messing with the oxygen generator on Neptune. Flash Gordon must find and stop her before the oxygen runs out! (Thanks, WTM!)
One Man Band
This may ruin a childhood classic for you, but the premise is that Mary Poppins and Bert are friends with benefits. It's not easy when you're a one-man band. (via Memo of the Air)
A Modern Day Typographer
We know Elle Cordova is extremely witty and can make us laugh about the most arcane subjects, but this time she's outdone herself. And it's all about fonts.
The "Major-General's Song" from the musical The Pirates of Penzance has long been a medium for parody, with the fast-paced and difficult lyrics repurposed for other subjects, most notably Tom Lehrer's "Elements Song" and Randall Munroe's "Every Major's terrible." Cordova follows suit by reciting all the fonts for better or worse, along with her opinion on their importance. The ability to sing the song is enough to impress me, but the more you know about typography, the funnier it becomes because there are jokes within jokes in these lyrics.
Miss Cellania's Links
Signs That Transformed Themselves With Heavy Metal Fonts.
Sans-Souci, the Carefree Palace of a Self-Made Monarch.
How to make (and judge) Minnesota's Hot Dish. More in the comments. (via TYWKIWDBI)
It might not seem so at the beginning, but you'll love this story.
Born here but deported. A Texas man's harrowing ordeal.
Not a cheetah: Ancient DNA reveals the surprising Arctic life of extinct North American cat. (via Real Clear Science)
Mounting 'mystery meat' threats linked by expert to surprising source — Melania Trump. (via Fark)
A Blast from the Past (2015): Enterprise: The First Space Shuttle.
Cat Lady Road Trip
In 1969, Mrs. 'Manx' Morgan decided to surprise her husband and spend Christmas with him in Adelaide, so she drove their from their home in Sydney. However, Mrs. Morgan was a cat breeder, so she packed up and took 55 cats along for the ride. The Australian Broadcasting Company interviewed her about the journey. (via Metafilter)
The Dream
Dream on, Chris. Your kids will get to that point eventually, but once they grow up, there's no going back. This comic is from Lunarbaboon.
Tuesday, September 08, 2026
Rock of Ages (Mix)
You want some rock 'n' roll? Here's all of it, just about. There's a list of the songs used in this mix by DJ Schmolli at the YouTube page.
The Bad Crow
Crows have a reputation as scary and sometimes even evil. We can thank Edgar Allan Poe for that, even though his poem was about a raven. Different bird, but few can tell the difference. In this story, the crow is supposed to be bad, but this cute little bird doesn't want to be bad!
Do You Like Piña Coladas?
Max Miller talks about piña coladas to the point you want to get up and make one, except you'd have to go to the store and get the ingredients. But what would you buy? He explains the normal piña colada you'd be served in most places today is made with coconut cream and pureed pineapple and is quite sweet. That's the recipe we got from Puerto Rico in 1954. Then there's also the older piña colada, made with coconut milk and didn't always contain rum, which originated from Cuba.
But wait a minute. When I was a kid, the only "coconut milk" you could get came in a can and was thick and sweet like sweetened condensed milk. That was also what I used to make piña coladas when I was a bartender in the 1970s. But today, you can get cashew milk, almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, etc. etc. which are made by blending water with food solids. I would imagine that makes a very different piña colada. You have to wonder how it compares with the original from Cuba, which was no doubt made with the thin, sweet water straight from the inside of a coconut.
People will still argue about using pureed pineapple vs. pineapple juice, or whether to add cream, and always which rum is best, but I don't think I've ever met a piña colada that I didn't like. There's a skippable ad from 3:10 to 4:20. (via Laughing Squid)
She Dribbles
This is 8-year old girl Samaya Clark-Gabriel, showing off her skills to the Harlem Globetrotters at Madison Square Garden. Atta girl! (via Boing Boing)
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