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Thursday, March 06, 2025
Motor City Woman
By the fictional band Spinsrÿche. This is Bill McClintock's latest mashup, putting the vocals from "Jet City Woman" by Queensrÿche to the tune of "I'll Be Around" by The Spinners. Steely Dan makes an audio appearance, too.
A Story 84 Years in the Making
In 2017, 93-year-old Tom Sitter entered The Moth in Madison StorySLAM storytelling contest in Madison, Wisconsin. He told about his Valentines Day experience in 1933, when he was in third grade. Sitter scored the competition's first-ever perfect ten. Maybe it's because he told it so well, or maybe it's because we can all relate to the tale. Or both. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Defy Democracy
Randy Rainbow is back! He's got a new presidential administration to write about, and a hit musical to provide the tunes. This parody song is set to the tune of "Defying Gravity" from Wicked. He tells us how he really feels about Trump and maintains a smile throughout- it must be the joy of the music. There's an 80-second ad at :50, and some NSFW language.
Emergency Donuts
We all know its important to teach children how to use the emergency number, 911 in the US. However, it's hard to convey what an emergency is to a kid who's never experienced one, and it's hard to get very young children to take anything seriously. A toddler named Bennett in Moore, Oklahoma, who looks to be about three years old, was playing with an old cell phone. It had no service provider, but still had some battery life left, which meant it could call 911. What kind of emergency did he report? Emergency donuts!
The very patient dispatcher played along with Bennett, and might have eventually been able to talk to his mother. The Moore Police Department posted the video because it was so cute. They then went into action responding to the call, with a delivery of emergency donuts. You can see from that video that Bennett may have had some encouragement ("egging on") from his older brother. A good time was had by all. (via Boing Boing)
Miss Cellania's Links
In Defense of Turkish Delight. This traditional sweet is actually pretty delightful, and you can make it at home.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to the South Pole captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived. (via Metafilter)
5 Towns Who Lived Out Real-Life Horror Movies.
Serpents and Spirits: Inside America’s Enduring Snake-Handling Churches.
What we knew more than eight years ago is coming back to bite us.
When you microwave an ice cube...
The Surprisingly Mysterious Life of Bob Ross
Bob Ross, the host of the calm, pleasant, and long running show The Joy of Painting, is remembered as a great guy because so many people loved to watch his show, and he encouraged so many people to enjoy painting. That's a pretty good legacy. But how much do we really know about the man? It turns out that no one knew all that much about him. Not that there's any deep, dark scandals to be found, but Ross was so private that people couldn't help but be curious about his life. Simon Whistler of Today I Found Out spills what we know and don't know about the affable but very reserved Bob Ross. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Trade War
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Tuesday, March 04, 2025
How Maxwell Smart Met Agent 99
This was new to me. For some reason, I thought they had always known each other. But I was pretty young when Get Smart aired.
The Fall of Kingda Ka
The roller coaster known as Kingda Ka was erected at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey in 2005. At the time, it was the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world. It also gave a memorable phallic feature to the landscape. But that was 20 years ago, and nothing lasts forever. The demolition of Kingda Ka was last month.
It came down exactly as planned, and not even a tree was injured. But when that tower hit the ground, every beam and strut just fell apart like they were toothpicks! This might give you the impression that the tower wasn't all that sturdy for the 19 years it was in operation. But it's better to assume that the experts who planned and carried out the demolition loosened those components before detonating the final explosion that brought it to earth. (via Boing Boing)
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