(via Strange Company)
Friday, March 20, 2026
An Outfield Catch with More Style Than We Deserve
Sometimes the force of catching a baseball can knock you back, and other times you're just an acrobat as well as an outfielder. RobertAnthony Cruz (coach.rac) of the Savannah Bananas put entertainment in the outfield with a catch for the ages. Let's see that from a closer point of view.
Cruz posted the video at YouTube with the title "The Greatest Catch of My Life." I think he should have added "So Far." (via kottke)
Miss Cellania's Links
Igbo-Ora, the scientific enigma of the ‘twin capital of the world.’ The small city in Nigeria is known for its high rate of multiple pregnancies, and to date there is no conclusive explanation for the phenomenon. (via Damn Interesting)
Lat's play Carrot in a Box!
Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets.
Excursions are hell! The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
What Are You Doing Dad?
Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’? (via Metafilter)
BYD just killed your EV argument with a battery that competes with gas engines. (via Fark)
A Blast from the Past (2013): The Lion of Gripsholm Castle.
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
By Edison Lighthouse. The song became a hit first (in 1970), then the band was assembled to perform it.
Since I first posted this, my connection with the song has changed. I was pleasantly surprised when Dr. Dolittle used the song as her wedding recessional. I had no idea she'd even heard of it.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
We Don't Know How Tylenol Works
Tylenol has been sold since 1955, but its history goes back much further. The underlying medicine's fever-reducing talent was discovered purely by accident, and I mean an accident at a pharmacy that could have been much, much worse. But it worked, not only to reduce fever, but to squelch pain as well. Testing has deemed it safe and effective, but scientists still don't know the exact mechanism of that effectiveness. It's possible that we might never know, because there are much more important problems than the exact mechanism of a drug that's already safe and effective. This video from Half as Interesting is a minute shorter than it looks, because that last part is an ad.
I Wrote A Theme Song For My KITTEN!
Half-Asleep Chris wrote theme songs for his older cats Bella and Ralph, and now he's done the same for his youngest cat Henry. He takes us through the process of recording it, which sounds tedious, but it's honestly quite goofy. And there's plenty of cats. Henry plays the chimes.
You're Playing Monopoly Wrong
People don't read the rules of Monopoly anymore. They just play Monopoly the way they were taught, and many of the rules have fallen by the wayside. Simon Whistler explains the most common Monopoly rules that are ignored these days, and how the way most folks play it these days slows the game down and makes it more boring. It's still pretty ruthless, though.
Dancing Furry Ball
Barnaby Dixon can make a puppet out of anything. He does just that in this video, fashioning a dancer out of a fluorescent silicon furry ball, and has another puppet narrate the process. The dancing puffball look neat, but the narrator, called Dabchick, is the real star of the show. (via Digg)
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Speed Dating
A lonely woman hopes to meet men in the wordless stop-motion film Speed Dating. Wait, how can you get to know someone without words? You might be surprised. All the guys she meets are weird in one way or another. But weird isn't always a deal-breaker. It's all in the heart behind the weirdness. (via Nag on the Lake)
Elevator Limit
I remember my group got onto a hotel elevator in China. There were six of us, with luggage. The sign said "限12人" which means "limit 12 people." One of us nervously pointed out that meant 12 Chinese people. The elevator lurched up a couple of floors and stopped. When the doors opened, my husband and I stepped out, and suddenly the elevator doors closed and it zoomed up at normal speed. We ended up with a three-flight climb up the stairs (with luggage) and a funny story. For the rest of our stay, we split up for elevator rides. (via Give Me a Sign)
Canadian Border Jumper
International borders are imaginary lines that people take seriously, more seriously than ever in today's America. But Louie doesn't care, because Louie can't read signs. He's a cat. His family lives in Canada, but Louie keeps going across the street to the US and they can't go get him- or stop him. More power to him.
Miss Cellania's Links
How Long Until Disney Breaks Your Heart? A chart of 33 films ranked by where the heartbreak comes in. (via Metafilter)
Cakes of Wonder. You'll wonder what happened. (via Everlasting Blort)
Why Buzzfeed and Digg are no longer any fun. https://boingboing.net/2026/03/13/buzzfeed-doubts-it-can-stay-in-business-after-pivot-to-ai.html
Vince Gilligan Recalls Brutal Reaction to His Breaking Bad Pitch. No one wanted to touch that story.
The brain after blindness: How newly-sighted people build a visual world.
The Mutiny of the Trout Pitted Commoners Against the Nobility. It was a war started over a single fish.
Rachel Maddow speaks
at the University of British Columbia. Her speech is half an hour and
strangely optimistic about America, followed by a Q&A session. (via Metafiter)
A Blast from the Past: Twenty years ago, I wrote about my home state.
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