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Thursday, October 08, 2026
Which is Better: Buying or Renting a Home?
Is it better to rent a home or buy one? It all depends. The TED-Ed lesson compares two people who made different choices. The amounts of money thrown around here are scary, because I've never had that much. But it's all relative. I told my kids to buy a house once they've decided where they want to live for many years to come. Otherwise, rent until you are ready to settle down. Princess bought one, where her kids can make all the noise they want. Dr. Dolittle rents. She and her husband come to my house and cosplay as house owners, mowing my lawn and doing other maintenance. Personally, I get a lot of satisfaction out of owning my home, but I never had to sign a 30-year mortgage. That's really scary.
Star Trek Ratios
The internet is at its best when someone does something completely illogical, pointless, and difficult. Extra points for making it all about Star Trek. YouTuber Picard Looking got a challenge to make a supercut of all the numbers mentioned in Star Trek, but that seemed impossible. So he decided to instead find all the instances of a character citing a percentage in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The show ran for seven seasons, and tried to be as technical as possible, so that's a lot. Then he arranged all the clips in numerical order, from one thousandth of a percent to 1500 percent. Still, that's not all. He added some extended clips and text overlays for humor and to keep you from nodding off 20% of the time. The entire project took six months, or 50% of a year. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Twitterpated
It can happen to humans, too. HydrogenGreen recreated the memorable scene from the movie Bambi in which Thumper becomes Twitterpated. It's adorable. (via Laughing Squid)
Fall Fetish
I don't do any of these things, but i do enjoy fall, and I love to see the leaves turn. Looking at the mountains at their peak makes me want to start making a quilt, but that feeling passes. This comic is from Tommy Siegel. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Wednesday, October 07, 2026
The Mad Monster
The Mad Monster is a 1942 werewolf movie. A mad scientist has a scheme to create super soldiers by injecting wolf's blood into men. When his colleagues reject his idea, he does just that and send his werewolf out to kill them. But his wolf monster creation turns out to be uncontrollable. The Mad Monster received mixed reviews at the time, but is now considered one of the worst movies of all time. (Thanks, WTM!)
Snow Leopards
It seems a bit ironic, or maybe just sad, that the most beautiful cats in the world spend their time trying not to be seen by humans. Kind of like Canada lynx. But it's probably for the best, because you know how humans are.
The Real Meaning of Real Extreme Temperatures
How hot can it get? How cold can it get? Here on earth, temperatures fluctuate wildly, but they mostly stay in the sweet spot where we can survive (Antarctica and Death Valley excluded). but in the science of measuring temperature, physicists look at the activity of atoms. There is a temperature called absolute zero, but we've never seen it and can't achieve it. We came close once, and some really weird things happened. When we take the temperature up, exploding stars are the hottest things we can think of. How can we measure them? With physics, but we don't know about any upper limit to heat, because at a certain point, measurement becomes meaningless. Beyond that, they lost me with talk about how temperature may be a loop of some kind.
Space Explainer takes us through temperature extremes on earth and elsewhere, narrated by cartoon paper doll scientists on cartoon popsicle sticks, for some reason. (via Laughing Squid)
Miss Cellania's Links
See the Impressive Winning Images of Adorable, Somber and Commanding Canines From the 2026 Dog Photography Awards.
People are asking ChatGPT to help them decide how to vote in the midterms. It's easier than thinking, or doing your own research. (via Fark)
A highly opinionated puppy.
Charles Vance Millar And The Great Stork Derby.
Physiology or Medicine: Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain.
Physics: I’m a physicist who worked on the Nobel‑winning neutrino search – here’s how a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice became a telescope for ghost particles from space.
"Send me a man who reads!" Click to enlarge the images to a readable size.
A Blast from the Past (2016): 11 Recipes For Creatively Creepy Halloween Cocktails.
The Cat Distribution System
This is exactly what happened to my family in 2004. Only a couple of months after my husband died, 12-week-old Biscuit walked in the front door like he owned the place. Princess was smitten, and he helped bring her out of the funk of grief. He never made any moves to go back "home," which was in the neighborhood. We found out years later that his name was originally Monkey and he belonged to another little girl. but the neighbors had several other of his littermates, so she adopted another one.
Tuesday, October 06, 2026
Fruit & Nut
This cartoon proves that Pixar isn't always for children. In this scenario, a peanut finds a strawberry and falls for her. Is she the classic manic pixie dream girl or just bad news? His life is changed in every way possible as the two travel the West on an adventurous crime spree. As the wordless story progresses, try to catch all the references to other familiar films.
Fruit & Nut was made by Pixar artists Rej Bourdages and Tony Maki. Despite the adult content warning, it is completely safe for work. And it doesn't end as you'd expect. And it's not that long- the credits are substantial. (via Kuriositas)
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