Mario has always been the hero of the story, by saving Princess Peach, who is always in another castle. Meanwhile, Mario is always running, always working and searching because he's the hero and it's the right thing to do. But what if it were all for naught? In this game, Mario wants to change things up a little, and stumbles into an exposé. It's kind of like The Truman Show, when he finds his entire world has been a fraud, and everyone around him is a conspirator taking advantage of his naivety for their own personal gain.
Friday, November 06, 2026
Mario Got Scammed
The Most Hated "Americanisms"
Commenter William Rocket constantly complains about the way Americans use English. We mostly ignore him, because we all know British English and American English are just different, and that's okay. Laurence Brown of Lost in the Pond has spent years humorously explaining the differences between the two cultures. Over those years he's become more and more American (he's a US citizen now) while keeping his British accent. We can see that in how he defends what are known as "Americanisms." Well, they are known as Americanisms outside of America. I had no idea these words and phrases were unique to the US.
With some research, Brown has determined that Americanisms from a BBC complaint list either originated in Britain or are perfectly understandable in context or are just plain correct. I agree with him that "normalcy" is not a word, but I'm not inclined to argue about it. This video has a skippable ad from 4:24 to 5:57.
Miss Cellania's Links
15 Historical Figures Who Couldn't Be Bothered To Care.
Dementia Donnie bottoms out! The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
Rare Photographs Document the Scene Inside Hitler’s Bunker in 1945. (via Damn Interesting)
Keeping Up Appearances. The women taking over the funeral industry. (via Metafilter)
Jesse Welles sings about the midterms.
Why Is Guy Fawkes Associated With the Anonymous Mask?
‘An insult to his culture’: Italian chef sacked for not putting pineapple on pizza loses bid to get job back. (via Neatorama)
A Blast from the Past (2011): The Extraordinary Life of Liviu Librescu.
Basic Research
When the practical applications are unveiled, the value of basic research can be championed or rebuffed, depending on who benefits. This comic is from Zach Weinersmith at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. See additional punch lines in the hover text and by pushing the red button at the website.
Thursday, November 05, 2026
Politicians LOVE Data Centres
This is one of those "too true to be funny" sketches from Foil, Arms & Hogg. You may think it sounds like an American issue in British accents, but data centers are taking root in Britain and everywhere else.
Lake Ontario
Bryan Adams has a new song out, addressing Trump's ridiculous attempt to rebrand Lake Ontario as Lake America. It was a probably the last song written for Adams' new album How's It Goin', available this Friday. You'll probably have to pay a tariff on the album, but this song is free via YouTube. (via Nag on the Lake)
Hyperburn
Hyperburn is a new science fiction short from DUST that's a post-apocalyptic battle scene and somewhat of a comedy, too. Our protagonist appears to be from a ragtag rebel group fighting against an oppressive regime with spaceships. He becomes stranded in the desert alone when his transportation equipment is damaged. That kind of scene is always a problem for filmmakers because of the lack of dialogue. But this guy has had an artificial intelligence agent implanted in his brain, so that's someone to talk to. She knows more about what's going on in his body than he really wants to hear, up to a point. Is she smarter than he is, or is she just a nag?
Travis DuBridge made Hyperburn, a two-year project which he wrote, storyboarded, rehearsed, and made all the props and costumes. Yes, he had a small cast and crew when it came time to film. DuBridge laid out all the concepts and behind-the-scenes explainers at his channel. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
The Art of Overanalyzing Movies
Have you ever watched a movie that made you think for days? The more you thought about it, the more nuanced and meaningful it became. And then, years later, you read an interview with the director and found that nothing you perceived was intentional on their part. Those clever layers of subtext were all in your head. Jack Nugent uses this episode of his series Now You See It to explain how this disconnect between the artist and the audience happens. (via Laughing Squid)
Shades of Cat
I've had all of these cats except a tuxedo, and can attest that they are slotted nicely into place. I had one that we thought was a tortoiseshell, but she must have been a calico underneath because she was psychotic. Right now I have a white cat, gray cat, tabby, and a calico. Two are seniors. They all display the exact qualities here. Apollo was the epitome of an orange cat. Disappointed there are no color point cats in this graph.
Wednesday, November 04, 2026
Rockin' in the Rockies
The 1945 movie Rockin' in the Rockies is the Three Stooges' first feature length movie, despite the fact that it isn't all that much longer than their series of shorts. It is the only lone of their feature films to star Curly Howard. Don't mistake Rockin' in the Rockies with an earlier Three Stooges short titled Rockin' Through the Rockies. In this movie, the Stooges travel to a Nevada ranch to supervise it temporarily, and are accompanied by two ladies who are singers wanting to make it big and get their chance at a Reno casino. So it's a Western musical comedy. (Thanks, WTM!)
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
This movie scared me something awful when I was a little kid. It was released in 1962. From Wikipedia:
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (also known as The Head That Wouldn't Die) is a 1962 American science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Green and written by Green and Rex Carlton.[1] The film was completed in 1959 under the working title The Black Door but was not theatrically released until May 3, 1962, when it was released under its renamed title on a double bill with Invasion of the Star Creatures.[2][3]
The main plot focuses upon a mad doctor who develops a means to keep human body parts alive. He keeps a woman's severed head alive for days, and keeps a lumbering, misshapened brute (one of his earlier failed experiments) imprisoned in a closet.
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