The Instagram account Paintings Analyzed is pretty cool.
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Monday, August 31, 2026
What College Students Know About 9/11
When we say, "Never forget," that kind of falls off a cliff after so many years. Students who are in college now are typically between 18 and 24 years of age. The 9/11 attack was almost 25 years ago, so they don't remember it first hand. But you'd think their parents would have talked about it least once or twice since then. Schools, not so much. My history classes all ended with World War II, because we ran out of time in the school year. I wonder if today's high school students even learn anything about Vietnam. If you rely on schools to teach children everything they need to know, you are shortchanging your children. Most of all, they need to know the importance of reading about what schools don't cover adequately, for the rest of their lives.
Miss Cellania's Links
“Sometimes I look at my husband and think there’s no way I was once nervous to talk to this guy.”
The MAGAs are dreaming of a Right Wing Christmas. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
Scientists Just Made A Cookie Out of Recycled Plastic 'Slurry'. Welcome to 2026. (via Strange Company)
Your daily dose of cats.
KFC is releasing an Oreo chicken burger with a cookie bun. (Thanks WTM!)
In the world of design, there’s a term that’s used for the practice of taking elements from older buildings and reusing them in new ones. It’s called spolia. (via Nag on the Lake)
Unsettling question raised over Trump admin's role in devastating Nepal floods. A USAID/NASA project to create a flood early warning system was canceled by DOGE. (via Fark)
Geologyscience tells us everything we need to know about Fordite. Including why it's becoming rarer. (via kottke)
How Does A Gas Nozzle Know When To Shut Off?
A gas pump will shut off when the tank is full; we've always taken that for granted. It's a fine feature that keeps gas from spilling all over us. But how does it know? The mechanism is a low-tech yet surprisingly complicated system. It's easy to understand as Brain Stuff explains it in this video, but later on when you try to explain it to someone else, you'll end up just showing them this video. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
If Monday Was a Video
If Monday was a video, you can guess what you'll see. Nothing goes right, and you wish it was another day. That's Monday in a nutshell. What really got me was the plastic wrap. It was a brand-new box, and he knew it would be hard to open. He must've bought that exact same brand before, and so knew it was a problem. I also knew the plastic wrap would show up again. I've had lots of problems with plastic wrap. So I'm going to spend the rest of today not doing any of these things. (via Metafilter)
Sunday, August 30, 2026
R. Lee Ermey Musical Road
This is in Palmdale, California. What tune would you guess they would embed into the R. Lee Ermey Musical Road? (via Bits and Pieces)
A Tribute to Tim Curry
A compilation of Tim Curry's most notable roles, including movies, Broadway musicals, and animation voice acting.
Diamond Shreddies
One of the most popular breakfast cereals in Canada is Shreddies. Nabisco introduced the cereal in 1939, which is squares made of wheat that resemble the American Chex cereal. But when your product has been around for 80 years, is a success, and the company refuses to mess with the recipe, how do you advertise it? In 2008, Ogilvy & Mather brainstormed ideas, and an intern came up with "Diamond Shreddies" as a joke. It was a good joke, though, and they ran with it. They ran with it much further and longer than any other joke campaign would have, because Canadians loved it.
Yeah, they loved the new Diamond Shreddies, but Canadians also loved the humor behind the campaign. See, they were in on the joke from the beginning, and that was the genius of it. They bought Diamond Shreddies at the grocery, and later the Combo Pack. And why not? They didn't cost any more than the original Shreddies. Would it have worked in the US? Who knows... there might have been a class action lawsuit. (via Metafilter)
Criminal Corralled by Crime-Fighting Cows
When Jennifer Anne Kaufman fled the stolen vehicle she was driving, she cut across some pastureland, trying to evade police. After all, it was dark and maybe the Seminole County Sheriff’s helicopter couldn't see her well. But she didn't count on a herd of cows following her! Cows know that a person in their field might mean getting fed, or at least something novel to see. In this case, they saw an arrest. A search of the stolen SUV yielded a gram of cocaine. Read the story at the Tampa Bay Times. -via Boing Boing
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Journey to the Center of Time
Journey to the Center of Time is a 1967 movie about time travel (duh). A group of scientists take off in a time machine before it's perfected, lest they lose their grant money. First they go into the future, then the past, but they don't have control over where they will end up. That causes some strange twists in the story. Reviews of the movie say it's pretty badly made, but still a good time, and that's what counts. (Thanks, WTM!)
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