Misunderstood Holiday

Happy St. Patricks Day! There should be more uplifting videos today at Miss Cellania.

How to Name Your Blog

Do not use the words Random, Rambling, Musing, Thoughts, or anything close to those words. You see blogs with those words in their names all the time, but do you remember which ones are which? Here’s a method that been done quite a bit, but the results are always memorable. Think of an adjective. It could be anything, but the best are words you don’t hear in everyday conversation. Write it down, then forget it. Then think of an animal. The animal should have nothing to do with the adjective, which is why you should forget it. Make it an animal you don’t hear about everyday. Then put the two words together. Viola! Instant blog title. Militant Platypus, Defective Yeti, Exploding Aardvark, and 10 Zen Monkeys are already taken. I would include Everlasting Blort, but I’m not sure what a blort is.

Elephants Love Snow!

A zoo in Rockton, Ontario has found that elephants have fun playing in the snow. Cheetahs, on the other hand, aren’t so excited. (via Arbroath)

The Dog and the Door

The dog cannot be convinced there is no glass in the door, even when confronted with evidence. (via Bits and Pieces)

Sardoodledom

The kid at the spelling bee had never heard of the word, but neither had I. It is pretty funny! (via the Presurfer)

John McCain sings Streisand

From an appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Neatorama Greeting for St. Patricks day

Happy Pi Day!

In honor of Pi Day (every year on 3/14), here is Hard N Phirm with Pi. The lyrics are here. If you just want to hear the robot recite pi again, YTMND has that.

For more pi fun, see The Joy of Pi.

And the song Mathematical Pi.

Informative Links

NASA’s Cassini space probe is set to collect dust and ice samples from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Scientists are excited about the possibility of liquid water, and possibly life, under the moon’s surface.

Characters and storylines in television shows often crossover to other shows with guest appearances, spinoffs, or interrelated stories. Here’s a huge graphic that explains how the 282 series are related.

How to Survive an Avalanche. It’s better to have the information and not need it, than need it and not know it!

17-year-old Shivani Sud won $100,000 in scholarships in the Intel Science Talent Search by researching how to improve colon cancer treatment. What did YOU do when you were 17?

What happens when an SUV meets a two-ton protected species? You don’t want to know, so rangers are trying to keep elephant seals down on the beach.

Moose have the ability to learn from their mistakes. Lately, they’ve learned that the safest place is near human civilization.

A DNA study suggests that 95% of Native Americans can trace their ancestry back to just six women. 20,000 years later, they should be proud.

A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Workspace. The beautiful desk you’ll see here may be hiding somewhere underneath all the junk you collect.

How Technology has Changed the Oldest Profession. Prostitution has become more accessible, more efficient, and more lucrative.

20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time. And when they say big, they mean more money than you can imagine.

6 (More) Restless Corpses

Many people are so fascinated with earthly remains that they want to view them long after death. To some, it’s a sign of devotion to the person who once inhabited the body. For others, it’s just plain morbid curiosity. And for a few, it’s something even stranger.

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What Were They Thinking?

Faceplants, crashes, and general idiocy. You've seen some of these clips before, but they are just as fun the second time around.

The Thin Man Goes Home

Its classic movie about a detective Nick Charles, played by William Powell, and his wife, played by Myrna Loy, who go back to Nick's childhood home and visits his parents for his birthday when he gets involved in a Murder investigation.

Good Reads

How to defend your coffee habit. Of all the things you could be addicted to, coffee is one you can really argue for.

A paleoanthropologist goes on vacation find ancient bones of small humans in Palau. Some people just don’t know how to leave the office behind.

The Seven Smelliest Creatures in the World. Believe it or not, the skunk came in at only #3!

Tripadvisor’s 2008 Dirtiest Hotels in America and the UK. (via the Presurfer)

Requiem for Waldo, a wise cat.

PostSecret's Frank Warren brings tears to SXSWi crowd.

Humiliation TV. When does it cross the line from exhibitionism to violation of rights? When someone kills himself?

Photos of Agent Orange Syndrome. http://www.vn-agentorange.org/VanityFair_200608s.html

The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax. The father of Dungeons and Dragons developed the never-ending game in the early 70s and leaves behind legions of devoted fans.

Consumers are changing their spending habits. Some thrift is a good thing, but what is it saying about the economy?

Demolition

There’s more demolition videos at Web Urbanist, with explanations. They range from the awesomely entertaining to the downright scary.

Super Colon!

Fun Links

Instructables has a photo essay on the process of shipping a tiger to Canada. According to someone who does this a lot, the hard part is getting the tiger into the box. The author had a little trouble actually finding a tiger, due to their camouflaging stripes, but he got the job done.

Improv Everywhere targets a food court with a “spontaneous” musical number. Talk about added value with your Happy Meal!

How To Terminate a Terminator. You’ll need a pretty scary arsenal. Or a smelting vat.

A news anchorman and a reporter get personal on the air. I’d hate to be in their shoes the next day when the management comes in.

Satan’s Ice Cream Truck has the creepiest ice cream music ever. I thought I liked it, til it was stuck in my head all day long! (via Boing Boing)

Powerbocks are spring-loaded stilts that enable you to leap like lemurs! Is it coincidence, or is technology imitating mother nature?

A Pickle Sickle is just what you might think from the name -pickle juice in a popsicle! Have you ever tried one? (via Slashfood)

Mac Attack. Easy to play, hard to stomach. (via YesButNoButYes)

Orangutwang. Stretch your orangutan to reach the bananas, but avoid the spiders! (via Ursi's Blog)

Which was the best dinosaur? (Thanks, Bill!)

The Drug Song

By Hale and Pace.

Phantom From Space

From Wikipedia:

Phantom from Space is a United States science fiction film produced in 1953. The film was produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder from an original screenplay written by William Raynor and Myles Wilder. It was one of several films made in the early 1950s by the Wilder brothers, Raynor, and most of the same crew, independently on a financing-for-distribution basis with United Artists and, occasionally, RKO-Radio Pictures.

The story concerns the sighting of a UFO which appears to have crashed in the San Fernando Valley, after which massive interference with teleradio transmission brings FCC investigators to action. They, in turn, begin encountering reports from people of seeing what appears to be a man dressed in a bizarre outfit. Their investigation uncovers this is a being from outer space who, to escape capture, removes his spacesuit and proves to be invisible. The invisible being running loose sets off a massive manhunt and public panic.

Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern

Oh noes! Teh gays are “infiltrating” our city councils! It HAS to be a conspiracy to indoctrinate our children! Because all that gays care about is sex! Gay sex! No gay person would ever run for city council just because
1. They want to serve the public
2. They need a hobby
3. They want to advance their political career
4. They want to improve their community

No, those reasons are only for heterosexuals!

It’s only an issue if you make it an issue. My sexual orientation is a part of who I am, but it’s not ALL that I am. Homosexuality is a part of some people, but it’s not ALL they are. It’s only a big deal to the people who for some reason feel threatened over it.

PS: Kern is sponsoring a bill in Oklahoma that would force schools to give schoolchildren credit if they answered science questions with biblical information instead of what the class taught.

Good Reads and Videos

While you struggle to get up an hour “earlier” this morning, think of all the energy we save with Daylight Saving Time. Except we don’t.

Performance enhancing drugs are considered cheating when athletes do it. Is it any different when they enhance brain power?

A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars could be done, but NASA won’t touch it. Some would see it as a suicide mission; many would line up to be the first.

Figuring out just how old the Grand Canyon is has challenged geologists for 150 years. New information from the canyon’s caves puts the figure at 17 million years.

Can animals create art? Only if they intend to create art. You’ll still be impressed by the elephant that paints pictures of elephants.

The Collected Controversies of William F. Buckley. The famous conservative smoked marijuana, hated the Beatles, and worked for the CIA. (via Boing Boing)

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, high in the Andes mountains in Bolivia. In the rainy season when it is covered with a thin sheet of water, it reflects the sky, making it the world’s largest natural mirror.

The Ten Most Beautiful Bridges in the World. Not the biggest or the newest, these are just attractive in different ways.

Two Impressive Shiny Balls. A beautiful planetarium, L’Hemisfèric in Valencia, Spain and La Géode, a spherical IMAX theater in Paris.