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Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Settling.com
Finally, an honest dating service! When you’re ready to settle, check out settling.com. They’ll find you someone, anyone. This parody of
Sir David Attenborough narrates Adele's “Hello”
The first time I played the video to Adele’s new song “Hello,” I was frustrated by the intro, because I wanted to hear how the song sounded. That frustration is completely assuaged when Sir David Attenborough lends his golden voice and soothing pacing as he narrates the intro of the song, in the manner of his famous wildlife videos. I don’t think Adele will be cross with him at all. You can hear the whole song here if you like. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Monday, November 02, 2015
Rod Serling on Censorship
Poor Lassie can have no more puppies because it made someone think of sex. Rod Serling talked to Mike Wallace about censorship on TV in 1959. Not much has changed -you can still lose sponsors if someone complains. A commenter pointed out how Serling was a genius at getting around such censorship, and how it contributed to the art of television.
The irony here is that the format of "The Twilight Zone" was created as a way to get around censorship. If social commentary was disguised as tales about aliens and monsters then it was easier to get past execs and sponsors; we might not have "The Twilight Zone" if not for Serling having to find a way to work around them.(via Boing Boing)
Chicken Completes Agility Course
Who would ever expect a chicken to maneuver an agility course? This chicken named Stripe did it, after only four days of training! With the proper incentive, of course. Yeah, it’s a short course, but she’s a birdbrain. (via Daily Picks and Flicks)
The Medicaid Gap
John Oliver explains what happened with Obamacare that left so many people without any health insurance at all. It wasn’t the Affordable Care Act that caused that. It was Republican governors. Kentucky (a red state) was just lucky to have a Democratic governor when the Act went into effect. Tomorrow, Kentucky will elect a new governor and decide whether we want to keep everyone covered or not. I am lucky enough to get a subsidy and not fall into the possible “gap,” but even the subsidies are at risk in this election.
Miss Cellania's Links
The Real Reason They Gave Drugs to Spiders. It was to develop a drug test, using spiderwebs! (via Metafilter)
17 Better Names for Musical Instruments.
Britain exported orphans to Australia up until 1969. Here is one girl’s story.
In Praise of Light Beer.
Are Humans Meant to be Monogamous? (via Digg)
The Associated Press uncovered around a thousand cases of police officers discharged for sexual misconduct over six years, but that’s just the ones who lost their law enforcement licenses, from states that report them.
The Walking Dad Jokes. Finish up with this one.
The Real Story of The Secret Space Station.
10 Star Wars Movie Scenes You've Never Seen
Screen Rant introduces us to deleted scenes from the first six Star Wars films. You’ve seen the sequence about Biggs Darklighter, but most of these were new to me. Doesn’t it make you feel a little better about waiting another month for Star Wars: The Force Awakens? (via Tastefully Offensive)
Sunday, November 01, 2015
Cat Burglar Brings Home a Friend
A Russian cat absconded with a plush tiger from a neighbor’s house and took his booty away for some quality time. But is it prey, a toy, or just a trophy? Maybe he just feels like he gave a fellow cat his freedom! (via Neatorama)
Kids Do "The Robots”
German school children perform “Die Roboter” (The Robot) by Kraftwerk. This awesome project looks like it was a lot of fun! Some of the comments at YouTube, translated from German, praise the project for incorporating German music history into the lower grades. Music history? That can make you feel really old.
You can see the original 1978 video, or the 2013 version at YouTube, but they can't beat the kids here. (via b3ta)
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