Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Tweet of the Day


Be sure to translate the text. If you don't see a translation button beneath the text, click the date stamp and try it at Twitter. While you're there, you'll get a kick out of translating the Russian comments. (via Digg)



Monday, July 02, 2018

Independence Day Contests

The Overlook Hotel



Since Jack Torrance froze solid at the end of The Shining, we never thought there would be a sequel. But what if Torrance's spirit stayed at the closed Overlook Hotel to complete his novel -and haunt the place? Antonio Maria Da Silva constructed a sequel to The Shining by using clips from the movie mashed up with clips from other horror films. (via Laughing Squid)

The World's Longest Lightsaber



One of the minor quibbles with Star Wars is how lightsabers work. Lasers don't go to a certain length and then stop! But in a fictional world there are very good reasons to have them work that way. A laser with an unlimited length would present so many problems, they would be unusable. This skit from Corridor illustrates just a few of those difficulties. (via Tastefully Offensive

Uranus

(via reddit)

'Roos Just Wanna Have Fun


(via Everlasting Blort)


Lois and Clark

Lois Lane has a peculiar blind spot for an intrepid reporter, don't you think? This comic is from Chris Hallbeck at Maximumble.


Trademen's Feud

Sidewalk Review



YouTuber Awkward Adolescent gives us an amazingly detailed review of a sidewalk in Palmer, Alaska. A few trees in the neighborhood would go a long way to fixing the wind problem. The quality of engineering in sidewalks is something  you never think about if you drive everywhere. But if you regularly walk anywhere, or even if you just walk through your neighborhood once, you'll have opinions about the usability, safety, and aesthetics of the varying sidewalks on your route. I live next to a municipal walking trail that feeds into several walking neighborhoods, where the sidewalks can be a hundred years old or brand new. How they treat your feet becomes important when you try to get in a mile or two of exercise. There's a discussion at reddit that goes deep into the factors that make a good sidewalk. (via Digg) 

Miss Cellania's Links

The American Revolution Was One Battlefront in a Huge World War. You have to wonder why the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch were so interested in American independence.

10 Fun Facts About Coming to America

Liminal Seattle is an interactive map of strange, bizarre, and possibly supernatural things in Seattle, Washington. Submitted reports include legends, ghosts, UFOs, odd animals, time distortion, visions, and more, most from first-hand experience. (via Digg)


Skip the Burger, Eat the Patty Melt.

The Harsh Reality of Food for Little House Pioneers. Survival was much tougher than Laura Ingalls Wilder's happy childhood memories.

Let Us Tell You S’more About America’s Favorite Campfire Treat. The s'more is a simple combination of three ingredients that each have an interesting history. (via Boing Boing)

An autopsy of the American dream.

The Weirdest Statues of the American Presidents. Presidential statues can go wrong because of artistic trends that don't stand up over time, or unexpected problems in production, or the artist's lack of talent, or deliberate disrespect. (via Strange Company)


Meet Potato, the Stumpy Cat

Inside the White House’s Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening. And more about the Trump-Kennedy banking connection from last year and last week.


A blast from the past (2013): 5 Places That Are Still On Fire.

Ten Movie LOLcats

I collect theme cats like these, mainly from Fark and I Can Has Cheezburger. Can you decipher which movie each cat represents? If you can't recall all of them, the answers are in the comments.

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Tweet of the Day


(via Buzzfeed)

Sunday, July 01, 2018

Independence Day Ceremonies

Gato Gol de Colombia



Colombia scored at the World Cup! Estefano is a fan, and his cat is either a fan, or just doesn't want to be left out of the fun. Colombia beat Senegal 1-0 on Thursday. (via reddit)


Ice Dispenser

(via reddit)

Coupling

Mel Brooks said, “Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die.” Put that into an interstellar and interspecies scenario and you've got the latest comic from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.


Happy Canada Day!

(via reddit)

His Proper Place

(via reddit)

Jeff Goldblum as a Sexy Slow Jam



Super Deluxe gives us a song full of Jeff Goldblum quotes. Yeah, it's sensuous, but I wish they'd used clips from when he was younger, like during the time of Earth Girls Are Easy and The Fly -before the transformation, of course. (via Digg)

Tweet of the Day


That's a good dog. (via Buzzfeed)