Monday, December 02, 2019
Prices Unlimited
In this 1944 short, Louise and Grace had a nightmare about having to visit the ration board. It must have been something they ate. (via Weird Universe)
James Taylor Has Updated "Fire And Rain"
If you're like a lot of folks, you watch Stephen Colbert's opening monologue and then go to sleep. You may have missed this silly bit in which James Taylor unveils a modern version of his classic "Fire and Rain." He's seen a lot of things in the last 50 years. Colbert sings, too. (via Bits and Pieces)
A Visit from Death
Gotcha! This is the very definition of memento mori- a reminder that death comes for all of us. All we can do is make the best of the time we have. This comic is from Chris at Lunarbaboon.
How Stop Motion Animation Began
Stop-motion animation is such a familiar idea to us that young children try it at home. But you have to wonder about the pioneers that came up with the idea more than 100 years ago. After all, it was a serious investment in both time and money back then. Vox takes us back to the early 20th century, when Wladyslaw Starewicz had a hard time getting stag beetles to fight each other for an educational film. (via Kottke)
Miss Cellania's Links
The Definitive Guide to 2019’s Deluge of New Christmas Movies. (via Digg)
How To Fix Frizzy Doll Hair. Jen Yates worked wonders on Pinkie Pie!
Do you eat Brassica oleracea? You probably do, even though you didn't realize it.
Ice Age Humans Somehow Survived North of the Arctic Circle. (via Strange Company)
Bad Romance. What happened to the National Enquirer after it went all in for Trump? (via Metafilter)
Zenith Flash-Matic, the First Wireless TV Remote. It was a flashlight you aimed at the TV. (via Nag on the Lake)
A Forged Deed and a Bloody Trunk: Mary Farmer’s Plot to Steal Her Landlord’s Home.
The No Shave November Guys are Back.
A blast from the past (2012): Funny and Fabulous Fortune Cookies.
Tweet of the Day
Thinking, as I often do, about the time Yahoo News thought "Zooey Deschanel divorces Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard" meant she had left a man named Death Cab to pursue a relationship with the lead singer of the band Cutie pic.twitter.com/rIA3b47KVe— Kyle Daly (@dalykyle) September 18, 2019
Yes, that really happened, although the original article was later re-written.
Sunday, December 01, 2019
The Saga: Star Wars with Tommy Wiseau
Think of the two most awkward, wooden acting performances you've seen in your life. Yeah, that would be Hayden Christensen in the Star Wars prequels and Tommy Wiseau in The Room. This fan film from PistolShrimps puts them together, not only in the same story, but in an intimate relationship that somehow produces a son named Mark (Hamill). The story also involves Obi-Wan, Yoda, Leia, and Kylo Ren. The tale is completely bonkers, but the editing is exquisite -except for that stupid football.
Baby Yoda vs. Darth Sidious
A fan film by MaxeBaumannFilms2013 uses footage from the movie Revenge of the Sith combined with the Disney+ TV series The Mandalorian to give us a battle between Darth Sidious (also known as Emperor Palpatine) and Baby Yoda. One is a Sith lord, while the other is an infant without the strength or muscle control to walk, but who can harness the Force and wield a lightsaber with the best of them. If you're concerned about the title having "2" in it, you aren't missing anything, because this video has all of part one in it, plus the end of the battle. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Hallmark Christmas Movie Plot Generator
If you've seen more than one Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, you'll start to see a pattern developing. If you want to write a script for one, they take submissions. If you've seen a lot of those movies, you don't really need the above chart to know what's expected. However, you can use this graph by John Atkinson at Wrong Hands as a Bingo card when you're hosting your next Christmas movie marathon.
The Skywalker Saga
This fan-made video edit gives us highlights of nine Star Wars movies in chronological order -only the good parts, designed to make us excited about finding out how the story ends. It worked for me!
Tweet of the Day
An aerial view of a sheepdog as it demonstrates fluid mechanics, and it also shows a sheep is a particle, while a flock is a wave.pic.twitter.com/VxrHJTWcX7— Tim Skellett (@Gurdur) November 23, 2019
(via Nag on the Lake)
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