Serenity cycle - Actually, it’s one of those three wheeled car things and a really, really bad photoshop. Still, nice idea.
CraftKB - craft discussion groups, wide variety of craft topics including, sewing, quilting, woodworking, blacksmithing and lots more
Red rain - curious
Chewbacca “talking” doll and Star Wars pie
Black fawn - Melanistic deer are even more […]
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Good Show Sir is a blog devoted to “Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers”. As always, “worst” is a matter of opinion. A few are, as advertised, really bad, but more of them are good - or at least, not bad. Here are my opinions on a few of the recently posted covers.
Songs of […]
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Crazy cat man? - Neat! Great photo too.
World’s Smallest Functional Steam Locomotive
Acoustic Forestry - Interesting
Mmmmm… cupcakes - I must try some of those.
Animal Name Origins
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I was shouting into a vast echo chamber where no one could hear me because they were too busy shouting themselves. — here
Many people … are scared of not being “normal”. But nobody is normal. And appearing normal is a lot of work, for no reason. — there
If I’m going to have voice recognition, I […]
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Nathan Fillion has found his dream car. That makes me a wee bit sad. It used to be that a hot guy wouldn’t be caught dead in anything but a hot sports car or muscle car. I suppose it is kinda cute and spacey though.
By the way, that Ecorazzi site is sort of pretty. […]
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Little Black Book - They need to make one of these for the Kindle. And make it lots more steampunky, please.
Oddly Specific - Very weird signs.
2010: Living in the Future - A 1972 children’s book. I was in the middle of the future school part of it when Firefox crashed and I haven’t […]
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In my head. That’s where my novels are, and the plays, the screenplays, the collected works of me. — here
…no actual magic in it at all. Fantasy, with no magic. Or maybe it does have magic. there (That’s one of my all time favorite movies!)
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Feasting Utensils - Very cool. I wouldn’t actually use them, of course, but they would look great hanging on the wall.
Vintage chocolate ads - Yummy!
Mind your manners - Tokyo subway posters. Important note: stuff from the 70’s is NOT “vintage”. I remember the 70’s. And to call 80’s stuff vintage… well, now you’re just […]
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And so we do what is possible rather than what we would like — here
This just in: Apple recently contacted ENCOM to see if they can borrow the shrink ray for Steve Jobs’ ego. — there
The quest for airplay usually results in something that sounds like everything else on the playlist, just so it will […]
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Neato Coolville - A blog featuring neato cool stuff, especially, vintage advertising and packaging, illustrations, and pop culture history.
A Momentary Taste of Being - A nice literature blog. Annoying technical issue: scrolling is a bit odd, doesn’t quite work right.
I Want a New Left - a reasonable left of center political blog with […]
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Meaningless T-Shirts - a blog devoted to making fun of t-shirts
Adorable Microcars - Some of these are pretty cute but not practical for me. I need more room to haul stuff.
When Chuck Norris Gets Bitten By a Zombie - Hah!
Friends of Irony - “Ironic photos.” Lots of funny and odd signs.
Neatorama Art Blog […]
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“It seems somewhat common that people who are neither alien nor Asperger syndrome types have no conversation skills.” — here
I was surprised, as this particular species is very close to extinction, even in the wilds of places like YouTube. — there
What do people do when confronted with scientific evidence that challenges their pre-existing view? Often […]
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Crazy Things Parents Say - funny and sometimes weird
Monster Bike - Judging by the accents, this is in the UK(?) More evidence that redneck culture is not limited to a certain region of the U.S.
Exterminators were here - Hah! Hilarious. Sevarina has a lot more fun stuff.
but does it float - Art and […]
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Do appliances know that they can make your life miserable if they shoot craps on a Sunday? Is Sky Net giving them orders already? — here (via)
…there are more important things in life than sticking to the script, no matter what the Big Book O’ Metrics says. — there
Which is to say, that if you […]
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Midwest Rock Lobster - a very nice all-around blog; cycling, gardening, cooking, community theatre, photos. I love the page design too.
Sanna’s Bag - another great all-around blog; knitting and all sorts of lovely domestic stuff. I love The Way of Cake. Now that’s my kind of ceremony, but listen, if you’re going to cut […]
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…”for the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.” — here
You can get as dark and as biting as you want, and nobody will say, “That was a little too dark and biting.” But one too many smiles, and you can start counting down to the first time you’ll hear the word “saccharine.” Booo, […]
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Oklahoma Sunset
Home Tree
Feline sports
Daisy Forest
A Mythbuster parasailing
Tiny sea slug
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A movie-book-book connection - Interesting? Odd? I’m not sure; I’m not familiar with William Tenn.
Russian “Train Cemetery” - fascinating mechanical ruin
Beautiful Montana scenery
Altered States - fun with maps
The Colour - Art and photography from Australia. Great site!
The Victorian Peeper - a wonderful Victorian era art and history blog
Bruce Campbell’s Soup - Hah! (via)
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I almost forgot. It’s Friday. I have “duties”. Only three quotes this time and the last one from half an hour of desperate searching for “just one more”, immediately before posting this.
But I have to admit at times hearing a 15 minute discourse on bunions, or on how annoyed they are with the lawyer […]
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One brave thing - Funny, cute.
Where cursors come from
Weird bet - very interesting story
Merging galaxies - I haven’t read the article yet but there is a beautiful set of simulations.
Dessert - Amen, sister!
Musical Tesla coils - Freaky awesome! (via)
Dinosaur Tracking - a Smithsonian paleontology blog
Clockwise and counterclockwise waves - fascinating
World’s Most Insanely Luxurious […]
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The Cathedral of the Movies - Beautiful!
Cute iPod speaker
Crayon carvings - Neat!
I don’t know what it is but it looks cool.
Thinking - Ha!
Wagner and Hip-Hop - a series of items on Wagner. I like number 3, a very short video with Robin Williams.
11 Time Lords - collectors action figures set of all […]
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I like that sense of constancy, and that sense of shaking hands with the past. And the idea that in a changing world, there are at least a few things you can cling to that remain the same. — here
Some people don’t get it. They don’t get that the internet is a conversation. They think […]
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Where people are going - Interactive map shows where people are moving to and from (via)
Nimoy Sunset Pie - Fantastic! It seems I was wrong. There is a such thing as a funny knock knock joke.
The mystery of Hopper’s diner
Fast food - Great photo!
Greatest Underwater Cities in Science Fiction and Super sci-fi submarines
12 Impressively […]
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And that’s the secret, you know. Assume the people you are dealing with are human beings, like you. When you do that, barriers fall. — here
Major critics are already sort of hailing him as “the most uncompromising artistic genius in the history of the world, but Der Drübermensch has not, to date, actually produced much […]
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Foliage of Terror - cursed or haunted trees and hedges
PopSci archive of quirky inventions
Betelgeuse supernova - Any day now?
Klingonska Akademien - including dictionary, songs and more
5 Incredible Animals and Plants
Is There a Chicken Soup for That? - a quiz. I got 4 out of 10 correct.
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