First, two that are not new to me. Bohemiology and Red Wheelbarrow (better than ever but I miss the old wheelbarrow picture) And now a few that I just recently discovered: Puppies and Flowers – lots of very interesting stuff, photos, videos, etc. Not many puppies and flowers. I especially like: the sugar blocks, the [...]

Shiny, wavy gold back-up drive 601 pocket protectors (via 2 Blowhards) What a cute robot. I can’t picture myself using any voice activated device though. Albino deer – three very nice photos. (via Look At This…) The Michelin Man in 1920 Ten Little Known Facts. Interesting. (Warning: animated graphic may cause seizures) Weird lamps Mixed [...]

Japanese vending machines – You can get all sorts of stuff from vending machines, from the fairly ordinary to the bizarre. (via Plep)

20 unusual hotel rooms, including one that doesn’t exist yet. I wouldn’t mind staying in some of them, especially the Hotel Fox and the one in the first photo, even though it’s intended to be a kid’s room.

I’ve always been a one-project-at-a-time type of person, at least when it comes to sewing, but I’m about to have several projects going at once. I’m just getting ready to start a super secret project with a “deadline” in just a few weeks. The person I’m making it for isn’t reading this but I’m going [...]

Redneck weddings (OMG, that first photo is almost NSFW) and a geek wedding The center of the universe – looks like a nice place but I wouldn’t want to live there. Too cold. The Snowclones Database The Rite of Spring doesn’t sound natural. Far away there in the sunshine… – a lovely blog As he [...]

Here’s another great Dark Roasted Blend photo collection: odd religious items. Some are intended to be humorous; others are unintentionally humorous. The ones that made me laugh the most: the Adam and Eve dolls, the “can I help you” t-shirt, the “YMCA” t-shirt* and the “klansmen”. There are also several pictures of an awesome Lego [...]

A rather memorable weekend for movies in that two nights in a row there were movies on TV that were interesting enough that He Who Cannot Leave His PC Without Being Surgically Separated From It (a.k.a. Number Two Son) actually sat and watched them in their entirety. Saturday night it was The Ten Commandments. It’s [...]

Cartoon swearing. Hilarious! (via Bifurcated Rivets) 16 Extreme Beds – Not “extreme” so much as odd. Some of them are very practical. Flaming gas crater – Wow. (via Dark Roasted Blend) Time For Spring – a 1936 MGM cartoon. (about 9 minutes long)

This is nice – a short post about Easter, the equinox and the full moon with a very cool picture of the moon. Also a very nice small picture of azaleas.

I get my ideas mostly by stealing them from my betters. The only difference between a great author and a mediocre one is that great authors steal from the greats. I suggest reading the classics for loot. — here Many a time I have nearly choked in astonished hilarity at what some politician has said [...]

Mechanical world Birds, bees and blooms – images from antique natural history books. (via Coisas…) Some better views of the bookcase stairs I linked to a few weeks ago. Beautiful photos of Armenia More bird illustrations Paintdrop sculptures. Odd. (via Moon River)

The Reel Rocker. This is unbelievable. Folks, rednecks have been using abandoned cable spools as furniture since the first time anyone ever abandoned a cable spool. Now a piece of furniture that’s only one step beyond the standard spool table and achievable by anyone with decent carpentry skills sells for $870. Ain’t capitalism great? I’m [...]

Have you ever had a friend who greatly embarrassed you? I have. We had absolutely nothing in common. She was more than ten years younger than me. (That’s not really relevant.) She was extremely irresponsible; she was a hypocrite and a liar; she was highly promiscuous; she dressed like a prostitute, wore way too much [...]

I just noticed something very cool about the little calendar on the wall next to my computer desk. March 20, the “first day of spring” is correctly labeled, “Vernal Equinox.” I’ve never seen that on a calendar before. Most say “First Day of Spring” or “Spring Begins” or, occasionally “Spring Equinox”. That reminds me, it’s [...]

A long, long list of language abuse from The Simpsons. This blog, HeiDeas looks very interesting. There’s a lot more about language. Via Bifurcated Rivets

Arthur C. Clarke has died. I love the last sentence of that article. This would likely be a better post if I simply quoted that line and let it stand on it’s own. I haven’t read very many books by Clarke so I really don’t have much to say. I read Rendezvous With Rama and [...]

Via Dustbury: Are women more afraid of being viewed as prudes than men? And another question: Why be afraid of being viewed as a prude anyway? If the shoe fits why not wear it? Embrace the term. Make it something to be proud of much like rednecks being proud to be rednecks. Yes I’m a [...]

Is this what J.S. Bach really looked like? Since it doesn’t matter I’m going to keep picturing him as looks in the traditional portrait.

I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. This is the Internet after all. The LOL Cat Bible Translation Project. Remind me not to stand too close to any of those people. Thanks, Andy

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves. — E.M. Forster Thanks, Erik.

It’s a perfect spring day, dark and pouring rain. No, I’m not being sarcastic. I do like sunshine as much as anyone else but there’s something lovely about a rainy day too. And you know what goes well with a rainy day? Bach. There’s something about Bach and rainy days – perfect for each other. [...]

Maybe this is just another sign that I’m turning into an old fart but this annoys me. London has put big ugly pads around lamp posts on one street to protect people who run into them while texting. Is there no limit to how far we must go to relieve people of the burden of [...]

A great list of lists. Some fun stuff, some weird stuff… Top 10 Bizarre Traditions, 5 Works of Art That Can Probably Kill You, 7 Unluckiest People in the World and – just what everyone needs – 69 more uses for duct tape. Lots more.

Here’s a collection of St. Patrick’s Day fun. And just so you’ll know, yes I am wearing green – a very green long sleeved t-shirt. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.