Miscellany
Batman Running Away From Shit
The Dynamic Duo running from The Big Lebowski
User contributed animated gifs of 1960s Batman and Robin fleeing various perils.
Tornado Season On The Sun?
Tornado On The Sun
The largest solar storm in five years threatens to disrupt flights and power lines this week. It pales in comparison to the tornado observed last month on the surface of the sun. The tornado was larger than Earth itself, had gusts up to 300,000 miles per hour, and it lasted 30 hours. But the thing to fret about is the Carrington Effect, named for the Solar Storm of September 1-2, 1859. Aurorae were seen worldwide (including in the Caribbean) and were so bright that people in the northeastern US could read a newspaper by the aurora’s light. Telegraph systems all over the world failed, some shocking telegraph operators and causing telegraph papers to catch fire. The UK Commons Defence Committee recently put the likelihood of a similar severe space weather event occurring over the next five years at “moderate to high”.
Three Little Pigs – Update
Three Little Pigs take it on the chin. Check out this advertisement for how the London Guardian would cover the story today.
| VL: We’re gonna need more asians, there aren’t a lot.
ST: That’s probably why they”re a minority. ’Cuz there aren’t a lot of them.
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Cat Juggling
The overly friendly sniffing dog simulator.
The image above is from a three year old video of cat yodeling. In researching this week’s Catch of the Day, I searched for and found Steve Martin’s legendary 1979 film of cat juggling. So as long as it’s Google Starts Tracking (And Selling) Everything You Do Online Day try a search on YouTube for cat juggling, I got 1,190 hits.
Why You Gotta Be So Mean?
“Mean”
by Taylor Swift
PLAY SONG (4:00)
Someday, I’ll be singing at The Grammies, and all you’ll ever be is mean.”
Dog TV
Dog TV – The first TV channel for dogs. Launches this week in San Diego on Cox and Time Warner Cable.
JK: I know what would make my sore back feel better….. A nice big bowl of Mac ‘N Cheese!
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