Ghost Roses — Unfiltered color photograph. Seen at Roberts Floral in Bismarck, North Dakota.
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Bros before hoes.
Tigger’s Nightmare
The Busiest Damn Kitten on Amazon
While shopping on Amazon for stuff for my cats — Yes, I have cats. — a certain kitten caught my eye. And then caught my eye again. And again. And again. And… well, who know how many times it actually shows up, but here are a few I found. Truly, this is the busiest damn kitten on Amazon.
Continue readingIs this a bust of John F. Kennedy or William H. Macy?
A special message from Ernie “The Gurney” Keeber
You can’t lick this stamp collection (because someone else already did).
On January 2nd, 2016, I won an eBay auction for a lot of nine comic books from the late-60s and early-70s. Along with my winning bid price, I paid an additional five bucks for economy shipping.
When I received an eBay alert that they had shipped, I noticed that it didn’t include a tracking number, which is kind of unusual these days. Then when I received the package on January 7th, I found out why.
This dude didn’t just go old school, he went old-old school, meeting the $3.22 in postage with stamps. And I’m not talking Ingrid Bergman and Charlie Brown forever stamps from 2015; at least one of the stamps he used is over a century old. Incredible and crazy cool.
It was time to give my Google-Fu a workout, and the following is what I discovered. Continue reading
Two things I learned from the cover of a Planters mixed nuts holiday gift tin.
1. Mr. Peanut likes to go sledding in the shells of his slain enemies.
2. Mr. Peanut’s personal assistant has some serious arm and leg issues.
The origin of the Obliterating Foot from Monty Python’s Flying Circus
“I guess it’s because the big toe sticks up.”
— Terry Gilliam, explaining his choice for Monty Python’s animated Obliterating Foot.
Animation frame from the opening titles to Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The foot originally belonged to Cupid in Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, a painting from the 1500s by Agnolo Bronzino.
Detail from Agnolo Bronzino’s Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
Source: Jones, Jerene (1981, December 21). The Only Yank in Monty Python Stares Down Critics as His Time Bandits Steals $24 Million. People magazine, Vol. 16, No. 25.
Flipped Off By Five
I’m not quite sure why the number five in this Cartoon Network promo is flipping me off.
Same to you, five!