Archive for the 'Stupid Stuff' Category

They might have used Styx, “Too much time on my hands,” for the soundtrack.

This must have taken forever to setup. 

HT: Z

It’s not to early to make plans for trimming those bushes this summer

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HT: Here

John Kass considers the threat of the blobfish

Kass on this fine looking fish.

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Looking at this fish is why I fear losing what’s left of my hair. 

Enough of your complaining about the snow: pictures of people with real snow problems

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Here for more.

All you need to levitate is a patch of wet pavement

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Here for an explanation . . . let me know if you can figure out the Frisbee optical illusion.  I gave my answer partial credit.

4-Block World Points out an obvious inequity

No deep spiritual lessons in this post; but a keen observation never the less.

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As one who is neither handy, nor handsome, I can only dream of such skills . . .

Guys – - let’s get our work done around the house this Saturday, however, awful we may be at odd jobs.

Even as we marvel at those who are handy.  My sons who have assisted me on many home projects, have never seen such skill in our home.

HT: Z

Nothing quite so romantic as an Iowan with a manure spreader

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If you’re struggling for Valentine’s Day ideas, then look no further than the Great State of Iowa.

We Iowans have always had a certain flair when expressing our affection, and nothing exemplifies it better than using ones trusty manure spreader to scrawl a romantic message in the snow.

Here to read the story.

HT: Iowa native JT

Dave Barry reviews the year . . .

As only he can do, Dave Barry interacts with the last 12 months.

To be sure, it was a year that saw plenty of bad news. But in almost every instance, there was offsetting good news:

BAD NEWS: The economy remained critically weak, with rising unemployment, a severely depressed real-estate market, the near-collapse of the domestic automobile industry and the steep decline of the dollar.

GOOD NEWS: Windows 7 sucked less than Vista.

BAD NEWS: The downward spiral of the newspaper industry continued, resulting in the firings of thousands of experienced reporters and an apparently permanent deterioration in the quality of American journalism.

GOOD NEWS: A lot more people were tweeting.

BAD NEWS: Ominous problems loomed abroad as — among other difficulties — the Afghanistan war went sour, and Iran threatened to plunge the Middle East and beyond into nuclear war.

GOOD NEWS: They finally got Roman Polanski.

In short, it was a year that we will be happy to put behind us. But before we do, let’s swallow our anti-nausea medication and take one last look back, starting with. . . .

Read the whole thing here

HT: Humble Musings

Bet you can’t guess who has been on the most Time covers?

But, I’ll bet you can guess who is on pace to have triple the number of covers of anyone else.

Click here to see.