Should it bother me that the National Security Agency has a website? Or even stranger, that it has a special website just for kids? I mean, we’re talking about a government agency that was once so secretive that “NSA” was supposed to stand for “No Such Agency.” Weird. Hmmmm… even weirder, I just noticed that… Continue reading Going mainstream
Tag: Weird
15-pound burger
This is crazy; a 15 pound hamburger is being offered free to any two people who can eat the entire thing in one three-hour sitting. the “Beer Barrel Belly Buster” weighs in with 10 pounds of meat molded into a 20-inch patty on a specially baked, 17-inch bun. The balance of the weight comes from… Continue reading 15-pound burger
Cartoon skeletons
This is cool yet random and kind of freaky at the same time: Skeletal Systems of Cartoon Characters. Animation was the format of choice for children’s television in the 1960s, a decade in which children’s programming became almost entirely animated. Growing up in that period, I tended to take for granted the distortions and strange… Continue reading Cartoon skeletons
The messed up world of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
So, re-watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with the kids this last week, made me realize just how long it had been since I’d last seen this special: not long enough. It’s been 40 years since it came out, and this might be blasphemy to say, but it really hasn’t aged well. The animation is terrible!… Continue reading The messed up world of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Clusterballoon
This is too insane not to link to: Ballooning into the Sky. This guy actually ties himself to a bunch of balloons and flies around. I smell a Darwin award! Via Slashdot.
Flesh Jacket
Okay, this article on a living tissue jacket is just disturbing and yet darkly funny. Basically, some guys are literally growing a jacket from living tissue… Grown using a combination of mouse and human cells, the jacket is currently quite tiny (about 2 inches high and 1.4 inches wide) and would just fit a mouse….… Continue reading Flesh Jacket