Tonight's The Night
Tonight's The Night Walpurgisnacht, that is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9twZX_CwVvQ
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Even The Pakleds Would Know...
Even The Pakleds Would Know... That nobody can "own" a language. Originally shared by Sai (saizai) If you haven't yet, do read the Language Creation Society's amicus brief in Paramount Pictures v. Star Trek Axanar on #Klingon copyright. Yes, I'm biased (I helped make it happen), but it legitimately is the funniest serious legal brief I have ever read. See http://conlang.org/axanar for background (& extensive press coverage). https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzmetJxi-p0VM19nbUpyNXE0a28/view
Originally shared by Randy Culler
Originally shared by Randy Culler "Sailin' Shoes" - Sam Bush - One-Take Dusty Wright presents mandolin maestro Sam Bush performing "Sailin' Shoes" at Gibson Guitars in NYC. Dusty Wright's One-Takes are a series of live songs by artists you know, should know, or will know soon enough! #bluegrass https://youtu.be/XEne36YxyKI
Bierernst
Bierernst I am always bierernst, except when I am not. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/29/475138367/germanys-beer-purity-law-is-500-years-old-is-it-past-its-sell-by-date?sc=17&f=1001
One Night In Bangkok
One Night In Bangkok http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/american_studies/bungee_dating_i.php Murray head-One Night In Bangkok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc_LRjlbTU http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/american_studies/bungee_dating_i.php
All
All http://sharonrandall.com/2016/04/nana-quiz-column-april-19-2016/ http://sharonrandall.com/2016/04/nana-quiz-column-april-19-2016/
Dared To Be Different
Dared To Be Different Elton Spitzer, 84, Who Helped Turn WLIR Into a Radio Destination, Dies http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/business/media/elton-spitzer-84-who-helped-turnwlir-into-a-radiodestinationdies.html
50¢ Holding Up $25
50¢ Holding Up $25 Filing a $10K brief against a $200 fine. Just another example of an effed up justice system. http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/04/news/road/legally-speaking-impeding-traffic-case_403646 http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/04/news/road/legally-speaking-impeding-traffic-case_403646
Eat At Clyde's
Eat At Clyde's http://abc11.com/news/raleigh-eatery-feels-backlash-for-profiling-stance/1184516/ http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article10301036.html Photo via David McKeever
Know Where You're From
Know Where You're From "We all come from divorce!" he says. "This is an age of divorce. Things that belong together have been taken apart. And you can't put it all back together again. What you can do, is the only thing that you can do. You take two things that ought to be together and you put them together. Two things! Not all things." http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/24/474092842/the-gospel-according-to-wendell-berry-on-screen http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/24/474092842/the-gospel-according-to-wendell-berry-on-screen
Daughter of Accolade
Daughter of Accolade Our San Juan 30 (#26) wins a fair amount of silver ware. Designed by Bruce Kirby, built by Clark Boat Co. http://sj21class.org/pdf/clark_boat.pdf http://sj21class.org/pdf/clark_boat.pdf
Ass Backwards
Ass Backwards Robert Crumb, contrarian: “The scum of the earth. They’re my people,” chortles Crumb, who is tickled by the contradictions of his two worlds. Collectors of cheap comics insist on pristine copies, while fine-art connoisseurs prize the “white-out” of Tipp-Exed corrections that vein his Art & Beauty pictures. He exploited this to the max with four Waiting for Food series – drawings on place mats, which were then sold individually. “Collectors love to get a little marinara sauce with their art.” http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/24/robert-crumb-interview-art-and-beauty-exhibition http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/24/robert-crumb-interview-art-and-beauty-exhibition
Sliver
Sliver Narrow shape, long overhangs, very clean lines. About the same waterline as our boat, much less weight. Weighs about as much as our keel, I'd guess. Etchells.
Digital Authentication
Digital Authentication http://towndock.net/newsextra/bathroom-re-opens-with-on-duty-compliance-officer http://towndock.net/newsextra/bathroom-re-opens-with-on-duty-compliance-officer
Originally shared by Damn interesting
Originally shared by Damn interesting A new theory provides a possible explanation for the “Impossible” EmDrive Thruster. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601299/the-curious-link-between-the-fly-by-anomaly-and-the-impossible-emdrive-thruster/ http://ow.ly/4mW9uL
Perspective
Perspective No matter what challenges you may face today... You can be thankful that you are not working at the Bojangles that will be receiving the manic attentions of two (count 'em) TWO busloads of hungry chillen this morning.
Time To Hop To It
Time To Hop To It Damien Walters does a blind backflip over a speeding Formula E racer... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF9bbY3-lQU
Mi Corazón
Mi Corazón Originally shared by Jessica Pierce When bad weather prevents riding, we do a barn lesson, which means "find something to do inside." I did this recently with Jay, who is 9, funny, super bright, and 100% dedicated to animals of all sorts. He has probably 20 minutes of impassioned opinion (based on research) about how zoos can operate humanely and ethically. A big heart. He says he's the "everything whisperer." A lot of kids think they're good with animals, but there's a difference between wanting to pet them, and caring about what they need. I think Jay is right though, because he says it frankly and not as a brag, and because once a ladybug lit on his shoulder and stayed there through the entire hour's ride, and the kid was not surprised in the least. He names every ladybug Leroy, because "then it's like it's the same ladybug landing on me for my whole life." Most importantly, he's good with Zorro, who is afraid of m...
Blowing In The Wind
Blowing In The Wind Originally shared by Damn interesting #WeatherHoroscope http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/04/accuweather-issues-90-day-forecasts-and-meteorologists-are-not-amused
Take Down Notice
Take Down Notice "Fair Use" means one thing for the little guys, another thing entirely for the media giants... http://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-google-books-case-1460987925
Take Oath
Take Oath I, State Your Name... Can always be trusted NOT to be trusted, To run from any fight I cannot win, To win any fight I cannot run from, To plunder treasure with a hearty laugh, To swab the deck with a hearty hand, To seek freedom with a hearty heart, And to sing "Yo Ho" in a hearty voice... over and over again! AND... to discourage the use of "parlay" in situations of conflict when those who seek to evoke it are only tryin' to save their own skins anyway, causin' pain and sufferin' for the captain, death and destruction for the entire crew, and an abuse of the use of "parlay" as defined in the Code- which is more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules anyway. Ah, just say... Yo Ho Ho! You are now officially Pirates! via Andrea Monticue http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2012/03/03/mit-awards-pirate-certificates-undergraduates/7bevphhaZi94oVMvctNslL/story.html?s_campaign=8315
Castle In The Sky
Castle In The Sky via Kam-Yung Soh Originally shared by The Brothers Brick Korean builder Hwang Byeong Jun has released step-by-step instructions for the amazing Laputa: Castle in the Sky music box that we featured last month, complete with details on how to integrate the music box into your LEGO build. You can see each step in… http://www.brothers-brick.com/2016/04/18/instructions-for-laputa-castle-in-the-sky-lego-music-box-now-available/
X Marks The Spot
X Marks The Spot Originally shared by Ralf Haring "One of the several key facts this map fails to note is that three months earlier there had been zero diagnosed cases of cholera in Haiti. In fact, there had never been a diagnosed case of the disease in that country before. ... Why not? A spokeswoman for the CDC says in an email that the Haiti map was devised “to optimize response activities on the ground.” Mapping the origin of the epidemic, she says, “was not germane to the purpose.” That’s one answer. Another is that the CDC knows as well as anyone else that the source—that unidentified spot beside the red triangle, the Broad Street pump of Haiti—was a U.N. peacekeeping base." http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2016/04/what_caused_haiti_s_cholera_epidemic_the_cdc_s_museum_knows_but_won_t_say.html
Led Me To A Vow
Led Me To A Vow Originally shared by **** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCV-KNponmU&feature=share
Originally shared by lynn paden
Originally shared by lynn paden grrr.... another series i need to watch. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/louis-ck-confirms-end-horace-884470
Resistance Is Futile
Resistance Is Futile Originally shared by Susan Jahn John Bump https://twitter.com/mathemaniac/status/698393694227968005?s=09
I Just Got To Have My Lovin' Spoonful...
I Just Got To Have My Lovin' Spoonful... Ain't Maxwell House all right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWqhrR5tPc
I Will Be There In The Morning If I Live..
I Will Be There In The Morning If I Live.. I will be there in the morning if I don't get killed... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ZhTcRZ6yI
Les Misérables
Les Misérables Everybody was just doing their job. Originally shared by Rugger Ducky If you can read this story and still be a supporter of the "War on Drugs" and Life Without Parole sentences for non-violent crimes...well, I challenge anyone to think about what they would do in his situation. If your insurance suddenly stopped, and you needed over $150k for a critical bone marrow transplant for your kid, what would you do? To what extents would you risk your own life and freedom to ensure your child lived? In a nation where we don't have universal medical care, parents are forced to make horrific decisions. https://www.guernicamag.com/features/the-life-sentence-of-dicky-joe-jackson-and-his-family/
Toy Story
Toy Story via rik finn http://www.messynessychic.com/2016/04/15/today-i-stumbled-upon-a-secret-kingdom-of-lost-toys/
"Don't Elbow When It's Not Critical"
"Don't Elbow When It's Not Critical" Wayne Stetina on the Little 500. http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/features/the-little-500-two-days-in-april/#.VxBQG8j3bCQ
Tails Out Protection Copy
Tails Out Protection Copy Originally shared by David “not B” A Cautionary tales from yesteryear. https://youtu.be/8dhp_20j0Ys
Join The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Join The Mad Farmer Liberation Front "So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it." Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front from The Country of Marriage copyright © 1973 by Wendell Berry, reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. http://www.context.org/iclib/ic30/berry/
Leaving Loachapoka
Leaving Loachapoka "...songs in her head just swirlin' around..." http://www.southernscribe.com/zine/authors/Chapman_Marshall.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uasSQ5gVs7I
The Camel Exists
The Camel Exists Sit down with a cold root beer to hear the news... via Kam-Yung Soh Originally shared by rare avis Snoopy's Sopwith Camel Airplane in Museum's Major New Exhibit A priceless piece of history has come in for a landing at the Museum of Flight's Personal Courage exhibit. "We have been searching for this artifact for almost 100 years," said curator Dan Hagedorn. The famed Sopwith Camel, once flown above the skies of Europe during World War I by a WWI flying ace, Snoopy. The famous aircraft has never been seen in public, and until recently, historians have believed it among the thousands of fighter aircraft lost forever in combat over France nearly one hundred years ago. It is now part of the Museum's permanent collection. "The Museum of Flight has a new crown jewel," proclaimed the Museum's Senior Curator, Dan Hagedorn. "This aircraft is undoubtedly the most important artifact of the world's first air war, not to me...
Whitewashing
Whitewashing Good work, if you can get it... Originally shared by George Station Interesting use of the #UCDavis budget. #search #retcon #censorship (worth considering—it's a state entity after all) http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article71659992.html
Engine Of A Better Social Order
Engine Of A Better Social Order "There are people on the far Right and far Left who can’t join in a creative dialogue about our differences — say, the most radical 15 or 20 percent on either end. But that leaves 60 or 70 percent in the middle who could have that conversation, given the right conditions. And in a democracy, that’s more than enough to do business." "When I was researching 'Healing the Heart of Democracy', I learned that at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 — where, for the first time in history, people created a political system in which conflict and tension are not the enemy but the engine of a better social order — 30 percent of the delegates walked out before the final vote was taken. Serious conflicts are nothing new in our politics. Our job is to learn to deal with them creatively, which is the key to the democratic experiment." The clearest sign that a politician is not doing their job is a failure to engage in the process of debate ...
Magically Delicious
Magically Delicious "I never got the girl, not in 19 seasons. I was never starred, I was never featured. But I always worked." Originally shared by lynn paden His most memorable moment during the show occurred offstage. After heeding an order to stop hurling light bulbs at a brick wall, he decided to light matches to test the melting point of the sprinkler heads. Besides setting off a fire alarm, he triggered a deluge just as Brutus ascended the pulpit above the body of Caesar on the stage below . Appalled at what he had done, young Arthur beat a hasty retreat, according to John Houseman, Welles’s collaborator, in his 1972 memoir, _“Run-Through.” But before he did, Arthur paused to call his mother from a pay phone and announced, “Hey, Mom, I’ll be home early.”_ so....he was a mischievous little imp offstage too..... rest well, mr arthur. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/arts/television/arthur-anderson-voice-of-lucky-charms-cereals-leprechaun-dies-at-93.html
No Sophomore Slump
No Sophomore Slump http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/06/saws_bbq_in_homewood_is_no_1_o.html
It Don't Matter
It Don't Matter For some reason bought this restaurant. The man who built it in 2000 was a house builder and ever time he'd come home and his wife say honey what chew want to eat tonight? And he'd say It don't matter, so they named it "It Don't Matter." http://www.wtvm.com/story/23939093/absolutely-alabama-it-dont-matter
Trust But Verify
Trust But Verify The Internet, like a broken clock, is sometimes right twice a day. Or not. Originally shared by Peter da Silva http://fusion.net/story/287592/internet-mapping-glitch-kansas-farm/
Fiddling About
Fiddling About "Fiddles are a universe, a pretty self-contained universe. It has gods and lesser gods and people who dirty the universe.” Originally shared by **** """ When does repair go way beyond reason and recognition? In fact, this two-century-old fetish for violin repair and restoration created a violin world composed largely of smoke and mirrors — according to Joe Peknik, former Metropolitan Museum of Art principal technician in the Musical Instruments Department. “I hate to say it, but it’s all a sham. To modernize an old violin to be played and sound well in a modern concert hall, one has to first stabilize the instrument by removing the top and in many cases, relining or doubling the edges, putting in a breast patch, and in some cases, make it thicker or thinner. Then a new, longer and thicker bass bar must be added, lengthening the neck and tilting it back a bit to put more tension on the top—all to make an instrument louder and stronger. These changes ar...
Shifting Ballast
Shifting Ballast Originally shared by NASA Using satellite data on how water moves around Earth, we've solved two mysteries about wobbles in the planet's rotation -- one new and one more than a century old. The research may help improve our knowledge of past and future climate. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1SHK11U
Motley Crew
Motley Crew "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious..." Mad illustrations skillz by Martha Wood...
Originally shared by Randy Culler
Originally shared by Randy Culler That’s when I heard “Big City,” a swinging bit of bounce that decries urban dwelling, overpopulation and crammed spaces. “Keep your retirement, and your so-called social security … big city, turn me loose and set me free,” the song purred. Like a siren on a rock, the silky guitar, the reeling fiddle, the gulping cry of the steel, the oaky male voice pulled me to the bandstand wanting to hear, to understand, to internalize this free spirit notion that jettisoned everything I was taught to want. http://lonestarmusicmagazine.com/8942-2/
Wiki Wocka Wocka
Wiki Wocka Wocka Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger Today's XKCD ( http://xkcd.com/1665/ ) is absolutely wonderful. I really love Randall Munroe's sense of humor.
Scrivener
Scrivener via/recommended by M Sinclair Stevens Originally shared by Laurie Varga Scrivener is 50% off for 4 days If you've been wanting to try it, this is a good chance I just stumbled upon this deal today. I already have Scrivener and love it so I highly recommend it to any writer. It is quite a robust piece of software and actually does far more than I need it to but I keep learning new tricks as I use it to make writing faster and easier. It also helps me collect thoughts and ideas that I want to save for later, as well as craft character or location profiles. It can output a file in a variety of formats and I used it to create a Word file for my editor to work on. Rather than me blabbing about it though, check out their website for more details. I'm probably not even doing a sufficient job describing it. Note that I'm *not affiliated with Scrivener or BoingBoing in any way. I just thought this was a good deal for a struggling writer who wants to up their game: https:...
Mysteries Explained
Mysteries Explained The answer is #NotRightFoods http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2016/04/08
Originally shared by Caroline Dow
Originally shared by Caroline Dow Long, but a good read, with a good history lesson (of things Americans have collectively chosen to forget). https://lobelog.com/the-end-of-the-american-empire/ https://lobelog.com/the-end-of-the-american-empire/
Biscuit Eater
Biscuit Eater Another way of saying a no count, low life, egg sucking dog that won't hunt. Some might interpret it as opprobrium. I call it a signal honor. I love me some biscuits. You can download a copy of the 1939 short story by James Street, as published in the Saturday Evening Post: http://strideaway.com/the-biscuit-eater/
Good Morning Starshine
Good Morning Starshine Oliver-Good Morning Starshine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxiz2hHKjBA
Adios
Adios Merle Haggard: “By the time you get close to the answers, it’s nearly all over.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsoHV6mg7r8
Seen Enough
Seen Enough Originally shared by The New Yorker For three decades, a motel owner outside of Denver secretly observed his guests, documenting their behavior in explicit detail. http://nyer.cm/ITkJUcG
Oorah
Oorah http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3524145/Lucky-Lucca-Marine-Corps-dog-lost-leg-sniffing-IEDs-mission-Afghanistan-awarded-highest-honor-animals-served-military.html
Cutting Edge Technology
Cutting Edge Technology Originally shared by David “not B” A Meanwhile, in Finland... "I guess I picked a bad day to be a snowman" http://www.popsci.com/finnish-filmmakers-gave-drone-chainsaw
Going To The Mattresses
Going To The Mattresses Originally shared by Timothy Street The last words of William Shakespeare come to light from analysis of the pages of his will, disproving the belief that he despised his spouse: The second best bed Goeth to wife Anne, my honey ; For anon 'twill be said : In the mattress hideth your money . http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/have-experts-solved-the-riddle-of-william-shakespeare-s-will-1-7833143 http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/have-experts-solved-the-riddle-of-william-shakespeare-s-will-1-7833143
Originally shared by Edward Morbius
Originally shared by Edward Morbius The Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca offshore banking data breach Over 11.5 million documents, in 2.6 terabytes of data, coveringing 300,000 companies represented by the Panamanian legal firm of Mossack Fonseca have been leaked to The Guardian , who are reporting on the findings, including a $2 billion trail leading to Russian president Vladimir Putin, ranked by some accounts as the 2nd or 3rd wealthiest person on Earth. I'm just processing this story myself, there are multiple posts across G+, and I'm going to try assimilating stories in this post for discussion. This is a continuation of the ICIJ and The Guardian's earlier offshore banking coverage, also through divulged emails. ICIJ's reporting: https://panamapapers.icij.org/ This particular item gives a general background and overview of the story, answering questions about Mossack Fonseca, its business-line (a Panama-based law-firm incorporating companies in offshore juri...
Typecast
Typecast Originally shared by Irina T. "“I've been making full-scale, nude, anatomically correct human figures and other stuff from typewriter parts (100% typewriter parts and nothing else) for about 20 years,” Mayer tells The Creators Project. “I don't solder, glue, weld, or wire them together. Just assembly. Not easy. Takes forever.” http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/jeremy-mayer-trypewriter-sculptures
Cap'n Kirk Got Hitched
Cap'n Kirk Got Hitched The Imperial March was the processional theme. The liturgy included references to Star Wars, online dating sites, The Lord of the Rings, and a variation on the Exploding Outhouse story. The weather was bright and blustery, with Small Craft Warnings in effect. A good time was had by all. Things were broken, but no arrests were reported in the aftermath.
The Nasty
The Nasty http://www.eater.com/2016/4/1/11327592/eater-elements-hominy-grill-charleston-nasty-fried-chicken-biscuit-gravy
GET GOOD PAY JOB!
GET GOOD PAY JOB! Originally shared by Tim O'Brien "Flat comics like the pros!" http://comicbastards.com/comics/a-visual-history-of-flatting-from-the-pages-of-modern-scientific-comix/
Freewheeling
Freewheeling via Bigscrod wants cake Originally shared by Google Nederland Google introduceert de zelfrijdende fiets in Nederland. We zijn trots dat een Nederlands team heeft gebouwd aan deze innovatie. #selfdrivingbike https://youtu.be/LSZPNwZex9s
Ain't No Man
Ain't No Man But a Woman, on the other hand... Originally shared by **** #americana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J4fhXimpW0