Huge Collection of WWII Propaganda Posters
Huge Collection of WWII Propaganda Posters (Axis & Allied powers represented).
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“I’m addicted to placebos. I’d give them up, but it wouldn’t make any difference.” ~ Steven Wright
The Placebo Effect In Action. “When patients believe a drug will help them, they sometimes heal themselves” (a report on a new study from Columbia University and the University of Michigan). And, an additional take on the Placebo Effect from the Skeptic’s Dictionary.
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We listened to the birds and tried to sing along.
The DeZurik Sisters committed only six songs to record during their recording career, but were the first women stars of the Grand Ole Opry and the National Barn Dance. Now WFMU has 32 tracks of theirs from their early appearance as The Cackle Sisters on the Purina Checkerboard Squares Radio Show. Download away and hear the yodeling that swept the nation in the early 40s.
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The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.
The progression of obesity in America (where one’s BMI is greater than 30) from 1985 to 2005.
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Haunted books
The Possessed Books gimmick is an 8″-long group of fake books with a
motion-sensor. When you walk past it, the books start to slide back and forth
and emit eerie moans.
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The Unerotic Internet
The
Internet is for porn. Never before in
the history of humanity have men (let’s be honest – it’s mainly men) had such
open access to depictions of attractive body parts in intimate physical
interactions. Every taste, every fetish
and every perversion is catered to. Some people think
there’s too much.. Some people think
there’s still not enough. Others wonder why
all this pornography can’t be a bit… sexier? And in a few small corners of the Internet, there are communities of people
who still remember what the word “erotic” used to mean, before it
became a synonym for tasteless trashy rutting and spyware infested digital
prostitution. [Almost all links are NSFW. None are pornographic. And I like good
porn.]
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One giant leap for space fashion
Bringing sexy back…to NASA? Sci-fi fans have witnessed many imaginings of
the
space suit. The skintight
BioSuit is based on the concept of providing a “second skin” to astronauts.
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Near Miss in Las Vegas
Pilot tells of hairy near miss at Las Vegas airport A post on Airliners.net telling, in some detail, of a near miss between an America West Airbus A320 (piloted by the author) and an Air Canada plane at Las Vegas airport.
And if that puts you off flying, to calm down, another pilot’s account, of a less hair-raising flight.
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My body is afraid, but I am not.
Who are you? I am Death. You have come for me? I have been for a long time at your side. I know.
Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007.
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Aneta Florczyk
Aneta Florczyk is an extraordinarily strong woman. Here is a video of her twisting a frying pan into a cylinder. She has deadlifted over 500 pounds. And pressed more than 250 pounds overhead.
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Ándale! Ándale! Arriba!
Ándale! Ándale! Arriba! — Step aside you rat! Speedy González (no relation to Alberto) debuted in 1953 as a Warner Brothers’ cartoon mouse (The Fastest Mouse in Mexico). Originally voiced by the master, Mel Blanc, his time on screen has at times been controversial — especially when paired with his cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez. Cartoon Network deemed his portrayal of Mexicans/Latinos to be offensive. “There evidently wasn’t a problem with the Mexican caricatures at the beginning of Speedy’s career. The 1955 animated short ‘Speedy Gonzales’ won an Academy Award [Best Short Subject (Cartoons)], and two other cartoons, Tabasco Road and The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, were nominated for Oscars in 1957 and 1961.”
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She’s got a real pretty mouth on her, don’t she?
Tina Alberts, a dental assistant, raises pot bellied pigs. Knowing this, her wacky boss Dr. Woo decided to play a practical joke on her. When she was under anesthesia he temporarily gave her two boar teeth, leaving them in just long enough to stage a wacky unconscious photo. Later, he gave her the photo as a fun present. She freaked out. Everybody hired lawyers. Alberts got $250,000. Woo got $1,000,000. Yes, you read that right.
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Mate for life
A mating dance of the waved albatross on The Galapagos Islands. (60 sec. plus some other clips below)
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From Red to Green
“The model of economic development that we are currently pursuing is unsustainable. Our energy consumption per unit of GDP is seven times that of Japan, six times that of America, and even 2.8 times that of India. China’s labour productivity is less than 10 per cent of the world total, and yet our emissions are over 10 times higher than the global average.” ~ Pan Yue – deputy director of China’s State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA). Part of a new generation of outspoken Chinese senior officials, Pan has given rise to a tide of environmental debate, attracting enormous attention and controversy.
Read his articles here : –
China: economic powerhouse, environmentally unsustainable – part one and part two
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“We’re gonna see some serious shit.”
Every kid who grew up in the 80’s wanted a DeLorean. Well, it seems that that dream may yet come true.
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Level 50 is evil
Gravity Pods, a physics-based shooter/puzzle where you use special gravity pods and repellers to alter the course of a projectile and avoid barriers to hit a target.
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Produce aisle freak show
Mutatoes is a photographic collection by artist Uli Westphal of non-standard fruits and vegetables found at Berlin groceries and farmers’ markets. The distorted, the discolored, the bumpy, the stumpy, the coiled and the conjoined all get star treatment.
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Voices of Africa
"Thanks to tremendous progress achieved by the General Packet Radio System (GPRS), the wireless communication protocol, it is now possible for Africans to send articles and images (still and moving) about events taking place in their countries without using a computer and without having internet connection. Under those circumstances, the bigger the number of people expressing their opinions through that technology, the stronger becomes democracy, and the more valuable is the contribution to good governance efforts in Africa" – Voices of Africa, Mobile stories and videos from Africa. Quote above from article Mobile Reporters in Africa.
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…all I have ever wanted to do is play with venomous animals…
I consider myself to be one of the luckiest people alive. I get to travel the globe catching snakes with my lovely wife. [Warning: Frames Ahead. Also, snake venom LD-50 information.]
RobDurdle.com 
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