pic o’ the day: Pareledone turqueti

Pareldedone Turqueti

Betcha didn’t know there was an Antarctic Octopus, eh? But seriously, how could there not be, given the presence of the Underground Lake of Gigantic Albino Penguins and A Few Feral Shoggoths? You so should have seen this coming.

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Operation Global Media Domination: Technorati: for all your “faith in civilization” needs

Seriously. I never thought of reaffirming my faith in human nature by checking Technorati (particularly as it refuses to promote me from 18,694th place) but this, actually, is heartening:

Top Searches

  1. Antonella Barba Antonella Barba
  2. Youtube Youtube
  3. Clay Aiken Clay Aiken
  4. Dell Dell
  5. Myspace Myspace
  6. Awp Awp
  7. Libby Libby
  8. Baudrillard Baudrillard
  9. Joost Joost
  10. Matt Sanchez Matt Sanchez

Really, it’s most uplifting. Sure, we’ve got a titty model, a mindless entertainment site, a closeted neo-Gospel singer, a computer, a mindless hookup and boast site, the sound you make when swallowing a too-big vitamin pill, and a popular kind of canned beans, but then we also have, in the top ten blog searches in the world at this time, one of the greatest newly-dead philosophers in the world.

Now, if I only knew what Joost was…is it a Tang substitute?

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quiz: pirate, ninja or cowboy?

Stolen from Pharyngula; does this result have something to do with the Squid fascination, I’m wondering? Also, does anyone know a nice, single cowboy? Didn’t Jean Lafitte retire to Texas, after all? There must be some attraction.

a Pirate
You scored 6 Honor, 4 Justice, 5 Adventure, and 8 Individuality!
Arr matey. You may belive in honor, and justice, and you certainly have a sense of adventure. But mostly, you play by your own rules. Your code is your own and you are flexible in most situations.Dress flamboyant and look into a parrot. I think you’ll do fine.
My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

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You scored higher than 99% on Ninjinuity
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You scored higher than 99% on Knightlyness
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You scored higher than 99% on Cowboiosity
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You scored higher than 99% on Piratical Bent

Link: The Cowboy-Ninja-Pirate-Knight Test written by fluffy71 on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

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photobucket in mourning?

Apparently Photobucket, the free image hosting site, has been so overcome by the death of (choose one)

[ ] Jean Baudrillard

[ ] Ernest Gallo

or

[ ] Captain America

that it has taken all pictures down and substituted tiny crosses of St. Andrew. Normal service will resume shortly…I hope…

nerdgasm: the making of Thunderbirds!

We all have our touchstones; the photograph of a child, a stone from the beach on which we fell in love, the first dollar we ever earned, a hard-won diploma, high school trophies wrapped in tissue paper and fond memories…

Supermarionation

Here’s an ancient video Rosetta Stone from the previous century which purports to be the very first time the Thunderbirds were recorded on film. The premise that the ‘birds were merely puppets is, of course, the kind of elaborate conceit for which the French intellectuals of the mid-Twentieth Century were so well known. As we are all aware, the Thunderbirds were every bit as real as the constant threat of Communist invasion.

Who’s with me? Team Thunderbird: Operation GenX initiated! F.A.B.!!!

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