May 2013
2 posts
EXPLANATION REQUIRED (AND LONG, LONG OVERDUE)
Note: Tumblr is not usually for this sort of thing, but I am looking for the broadest exposure possible; it will be used only for this and only once. Please bear with me, and then we’ll get back to happy fun things. This is a re-post from “Homeless Chronicles in Tampa, 5/22/2013.”
First, a short explanation, before the longer one, and a warning. This is being directed at my...
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April 2013
3 posts
http://leemcaulay.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/1205/ →
Wonderfully described tours reminiscent of 19th century adventures from historians who often profited themselves, while still sharing their finds with the public.
“Apéritif” | Hannibal | TV Club | TV | The A.V.... →
Dreamlike, smart and filled with dread. The part of this show I found most effective was the underlying score. Less music, than pulses. Sometimes langorous, some uneven, jagged and insistent. It made me feel as if I was in someone else’s consciousness, but whose? I’ll have to keep watching to find out, if NBC doesn’t cancel “Hannibal.”
March 2013
17 posts
“In 1976, only 16 percent of Americans said they believed in ghosts. By 2000,...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via The Sunny Skeptic)
Of course, they don’t exist! But Chthulhu lives under my sink.
“FACT : The germs on your fingers double after using the toilet, but almost...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via Eduardo Villela)
Glad I hate sweets. Now if they had beef jerky treats for after dinner apperitifs, I’d be in trouble.
“FACT : Bluefin tuna is popular at sushi bars, but it contains high amounts...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via Chris Secrest)
That explains my urges to play “Bohemian Rhapsody” on my viola.
“FACT : When you pee, a small amount of urine enters your mouth through the...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via Chris Secrest)
I needed to know this and why? Because I am all about teh knowledge of stuff. Yeah, it’s like did you know that if you fart, burp and sneeze all at the same time, your eyes will fall out? (can’t really count...
“In 2008, an Illinois woman had her big toe chewed off by her pet miniature...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via Chris Secrest)
But it was just a toe; it could easily have been her whole foot.
“FACT : Most wines are made from grapes harvested by machines that scythe...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via patrick)
A hoof of what, though? And God help you if there were tails and horns involved.
“FACT : A 2000 survey on driving habits ranks tuning the radio as the most...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via patrick)
I quit driving years ago, when I became legally blind, and damn glad I did. The traffic is worse than ever. I’ma gonna stick with the bus, besides that’s where I get all my best stories. It’s a traveling...
“FACT : Caffeine is more addictive than marijuana. But you can drink coffee...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via patrick)
Says who?
“One pound of peanut butter can contain up to 150 bug fragments and 5 rodent...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You (via Tan Hui Juan)
I need my RDA of ant heads and bug legs, lest I become crotchety.
Hello Yellow: FACT: In 1991, Milwaukee police... →
stfustepho:
to a 911 call, found a naked teenage boy attempting to flee from an older man. The soft-spoken thirty-year-old man explained to the police that he and the boy were merely lovers having a domestic dispute. The man was so polite and persuasive that the police let him take the boy back to his…
Un-fucking-believable that that was allowed to happen… not even going to try and...
Office desks have 400 times more bacteria than...
dwightisanignorantslut:
So, be safe and eat your lunch on the toilet instead of your desk.
How many times have we gone over dunking our keyboards in the toilet, including the men’s urinals? Apparently not enough
The acid in your stomach is so powerful that it...
dwightisanignorantslut:
You should still be careful while eating them though.
My thoughts exactly, or at least wash them down with Drano; much better.
“FACT : The human brain stops growing at the age of eighteen. Probably...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader (via Craig L. Johnson)
I’m way smarter now, but my retrieval system has turned into that rotten little kid with a slingshot hanging out of his back pocket, a runny nose and a frog in his front pocket. He...
“FACT : An estimated 1 million workers are assaulted on the job every year...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader (via Craig L. Johnson)
Gee, only nine. I have busloads here in da ‘hood I’d love to add…
“FACT : In a 2004 survey, 17 percent of men said they had been sexually...”
– Cary McNeal 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader (via Craig L. Johnson)
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“It is well known that violins are not, in fact smaller than violas. It is just...”
– ViolaFury
January 2013
1 post
Do one star reviews hurt sales? Or "how I spent a... →
How about “50 Shades of Ke$sha”?
October 2012
1 post
“The Unnatural”/“Seven And One” →
<p>Aliens playing baseball? Now we’ve seen everything!</p>
September 2012
1 post
The Daddy Blog Silly Name Contest, Part the 1
POST 1 - The Daddy of Us All
same name, but I am sort of pursuing it through another avenue because I wanted to see if tumplr is less horrible then Wordpress is less horrible than Blogspot. I am also trying to serve a different interest. Daddies, fathers, pappas, sires. Whatever we wish to call them. The men in our lives. Specifically, the men who choose to become very engaged in their...
