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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Constantly seeing stuff on the Internet that's interesting enough to wanna share, yet doesn't fit under any topic heading, and probably won't generate alotta responses. Thus this Odd Items from the Web thread.
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Perhaps it woulda been better to build the underground parking area before erecting the rest of the highrise.

[ June 29, 2009, 05:22 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Don'tcha just hate it when your cat jumps up on the counter while you're trying to prepare a meal? Admittedly they're cute as kittens, but it's bad enough that they inevitably take up most of your bed.

[ July 01, 2009, 10:48 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
 
Awwwww. I love how that one is head-butting her asking for something to eat. I bet feeding that crowd is pretty expensive. I wonder how she takes them to the vet or gives them medicine.
 
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by aspectre:
Admittedly they're cute as kittens. But doncha just hate it when your cat jumps up on the counter while you're trying to prepare a meal? It's bad enough that they inevitably take up most of the space on your bed.

Wow. She seems cool. But all of those lions! And Cheetahs!
 
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
 
I just found Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories tonight. They have a wide variety of projects. You can make fractal snowflake cupcakes, bristlebots, and (my fav) a Missle Command circle skirt. The projects range from fairly simple to complex, but it looks like a fun site.

"That's no melon!"
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
A spacesuit ahead of its time. Even nowadays astronaut EVAwear can only be described as extremely stiff bags.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Sheep flies through the air with the greatest of ease, abseiling young ram on electric trapeze.
 
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
 
20 Fun Facts About Antidepressants

cuz nothing's more fun than mass prescribing medications.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Reverse grafitti, "...authorities were incensed but couldn’t actually charge him with anything..."

[ August 27, 2009, 10:55 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :
 
Heh. Neat...I remember that YouTube video from many months ago and I'd forgotten about it until I started watching. Thanks for the refresher. [Smile]
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Who you callin' ugly??!!
 
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
 
College student kills intruder with samurai sword.

If they don't let him keep the hand as a trophy, there's something wrong with the world.
 
Posted by Traceria (Member # 11820) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Lisa:
If they don't let him keep the hand as a trophy, there's something wrong with the world.

In a glass container with nifty bubbles presumably preserving it?

Ah, okay, this was near the Homewood Campus. Hopkins is known around here for buying up blocks of sketchy neighborhoods and renovating in an attempt to make the area better. At least, that's what they tend to do around the down-downtown Hopkins, which is closer to the heart of the city sort of on the East side. Anyway...
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Can't correctly remember enough of the exact wording to find a song through search?
Find the title just by humming the lyrics at midomi.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*bookmarks*
 
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
 
That is cool! Does it do classical?
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Coral eats jellyfish? Somehow I always thought that coral could prey upon only teeny tiny critters.

And a slow-mo of an eagle owl flying in for a perch landing. More beautiful, more graceful, and far trippier than I had imagined.
 
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
 
That eagle owl scares the heck out of me. Its orange eyes look so malevolent about 11 or so seconds in. Yikes! Keep it away.... [Angst]
 
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
 
He is the Chosen One.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
ʇʎdǝ ndsıpǝ poʍu
uʍop ǝpısdn ǝdʎʇ
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Worm of Ouroboros
 
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
 
Best protest sign. Ever.
 
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
 
no, THIS is the best protest sign ever.
 
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
 
In fact, this is the best protest sign ever.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/17/article-1236575-07A153B8000005DC-550_634x686.jpg
 
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
 
Could be worse, he could have been up against Zeus who would have had much more practice
 
Posted by anonymous (Member # 486) on :
 
Here's another good protest sign.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
For astronauts to studio apartment dwellers, the toilet+kitchen combo.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Use the Google translator on http://igor113.livejournal.com/51213.html to go from Russian to English.
And a complementary video on the Caspian Sea Monster.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1269846/The-quick-dead-Embalmed-biker-sits-astride-motorcycle-funeral-home.html

http://www.binscorner.com/pages/a/amazing-underwater-river-in-mexico.html

[ April 29, 2010, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1273158/Boys-ears-save-certain-death-storey-fall.html
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Picking up a filthy habit

And more

Anything a ram can do (see post6 above) a stag can do bet...errr...or maybe not.

[ May 26, 2010, 11:34 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en was PacMan

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk143/faeini1/Morning.gif

[ May 22, 2010, 08:40 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Man-eating elephant! Okay, maybe just sharing a cuppa tea, for now. But having developed a taste for the broth...

[ May 26, 2010, 11:33 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Just two social trends that collided in short succession while browsing
What cellphone abuse does to you and Lookin' good
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Obsession for cats
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
OUCH and then some. I woulda thought that getting smacked in the face with a watermelon hard enough to shatter the melon would at least get ya sent to Emergency.
 


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