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redscharlach: Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch: A...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:25:49 -0400

Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch: A Visual Examination.

All otters are from The Daily Otter, for all your ottery Tumblr needs!

Look on the bright side of surveillance.

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:52:32 -0500

Look on the bright side of surveillance.

Chet Atkins plays “Mr. Sandman” (via renig427)

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:13:43 -0500

Chet Atkins plays “Mr. Sandman” (via renig427)

"After handling these all day—well, you don’t want to know what I dream about at night."

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:05:26 -0500

“After handling these all day—well, you don’t want to know what I dream about at night.”

- For New Year, Chinese Shell Out Big for Tribes’ Geoducks - WSJ.com

Hamster Powered Walker (via crabfu)

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:14:59 -0500

Hamster Powered Walker (via crabfu)

"It’s like arriving at a major construction project with nothing but a screwdriver and a crane."

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:19:14 -0500

“It’s like arriving at a major construction project with nothing but a screwdriver and a crane.”

- Lower Costs and Better Care for Neediest Patients : The New Yorker

Be Nice to Animals (via yogabbagabba)

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:56:05 -0500

Be Nice to Animals (via yogabbagabba)

"This is like voting Goliath into the Biblical Hall of Fame and keeping out David. This is like..."

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:05:16 -0500

“This is like voting Goliath into the Biblical Hall of Fame and keeping out David. This is like putting Jefferson Davis in the Presidents’ Hall of Fame and voting down Abe Lincoln four times.”

- Put Marvin Miller in The Baseball Hall of Fame

Understanding the Level 3-Comcast Spat (FAQ)

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:17:00 -0500

Understanding the Level 3-Comcast Spat (FAQ):

If you were under the impression that Comcast is in the wrong, you really need to read this.

(via Timothy B. Lee)

Aaron Weinstein is a total monster. That is all.

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:54:00 -0500

Aaron Weinstein is a total monster. That is all.

Everyone involved in the production of this video should be put...

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:39:09 -0500

Everyone involved in the production of this video should be put on a health insurance blacklist.

My awesome little sister Katie worked as a production assistant...

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:29:00 -0500

My awesome little sister Katie worked as a production assistant for this film. The screenplay has really good buzz, so I’m definitely looking forward to seeing it when it’s released on April 15, 2011.

And to think, I used to be impressed by videos of dogs who could...

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:01:28 -0500

And to think, I used to be impressed by videos of dogs who could just walk on two legs.

"Well, it’s not really the right word, but freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have..."

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:22:39 -0500

““Well, it’s not really the right word, but freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable income that I’ll spend to find out how to get people more of it.””

- “Flashback: Penn Jillette Calls Cops on Groping TSA Agent” (via Jack Shedd)

Gold and the Periodic Table of the Elements

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:50:02 -0500

Gold and the Periodic Table of the Elements:

An interesting Planet Money piece exploring the various reasons why humans have used gold as money instead of other elements.

fedward: oldhollywood: Humphrey Bogart in publicity still for...

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:19:03 -0500

fedward:

oldhollywood:

Humphrey Bogart in publicity still for Dead Reckoning (1947, dir. John Cromwell)

“Bogart did drink. ‘I think the whole world is three drinks behind,’ he used to say, ‘and it’s high time it caught up.’ On one occasion he and a friend bought two enormous stuffed panda bears and took them as their dates to El Morocco. They sat them in chairs at a table for four and when an ambitious young lady came over and touched Bogart’s bear, he shoved her away. ‘I’m a happily married man,’ he said, ‘and don’t touch my panda.’

The woman brought assault charges against him, and when asked if he was drunk at four o’clock in the morning, he replied, ‘Sure, isn’t everybody?’ (The judge ruled that since the panda was Bogart’s personal property, he could defend it.)”

-excerpted from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s In It

In a 1949 LA Times article about Pandagate, Bogart defended his drunken misbehavior on constitutional grounds: “So we get stiff once in a while. So we have a little fun. What’s wrong with that? This is a free country, isn’t it? I can take my panda any place I want to. And if I wanna buy it a drink, that’s my business.”

(TIME magazine’s original 1949 article about the incident can be read here)

I’m not sure which quotation I like more, the “three drinks behind” or the “don’t touch my panda.”

The 'Israelification' of Airports: High Security, Little Bother

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:15:49 -0500

The 'Israelification' of Airports: High Security, Little Bother:

“Even today with the heightened security in North America, they will check your items to death. But they will never look at you, at how you behave. They will never look into your eyes … and that’s how you figure out the bad guys from the good guys.”

It’s clear that the Israelis have an impressive track record on maintaining airport security without sacrificing efficiency, but I’m still somewhat uncomfortable with a set of security protocols based primarily on looking into passengers’ eyes to see if they look shifty, nervous, or guilty.

Boston Tea Party: Protectionist Sabotage

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:10:00 -0500

Boston Tea Party: Protectionist Sabotage:

The Boston Tea Party was organized to protest trade liberalization, not excessive taxation. Interesting that ignorance is behind the modern movement’s decision to co-opt its legacy.

I’m not too excited about Tangled, mostly because I think...

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:14:00 -0500

I’m not too excited about Tangled, mostly because I think the whole princess thing has played itself out by now. I am, however, counting the days until the 2011 release of Winnie the Pooh. Disney will be printing money with this one.

Hakuna Matata as Heard Around the World

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:41:00 -0500

This clip shows that Disney really doesn’t mess around when it comes to dubbing character voices for foreign markets: