I just read a headline for a story about Mackenzie Phillips being busted for drug posession. At first I thought they meant Mackenzie Astin and was initially both shocked and confused. But then I learned how to read and it all made sense.
Freaking day 3 of the DNC. Do they really need 4 whole nights for this? Oooh - Michael Phelps, gold medal butterface, is going to host the season premier of SNL on September 13th. Here's hopeing that he does the whole thing in a speedo. With a bag over his head. And potraying a half nekkid hooded mime.
Now, for some science and...stuff:
(Science)
Nooo - they be discreditin' my Hobbits!
Here's a previous story done on those Hobbitsesssss
(Stuff)
Speaking of Hobbits...but don't worry - I won't post that video of Leonard Nimoy singing 'The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins'...this time!
Behold, the white whale
The Smithsonian is hosting a traveling tribute to the genius of Jim Henson! Yaaaaaaay!
(Sciency...stuff)
My new favorite blog of the moment: Cephalopodcast
Earlier in the month there was a post devoted to the Giant Squid that included a quiz that reads like squid mad libs - just throw in random verbs and adjectives and let the wackiness commence:
A giant squid’s eyes can reach the size of _(the moon)____.
It’s easy to exaggerate the size of giant squid because _(they're freaking huge)____.
Newborn giant squid, or paralarvae, have been found _(in my drinking water)____.
The bodies of giant squid have washed ashore in _(New Jersey)____.
Male giant squid are _(misogynist pigs)____.
The only known predator of adult Architeuthis is _(Cluthlu)____.
The giant squid is the world’s longest _(binge drinker)____.
You’ll probably never be served a meal of giant squid. They taste disgusting because _(they just are)____.
When threatened, most squids will squirt out a blob of ink to distract the predator. Scientists call this squid-shaped blob of ink a pseudomorph, which is Greek for _('blob of squid ink')____.
One reason scientists don’t believe giant squid rely on great speed to capture their prey is because their _(hairline)__ is thinner than those of better-known, very fast squid.
4 comments:
I want to post that in a bulletin on myspace...
who is either mackenzie btw? do I need to know??
excuse me, I have to go click on all the other links!!!
"Any time you work anywhere, you have to understand this history. You just can't walk in and cowboy it, pull some stuff out and draw conclusions in the absence of understanding the bigger picture."----RAGGGGE!!!!!!!
what an asshole. I can't believe that dude. My jaw was all slack, in disbelief that he'd discredit someone out of desperation. Oh, well, Mr Nelson, you have three millenia of written histories and linguistics?? Whip em out and show us what we effing missing.
WTH. that guy is on my crap list for grad school.
also, if you ever post that leo nimoy video again, I'll consider it a bad omen.....
lol
Well,'The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins' would probably be an upgrade from Orly Bloom exclaiming "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard" in a constant loop.
And Mackenzie Astin is Sam Gamgee's (Sean Astin's) brother (I believe he's the son of Patty Duke Astin & John Astin [Gomez from the Addams Family] and a former child actor on that show that George Clooney was also in in the 80's...the one with Mrs. Garritt as the "house mom"?) - which is how the hobbit theme got going. Mackenzie Phillips is the daughter of one or more members of The Mamas and the Papas (I think...?) and a former child actress.
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