Morning Links
Some links for your morning reading pleasure. It's raining here, so my breathing prospects are improving.I saw two amazing headlines last week (courtesy of Sirius):
Prosecutor Mulls Charges in Crash Caused by Flying Bra
Urination Will Go to Committee
The picture that accompanies the bra story is one of the funniest I've ever seen. In case you're wondering: neck brace.
Keith Ganey sent me a link to an archive of old radio shows like Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and Boston Blackie. If you'd like to listen, here's a link.
When I was a kid, CBS radio used to have a "Mystery Theatre" that I listened to for a few weeks. Even though I was totally jaded about radio by television, they were still pretty entertaining.
Frankling Brown sent me a link to one of the most demented ideas ever. It's "The Nietzsche Family Circus," and it combines a random Family Circus cartoon with a random quote from Friedrich Nietzsche. The combinations are freakily topical at times, and you can see them here.
Brian Witte sent me a link to photos and videos of a mechanical lion that belongs in a steampunk novel. It's totally remarkable. Video here and two excellent pictures here, and the creator's website is here.
From Sirius, a link an article about birds "power napping" as they migrate. Here's an excerpt:
But instead of sleeping for long stretches at a time, the birds took several naps a day, each one lasting only 9 seconds on average.
The thrushes also mixed up their shut-eye sessions with two other forms of sleep. In one, called unilateral eye closure, or UEC, the birds rested one eye and one half of their brains while their other eye and brain hemisphere remained open and active, keeping them semi-alert to danger.
The birds also occasionally slipped into another state, one that any college student who has ever been stuck in a boring lecture can relate to. Called drowsiness, this state is characterized by a partial shutting of both eyes that still allows for some visual processing.
Fascinating article, and you can read it here.
Oh, and if you ever wanted to know what's in squirt-on cheese, you can find out here. You also might never eat it again.
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