Curiosities and silly stuff – Page 4

Your scientifically accurate horoscope

A public service from Donald Sensing.

(Via Bayou Renaissance Man.)

For an alternative reading of the stars, see A.M. Yankovic.

Play ball

For further glimpses of everyday life in Japan, see the Brickmuppet.

Link-o-rama

A game to play next time you read a second-tier fantasy novel. (Via J. Greely.)

Some trigger warnings for other literature.

Italy, 1944:

88 airplanes were a total loss. Eighty-eight B-25 Mitchells – $25,000,000 [1944 dollars] worth of aircraft

Update: More on Vesuvius here.

Anthony Sacramone’s list of the twelve funniest books ever written is better than most such lists, though it’s missing Terry Pratchett, Robert Benchley and a few others. ((I was pleased to see that someone else remembers Will Cuppy.))

“Let us build a fairyland for the people by dint of science!”

North Korean slogan or TED talk tidbit? (Via Jonah Goldberg.)

A large serving of silly nonsense is below the fold.

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Enough already

This is getting old.

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Something more cheerful for a dreary morning:

Which one’s Robbo?

(Via Fillyjonk.)

What kind of monster?

(Via the Borderline Boys.)

Metallica may be a Big Name in metal, but I’ve never been able to take them seriously. ((When I do listen to their songs, I prefer Apocalyptica’s covers to the originals.)) Severian also finds them a bit silly, in an academic way.

Love, Hotaru

V-Day is just 17 days away.

(Sailor Saturn and the other senshi can be found here.)

Pancake, with a side order of perpetual motion

It’s another Monday morning, and there is nothing to be done about it except watch a few cheerful videos.

Breakfast is served.

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Louder than Lang Lang

Before there were sequencers, there were player pianos. The American Fotoplayer also incorporated a forerunner of the drum machine.

There are many more examples here.

(Via the Borderline Boy.)

Typo of the century

(Via Dustbury.)

Further nonsense from various places:

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The first Strike Witch?

More curious costumes here.

(Via Eve Tushnet.)

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Madan no Ou to Vanadis is doing a lot of things right and is probably the best show currently airing. Nevertheless, there are still mistakes, such as the use of swords in an era of plate armor.

Boo, boo, etc.

It’s Halloween today, right? Time to get the bag of chocolate out of the freezer.

There’s a fine line between spooky and silly, as Frëd illustrates in this footnote to American history.

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There’s a lot of anime suitable for Halloween, from the many iterations of Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (including in particular Hakaba Kitaro) to Soul Eater and Hozuki no Reitetsu. If I had to pick just one, though, it would be Kenji Nakamura’s Mononoke. Here’s one of the two-episode stories:

The entire show is on YouTube, but it’s available for such a reasonable price that there’s no excuse not to buy your own copy of this probable classic. ((I don’t declare anything a “classic” until it’s at least ten years old, and Mononoke is from anime’s year of wonder, 2007.))

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Boris Karloff drinks tea.

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If you’re looking for a proper Halloween post, Isegoria has a bunch of them.

Never mind

The moment I lost interest in Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru, a pale pastel imitation of Madoka Magica.

There are a number of other current shows I’m not watching, which I may or may not discuss when I have more time. Until then, here’s a safety video from Air New Zealand.

(Via Bayou Renaissance Man.)