April 2, 2024
“Damn, who the hell schedules these things?”
American-born Canadian comedy legend Joe Flaherty has died after a short illness. He was 82 years old. American audiences might know him best as Happy Gilmore’s heckler, or Big Bird’s co-kidnapper, or as Mr. Weir from “Freaks and Geeks.” Canadian viewers and comedy nerds will more likely recognize him from SCTV, or as Jennifer Tilly’s long-suffering dad in the cult classic The Wrong Guy. [more inside]
How NOT to behave around a crocodile
How NOT to behave around a crocodile. In areas where it's possible that there are crocodiles, authorities say that you should stay at least 5 metres (16 feet) from the water’s edge. This man is standing IN the water and fishing with a fishing rod, with his back to a crocodile that is on a sandbank right behind him. Incidents like this frustrate wildlife management authorities, who would prefer humans not get injured or killed, but would also prefer not to have to kill crocodiles that could have been left alone if humans had behaved safely around them. There has been some talk of making deliberately dangerous behaviour around crocodiles a fine-able offence.
What it was like to visit a Medieval Tavern?
Smiting! Odin's Skull Mead! And...uuhhh...kids (not that kind) Let's let Tasting History with Max Miller teach us what bellying up at a medieval tavern was really like. Unfortunately, it probably wasn't like this, which makes me sad.
Do you know how to make a proper cup of tea?
Most of us know how to make a proper cup of tea. But perhaps you'd like to test yourself with this wonderful tea making simulation game. Exquisite!
(other delicious and refreshing games made on the same platform here).
Twilight of the phenomenally talented assholes
Like most neoliberal institutions, Boeing had come under the spell of a seductive new theory of “knowledge” that essentially reduced the whole concept to a combination of intellectual property, trade secrets, and data, discarding “thought” and “understanding” and “complex reasoning” possessed by a skilled and experienced workforce as essentially not worth the increased health care costs. CEO Jim McNerney, who joined Boeing in 2005, had last helmed 3M, where management as he saw it had “overvalued experience and undervalued leadership” before he purged the veterans into early retirement. “Prince Jim”—as some long-timers used to call him—repeatedly invoked a slur for longtime engineers and skilled machinists in the obligatory vanity “leadership” book he co-wrote. Those who cared too much about the integrity of the planes and not enough about the stock price were “phenomenally talented assholes,” and he encouraged his deputies to ostracize them into leaving the company.Suicide Mission: What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane [The American Prospect] [more inside]
How often should we clean?
According to a recent study, reusable water bottles contain twice as many germs as the kitchen sink. “You should be cleaning these every day, or after every use,” says Natasha Blythe, a food hygiene expert at online training provider High Speed Training. “For a daily clean, wash in hot, soapy water. If you use a dishwasher, handwash the smaller parts,” says Blythe. “Take extra care with built-in straws; these are the perfect place for bacteria to grow.” Blythe recommends a bristle brush to clean the straw, or leave it to soak in hot water with a tablespoon of vinegar added. Daisy Schofield consults with experts on household cleaning for The Guardian. [more inside]
"Magical Cat!"
✨There he is, ✨he's a magical cat, ✨everybody loves him ✨he's a ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ ＣＡＴ!✨✨✨🧚🦄🧜♀️🧝🐈
(5 1/2 minute video, claymation animation compilation, silly, meow)
(5 1/2 minute video, claymation animation compilation, silly, meow)
T & T Supermarkets to open US location
Iowa vs LSU rematch for Final Four
Iowa faced off against LSU again to decide which team would make it to the Final Four this year and it was everything that people were hoping for!
Developer looking to merge homes, farming into agrihoods
Developer looking to merge homes, farming into agrihoods to ease food, housing pressures. Ever wanted to quit the city and run away to start a farm? Welcome to the agrihood, where you can have town living in a rural setting.
Small Press Distribution (SPD) Shuts Down
Small Press Distribution, one of the last remaining independent book distributors in the United States, has closed. In an announcement made March 28, SPD executive director Kent Watson said that the closure is effective immediately, and that the staff is in the process of winding down the business. Founded in 1969, SPD was the only nonprofit literary distributor in the U.S. What the closure of SPD means for readers. [more inside]
Dickity-dee.
Who's the worst fast food mascot ever created? The Burger King? Phil A. O'Fish? Some would offer another possibility. Meet Mr. Delicious, the attempted post-modern deconstructionist mascot believed by some to be at least partly why the Rax restaurant chain only mostly died. You can watch a short video about the campaign, watch a longer video (mirror) about it from the company itself, read an article, or actually watch and listen to ads starring a balding, unhappy middle aged mascot for The Fast-Food Restaurant For Grown-Ups.
Marty wanted to get every movie there ever was, we recorded everything
The collection is also a physical manifestation of his famously omnivorous appetite for visual media. Scorsese has frequently spoken about growing up asthmatic in a New York City household that lacked books but was one of the first on the block to get a television set in 1948, when he was six years old. For young Marty, who wasn’t able to play in the streets as frequently or vigorously as other kids, the 16-inch screen of the black-and-white RCA Victor in the living room became his window to the world – and, critically, his first exposure to great cinema. from
‘He was always voraciously watching’: Scorsese’s secret life as an obsessive VHS archivist [Grauniad; ungated]
ZachsMind: "It's awesomely awesome!"
Culled from a cancelled FMV 3DO game from 1996, you may never have seen anything so incrediculous as the 7 1/2 minute trailer Duelin' Firemen. While the trailer has been bouncing around the internet for 16 years (previously from 2007 by hypocritical ross), a higher resolution version has turned up that's almost watchable. It contains Rudy Ray Moore, the Rev. Ivan Stang, Mark Mothersbaugh, Dr. Timothy Leary and Tony Hawk. The Youtube channel of a documentary about the game's making has some other obscure clips from it. [more inside]
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