Oddities and Humor

An ode to a certain doctor:
http://io9.com/5703816/

Yeah, but you'd die happy.

I knew you were a kid at heart!

Cool Astronomy
Humor website conducts first Rickroll in space

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Cool-Astronomy/2010/1018/Humor-website-conducts-first-Rickroll-in-space

Breaking Up With Your Point-and-Shoot
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/12/03/technology/personaltech/1248069379050/breaking-up-with-your-point-and-shoot.html

That crass sob. Leaving that poor camera with its battery on like that.

Ducks in the wind..... all we are is ducks in the wind

Very cute!

Ducks are some of my favorite people.

Duck. It's Letty with a cow.



Now the humor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0p99azgXto

Least the ducks have the sense to start walking in the same direction of the wind. The poor things started to look like a leaves caught in the blast zone of a leaf blower.

Keep calm and carry on our duckward friends!

The living statue concept is always a bit strange and interesting. I don't 'get' painting the cow that way.

Think this is true?

GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR

How to achieve good vision while driving during a heavy downpour.

We are not sure why it is so effective; just try this method when it rains heavily. This method was told by a Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it. It is useful....even driving at night.



Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield is still bad......

In the event you face such a situation, just try your SUN GLASSES (any model will do), and miracle! All of a sudden, your visibility in front of your windshield is perfectly clear, as if there is no rain.

Make sure you always have a pair of SUN GLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also might save your friend's life by giving him this idea..

Try it yourself and share it with your friends! Amazing, you still see the drops on the windshield, but not the sheet of rain falling.

You can see where the rain bounces off the road. It works to eliminate the "blindness" from passing semi's spraying you too.

Or the "kickup" if you are following a semi or car in the rain. They ought to teach that little tip in driver's training. It really does work..

This warning is a good one! I wonder how many people know about this~

Hmmm, interesting, I wonder if it works with snow as well. I'll give it a shot during the next blizzard and report back.

Last words of W C Fields:
According to his mistress Carlotta Monti, Fields' last words were, "G*ddamn this world and everyone in it but you, Carlotta."
It was Christmas Day, 1946. He was 66 years old.

It's some kind of annoying public art fad that happened in the late 1990's and the early 2000's. A city takes an animal shape like a cow or dog in the case of post9/11 NYC and they have various artists (definitely not big name artists) paint these cloned statues and have them placed throughout the town or city. Later at the end of the public exhibition they auction the statues off for some kind of charity.

NYC also did the same for oversized apples some time back.

I have no idea if this is true, momentarily or otherwise. Last think I'd try, being nightblind (eyes vary).

I plan to try it myself. Only thing is, we are in a prolonged drought and I don't have sunglasses.

My city painted Moose, New Orleans painted street cars, Mexico city painted large skulls...

Tulsa did penguins. (A fundraiser for the zoo.)