Every few years, the 1978 ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ tv program re-appears in some form or another, after a member of a younger generation discovers it and feels the need to share it with the world. So we’ll just leave it here for your once and future reference. Please don’t keep bringing it up anymore.
Today’s natureporn
The Rainbow/Willkanuta mountain of the Andes in Peru: All image credits: FlashpackerCompany Nature can be drool-worthy. http://www.geologyin.com/2016/02/the-rainbow-mountains-in-peru-very.html http://www.flashpackerconnect.com/
Um, Mario is real.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Prime Minister of Japan: Super Mario. No, really. Image credit: AFP AND, he emerged from a pipe. That is all. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/22/shinzo-abe-emerges-from-a-green-pipe-disguised-as-super-mario-du/
The LAST thing you should do is trust The Farmer’s Almanac.
It is still the Ides of August, and yet one of the most idiotic trending items (at least in the Midwest U.S.), is how the 2017 Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a terrible, horrible, no good winter that will freeze the tip of your nose off. That happens every winter, here..what else is new? But…
Today’s archiporn
Architectural simplicity can be not just lovely but deceptively bold, as witnessed in this museum in Germany: Image credits: Architizer/kadawittfeldarchitektur This is the Celtic Museum in Glauburg, Germany. Designed by kadawittfeldarchitektur (a mouthful indeed), out of Aachen, Germany, the museum’s main viewing area looks out directly towards an archeological site, not far from the the…
Liar Liar, pants for hire! (Actually, that’s a Patrick Starr quote, but you get the idea).
Here’s a fascinating read and accompanying chart about politicians who lie and more importantly, who lies the most, because we all know that EVERY politician lies.. (Image courtesy: Robert Mann) The metrics regarding Mr. Mann’s outcome can be found here: https://datavizblog.com/2016/07/26/politifacts-methodology-who-lies-more-a-comparison-robert-mann/ A pretty fascinating read, if you’re not overly politicized this election season and willing…
