Friday Ephemera
Wingsuits and a cloud tunnel, above Toogoolawah, Australia. || Elephant Rock, Iceland. || It’s a head-scratcher. || Sea slugs and stolen venom. || Today’s word is inevitable. || Cuttings from the Clown Quarter, #3,096. || For Martian coin collectors. || A map of corruption. || A museum of web design. (h/t, Coudal) || Behold this year’s finalists in World Championship Death Diving. || Dubai’s desert highways. || On the edge(s) of the Universe. || 2001 in tweet form. (h/t, Things) || Spare arms. || Smoothly done, Mr Burke. || Heh. || How to keep the cat downstairs. || Yes, it sagged and was prone to melting, but on the upside, it was easy to lift when hoovering. || And finally, a crafty peek at a butterfly’s genitalia.
David, the Heh tweet has been taken down. What was it about?
Good news, gentlemen! Cuddles the pickled “egg” has been recaptured, it is now safe to enter the men’s room. You will no longer have to run down to the Golden Arches and try to sneak into the McPotty.
Although I think it’s high time McDonald’s unbanned us. The devastation wasn’t THAT extensive.
Cuttings from the Clown Quarter, #3,096
Time to call the alumni affairs office and remind them why I don’t give them money.
Spare arms
I’ll be at the table in the corner, waving my glow-in-the-dark watch at this spider and trying to get it to bite me.
Oh, Mr. Burke. Great timing, but…
I seriously doubt any of the rocket in that clip were firing just hydrogen and oxygen. That smoke and the orange glow? That’s from carbon compounds and other complexes. H2+O2 gives 2H2O and a basically invisible flame.
The second shown, with side boosters on a central core, is probably a Titan III-C. Those boosters are solid fuel rockets, very different chemistry than the subject of Burke’s commentary.
Wanna know more than you want to know about rocket fuels?
Look at
https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf
/pedantmode
If you’re going to be a pedant, it’s 2H2 + O2 -> 2H2O, since it has to balance out. :-p
“pair of arms that can be controlled by a remote operator”
Just think of the practical joke opportunities!
Better acting than comes from Hollywood, as this lady takes on an IRS scammer from the subcontinent – stick with it, it gets pretty funny.
Ladies of a certain age are mourning this evening.
Yes, I’m of that certain age.
Me too.
David, the Heh tweet has been taken down. What was it about?
It’s not just that tweet. @Mellecon seems to be no more.
Did somebody poke fun at a Democrat? You know that’s not allowed…
Dubai’s desert highways.
The folks in Minot take a look at those photos and just laugh and laugh. “Those drifts are only a couple of feet deep! What are they worried about?”
Ladies of a certain age are mourning this evening.
Not just the ladies. Man, Burt made it look easy. In an age where snark and ironic detachment amongst ‘heroes’ is the norm, I miss a little honest swagger.
Saw the trailer for Glass today. It’s going to be a nice palate cleanser after the MCU.
Smoothly done, Mr Burke.
I saw hm talk in person a couple of times a bit back. Friends were wondering what the fuss was about, so I gave ’em a description.
Imagine the average metal rock concert. You’ve got the band up on stage, they’re screaming their heads off, bouncing around with their instruments. In turn, the audience is bouncing along, screaming their heads off, applauding wildly.
Imagine the average Uni physics or history lecture. You’ve got some middle aged guy up at the podium commenting on this thing, that thing, consider this view of that, Etc. In turn, the audience is nodding along, mebbe taking some notes, some nodding along, mebbe taking a nap.
Now imagine the average James Burke lecture. Quite by contrast, you’ve got some middle aged guy up at the podium commenting on this thing, that thing, consider this view of that, Etc. In turn, the audience is bouncing along, screaming their heads off, applauding wildly.
Oops.
My excuse is i was a comp sci guy, not a chemist. Which probably also explains those neural side effects from that “alcohol” I had to consume myself after David’s purchasing manager henchlesbian refused to accept my last delivery. Fat cow.
Antifa Arrests. https://antifaarrests.wordpress.com/
Genius.
Morning, all.
David, the Heh tweet has been taken down. What was it about?
It was… um. Actually, I can’t remember.
Hey, don’t judge me. I’ve posted over 11,000 of the bloody things. 🙂
Behold this year’s finalists in World Championship Death Diving.
Ow. Ow. OW. OW.
Yes, I’m of that certain age.
[ Fetches comfy chair for Darleen. ]
Are you warm enough, dear?
“Peace activist.”
You know when you’ve been enriched.
Well, OK, if you say so, but not exactly a compelling argument.
I find that I am not able to appreciate the wingsuit videos because the demographics of the wingsuiters are not transparent. This omission speaks volumes about the privileged assumptions of the ‘suitors’. What efforts has the Wingsuit Community made in outreach to underserved Communities and People of Color? What are they afraid of?
Well, OK, if you say so, but not exactly a compelling argument.
What a dick.
Sorry, I had to.
You know when you’ve been enriched.
The thieving scum don’t look frightened because nobody does anything.
The thieving scum don’t look frightened because nobody does anything.
Well, the odds of them being arrested, let alone of facing adequate punishment, are fairly slim. And of course, an unarmed population is easier to prey upon with impunity, especially if said population is wary that any serious attempt at intervention might result in themselves being arrested for doing the right thing. And that is now very much a common perception.
said population is wary that any serious attempt at intervention might result in themselves being arrested for doing the right thing
I am pretty darn sure that is an intended outcome of current law and policy. And it is a chief (albeit unadmitted) motivation of those in America who want to ban private firearms ownership.
Well, OK, if you say so, but not exactly a compelling argument.
Well there’s a thing: A pussy wearing a condom. 😐
(Or is that pushing too far on this blog’s boundaries of good taste, David?)
(Or is that pushing too far on this blog’s boundaries of good taste, David?)
This blog has tags for political nipples, the politics of buttocks and giant vaginas.
😀
But I was uncertain if calling someone a giant vagina was too uncivil. (Wanders off to begin writing an extended “Jane, you ignorant slut” diatribe.)
All of social media explained in one image.
All of social media explained in one image.
The lady appears to have dislocated one of her buttocks.
Because Siamese-type kittens, with their little pansy faces, are the cutest things going next to poodle puppies, I give you:
https://goodmorningkitten.com/kitten/3815/
Don’t let those first couple of pictures scare you off, they did grow hair on their legs. No “nude kittens” need added to the categories of “giant vaginas” and such.
Amusing:
http://knuckledraggin.com/2018/09/whys-everybody-always-gotta-complicate-shit/
Hee hee hee. 😄
The ultimate Everyday Feminism headline:
https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/05/decolonizing-nonprofits/
😄
Wait, I thought all rape and incest babies were aborted, right? Isn’t that the mic dropper argument for the practice?
Behold this year’s finalists in World Championship Death Diving.
How dare you link to an event that so brazenly objectifies young, fit men?! Women and certain men might derive pleasure from those bodies therefore it should be banned! At the very least it should include 50% fit bikini-clad women to avoid perpetuating the homonormative matriarchy. NOT [clap] OK [clap] DAVID [clap]
NOT [clap] OK [clap] DAVID [clap]
I denounce myself.
Um.
What a couple of squares amiright?
“Smoothly done, Mr Burke.”
Connections is simply the finest TV show ever made.
“That smoke and the orange glow? That’s from carbon compounds and other complexes. H2+O2 gives 2H2O and a basically invisible flame.”
Wow, talk about coincidence. (Note the date on the vid. I didn’t know any of this stuff until Monday. Well, I mean, I did – school chemistry covered the basics, obviously – but never really took much notice of the colour of rocket exhausts before.)
“Not just the ladies.”
Nope.
“Man, Burt made it look easy. In an age where snark and ironic detachment amongst ‘heroes’ is the norm, I miss a little honest swagger.”
Yep.
Barrel organ made with lasers. (Not as spectacular as it sounds. But still pretty cool.)
Are you warm enough, dear?
Actually, could you open a window? There’s a good lad. 🙂
Re: “decolonizing non-profits”
In other words, while voluntarily choosing to work at a non-profit, instead of focusing on the the organization’s mission, it is just another opportunity for this entitled freak to harangue her managers for her own profit and harass her co-workers who are not “woke” enough.
Yep, this is exactly the kind of person I would hire.
H2+O2 gives 2H2O and a basically invisible flame.
never really took much notice of the colour of rocket exhausts before.
Another addition to the once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it category, what’s burning in that epic photo of the Hindenburg isn’t hydrogen.
Yep, this is exactly the kind of person I would hire.
I’d hire her. For the Golgafrincham Ark B.
Actually, could you open a window? There’s a good lad. 🙂
[ Rummages in lost property box. Produces enormous, ornately patterned paper fan. ]
Darleen, I knew cats would be somewhere in that pompous little bio of hers.
Not that I have anything against CATS, but certain PEOPLE give the poor little critters a bad reputation.
I wonder, why is it always cats? Why not dogs, horses, goats, guinea pigs, goldfish?
I’m intolerably late to the game tonight.
Culture and fashion of today;
https://youtu.be/cwQgjq0mCdE
We live in the golden age.
-S