Free for All Friday 43
Without further ado, mostly because I can’t think of any ado…
- How to avoid dirty looks when using your laptop in a coffeehouse
- A recipe for Witches Brew
- From Nicki, Klingon covers of Eminem songs
- From Doc, awesome horror movie posters from the 70s
- From Apollo, the greatest hobby ever:
- Joe Eszterhas found Jesus. Good for him! Joe, I mean. But Jesus, too!
- Did you know that people tend to keep to one side of an escalator and that which side usually depends on the rules of the road in a particular country? I did not. So I didn’t know that it was a mystery as to why people in England drove on the left, but escalated to the right. The Times BFI 53rd Annual Film Festival solved the mystery and it turns out to be both funny and scientific!
- Also from Apollo, new spider discovered, and it’s pretty much as big as a human hand. I have hugs if you need one.
- Also from Nicki and relevant to last week’s FfaF, you can now just buy Bacon Jam instead of slaving away over a hot stove. And also there’s a Bacon Jam t-shirt. God bless America!
- Obama’s War on Fox Becomes a Quagmire:
But while the President drapes his unpopular policies with concern for the well-being of American journalism, more and more editors, reporters, and even unionized janitorial staff are beginning to oppose their commander-in-chief for trying to “win” an unwinnable war with their hands, instead of just using executive powers to ban all dissenting speech.
- Also from Apollo, CSI Uber-Super-Computer-Zoom-In. Don’t you wish Hollywood would share the secrets of their criminal catching technology with the rest of us?
- From Chez, Things I Did Last Night
- The etymology of Doc’s favorite southern phrase: cotton to
- You may be suffering from Media Absence Disorder. Again, I have hugs if you need them.
Not Much Ado About Bacon
- Another version of bacon stuffed jalapeno poppers
- Dishboy’s Hostile Takeover, a magnificent bacon loaded bagelwich.
- Pumpkin soup with bacon and bleu cheese
- Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bacon cookies
I really do want to blow up an anvil. That seems like so much fun.
I wonder if the escalator phenomenon is true with stairs as well. I’d be willing to bet it is.
I did not look at that spider again. I will not look at that spider again.
‘Things I did last night’ made me lol. So I shared it with friends. Hooray!
Comment by Apollo on October 23, 2009 at 2:09 pm
The driving escalator thing…
OK. Driving on the left goes back (apparently) to knights being in a position to easily pull a sword on someone coming the other way…
The escalating on the right is so that you can put your right hand on the moving hand-rail.
No use for southpaws but they are a minority…
Comment by Nick M on October 27, 2009 at 12:13 pm
No, no, no. Kid, listen. We’re the fucking Mafia. We want to steal something, we already know how to do that, okay? We don’t need a fifteen-year-old girl’s help to get something stolen. What we are doing here is more of a covert operation.
Comment by skillzy on October 28, 2009 at 7:17 am
You’re awesome. I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it’s awesome.
Comment by Sarah, etc. on October 28, 2009 at 7:43 am
It’s from a book I am currently reading. The 15 year old girl is named Y.T.
Does that help?
Comment by skillzy on October 28, 2009 at 7:52 am
OH FUCK ME
That’s what I thought. And then I thought, “Nah.” Why did I think that? Clearly I have some issues.
Now Uncle Enzo’s gonna come for me.
Comment by Sarah, etc. on October 28, 2009 at 8:14 am