The Odd and Miscellaneous


That awkward moment when Hitler has stolen your seat.

I don’t know who wrote the caption for this, but it’s perfect.

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An Area Where Smurfs Indulge in a Petty Vice?

Taken July 12, 2010 at Narita Airport

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Academic Overexitement

From CNN: “Beheaded Vikings found at Olympic site” “To find out that the young men executed were Vikings is a thrilling development…” It occurs to me, despite the likelihood that…

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Dirty Harry

From XKCD.com HT: Bill Goodwin

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Pomegranates

I love pomegranates. They are wonderful. Maybe even my favorite fruit. I just wish that they were easier to eat. Well, my colleague Peshwaz Faizulla (from Iraqi Kurdistan) and my…

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Amazing Underwater Video: Starfishes and Worms Eating a Dead Seal

How can they make something so, um, unappetizing look so beautiful? “Timelapse of swarming monster worms and sea stars” HT: MarginalRevolution.com

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And that…is Acting!

Hat tip: Jude

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Living with Kittens

I have experienced it myself….. (Wolly used to be a fierce hunter, who would track down and kill — much to my relief — mosquitos, which she especially hated. Tiggy…

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A Cool New Game….

Russia’s new code-breaking game Not as physically challenging as Parkour, mind you, but mentally challenging in interesting ways:

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