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Robin can reverse-engineer all sorts of things, but if you're like me you'll appreciate The Secret Life of Machines even more. I still think they all work by magic. Via Principal Poop in Firesign chat.

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It's Wednesday, and therefore Bobcats. Brought to you by Matthew "The Oatmeal" Inman, so you know it's genius. And, of course, why cats shouldn't work in offices.

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I've been so exhausted of late, but thank goodness the cats seem to be well behaved. Not at all like these less than savory creatures (via The Awl).

The Return of the Sibling Picture

You all remember the Sibling Picture, don't you? Sure you do, even though the last one taken was in 2009. Well, it's back! Mom's sister and brother were both able to attend the celebration for her 80th (the milestone happened while she was in Vegas so we waited until she was back in Jersey to mark it). Lots more photos of the event on the way, but here are the three sibling shots I liked the best.


Yes, they're posing for another camera. Mom's nickname on the birthday sign is a family in-joke.


The cake is brought out.


I love the pseudo-smirk on Mom's face after she blows out the candles in one try; I hate to admit it, but I've seen that look in the mirror as well.

Enjoy, Mom (and everyone else)!

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A great additive to my Silly Sites is the site called The Daily What. Via My Food Looks Funny, here's an example of a gem they found:



This is pretty cool too:



Yeah, those are Oreo "carvings." Wish I could play with my food like that!

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Today we head to the Land of Dial-Up to watch the Yankees Old-Timers Day festivities with Mom, then bring her to more festivities in her honor as we belatedly celebrate her recent milestone birthday with family. In Mom's honor, and because it's been such a good weekend so far, I'd like to pass along a bit of philosophy:


Thanks, BoingBoing!

Belated Friday Cat Blogging*

Thought I'd post this shot of Amy before it's no longer June:


I love how her coloring matches that of the kitten on the calendar!

*(Friday Cat Blogging is ™ Kevin Drum)

The Celebrations Continue

We got home from the wedding and found two of these in our mailbox:


Even though it's nosebleed territory (and fellow Discordians, please note the seat number!) it's a bit of a splurge, but the way we look at it is, instead of my original plan of traveling to Vegas for our anniversary and Rob's 50th birthday this December to see LOVE, we've opted for the real thing (not an incredible simulation!) a few months early.

[I'm trying out Imgur for the first time to host my photos, as so many other places are starting to put limits on total uploads and, well, I like to post jpgs!]

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This weekend of celebrations continues, as today Robin and I went to a co-worker's wedding. Lots of really interesting Latino food, including what I'm pretty sure was my first bacalao. Anyway, it put me in mind of another cute periodic table:



The Periodic Table of Meat is via My Food Looks Funny. And so it does!

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Woo hoo, New York State just came down on the right side of history!



Via Melissa. What an amazing Gay Pride Weekend this is going to be!

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Super-long day, so not a lot of time to blog. Have a nice little Sesame Street parody.



Via just about everywhere. I honestly don't remember the show being this clever when I was younger.

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Well, now that it's summer, it's okay to venture up north. Anyone for Grand Rapids?



Via Susie.

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Ah, the Summer Solstice. Just the time for frolicking MUTANT SHEEP!



Via BoingBoing.

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If you're feeling all self-important today, you may wish to click to enter The World's Most Exclusive Website (via BoingBoing). Don't worry, no Rickrolling here.

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Via My Food Looks Funny, here's a cute novelty shop I'd not seen before, GAMA-GO. Granted, their tees only go up to XL and they have an "exotic women" product or two, but I love most of the kitchen stuff. For instance, the Buddha Butter Dish, so clever.

Belated Friday Cat Blogging*

Another one via phone:



*(Friday Cat Blogging is ™ Kevin Drum)

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I know I'm a couple days late for Bloomsday, but I wanted to commemmorate it anyway. Via BoingBoing, a group of folks brought Ulysses into Twitter. No wayward yfrog photos that I know of. Update: How to cross Dublin without passing a pub (via Arthur).

Testing

just curious how my smartphone's Blogger app handles phone photos…



Well, that wasn't too bad, except I had to rotate then reload it.

Rob's Latest

Is this not the coolest li'l ol' velociraptor you've ever seen? Click on the picture to see it larger.



Yes, Discovery Channel's Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Predators is out! Please to not pay attention to the grass inserted by the colorist into Robin's pages. We know there was no grass during that period in Earth's history, from watching The Discovery Channel!

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Is this it? Could this be the weekend I finally catch up on blog reading and do a blogaround to close all my open bookmarks? Stranger things have happened. Like this wonderful Muppet movie trailer:



Via The Mary Sue. I miss Jim Henson, but it really does seem like his creation is in the best of hands.

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Via, let's face it, everywhere, Samuel L. Jackson reads the audio version of one of the most popular children's books around at present:



Ah, they don't make 'em like they used to.

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So today was a total lunar eclipse in many places on Earth, and Google got in on it. Here's the screen capture:



Their logos are becoming cooler and cooler...

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Every now and then I learn something about HTML coding that I had no idea I wanted to know. Kinda like my smartphone. Anyway, via BoingBoing, someone did a drop-down honorific list to end all lists, so I thought I'd teach myself how to code one. Please choose an option below:

Drop DownDrop TrouDo Drop InDrop Like A Hot PotatoDropsy, Mopsy and Flopsy

Now that you've chosen... well, that's as far as I've gotten.

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With comic book blockbuster season well under way, it's time to check in on ItsJustSomeRandomGuy's latest video:




Via The Mary Sue, bless their hearts.

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Man, what a wasted, crashed-out weekend. Ah well, everyone has weekends like that, I suppose. Achy body, needing sleep, everything important taken care of anyway. I'll snap out of it in time for work tomorrow, I'm sure. And besides, the Tonys are on! Let's celebrate with Symphony of Science's Ode to the Brain:



Via BoingBoing. Now back to the fabulous ceremonies!

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With the rainy weather it would have been a real good day to finish my blog reading and maybe do a blogaround, or catch up on ever-present ironing, but my hand is killing me for some reason so that wasn't doable. Instead we got some errands done and then I pretty much submitted to unconsciousness for six or so hours. On the one hand, I don't feel very productive. On the other hand, part of me lives for these days. And now, ow, I'm sorry I said "hand." Please enjoy some random tweets inserted into Peanuts panels, aka @Peanutweeter (via BoingBoing).

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I totally adore Google's front page tribute to Les Paul - you can play and record it!

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You know the supposition that people look like their pets, or vice versa? Well, now you can deliberately make that happen, with Doggelganger (via I Has a Hotdog)! Have fun poking around that website, I didn't have time this morning to do much more than launch it and already I'm chuckling.

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Via Laura, it's the ten best printer error messages ever... this week!

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Oh, you. You just don't get it, do you?



Via The Mary Sue. I wonder if anyone's done a similar montage with "Let's get out of here."

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Via Mark Evanier, here are a couple of really lovely sped-up videos of Las Vegas and New York "in motion":





Wish my mom could see these, but not a chance in the Land of Dial-Up...

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Okay, I've already spent way too much time playing Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventures and have only found three of the little critters. Where the heck are the other two? Via BoingBoing.

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So I hear something's up at DC. Der Untergang doesn't seem very happy about it:



Via The Mary Sue. Me, I'm hoping just Robin gets a call soon about inking one of these 52 restart books...

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Really, haven't we all had enough of these juvenile jokes about Anthony's Weiner by now? I mean, haven't we?



Oh, thanks a heap, BoingBoing. (To be fair, I've had this one bookmarked for ages awaiting the perfect moment to, erm, bring it up. Okay, I'll stop now.)

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More cool art for Mom, I hope. David Schwen's site took a long time to load on Robin's computer, so goodness knows what will happen in the Land of Dial-Up.

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White Rabbits! Nowadays it's hard to know whom to trust. When one of my favorite Congresscritters can't even answer a straight "is that your anatomy and your underwear?" question from a friendly journalist, I begin to wonder if I'm the only person in the world who poses for photos fully clothed. And this social network hacking, oy! It's enough to make you want to use a generator to update your Facebook status, because for all we know we're not us online any more. Who am us, anyway?