Vintage Blorp

Time for an oldie: This roly-poly puddle of blorpitude was part of the welcoming committee for the First Australasian Antarctic Expedition, almost one hundred years ago.

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From the State Library of New South Wales, via Flickr Commons.

Your Thought for Today

When you’re feeling small and alone, and the world doesn’t make any sense, all you need is a really good friend with a really good grip.

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Something to make you go “aw,” from deeleea.

My Llovely Llama Llump

Llonely llama, llying llimp and llistless, llacking llove.  Llong lluxurious locks, lleft at this llofty llatitude, llie llike llukewarm llava, lleaching llife and lleaving llegs llike llinguini.  Llet’s llop her lload to a llower llevel, llest she lliquify!

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Llovely llenswork, Rachel S.

Spelunkhead

Day 12: After consulting with the Sherpas, have decided to enter the cavern from overhead.  The entrance is dank and forbidding, and a foul odor emanates from within, but I remain undaunted…

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Fetch me 12 feet of rope and a roll of Certs, Tanguera.

The Dreaded Fearsome Ninja!

The dreaded fearsome ninja must be as efficient as he is deadly, my apprentice.  He must strike without warning, killing his enemies with one sweep of his marghgh flarghth igth glarrthph…

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Of course — heh, heh — the dreaded fearsome ninja doesn’t usually get his bo staff caught in his cheek like that…

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Photos by the dreaded fearsome Ganayan.

Friday Haiku: Laugh, Ferret, Laugh

Merriment can wait / Ferret clown’s smile wanes until / Your haiku cheers him

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How do they all pack into that little car, Juan D.?

Everyone Knows It’s Kitty

Hey, kids! What’s fun for a girl and a boy? Clicking that button to the left, then starting the video, that’s what.

This Just In: Puppies for the Troops!

As part of a week-long series of “The Colbert Report” in Iraq, Stephen “Truthiness” Colbert teamed up with Tom “Niceiness” Hanks to send a USO care package to the troops, complete with Tang, ice cream — and a puppy! See the whole hilarious skit here (and skip to 3:22 for the puppyness!)

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Lycanthropy 101

Required for all first-semester students.  Introductory course with emphasis on proper howling techniques.  Schedule permitting, students may advance to intermediate topics such as drinking piña coladas at Trader Vic’s, and hair care.

Meanwhile, at the Bargain Matinee…

“Will you kids stop wriggling about down there?  How am I supposed to sneak you in on one ticket if you won’t hold still?!”

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There’s thrifty, and then there’s just cheap, Janet B.