We’re All Li’l Bub!

Li’l Bub, the Internet sensation, is now taking over the real world as well! Soon, everyone will be Li’l Bub: your boss, your best friends — even you!

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This Week in Bee History

1958: Maj. Hank “Pollen Goggles” Bumblefuzz becomes the first bee to fly faster than the speed of sound.


Via milesmilob.

Time for Your Performance Review

In the area of litter box maintenance, I’ve had some concerns from other kittens on the staff, so we’re going to need you to try a little harder there, mnnkay? Moving on to the front door situation, we’d like to see you work on opening that sooner…


Via Ryan Biller.

This Happens Every Time!

Everybody’s up here in their favorite places, nice and comfy — and then Janice remembers she needs to use the litter box. Thanks a lot, Janice!

The Ascent of Mt. Wilbur

Day 11: Have reached summit at last. Feeling of joyous exhilaration surrounds me — whoops, slipped off there. Like I was saying, my indescribable bliss at — whoa, there I go again — the sight of the panoramic view is — wha-HEY! Wow, somebody must have greased this mountain recently!

Behold, the Power of Licking

So you say you just woke up, you’re covered in sawdust and goo, your legs don’t work, and you’re disoriented? You’re either pledging a fraternity or a newborn giraffe, in which case a bit of Mom’s Magic Tongue makes it all better.

Dugout Dug

“… and that’s strike three to Latimoor, sending him back to the dugout and bringing up Dug Spazowski, the rookie retriever whose otherwise perfect record for stolen bases was tainted in last week’s game when a squirrel ran onto the field…”


Via slgckgc.

Get Me a Tanker of Mr. Bubble and a Loofah the Size of an Aircraft Carrier!

Hong Kong is going quackers for a new visitor: Rubber Duck, an ongoing art project of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman that first caught our eye in 2009.

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It’s 9.5m tall by 11m long, and yet, through the magic of tilt-shift videography, it still manages to look like a toy:

Ducks Are So Cheap

Sometimes they even pretend to be ducklings just so they can get into movies for the children’s price.


Via @MWolstenholme.

Last One Down Came From a Rotten Egg

According to the YouTube uploader, “In front of the library at University of Maryland Baltimore County, the mother forced those little guys to jump down three giant steps.” (Video includes bonus fly-by from the Blue Angels, goose division.)