Two Wishes Remaining

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

- Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (paraphrased)

Posted 5 days ago

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towel day, douglas adams,

acappella-memes:

for every meaningful juxtaposition of two or more songs, there are at least two mashups of songs that just “sounded good together.”

Like, say, mashing up a song by Rihanna and one by Chris Brown, which would be (and considering it has probably happened, IS) wrong on so many levels.

Reblogged 1 week ago from acappella-memes

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acappella-memes, a cappella, acappella, mashups,

Today in my Despair Calendar

A B-36 Bomber accidentally drops a 10-megaton bomb over Albuquerque, New Mexico (1957)

I looked this up yesterday - this was a non-nuclear detonation of a Mark 17 Hydrogen Bomb, just a little ways away from Kirtland AFB outside Albuquerque. The bomber was on approach, transporting the weapon from Biggs AFB in Texas.

Per normal takeoff/landing procedure, the locking pin was removed so that the device could be jettisoned if an emergency arose. Turns out the trigger for release was also inadvertently pulled by some means, dropping the device through the bottom of the plane, leaving a gaping hole (similar to the accidental drop over Mars Bluff, SC almost 10 months later.)

The detonation of the conventional explosives aboard the bomb left a crater 25 feet wide and 12 feet deep. The non-critical fissile material scattered over a much smaller area than a cow that happened to be nearby - the only casualty of the incident.

Here is an interesting narrative of the event and the general cold war atmosphere by someone who was in school in Albuquerque at the time of the detonation.

Posted 1 week ago

despair.com, broken arrow,

Quite possibly my favorite Sam the Eagle moment. This and, of course, his performance of “Tit Willow.”

(Source: eternal-weekend)

Reblogged 1 week ago from alexandraerin

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tumblr, gif, multiple gifs, muppets,

Posted 1 week ago

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gif, submitted without comment,

aoinoue:

audreyii-fic:

In other news, I discovered the new My Little Pony, and kind of love it. So I went searching for fanart.

RULE 34 IS STILL IN EFFECT, PEOPLE.

OH GOD.

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

(Source: dontpokethedragon)

Reblogged 1 week ago from aoinoue

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my little pony, rule 34, what has been seen cannot be unseen,

My dear son sneaks out of bed, finds mommy’s sewing kit, and removes Every. Damn. Pin. from the pincushion, scattering them on our bed and bedroom floor. These are not large pins, as you can see.

At least we know his fine motor skills are pretty good.

Posted 2 weeks ago

utter horror, trying desperately to find a silver lining,

(source)

I still remember in the late 1990’s when the tech world was SCANDALIZED when Apple released the original iMac that had no floppy drive and used a whole new peripheral interface that practically nobody had heard of called USB. It was widely considered the final death knell of a computer company that few people had taken seriously for nearly a decade already.

Oddly enough, these days I keep a USB Floppy Drive around. Just in case.

Posted 2 weeks ago

old geek is old,