Take 5, C.

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1. It's a little known fact that the Superfriends had a filipina maid, and she didn't like the gig very much. Flash from a Rex Navarette routine. His bit about SBC Packers is here on Newgrounds. I really miss working with Filipino people when I was in health care. They have the best sense of humor ever. Courtesy Anna Pirhana.
   
   
2. Audiophile idiots make me laugh really really hard. Yeah, get me some of those $30K cables. (via The Null Device and Gizmodo).
   
   
3. I like webcams, but I really don't see the necessity of a live cam of dentistry as it happens.
   
   
4. Albert Brooks is pretty good on what it's like to be a boomer who doesn't like lame boomer culture or advertising overload. Gives me more sympathy for a generation that mostly annoys me.
   
   
5. This woman is a God Warrior, indeed. She should join a black metal band. (video, shrieking, cringeworthy, courtesy wearescott.
   
   
6. Those confused by the riots in France would do well to read this informative backgrounder on why the country is currently on fire.
   
   
7. The joys of aviation testing: "bonking" at 800 knots and seeing how we do in a spin. Both from Maciej's del.icio.us page.
   
   
8. The always-useful Aardvark points us to a Mindhacks article on artist Richard Dadd, a deranged artist who heard the voice of Osiris in hookah noises and painted wonderful art while locked up in Broadmoor Hospital. Fans of Louis Wain will be interested.
   
   
9. Here are some excerpts from one of the books in that NASCARlequin series. You're welcome.
   
   
10. Uhh... fancy box wine?? No.
    
    
11. Lit-Dork Alert: Nabokov on translation.
    
    
12. Own a piece of L.A. Punk History! I'm not really a Bad Religion fan, though.
    
    
13. We might be saved from asteroid impact by playing gravity billiards in space. Very awesome.

Comments

[substitute.livejournal.com]

Way less likely to succeed quickly, though. It's going to be harder to convince people to give up glass than to give up the cork.

I want screwtop wine. I HATE corks.

[mendel.livejournal.com]

No argument with any of that. What would make me happy is to find a couple enjoyable, midrange boxed wines to keep on hand as "house wines" for when I don't want to unscrew a bottle of the good stuff.

[mendel.livejournal.com]

Also, I just took a second look at the packaging in the linked article, and a red label and a burgundy spout for an opaque container of white wine is maybe not so bright.

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

I got your screwtop wine right here.

Bonny Doon has been packaging all its wines with Stelvin™ closures for the last few years.