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Luke Goes Coast to Coast

Kent — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:54:04 +0000

Extreme Sports, Cat Edition

Kent — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:39:38 +0000

Cat Boxing, 1894. That’s right 18.

Cat Juggling

So Who’s the Real Pussy, Again?

The Night They Almost Nuked South Carolina

Kent — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:55:08 +0000

I don’t know how I missed this story until now.

I also don’t know how I’ve never heard of Mars Bluff, SC, given that is is only 52 miles from where I grew up.

It seems that in 1958, a US Air Force B-47 dropped a nuclear bomb on Mars Bluff. Fortunately, the bomb did not contain the removable core of fissionable uranium and plutonium, which was stored in a containment area onboard the plane.

Crazy.

(via Mental Floss)

Best Quote of 2011

Kent — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:57:42 +0000

The competition was fierce. But at the end of the year, the winner was clear.

The best quote I read or heard in 2011 will become my new slogan. It will likely be the answer to almost any question asked of me in 2012. I think it sums up just about everything. It might actually be the theory of everything.

Is is:

“Tell your reindeer Vixen that I can dance.”

From a second grader’s letter to Santa. My kids are grounded until they come up with something half that awesome.

Just in case anyone thinks I’m being sarcastic, I am not. I love that quote. If I ever write a novel, I promise you this will be the title. If that novel ever gets made into a movie, I promise you it will win an Oscar.

At a minimum, I’m going to write a song around this line.

Brats Behaving Hilariously

Kent — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:19:04 +0000

One of my favorite things about the internet is the way it allows creative people to compile examples of people behaving badly and simultaneously embarrass them into (hopefully) being a little more self-aware and create clever social commentary.

Like this hilarious indictment of both the ungrateful and the banality of social networking in general, and Twitter in particular.

Awesome.

Death Star Canteen

Kent — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:46:57 +0000

This is funny.

So Let’s Say There Was This Space Girl

Kent — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:49:04 +0000

And she danced.

It would look something like this.

Carry on.

Wishing You a Punch Bowl Full of Joy

Kent — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:40:56 +0000

Here’s a little audio-video holiday card from your friends at Newsome.Org.

One of my favorite Christmas songs is the hard to find Punch Bowl Full of Joy, by Sonny Columbus, with help from The Del Fuegos. Likewise, one of my favorite holiday cartoons is Snow Foolin’, a 1949 cartoon, now in the public domain.

Those two plus a little iMovie editing equals our digital holiday card for 2011.

Enjoy.

A Lesson on Winning

Kent — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:17:37 +0000

I’m not big on internet affirmations, because most of them are trite and uninspiring. But this is the opposite of that.

This, friends, is why winners never give up when things go wrong.

Awesome.

More info here.

Happy 11-11-11, 11:11:11 p.m.

Kent — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:59:00 +0000

Yes, this post has a soundtrack. If you don’t have Spotify, go get it now. Seriously.

Happy 11-11-11, 11:11:11 p.m. It is a great time and day to say thank you and a day to remember the brave men and women who protect our freedoms.

My dad in his Hellcat on the deck of the USS Intrepid. World War II