Blunt cards!

I just discovered Bluntcard.com. It's even tackier than someecards.com.

Here's an example:

Blunt cards!

How to say things in llama

This is not very practical, but it's definitely fun.

How to say things in llama

Think your cats aren't pampered enough?

Think your cats aren't pampered enough? Are you guilty because you haven't done something for the little friskits lately? If so, check out Buzzfeed's review of the 20 best cat towers.

Think your cats aren't pampered enough?

Great flyers!!

Seven of the most brilliantly pointless street flyers.

Great flyers!!

Fun stuff

Here's yet another website for things to waste your time with. It's Stupid Internet Tricks, which is run by Brad Whittington, who runs other fun blogs as you'll see if you go to his main website.

Fun stuff

Awwww, cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!

I've been a fan of Cute Overload for and the Daily Squee for pictures of adorable animals (and occasionally human babies).

But Ealasaid pointed something out to me that I have to add to the list: F-Yeah, Baby Animals!, which is pretty cute, too. It's even sorted by type of animal for that perfect cuteness fix.

Awwww, cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!

The United States of Awesome

As a direct counterpoint to the United States of Shame article from the other day, FlavorWire has put out an article (and a graphic) on the United States of Awesome. As the article puts it, "Because isn’t it nicer to congratulate Michigan on its heart health than dwell on Louisiana’s gonorrhea problem?"

The United States of Awesome

The United States of Shame

This is a lovely article from Pleated Jeans on the records of shame held by the various states. What is your state last in place for? Mississippi actually has number of records. :) There's a great chart, too.

The United States of Shame

I see faces everywhere....

This is a strange and appealing little photo array. It's things that have faces that you wouldn't have expected to have faces. Like these....

I see faces everywhere....

Why women like "Twilight"

I was looking at The Oatmeal for information on how not to design a shopping cart (which is an exceptional article that is particularly relevant for me at the moment) and I saw they had something on "Twilight." I'm not a "Twilight" fan, having identified it as chick porn with vampires, but the description of how and why it's so appealing is spot on. Here's a video about the plot that was created from The Oatmeal's description and illustrations.

Why women like "Twilight"

What books were best-sellers the day you were born?

This fun little application tells you what fiction and non-fiction books were on the NY Times bestseller lists the day you were born.

What books were best-sellers the day you were born?

Meowmania

This is just strange.

Meowmania

Ah, the blessings of the season!

Okay, okay, I'm a sleaze who enjoys totally pulchritudinous objectification. (Um, this is news to anyone?) But I really thought this was fun in a tasteless way. It's the La Senza Cup Size Choir. La Senza makes all kinds of lingerie and the Cup Size Choir is models from A to G that you can play on your keyboard. (Press Shift and hit the appropriate key to go up an octave, FYI.) You can view a prerecorded version of Deck the Halls at that site by clicking the link at the bottom of the screen. You can also meet the models in the clip below.

Ah, the blessings of the season!

The Bohemian Flow Chart

You'll need to click on this to see it all, but it's worth it. Start in the upper left corner.

BTW, this comes from a collection of funny photos at PhotoNexter.com.

The Bohemian Flow Chart

More wrongness (hehehehehehehehe)

I discovered this today. It's from Jim Benton, who does very funny stuff. I'm going to plan to go romping around his site soon.

More wrongness (hehehehehehehehe)

The Old Weather project

I'd not thought of this, but it's a wonderful use of people's time and interest. The Old Weather project has people looking at Royal Navy ship's log books from around the time of World War I to recover worldwide weather observations. The project then uses the transcriptions for climate model projections. There's an historical element, too: the website says that historians will use this information to track past ship movements and the stories of the people on board.

The Old Weather project

Repost: Star Wars travel posters

Here's something wonderful from John Struan's blog, Super Punch. It's a series of travel posters for Star Wars, done by Steve Thomas (who actually has his own blog called Rocket Tours).

I think my fave is this one:

Go look at all of them, though. They're fun!

Repost: Star Wars travel posters

How to give a proper opossum massage

Being nice to animals is a good idea... but there are limits, there really and truly are. This woman is a complete and utter loon.

And her website is even fruitier. She's a squirrel. No, really, she says so.

How to give a proper opossum massage

The Oatmeal

I'm very keen on The Oatmeal. The latest post is "If you do this in an email, I hate you."

The Oatmeal

Stuff no-one told me

Just found a great site, Stuff No-One Told Me. The artist lives in Barcelona.

Here are three examples of his work.  Go to his website and look at all of them.

Stuff no-one told me