Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Links for Fun and Enjoyment

You thought he would never have a girlfriend, but you see you were wrong. The Cereal Guy meme generates more laughs than you would expect.

A new version of Huckleberry Finn is coming out with the n-word replaced by the word “robot”! In fact, the entire character of Jim will be replaced by a robot to highlight how silly it is to edit a classic.

Concerned citizens are raising funds to erect a statue of Robocop in Detroit, with or without the city’s help. They’ve already got a place to put it and 10% of the funds they need.

Back to the Future. Argentine photographer Irina Werning went to great lengths to faithfully reproduce childhood photos with the same subjects as adults.

Lady Gaga’s new song “Born This Way” reminds of lot of people of Madonna’s 1989 hit “Express Yourself.” If you can’t tell, here are the two songs played together.

Dusty, the Klepto Cat, caught in the act. If you asked him, he’d say it wasn’t stealing, it was collecting things as a hobby.

Among many wonderful but sad comics at Pictures for Sad Chlidren, this particular one made my day.

Omer. L Baumgartner led an interesting life. (via Dangerous Minds)

Albert Einstein spent the summer of 1939 vacationing at the beach. His quest for a sundial led to the later notoriety of a picture taken that summer.

The game Cheese or Font? gives you a word, and you decide whether it’s a cheese or font. How hard could this be? Surprise! There are way more of both in the world than I realized.

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