I'm seeing definite similarities to Allie Brosch take on depression. I love that both of them point out the "Omg, am I making the correct facial expression?" issue; I can SO relate to that!

It's a training wheel for newbie pirates learning to drive their ships.

Feh. We get them here in NY to varying degrees every year. Usually late Oct/early Nov, when there is a warm day, they swarm all the white parts of the house. And then when it gets cold they move into the walls. I have a few flying around the house ATM, because it hit 70F on Friday.

But that lovely Frenchie isn't Sharknado, she's Barknado! Even better IMHO.

In our house it was the women, not the men who loved watching the Benny Hill show. I think the thing that hooked my mom, my sister and I was the episode where he did the poem about a bar, and in the middle of the poem spoke about a one eyed cat only to discover he was looking at the wrong end. To this day I couldn't tell you what the rest of the poem was about because we just lost it!

But...where's the hot guys in skimpy outfits (err, Wonder Wobear doesn't count)? Last year I saw tons of em.

Neat article. I read the whole thing a AtlasObscura and was pretty fascinated (and I'm only an hour or so away! May have to check it out).

I did notice the author is clearly trying to perpetuate how "ominous" it all is, and I want to point out that those "Satanic Rites" he talks about? With the things nailed to trees? They're for target practice, not any sort of worship.

Roo is delish. One of the best meals I ever had was at a restaurant in London. We called it Duck & Jump; Duck starter with Kangaroo entree. Yum!

Great article, but no mention of the Merry Go Round at Bear Mountain Park? While not an antique, it's one of the few more recent merry go rounds which are done the old way, with hand carved animals (most are native animals, but yes, there are horses as well), as well as hand painted sounding boards of early Hudson Valley history. While the music is recorded, it was taken from an 1926 Wurlitzer pipe band organ.

Clearly, gravity is an option for the short guy in the Morning of Owl group.

Feh. Just watch Shark Fest on Nat Geo.

My now 8 yr old son was the same at 2. Knew most makes and models; although hubby and I were not really into cars, when he asked what one was we would tell him and he'd file it away in his head. We stopped lots of folks in their tracks walking thru parking lots. Strangely enough, he not longer knows them anymore; I guess new obsessions have taken their place.

But skunks are not inherently stinky! They have the capability to make YOU stinky, but unless they have recently sprayed in the area you'd never know one was around. Not by smell anyway.

Clearly it's half a pair of high heeled ice skate blades.

While I understand your desire for a larger Mt Dew bottle, I'm afraid it would wind up being illegal in NYC. You'll have to drink it elsewhere.