This fantasy quest is not all it's cracked up to be. Clearly, he did not have time to think this scheme through at all. Jumping back in time did not work, but it did set off a never-ending loop of time travel and destruction. That's gotta hurt. This is the latest from Chris Hallbeck at Maximumble.
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The things you talk to your children about are the things they will come to think of as important. But the current thinking on what's important keeps changing. We were told at one time that we should compliment our kids to build up their confidence. But then we realized that concentrating on how pretty a girl is tends to reinforce the importance of looks, which can set a little girl up for a lifetime of grief, when she compares herself to others. So we compliment her intelligence, hoping she will come to value thinking skills over appearance. But then we learned that telling a child they are smart can lead to assumptions of their intelligence at the expense of effort and ambition. Now we are trying to reward work and perseverance, which can lead to lifelong success in whatever direction they take. Raising kids is hard. At least Chris is taking a step up from focusing on looks. This is the latest from Lunarbaboon.
Dogs are a lot smarter and more compassionate than humans give them credit for being, and when they see one of their feral relatives in trouble they will often help out however they can.
Lara is an eight-month-old puppy rescued from the streets of Brazil by Suelen Shaumloeffel, and Suelen keeps finding new reasons to love little Lara more- like the time she offered to share her blanket with a homeless dog.
Lara didn't have much to offer the homeless dog who slept on the other side of her yard's fence but she did have her favorite blanket, which conveniently fit through the fence.
Suelen shared this story of canine compassion so others could learn from Lara:
‘I thought, “How beautiful that she did that for her friend”,’ Suelen tells The Dodo.
‘My best four-legged friend reminded me of something so important: generosity!
‘She is the nicest little dog I’ve ever met. We forget sometimes the difference we can make in someone’s life. She reminded me of this.’
-Via Metro
Speculating on the possibility life on other planets can be both awe-inspiring and comforting. Just keep telling yourself that, and it may help distract you from the fact that you are single, friendless, and doomed to die all alone. But maybe, if this guy goes out stargazing often enough, and uses that same opening line with everyone he encounters, he might just find a kindred spirit someday. Or maybe not. This is the latest from Alex Culang and Raynato Castro at Buttersafe.
Artist Dan Cretu (previously at Neatorama) mixes classical artworks with modern pop culture in a series of mashups that make you say, "Yeah!" The show Friends ceased production 13 years ago, but you certainly recognize them in the image above, even though their faces were painted by Renaissance masters and other famous artists. That same crew could star in other memorable TV shows.
See more of Cretu's art mashups at Tumblr and Instagram. -via Laughing Squid
Star Trek: The Next Generation turns 30 this September. One of the most memorable locations on the Enterprise in that show was the holodeck, where any fantasy could be conjured up through 23rd-century virtual reality. That enabled quite a few plots that would be too improbable without it. LEGO artist Iain Heath (Ochre Jelly) built a diorama of the holodeck to celebrate the show's anniversary, and to illustrate what could possibly go wrong. He calls it Safety Protocols Disabled.
The grid pattern is not drawn or painted, it's actually a complex repeating pattern of LEGO bricks!
The minifigs are custom made ones that I found on sale at a LEGO convention.
The dinosaurs are taken from official LEGO dinosaur sets.
See the series of photographs of this project in Heath's Flickr album. -Thanks, Iain!
See more of Ochre Jelly's LEGO creations.
Whoa, this is something I hadn't thought about. What if you were in an airplane and flew through the totality of the August 21st solar eclipse? It could happen. If you were on the right flight at the exact time and place. Come to think of it, the odds are pretty small. And your pilot would be aware of the eclipse anyway. This is the latest from Randall Munroe at xkcd. Go to the comic page to check out the hovertext punch line.
The premiere voice artist of classic female cartoon characters, June Foray, passed away Wednesday. A partial remembrance of her long career can be found at Mark Evanier's blog.
She was, of course, the premier female voice talent of her era. I don't know who the runner-up was but whoever it was, she was in a distant second in terms of hours logged voicing cartoons and commercials, dubbing movies, doing narration, appearing on radio shows and records…even providing the voice for talking dolls. A few years ago when Earl Kress and I assisted her with her autobiography, we foolishly thought we could whip up a near-complete list of everything she'd done. Not in this world possible. I know more of June's credits than most people and I'd be surprised if I know 10% of it.
She was Rocky the Flying Squirrel. She was Natasha Fatale. She was Nell Fenwick. She was Jokey Smurf. She was Cindy Lou Who. She was Granny, owner of Tweety. She was Witch Hazel. She was Chatty Cathy. She was thousands of others.
June Foray was 99. -via Metafilter
Parkour enthusiasts learn to become very familiar with their personal space and how they move while performing a stunt, so holding a pose should come easy to them when they're standing still.
However, striking a pose while jumping is another matter entirely, and perfectly holding that pose so you can jump through a board with a shape or a posed silhouette cut out is seemingly impossible.
But The Dudesons never say never and they love a physical challenge, especially when it involves one-upping each other on video.
It's easy to find something to get angry about while driving, but the laughs are few and far between unless you account the times when you sarcastically laugh at the other drivers' crappy driving skills.
This lack of laughs is exactly why bumper stickers are a crucial part of our automobile dependent lives, for the laughs they provide help prevent road rage incidents by keeping the mood light.
Of course, there are a ton of bumper stickers out there that are meant to make other drivers angry, but it's best to just think of those as markers indicating which cars should be trashed in the parking lot!
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Some kids are born to be foodies and immediately start ordering meals just like adults from the first time they go to a restaurant. But most parents aren't so lucky and end up ordering countless meals for their children that "don't care," "aren't hungry" or "don't want that." Fortunately for those parents, this restaurant has a menu (posted to Reddit by IWishItWouldSnow) to help translate those totally unhelpful requests. Personally, I could go for a "what? I'm not hungry" combo right now.
Perhaps most hilariously, this isn't the only restaurant to offer such a useful kid's menu.
Via Eater
Manatees are curious creatures in both appearance and personality, and their curiosity often drives them to interact with humans even though they really should steer clear.
I don't blame the Florida manatee in this video for being fascinated by the See Through Canoe, since it makes the human in the canoe easy to see while keeping them out of reach.
It's making the curious sea cow in this video wonder what he could accomplish with his own See Through Canoe, so if it comes up missing this video may be used as evidence.
-Via Laughing Squid
I guess you can say that Mom is one smart cookie! Her child doesn't even need the note now, and the bully can suffer not only the consequences, but the dread of the suffering to come. This is the latest from Chris Hallbeck at Maximumble.
Legendary former Air Force pilot Major Brian Shul reminisces about the day he flew the world's fastest jet, the SR-71 Blackbird across the western U.S. and listened in on air traffic control in LA. What unfolded was a classic case of male one-upmanship across the airwaves. Is it a true story? Does it really matter? -Thanks, hearsetrax!
The sad part of this story is that buying a home can often be cheaper than renting an apartment. But good luck getting a down payment and a mortgage when you are on the hook for huge school loans, and good luck finding a job with security in a stable community. This is the latest comic by Dami Lee, inspired by a Tweet from duumb!
[wheel of fortune]
— duumb (@duumb) July 7, 2017
me: id like to buy a vowel
pat: arent u a millenial
me: [sigh] id like to rent a vowel
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