The Stuff

I found this lecture by Dr. Jim Kakalios on the physics of superheros to be super entertaining. There are several others on YouTube. And, there’s a book you can buy. I bought a superused copy on Amazon.

Thanks to The Total Recall for the tip.

Updated!

The Batman Dark Knight trailer, the high quality version. It looks nice and dark (I don’t mean the quality of the bootleg trailer — I mean the tone of the film).

BTW, isn’t the “a freak, like me” a line from an Adina Howard song? Indeed it is:

Tiki: Tiki nostalgia is alive and well on blogs like Swank Blather. Viva Polynesia!

Cryptozoology: Mental Floss (publisher of fun fact books and a magazine) has a list of 9 things that might kill you (if they actually exist). Do mind the Mongolian Death Worms.

Music: my friend Pat is crazy for the band Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. You can download 3 of their songs for free on the Alternative Tentacles web site.

Art: 3 Types of Unusually Legal Urban Street Art: colored manhole covers in Japan, murals on traffic signal switch boxes and light post sculptures.

Science: Quirks and Quarks is a CBC Radio podcast about all things scientific in nature.

Autos: There’s an air freshener in every junk car. Have you have seen Repo Man?

Comic books: The Justice League: New Frontier movie looks promising.

Science Fiction: Watch the the Turkish version of Star Wars on Google video. It can’t be be much worse then the Star Wars Holiday Special.

WOW: The Mr. T and William Shatner World of Warcraft commercials are awesome! (Disclaimer: I’ve never played the game.)

Vans from Japan: Tiny versions of classic American vans made in Japan.

Space: Gorgeous space photos from the Hubble telescope.

Comedy, Caucasians: Conan O’Brien and Jim Gaffigan are the Pale Force! Conan and Jim visit Little Canada.

Gaming: The fugliest video game boxes of the year.

A Nad Shot = A strike to a man’s gonads. A Nad Shot Website = a website filled with dozens, if not hundreds of pictures from pop culture of men taking shots to their gonads. Funny to some, painful to others. Safest when it’s a cartoon. Even Wolverine isn’t safe; well, at least we know they’ll grow back in his case.

If you enjoy this stuff (and I kinda don’t) you’re experiencing what they call schadenfreude.