Caz Spidell

Convention centres are supposed to have thousands of people come and go from them... and he wants to build one with a giant moat?!?

Hey the Southrons and the Corsairs of Umbar basically did it.

I'd compare it to athleticism. An NBA star may be specialized in shooting a basketball, but if both of us try out lacrosse for the first time they're going to dramatically outperform me.

happy 14th anniversary to all who observe

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cow #smbc

Would anybody like to read one of my long threads about a 2.5bn year old rock, bacteria that could produce oxygen but not consume it, and tank production in wwii

One of Glee's many sins was reviving that slag heap of a song.

Bong Technical College Elevated to National University Status After Presidential Approval - Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news Bong Technical College Elevated to National University Status After Presidential Approval

Now that Bong Technical College in Liberia has been upgraded to Bong University, it immediately vaults into my global top three best-named universities, along with India's Lovely Professional University and Argentina's Universidad del Moron.

CBC *shrinking* the screen for a stupid beer and during the final lap of the 5000m short track final is such BS.

The one who keeps tut tutting everything?

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

Mesopotamians in 3300 BC

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

If they're anything like me, some of them may not have been aware that the term isn't just a neutral synonym for gentile.

Redeem Your Faust Coupon! Within the next few days a Faust Representative will call at your home and present you with a valuable coupon. This Coupon will save you money. Take it to your grocer and redeem it. Serve appetizing Faust Macaroni or Spaghetti tonight. Be sure to redeem your coupon at once. [image of Faust pasta] --St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 5 Apr 1929

oh is that what they mean by a Faustian bargain

Comic. [Person with ponytail pointing to diagram on wall as she talks to two other people, one with short hair.] PERSON 1: The high carbon content of the skeleton indicates that the individual lived less than 12.6 billion years ago, after the first round of stellar nucleosynthesis. [caption] Cosmologist carbon dating

Carbon Dating

xkcd.com/3205/

The Raptors should never wear red at home because it makes The Raptor look nude.

“The past really is a foreign country” I think to myself, looking at this scene of closeup stereo panpipes, which the Greeks apparently regarded as a good time (??)

She was amazing. This is so sad.

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale

Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

Gary Larson, zoological prophet.

Oh so *now* we're pro cordyceps building

A fun question is whether Paris could have counted.

Stockholm, perhaps? At least if you go back far enough.

There's probably a number of cities that would have formerly been on this list (prior to growing from their island onto the mainland), right?

How did Roman Baths work? YouTube video by toldinstone

It was amazing, and upon looking for it, I was reminded that he's done it more than once.

youtu.be/4MYf4G4INzo?...

Makes me think of when ToldInStone had a single plumber in NYC sponsor a video on Roman aqueducts.

The Romans did eat, pray, love signs first.

my son got two different toy fire trucks for christmas. two. and despite being considerably more familiar with their purpose and operation, i didn’t receive a single fucking fire truck

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