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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 24, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Barabbas
The 1961 film Barabbas stars Anthony Quinn as the prisoner who is pardoned while Jesus was sentenced to death. The plot is not found in the Bible, as Barabbas was only mentioned in passing, but is based on Pär Lagerkvist's 1950 novel. However, it's pretty compelling story of the later life of the man who escaped death by crucifixion, and it still gets high ratings. What's unique about this film is the eclipse that happens while Christ is crucified. Director Richard Fleischer delayed the shooting schedule so that he could film the scene during the solar eclipse of February 15, 1961. Now, that's attention to detail.
If Cashiers Behaved Like Self-Checkouts
I use the self-checkout at some stores, but not others. One store has easy machines, just scan, scan, scan, and put in your credit card and get a receipt. There is a screen with instructions, but you don't have to read it because the machine just works. Then there are the self checkouts like this one shown above, in which nothing you do is right and the machine is rather hostile about it. It is unreasonably fixated on the bagging area, urges you to hurry up, and will give up at the first chance. Ryan George again plays all the parts, including the self checkout machine itself, to show us what kind of personality it has in human terms. Not a good one. Yes, if the self checkout machine were a person, it would be a bully.
Ryan Gosling vs. French Bulldog
Ryan Gosling memorably sang the song "I'm just Ken" from the movie Barbie at the Oscar awards ceremony earlier this month. The performance sparked a sense of deja vu for The Kiffness because it reminded him of the singing bulldog that went viral five years ago. Therefore, he couldn't resist editing together a mashup of the two. So who does it better- Walter Geoffrey's French bulldog or the movie star? Neither are professional singers, and that's okay, but personally, I can't help but be drawn to the bulldog's performance. It's just so emotional!
Miss Cellania's Links
Car Terms I Learned From Song Lyrics: Charabanc.
Which Grocery Chain Has the Best Prices in America?
D.E.I. is weakening America, and it's got to go! The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
The Introvert Test. Alasdair Beckett-King nails it.
How did the Big Bang get its name? Here’s the real story. (via Damn Interesting)
How Do You Make a Freezer Colder?
A Texas man changed his name to Literally Anybody Else to take advantage of the slogan to run for president. He's not helping. (via Digg)
9 Misconceptions About Popular Songs and Misheard Lyrics. You can also listen to the article in video form.
The 100 Greatest Before the Kill Movie One-Liners
What’s the greatest thing you can say right before you kill someone? Or conversely, what’s the most fearsome last thing a bad guy could hear before he gets it? Burger Fiction gives us 100 examples from movies you may or may not recall. I’m sure you’ve seen the majority of them. Some became catch phrases, while others will spark your memory for the first time in years. Contains NSFW language. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Tweet of the Day
Yeah, this looks weird. Several people made jokes about a cervix playing pinball with a fetus. One person guessed a digestive problem. But doctors who know recognized a blood clot in the left atrium of the heart. If it gets loose, it can cause a stroke, heart attack, or pulmonary embolism.Here’s the most adorable yet scariest Echo I’ve ever seen
— Sam Ghali, M.D. (@EM_RESUS) March 22, 2024
What’s the diagnosis? pic.twitter.com/pMsFaukr5Q
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Women's History Month Quiz
Jimmy Kimmel's staff went out for a "man on the street"segment to see how men recognize famous women from history- or even current events. I got them all until they got into the celebrities, but it becomes clear pretty fast what they were going for.
Actors Who Died With Unfinished Roles
What happens to a movie when a star dies during filming? It happens, and studios take out insurance on their main cast, but how the production handles that in regards to the completed movie depends on how much of the role was completed, how important the character is to the story, and the whims of the producers. Different movies took different tactics, with varying levels of tastefulness. Plan 9 From Outer Space had no budget, so when Bela Lugosi died during production, a much taller stand-in took the role and held his cape over most of his face for his scenes. Other productions, both movies and TV series, put a bit more thought into how to handle the death of a star, as you will see in this compilation from Weird History.
Vacationing in the US
How the Dinosaurs Actually Died
We know that the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago causes massive changes in earth's condition that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Or do we? More recent research leads to a possible second culprit, the Deccan Traps, a system of volcanos now in western India. Their activity before the asteroid showed up caused massive climate change, carbon dioxide poisoning, and acid rain, which may have been the death knell of the dinosaurs and a lot of other species. If this was the case, then the Chicxulub impact could have been just the cherry on top of the mass extinction event that began earlier. Kurzgesagt explains the Deccan Traps and how it would have impacted life on earth before the asteroid showed up.
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A High-Tech Self-Defense Bra.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Will Introduce a New Kind of Character to the Mad Max Movie Universe. The History Man might be a huge deal for this film franchise.
Karl von Drais And The Laufmaschine. The first bicycle! (via Strange Company)
That time Eric Clapton fell in love with George Harrison's wife. (via Nag on the Lake)
A Brief History of Metal Umlauts. (via TYWKIWDBI)
A death from kidney disease blamed on "red yeast rice" supplement; 50 people hospitalized. This stuff is sold in the US, too. (Thanks, Big Al Stonebender!)
A Stimulating History of Free Condoms at the Olympics.
Desperately seeking the Pickle Sisters. (via Everlasting Blort)
25 Years Later, We’re All Trapped in The Matrix. (via Metafilter)