m.s. corley has redesigned the covers of the harry potter and lemony snicket books to look like penguin classics. i love this style and wish these books with these covers actually existed. alas.
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via pat, an awesomely terrifying video of a chair reassembling itself.
this xkcd once again proves that randall munroe has some sort of direct link to my brain.
despite the questionable terms of service agreement, i signed up with plinky, once i looked over my blog and realized it’s wanting for original content. however, plinky does not direct-post to moveable type blogs, so you’ll have to hit up my tumblelog, miscellany to see the posts, check my plinky page, or see them posted up on facebook. if there are any that are really good i’ll double-post them here. here is the first prompt i answered:
3 overplayed songs i love anyway
i don't listen to much radio, but when i do, a lot of it sticks.
so fun. so catchy. happy, yet angry.
loved it from the first moment i heard it. really catchy, simple but great piano part. good pop songs are hard to write, you know?
the first time i heard this song was in a store in LA. i had just moved away from chicago, and this song took me back to dancing at darkroom or subterranean.
superuseless superpowers is a great blog that describes (and illustrates!) superheroes with lame powers. e.g.:
99% opacity
SUPERUSELESS SUPERPOWER: Achieving 99% opacity, a.k.a. The Slightly Invisible Man.
This throwaway power lets you vanish into thin air as long as that thin air is obscured by enough thick air to cover up the other 99% of your completely visible body. Sorry, no dice on landing that plum invisibility role in the sequel to Ghost Dad either.
13th bullet bulletproof
SUPERUSELESS SUPERPOWER: Eventual Kevlar Skin.
Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Boink.
via io9
cute things falling asleep! a whole blog devoted to it!
bear! his noooooooose!
yeah, you read that right. the recipe is not so much a recipe, as it is a construction walk-through. amazing.
see the list and how pathetic my viewership is over at my tumblelog.