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VIRTUALLY AT SEA

Virtual Tour of the USS Constitution (US Navy; thanks, David!)
On Board the Mary Rose (Henry VIII’s favourite warship)
HMS Victory (”The only remaining 18th century ship of the line anywhere in the world. She remains the oldest serving warship still to be in commission…”)
Virtual Visit to the Olympia (Admiral Dewey’s flagship at the Battle of Manila […]

POLLITO ASADO: HOT CHICKEN LOLLIPOPS

Does anyone in Chambana know where I can get these locally? Although they are inexplicably shaped like little roast chickens, they taste of tamarind and chili pepper, and well, yum. And they’re shaped like little roast chickens.
Or I suppose I could just purchase a big bag of them online. But you know how that is. […]

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I freakin’ loved this tune when I was a baby, and I’m told I used to dance to it. Not like this, though.

The Hullabaloo Dancers, “Batman”(YouTube, via Morning News)

I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM

Hey, everybody! Let’s all have some pit viper ice cream!

EEK

I got so caught up in making the Aardvark look like one of these* that I completely forgot about yesterday’s “today in history” post. Guess 30 May’ll have to wait until next year!

It’s like a schoolbus for swine.
* Not my actual inspiration for the redesign. The real reason was my sudden alarm at realising that […]

WARNING: WALKING DEAD, JOYFUL VIOLENCE

… and silly nudity.

Living With Zombies
(Thanks, Kevin!)

THIS MADE ME NERVOUS

The Ross Sisters, “Solid Potato Salad” (YouTube, via Metafilter)
After about the first minute is when the drugs kick in. Wow. (From the 1944 film Broadway Rhythm.)

SWEETNESS

You might have seen this parable, as related in Zen Flesh, Zen Bones:
A man travelling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above.
Trembling, […]

OMINOUS STATS

Amount by which Americans’ total spending last year exceeded their earnings: $41,600,000,000
Last year in which spending outstripped earnings: 1933
Harper’s Index for April 2006

MORE ANTHEM CONTROVERSY

Several hundred Japanese teachers have been punished for refusing to sing “Kimigayo” since the Tokyo Metropolitan government issued a directive in 2003 instructing high school teachers to stand and sing the anthem at school ceremonies.
The parody of “Kimigayo” making the rounds on the Internet offers one solution by providing English lyrics that sound enough like […]