Brilliant right?
Well, it's even more brilliant once you learn that a "splayd" is, indeed, a real utensil, defined by Wikipedia as "a single eating utensil combining the functions of spoon, fork and knife." So, ha, that's what you get for doubting my charts.
[via the ragbag]
Now just imagine if we didn't have the internet and possibly had to go our ENTIRE lives without ever seeing this picture...now do you see how awful life would be without it? Never saw it that way did you...
[via Josh Haley]
But I HAD to...
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An 18-year-old has secretly painted a 60ft drawing of a phallus on the roof of his parents' £1million mansion in Berkshire. It was there for a year before his parents found out. They say he'll have to scrub it off when he gets back from travelling.
Makes me want to move to England like right now. And draw an 80 foot penis.
[via BBC Newsbeat & Simon & Fen]
Eric Bruntlett's Beard
In a seven-game series, who would win: the 2008 Phillies or the 1980 Phillies?
"That's not a good question," Schmidt said. "Probably these guys. Bigger, stronger, faster. Yeah, no doubt in my mind."
[via The Zo Zone]
Wow, Baseball Prospectus Really Doesn’t Like Raul Ibanez [via The Sports Complex]
When a Batter Is Hit by a Pitch, What’s the Next Batter Thinking? A Guest Post: "Don’t Call It Failure, Call It Empathy: The Case of Ryan Howard" [via Freakonomics]
Analysis of Kyle Kendrick's Fastball Using Pitch F/x [via Balls, Sticks & Stuff]
One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim
Images from the same spot through one year. Audio captured at the same place.
To see "details on how this video was made, another video of these images and a place to download all the footage," then by all means feel free to click here.
Happy Holidays and shit from Blogbdon!
Now, as something I've been saving/had lost for a little bit now, here is my present to "all of you," albeit a full day or so late (remember: I'm Jewish):
Either click on the article above or peep here for a closer (i.e. legible) look at this landmark in journalistic history.
[From The Onion's "Our Dumb Century"]