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Archive: March 2004

March 31, 2004  
Photos of Argentina.

The food timeline.

old lure
Antique fishing lure boxes. Lures too.
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Top 20 drug using cartoon characters. They forgot Scrappy Doo who clearly was an asshole cokehead. [via grow-a-brain]

BBC headline: Earth on the 'Wimp highway'.

BBC headline: Men's hopes for Viagra 'too high'.

Is he married? Or in a relationship? Anderson says he has never been married. But why do you want to know, anyway? YOU'RE not going to marry him if he's not. Any further investigation of this question would be a blatant violation of Anderson's basic human right to privacy. -From a list of FAQ about CNN newsguy Anderson Cooper.

National Exhibition of Wildlife Art.

March 30, 2004  
Large collection of old magazine ads. [via j-walk]

Photographs of viaducts, canals, lighthouses & other stuff from the Linda Hall library in St. Louis.

A bit late but some trucking holiday cards.
no lot lizards
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"Parrotheads are Dead Heads with jobs." There are no psychedelic buses behind Buffett's tour bus, but there are RVs and hatchbacks outfitted with hibachis and cocktail shakers to render those frozen concoctions that help the faithful hang on until a luau blooms in the parking lot. -A quick look at Jimmy Buffet fans.

Canadian scientists develop stealth buoys. [via mirabilis.ca]

Rice photo gallery.

Seems some emails being sent to organique are bouncing back. If you're trying to reach me and have been unsuccessful, use slack at bigfoot dot com. Sorry and thanks.

March 29, 2004  
Professional sports attire for your dog. [via sportsfilter]

Psychology humor.

Tough Guy Talk - Quotations from classic suspense, action and mystery films.

how about a nice game of chess?
Huge collection of old photographs of bicycling.
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25 ways to make money with bicycles.

What happens when lightning strikes an airplane?

The best of still photojournalism 2004.

The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers; it has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. Ohhhh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come. -From the film Field of Dreams which, no matter how many times I view it, still chokes me up. The Yankees and Devil Rays open the season tomorrow morning in Japan.

March 26, 2004  
Rolling Stone's Grateful Dead archive.

Corporate radio clearly sucks.

Lisa has turned an artistic leaning into a full-time exploration of creation with ArtInUtero, specializing in portraits of babies while they are in the womb. -The artwork of Lisa Wood.
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Where is our luggage, Lufthansa? It's lost, that's where it is.

A graphical history of baseball.

"The Boston Red Sox Movie" a feature-length film about the team and its fans shot during the 2003 season. -I'm not sure many Sox fans want to relive last season. [via sportsfilter]

eat me
Mr. Sausage, mascot of the British Sausage Appreciation Society.
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Waterfall stamps of the world.

Mail by Rail -an exhibit from the National Postal Museum.

Postal history of the first transcontinental railroad.

Movies showing men wearing kilts, sarongs, tunics, togas, robes, and other male unbifurcated garments. (No tranny stuff.)

March 24, 2004  
oh my god!
Cheerleaders fixing their hair in a bar window as seen through the windows of a passing sport utility vehicle.
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Sausage FAQs - because you can't know too much. Also top 10 American sausage-eating cities.

All models with perfect figure in this gallery are virtual 3d polygons. I want to try out the lighting & form of nude photos for a long time but embarrassed to facing a real nude, so, the better way is create them in a virtual world. -A gallery of virtual nudes.

An exhibit of police evidence photographs. [via incoming signals]

Many photos of bottlenose dolphins.

Most football clubs receive regular requests for the scattering of the ashes of lifelong — or longer — supporters on their hallowed turf and the majority are happy to accommodate their wishes. -British football stadiums as final resting areas. [via sportsfilter]

Collectible stuff from Mad-TV.

March 23, 2004  
The International Association of People Who Dine over the Kitchen Sink.

Whatever the approach, control over who drives what and how the cars are used is carefully considered: You likely do not want terrorists using your Honda Odyssey minivan to transport explosives. We actually look at scripts in an effort to find proper automotive roles. -Automobiles as characters and product placement.

mmm...marge
Next month's Maxim magazine cover. Also available with usual nearly naked skank.
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A team of nutritionists from an American university have made a study of the dietary intake of Homer, Barney and police chief Wiggum and detected that they seem to shift an awful lot of doughnuts and beer. -Research finds that Simpsons' characters have poor diets.

The School Bus Yard - Your source of photos and information on the North American school bus industry.

Limited edition rocking George Foreman collectible figurine. Available from his official gift shop for $193.
he cooks too!
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Microsoft and Major League Baseball team up. That can't be good.

March 22, 2004  
Beautiful photos from Spring Training in Florida.

Life size mazes.

Twenty foot inflatable bandito for your next garden party. Many, many other theme inflatables too.
badge?
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Cream filled chocolate willies. Also Dick, the Albino Bowler action figure.

"He's smarter than you think, and he uses that as a weapon," said drummer Mickey Hart, Weir's band mate in the Dead. "You think he's spaced -- and he is -- but meanwhile he's in there the whole time going tick ... tick ... tick." -From a long SF Chronicle article on Bob Weir.

Clickable map of European theme parks.

March 19, 2004  
hey baby
Mannequins in a Mervyn's window stare down older woman walking by with white plastic bag. Meow.
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A very thorough sausage-making photo tutorial.

The nine town hall benches, it was agreed, would be sold for $10 apiece. The town hall would be put up for sale; its flag with a gold-painted staff given to Philip Gaudette, the town's oldest resident at 70. The town of Centerville, Maine ceases to exist.

Philosophy songs.

Pictorial history of Revere Beach 1875-Present.

The Schwinn Sting-Ray chopper bicycle. [via burp]

Many letters are addressed to people living in areas that cannot be reached by car or van because of the lack of roads. That's where the work of the 'mail runners' starts. -How mail gets to remote Himalayan villages.

The Submarine's Encounter - Whales! [via coudal]

Nothing will impress the neighbors more than having your own bar. -Home wet bar building plans. I'm not sure impress is the right word though.

March 18, 2004  
Rum 101.

Nice aerospace artwork.

Badarijan, bottled water from Macedonia. From the very informative Mineral Waters of the World. More water information at Bottled Water of the World.
mmm...water
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Animal astronauts.

Electric-powered custom hot rods. Sweet.

"I've never seen so many guys say so many good things about their own take, and there's nothing but shit on the screen," he says. Later, unable to find a good shot of a particular Patriots touchdown catch, he gestures at the screen. "Eleven guys. Eleven versions out of focus." -The digital workflow of Sports Illustrated photographers and editors at the Super Bowl.

Meat charts, courtesy of Ask the Meatman. Also an interactive hog cutting chart.

March 17, 2004  
U.S. Army coloring book.

The five worst Sylvester Stallone movies. Five? [via growabrain]

[PBIC]
Five pages of photos of seniors walking and riding bicycles. Part of a very large image collection at the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center in Chapel Hill, NC.
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Load-carrying cycles of the past.

AP headline art: Danish Police Detain Dozens in Major Crackdown on Hashish at Hippie Enclave.

They are being used by ventriloquists all over the world on cruise ships, TV, in nightclubs, comedy clubs, as well as by gospel ventriloquists. -The ventriloquial figures of Jerry Layne. That's Benny. He seems evil, though maybe it's just me.
[Jerry Layne]
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Nice set of photos from a radio tower array. [via coudal]

As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the wrong way. -From a collection of Irish toasts.

March 16, 2004  
SubTropolis, a five million square foot underground business complex outside of Kansas City.

Tunnel boring machines for sale or lease.

Photos of roadside pole graffiti left by hitchhikers waiting on their next ride. Part of Digihitch.com: hitchhiking, rail & road travel -the site of subcultural movement.
[Laura (gypsy)]
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Cow dating for nice cows with lonely hearts.

The original flat earth was confined, restricted, and twisted into a perverse spherical shape by a conspiracy of TELEVISION BROADCASTERS in an attempt to realize their dream of TOTAL HUMAN MIND CONTROL through subsurviant captive homogonized market share. -The Flat Earth Front Against Television (FELFAT).

3,029 uses for peanut butter.

March 15, 2004  
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Group of Irish dancers performing yesterday afternoon during the 152nd annual San Francisco St. Patrick's Day parade.
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Bowling bills. Bowling salt & pepper shakers. Bowling Santa.

A gallery of toy pianos. [via 50 cups]

Theme park brochures.

Teams typically take turns flinging ping-pong balls into plastic tumblers of beer, which are then chugged by the losers. The game's intricacies can be confusing, what with do-overs and rim-shots. -Research find that drinking games are still popular in college.

Click & Clone: Your mission is to create a genetically identical clone of Mimi, a brown female mouse.

Thailand's amazing insects.

Thanks to some Google code you can now search through 4+ years of this weblog's content. Sure to bring you hours of fun and countless dead links. Go crazy.

March 12, 2004  
South African Large Telescope webcam.

Miniature log cabin photos.

Graham Watson's amazing photography from stage 5 of the Paris - Nice bike race.
[Graham Watson]
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Alaska museum of fancy knots.

BBC: Slang makes youths 'unemployable'.

Only the Polytron reduces an entire mouse to a soup-like homogenate in 30 seconds.

'I bet you'll vote this time hippy' T-shirts. $18.

Artistic glass sinks and basins.

CarLiving.com - The survival guide to living in a vehicle.

March 11, 2004  
Photos from Miss Gothic Massachusetts 2004.

do not pass go
Monopoly desk clocks from Geoff's very large collection of Monopoly stuff.
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Despite a large American brewer's claim, beer does not have any health benefits.

Nicklaus, the champion golfer, has recently appeared in national newspaper and television spots promoting his new hip made by Stryker Corp. of Kalamazoo, Mich. "My advice is don't wait. Talk to your doctor and find out if the Stryker ceramic and titanium hip is an option for you." -The marketing of medical devices.

Huge collection of aircraft photos from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.

The virtual museum of China 1989.

The hippie music scene in Vail, Colorado.

Dominick Arduin, a French woman attempting to ski solo to the North Pole, has been missing since Saturday.
[link fixed - sorry]

Bicycling poetry.

March 10, 2004  
Penn students and Simpsons characters.

From Craigslist: FREE Crutches & Oil Container.

Funny and strange baseball cards. [via j-walk]

The peleton snakes through some snow on stage 3 of the Paris - Nice cycling race.
[graham watson]
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Pan American Airlines collectible plates.

The largest list of superstitions on the web.

Everest base camp medical clinic. 5500 meters. Also a list of expeditions planning summits during the upcoming spring season.

The shitty celebrity tipper database. [via blogroots]

Interactive bicycle anatomy.

March 9, 2004  
Hazel the hippy hippo.

J-Walk has some nice photos of Petco Park, the new ballpark in San Diego. Incorporating the historic Western Metal Supply Co. building into the design, as a party suite/bleacher area, is pure genius. Maybe it'll inspire the Pads to win a few games this season.

Cycling before Lycra. Also bicycles in movies.

[AP/Stuart Ramson]
While her hair is still being blown dry, she calls her co-anchor, Vinnie Politan. "I'm up in makeup. I'm in a brown suit with a peach sherbet top. ... You can't wear pink and blues -- it will clash with me!" -Life with Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom, former lawyer turned cable TV legal expert, and San Francisco First Lady.
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A devilish egg encounter.

Photos of old women pushing their shopping trolleys. [via thingsmag]

The Greyhound Bus origin museum.

March 8, 2004  
Snooker images.

Reggie - The voter registration rig from the good folks at the RNC.

Al Gore with aliens from a collection of postcards of very cool sculptures made by California artist Laura Holder.
[Laura Harling]
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The amazing magic bean discovery.

Bert Christensen's weird & different recipes.

Boston Globe article on Harvard researcher Edward Kravitz and his fruit fly fight club.

time to ride
Pendulum desk clock made from bicycle cogs, chain, rims and a recycled tire. Cool.
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The Burt Reynolds & Friends museum!

March 5, 2004  
las ramblas
Little boy with inflatable animal meets Mr. Burns impersonator in Barcelona. September 2002.
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How to collect microscopic pond life.

He told the officer he had a little alcohol at dinner but "did not think the alcohol he drank counted due to it being consumed several hours prior to the stop" -New Mexico lawmaker arrested for DUI after attending anti-DUI ceremony.

Excerpt from a book about Jack Kerouac's final few years in Florida. [via randomwalks]

Pecos Bill cleans up the West.

Lessons from Bart.

March 4, 2004  
3-D image of chicken pox. [via memepool]

Droplet - Microscopy of Protozoa.
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Nice collection of consumer-themed photos by Brian Ulrich.

Gallery of New Zealand birds.

Apply online for a job at the NSA!

[Ben Saunders]
Follow 26 year old Ben Saunders as he attempts to ski 1,240 miles solo, unsupported across the Arctic from Siberia to Canada.
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Martian meteorite summary.

BBC: Anti-depressants 'cause bleeding'.

The University of Oklahoma Police Department's citizen's self arrest form.

March 3, 2004  
you lookin at me!?
The bird and the bay.
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Exotic diesel locomotives. Also - genuine railway spikes!

Photos of old grocery stores.

We think that there are far more conservatives out there than people realize, and that we need to just let people know that it’s okay to be a republican even if you don’t drive a Lexus and wear Armani. -GOPunk: a website for conservative punks.

Interview with talented but cranky mandolin player David Grisman.

The history of eating utensils.

I was at a Super Bowl Party at a Christian Coffee House. It was packed and they rented a big screen TV for the evenings enjoyment. When Janet and Justin came on I felt the dancing was much too suggestive for a prime time event. I am tired of seeing sex being cramed down my throat on TV. Then to top it off with exposing Janets breast on TV. That was disgusting to me and embarassing as well. -From a collection of letters sent to the FCC after the Super Bowl. [via gawker]

Weir Here: The Best of Bob Weir. In record stores March 23rd. Clever title, no?

March 2, 2004  
Sky Diary: storm chasing, photography and rainy day tales.

Airline pilot uniforms.

Commonly asked questions about hair testing for drugs.

$1,399 for a pair of Boston Garden seats from 1928. Part a large selection of collectible stadium seats.
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I look out of the window of the shop and eye my lovely Ford Fiesta Roxanne with something approaching misery. -British novelist Carole Matthews now includes product placement in her writing.

Splish Splash! - the hammock bath. [via burp]

Traffic cones as pets.

Man writes bogus bomb threats to avoid work.

honest he does!
A great shirt for children whose daddy loves them. You can't tell them often enough. -Because T-shirts don't lie.
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You might be a yuppie biker if the last time you went to the Harley dealer you came home with golfballs and a toilet seat. -From a long list.

A gallery of hippie horrors.

March 1, 2004  
awww
The boy and the bay.
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Ink blot test wallpaper.

158 hairstyle photos.

Zombie survival 101. Also Zombie World.

An interesting look at shopping malls.

Note to self - when getting up in the middle of the night for a glass of water avoid gashing ankle open on corner of bed frame. Emergency room visits in the middle of the night aren't much fun.

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