November 2, 2012

• Lukewarm Links and Tattoo Thursday 11/1

  Does anyone here watch The League?  Where have I been?  I had this awesome story ready to go but the truth was I went to the hospital yesterday and spent most of the day there.  I was pretty exhausted and stopped off at this Catholic shrine because yesterday was Reformation Day.  I sat down in this little chapel and the next thing I know a monk is shaking my shoulder saying, "Sir, we're closing." I apologized and said it was so peaceful there and I handed him some money and he handed me a rosary.  Yay!  Then I got home and watched some TV and had a chat with a really cool person and then I was pretty much out until around 1AM when my cats woke me up because they were tearing through the house.  They caught a mouse.  They were playing with it.  They'd swat at it and then pick it up and carry it around and then drop it and swat at it some more.  One cat wasn't really picking it up but just swatting it let me in and I picked it up in an old cup and took it outside and let it go in my backyard.  I figure it was bound to have a heart attack because it looked like it was breathing so hard when my cats were surrounding it.  Anyway, time for some links.

  1.  When I was a kid I used to love professional wrestling but then my dad read an article about how it was fake and he told me how they did everything and it ruined me.  He took such great delight in my world being shattered.  The wrestlers really did a good job in covering it up unlike today.  Anyway, here are some stories about how wrestlers stayed in character even outside of the ring.

  2.  One of my favorite movies is Can't Hardly Wait and here is a then and now photo collection.

  3.  One of my favorite movies is The Sandlot.  Here's a where are they now collection.

  4.  Since it is November I'm sharing these lists from Mentalfloss that feature 11 items.  The first are geeky wedding and engagement rings.  I have no clue what else to say.

  5.  One thing I really like about German is that there are so many words that have no English equivalent.  Here are 11 words from various languages that have no English equivalent.

  6.  I used to love listening to this radio program called Coast to Coast AM and they would often have people call in claiming to be time travelers and the host would eat it up.  He loved it and kept wanting them to tell him more and eventually they stopped taking calls from time travelers when this particular guy hosted because eventually they were all proven wrong but of course one called and explained that the actions of the viewers who knew what would happen changed the future and made everything better.  Anyway here are 11 time traveling urban legends.

  7.  Since yesterday was Reformation Day, I thought I'd share this Tumblr site called Martin Bluther.  It uses quotes from Martin Luther and imposes them over screenshots from Arrested Development.

  8.  One thing I like about wikipedia is all the lists they have.  Here is a list of humorous units of measurement.

  9.  In case you are having a baby yet this year, here is a list of the most popular names for boys this year.  And here are the most popular names for girls.

  10.  Here's another handy site if you're planning on having a child.  It's called BabyNamer and you can look up information for a lot of names.  Geez...wedding rings and baby names.  What is going on?

  11.  Here's a site called FameDaddy.  It claims to be the world's first celebrity sperm donor site.  I wonder if they have a section for famous bloggers.

  12.  This site does not have anything to do with babies.  It's called Supercook.  You can pick categories and then select which items you have in your kitchen and then you can see what you can make.

  And now it's time for tattoos:
  
  HELLOOOOOOOO NURSE!
  
  Not only my motto but a pretty good album.  I should get that to remind myself daily.
  
  I think someone likes their coffee a little bit too much.
  
  They should switch to tea.
  
  Is that a jelly fish or a veiny and curved penis?
  
  I think I should also get a Google+ tattoo.
  
  I think he's really powered by oxygen and other nutrients.
  
  I won't say anything because that belt buckle is pretty cool.  I wonder if he tells people he's about to beat up that they need to stop pissing him off or he'll google it.  And when they ask, "Google what?"  He starts throwing punches.
  
  Hey, Zelda is actually the prominent one here.  AWESOME!  A girl knows Zelda is the girl.
  
  no no no no no no no no no no....remember when that was popular like a month or two ago and it's no longer popular?  Kids, invest in tattoo removal services.
  
  MY GOD!  THAT SHARK IS JUMPING THROUGH THE SKIN ON HIS SKULL!
  
  I want it all and all is this awesome Freddie Mercury tattoo.
  
  And I find that the case with a lot of tattoos.
  
  I got my mojo rising because I'm riding on the storm with an L.A. woman who is a wild child and we're planning on breaking through to the other side because I'm a back door man.
  
  And since it was Reformation Day, we end with an awesome Lutheran tattoo.

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