Friday Ephemera

Skeletons made of light. // “How large would they be in the sky?” // Storm on Saturn. // Ann Althouse has shrunk. // Neutrino observatory under Mount Kamioka, Japan. // Pilots, scripts and pitches - from BSG and Doctor Who to The West Wing. (h/t, MeFi) // A whole heap of John Wayne films. // Zombies, robots, aliens. // Portable death ray. // Grow Cannon. // There are things inside your belly button. // Nostrils. // Wristwatch of note. // Residence of note. // The uterus piñata. // The UK explained for readers overseas. Look, we’re complicated, okay? // The complete McBain. (h/t, MirandaM) // 22 manly uses for an Altoids tin.

Comments

[WTP]

Thanks for the UK 'splained. Fortunately, most of that I already knew. Unfortunately, what I could really use is instruction on where and how to properly pronounce "scones"...

[Sam]

"How large would they be in the sky?"

All hail Jupiter, king of the sky!

[Anna]

David, I think you'll like this.

'White People Rapping Poorly'

http://whitepeoplerappingpoorly.tumblr.com/

[TDK]

The military application of the "death ray" are rather limited by the fact that the aiming point has to be precisely 2 foot from the apparatus.

"I say you enemy chaps. Can you move your tank a bit closer?"

[David]

TDK,

It’s not quite the mighty tool the Guild of Evil was hoping for.

Anna,

Yes, Joe Pesci really pumps it up.

http://whitepeoplerappingpoorly.tumblr.com/post/2963869585/i-always-love-famous-white-people-rapping-poorly

[TDK]

'It’s not quite the mighty tool the Guild of Evil was hoping for.'

No I checked. They rejected it because it lacks the mandatory self destruct button that the hero can press in the nick of time.

[Mark]

"Thanks for the UK 'splained. Fortunately, most of that I already knew. Unfortunately, what I could really use is instruction on where and how to properly pronounce "scones"..."

Lower-case "o" in Scotland, upper-case "O" down south. Roughly, anyway: we're talking English so it's not like there are many proper rules :) .

[WTP]

Uh-huh...Muddying the subject via Scotland raises another question...what about "Stone of Scone"? You know, this wouldn't be such a problem if y'all would stop calling a cookie a biscuit...