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MacGyver Hairdresser

It warms my heart that someone out there still draws inspiration from MacGyver:

“MacGyver Hairdresser” storefront, from somewhere in South Asia
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Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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Davos Photo of the Day

Emma Thompson, slumped and asleep in a chair at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Actress Emma Thompson, like most sane people, is put to sleep by economics.
Thanks to Miss Fipi Lele for the photo!

I don’t blame her; a large gathering of people coming together to discuss hand-wavey applications of The Dismal Science would knock me out too.

(According to this article, she’s there in her capacity as a campaigner for refugees and against sex trafficking.)

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Lobster Knife Fight!

Continuing this blog’s fascination with battles featuring crustaceans (we’ve had crabs and crawfish so far), here’s a photo titled Lobster Knife Fight:

Two lobsters, each one with a knife in their claw, facing off
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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“My Eyes Are Up HERE, Mrs. Clinton…”

Photo of Hillary Clinton shaking hands with two very well-endowed women in low-cut outfits, with her eyes looking as though she’s trying not to look.
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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Lasagna Cat: Live-Action “Garfield” Comic Strips!

Lasagna Cat is a site where you can watch videos of costumed actors re-enacting various Garfield comic strips, complete with a laugh track! Each video features a re-enactment of the comic strip, followed by the original comic strip, followed by a music video inspired by the comic strip. It’s odd, but amusing.

Here’s a still from the re-enactment of the April 4, 2007 comic in which Garfield makes some biting social commentary. Click the picture below to see the video:

Garfield reads the paper
Click the picture to see the video.

Here’s one featuring both Garfield and Jon (re-enacting a comic from January 24, 1994). Click the picture below to see the video:

Jon and Garfield
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No Garfield tribute would be complete without Odie, so here’s a classic from June 1, 1982 in which Garfield tries to grab Odie’s wagging tail. Click the picture below to see the video:

Odie and Garfield
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There are 27 videos in all, and you can find them at lasagnacat.com.

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The Seven Minute Rule, as Explained by “Tip Me Over, Pour Me Out”

One of the things I noticed at Tom and Michele’s housewarming party (which I covered in this entry and this entry) was that the people there, whether or not they realized it, seemed to be observing the Seven Minute Rule, pictured below:

Excerpt from the webcomic “Tip Me Over Pour Me Out”: “The Seven Minute Rule”
Click the comic to see the full version on its original page.

As the comic excerpt above puts it:

…if you’re a girl with a boyfriend and you meet a guy at a party, you MUST make a reference to your boyfriend within the first seven minutes of conversation.

Girls with boyfriends are shameless abusers of the long-flirt. Since they already have someone to go home to, they don’t have to float from guy to guy searching for meat. Because of this, the guys they talk to mistakenly believe the girls are interested in them, ESPECIALLY when they talk for hours without mentioning their boyfriends.

The excerpt above comes from Tip Me Over, Pour Me Out, an autobiographical webcomic written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and illustrated by Lisa Hanawalt. Being a rather relaxed kind of guy, I find neurosis highly amusing and Bob-Waksberg’s ability to tell a funny yarn makes it doubly so (he’s part of a comedy troupe called Olde English). Tip Me Over, Pour Me Out has been finding its stride in its most recent episodes; I’m going to be keeping an eye on this webcomic.

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Faith, Reason and Hope, Explained Through Margarine

“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”: Faith. “Butter It’s Not”: Reason. “Could It Be Butter?”: Hope
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Photo courtesy of Adam Conover, via Miss Fipi Lele.

Of the three, what would I choose? None. I’d go for this instead:

Butter in a form similar to a UHU glue stick being spread on a piece of toast.