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nollifur : the halloween show october 30 & 31

nollifur : the halloween show october 30 & 31, originally uploaded by arecity.

this halloween - this is what's to do.

and not just because i'm participating - but because it's going to be unlike anything you've seen in a long long time.

come.

Ode To Eyebrow Dance

via Lilivonshtupp

institute, hacks, tom foolery & pranks

If Your Name Starts With Hank

via Big Dubya flickr

Surviving Internet Fame

dancing matt & tron guy talk about their meme experience

via ROLFcon Respectably French

featuring LOL Cats, I Can Has Case Study
and Making It Big (Homestar Runner, Red vs Blue, Superdelux, Cyanide & Happiness)

the daily show at the dnc

via Dan Patterson's flickr

so you know . . .

Masonic fraternities have played an important role in Idaho's communities since gold rush days. This exhibit traces the mysterious origins of the Freemasons and their vital link to Idaho history from territorial times through statehood and into today. Enjoy rarely seen folk art and artifacts from lodges around the state and increase your understanding of this "society with secrets."

The exhibit opens May 24 and runs through August 31. The Idaho State Historical Museum is located at 910 N. Julia Davis Drive in Boise and is open from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday and from 1:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday. For more information call 334-2120.

fierce grace

-found on thch blog, " UFO Houses"

clockwise : counterclockwise

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ...

Do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though.

You can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

- from Perth Now    

- found on Metafilter

- more fun at The Exploratorium

humanclock.org

Humanclock.com shows a photograph of the current time, with the photo changing every minute of the day (all 1,440 occuring minutes on Earth!) Thus you end up with a rotating picture clock sorta deal.

How the time is actually displayed is a whole different matter.  A lot of photos have the time written on a crummy cardboard sign, while other photos might have the current time in a more edible format, such as olives.  There are photos below sea level and ones over two miles above sea level.  There are even clock pictures with people who played at Woodstock.

> Check out the human clock HERE

> Send in you photos HERE

" I am trying to get a decent cross section of Earth inhabitants on this website. So I want photos of minivan-driving soccer moms, trustafarian hippies, punkers, football players, pimps, players, private eyes, Commodore 64 programmers, Who's the Boss? fan fiction writers, bible-belt preachers, politicians, actors, musicians, auto mechanics, doctors, catergorically defined people who don't feel they belong in a category, tree-huggers, rednecks, snooty rich people, snooty poor people, pictures from famous places, pictures of famous people, people who can solve a Rubick's cube, jocks, nerds, cheerleaders, plumbers, D & D players, etc."

Meteorite Lands in Peru

According to the townspeople, the illnesses began after the meteorite crashed and they began to touch the glowing rock believing it had some type of monetary value.

Aside from the hundreds of townspeople that were affected, Tejada reported that 8 police officers had to be hospitalized after having taken samples of the meteorite.

Blood samples are being taken and there are several teams of specialists in the area.

Scientists confirmed yesterday that the meteorite that caused a 17 meter (55 foot) wide and 5 meter (16 foot) deep crater in Puno, Peru was a chondrite meteorite. The water in the crater is to be drained and several teams of scientists from different countries will take samples from the crater itself and from surrounding areas. - living in peru

 

 

However, SPACEWEATHER has some questions:

There is much discussion on the Internet today concerning a reported meteorite impact in Peru which may have gouged a 10- to 30-meter wide crater near Peru's border with Bolivia. Bad-smelling fumes from the crater are said to have sickened dozens and perhaps hundreds of people in a nearby village. Could this be true?

There is indeed a hole in the ground in Peru, pictured above, and by all accounts it smells bad, but it is not likely of cosmic origin.  In order to blast a 30-meter crater, a meteorite would have to hit the ground with about as much energy as 0.1-to-1 kiloton of TNT--akin to a tactical nuclear weapon. This should leave a clear signal in worldwide seismic and infrasound records, but so far no such signals are being reported by authorities. In short, we remain unconvinced. Stay tuned for updates.

UPDATE: A scientist from Peru's Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute says that a chondritic meteorite is at the bottom of the crater: news report. There is also mounting evidence that the crater is associated at least coincidentally with a grave health problem in the area.