Sunday in mid June 2012

thumb sucking, kitty style


A den of kitties

Joan Baez and Jimi Hendrix

Party Rock Anthem on bottles

Who Put the Benzadrine in Mrs Murphys Ovaltine? - Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (1944)

Let Me Play With Your Poodle by Hank Penny

Betty Boop Cartoon Banned For Drug Use 1934

Now that's a big chapatti

100 Portraits of people who left their mark on 

history, part 2, part 3

Found inside of a meteorite that touched down in the Gobi Desert in China's Xinjiang province in 2000 via Reddit

Until the importation of crayons in 1917,the word for "blue" and "green" in Japan was the same.

The crayola-fication of the world

19 year old so some of the boundaries have changed but most are the same/

Animaniacs - Yakko's World

In case you'd like to sing along, the lyrics to the world song.
United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama
Haiti, Jamaica, Peru,
Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean
Greenland, El Salvador too.
Puerto Rico, Columbia, Venezuela
Honduras, Guyana, and still,
Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina
And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil.
Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Bermuda
Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan,
Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam
And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam.

Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland
And Germany now one piece,
Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia
Italy, Turkey, and Greece.
Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania
Ireland, Russia, Oman,
Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia
Hungary, Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran.
There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain,
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal
France, England, Denmark, and Spain.

India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan
Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan,
Kampuchea, Malaysia, then Bangladesh (Asia)
And China, Korea, Japan.
Mongolia, Laos, and Tibet, Indonesia
The Philippine Islands, Taiwan,
Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand
Then Borneo, and Vietnam.
Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola
Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana,
Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia
Guinea, Algeria, Ghana.

Burundi, Lesotho, and Malawi, Togo
The Spanish Sahara is gone,
Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Liberia
Egypt, Benin, and Gabon.
Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya, and Mali
Sierra Leone, and Algiers,
Dahomey, Namibia, Senegal, Libya
Cameroon, Congo, Zaire.
Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar
Rwanda, Mahore, and Cayman,
Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia...
Crete, Mauritania
Then Transylviania,
Monaco, Liechtenstein
Malta, and Palestine,
Fiji, Australia, Sudan.

Rob Paulsen: Voice of Yakko Warner

Kids with chronic ear infections tend to be heavier

and have less sensitive taste buds than their peers, Korean researchers have found.

It's not the first time scientists have described this relationship, yet nobody fully understands it. One intriguing possibility is that ear infections damage the nerves conducting taste signals to the brain, and so make kids eat more.

In principle, this could play a role in the growing rates of obesity, because ear infections are one of the most common childhood conditions sending kids to the doctor.

Wearable Planter

Miniature wearable planters

Diet of some of the Olympians

A. Noor, Tatar, Taekwondo, 1500 calories a day

20-year-old Nur Tartars preparing for the Olympic Games in London in 2012. This will be her first Olympics, and it adheres to a strict diet to lose a few pounds to get the exact weight of the category in which it appears. It has reduced the calorie intake to 1,500 a day. (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

Two. (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

Three. Merve Aydin, runner, 3,000 calories a day

22-year-old Merve Aydin will run at the Olympics for the first time in my life. On the day she consumes 3,000 calories. Although she trains hard for the games, it closely monitors the results. "For me, important to understand its potential and limitations.And do whatever I can - says Aydin. - I am working hard and stick to a strict diet. " (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

4. (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

Five. Elif Jeil Esilirmak, wrestling, 3000 calories a day

26-year-old Elif adheres to 3,000 calories a day. "Instead of red meat I usually eat salmon - says sportswoman. - I think that the fish is more healthy and nutritious food. I also drink a lot. At least five gallons of water a day. " (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

6. (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

7. Fatih Avan, javelin and 3,500 calories a day

23-year-old Fatih made the second best javelin throw in the world, but the Olympic games have always occupied a special place in his heart. "Maybe I could become an elite athlete, but a great athlete I can be, only if I win an Olympic medal." Avan complements its harsh training schedule daily consumption of 3,500 calories. His diet is based on the protein. "A good diet is absolutely necessary for the accumulation of forces. The proper and nutritious diet is very important for training. " (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

Eight. (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

9. Mete Bean, weightlifting, 3,500 calories a day

27-year-old Meta - the world champion in weightlifting, he eats 3,500 calories a day. He drinks at least two glasses of milk every night. Its diet consists of red meat. He has a lot of sweets and never skip breakfast. Bean also likes organic food.Shortly before the tournament, he begins to supplement your diet with vitamins and nutritional supplements. (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

10. (Reuters / Umit Bektas)