There are a lot of links to share today. Let's get started.
There's something called the Wilhelm Scream that gets used a lot in all kinds of movies. Here is a compilation of many Wilhelm Screams. (The video is slightly but not terribly violent, but duh, people are screaming, so.)
It looks like maybe those of you in the US won't have to deal with those sickly yellow street lights for forever. However, I seem to recall a city in Britain using them to specifically discourage youth from hanging out at night (because it makes your features so garish), so maybe they did have a purpose.
I've always wondered why Europeans insist on wearing their skimpy swimming trunks even outside the confines of Europe. Turns out, maybe they just don't feel like buying another swimsuit when the one they have complies with the rules in their home country's swimming pools.
I am absolutely behind this theory that the Duchess of Cambridge wore a sailor dress on her visit to Prince Edward Island as an homage to Anne of Green Gables.
This was an interesting article, but in the end I couldn't get past the thought of a $232.64 monthly cable bill. Even if it does include internet. Yikes.
So, is it a new flavor, or an original recipe? Which is it? I feel the same way when I see food packaging stamped with "New & Improved!" It can't be both, people.
Russia, Ukraine, and South Korea have opted to take Paramount Pictures up on their offer to market the movie Captain America as The First Avenger instead. To avoid anti-American sentiment, you know.
I laughed at this compilation of the horrible lessons we learn from Disney movies. But I keep thinking that I watched all those movies as a kid and I turned out just fine, right?
Have you ever wondered how to say, "If we cannot trust a man, move your head to the right, unnoticed, until we note your signal" in Russian? Wonder no more. Also: "You certainly read our leaflets!" and "Should the enemy spies or informers be liquidated?"
Finally, if I am reading this correctly - and I think that I am - the state with the overall lowest rate of obesity today (Colorado), would have been the fattest state in the nation in 1995. Woah.
It looks like maybe those of you in the US won't have to deal with those sickly yellow street lights for forever. However, I seem to recall a city in Britain using them to specifically discourage youth from hanging out at night (because it makes your features so garish), so maybe they did have a purpose.
I've always wondered why Europeans insist on wearing their skimpy swimming trunks even outside the confines of Europe. Turns out, maybe they just don't feel like buying another swimsuit when the one they have complies with the rules in their home country's swimming pools.
I am absolutely behind this theory that the Duchess of Cambridge wore a sailor dress on her visit to Prince Edward Island as an homage to Anne of Green Gables.
This was an interesting article, but in the end I couldn't get past the thought of a $232.64 monthly cable bill. Even if it does include internet. Yikes.
So, is it a new flavor, or an original recipe? Which is it? I feel the same way when I see food packaging stamped with "New & Improved!" It can't be both, people.
Russia, Ukraine, and South Korea have opted to take Paramount Pictures up on their offer to market the movie Captain America as The First Avenger instead. To avoid anti-American sentiment, you know.
I laughed at this compilation of the horrible lessons we learn from Disney movies. But I keep thinking that I watched all those movies as a kid and I turned out just fine, right?
Have you ever wondered how to say, "If we cannot trust a man, move your head to the right, unnoticed, until we note your signal" in Russian? Wonder no more. Also: "You certainly read our leaflets!" and "Should the enemy spies or informers be liquidated?"
Finally, if I am reading this correctly - and I think that I am - the state with the overall lowest rate of obesity today (Colorado), would have been the fattest state in the nation in 1995. Woah.