Tag Archives: Burst of Weirdness

Oddities and Awesome abound! Just one item today, but it’s a doozy. I can’t decide where it falls on the continuum that exists with Weird on one end and Awesome on the other, but I suspect that it’s right in … Continue reading →

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: This is probably one of those things that everybody’s seen but me already, but as it is in fact new to me, here’s the Tarantula Song. :: Buddha laughs at your paltry efforts to conquer … Continue reading →

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: It always amazes me to learn of cultural things that are apparently really big, and yet, somehow I don’t learn about them until quite a ways into their fifteen minutes of fame. Case in point: … Continue reading →

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: If you don’t like insects (or art), don’t watch this video. :: Leonard Bernstein rewrites Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. If you’ve read Bernstein’s brilliant and indispensable The Joy of Music, you’ve already read the transcript … Continue reading →

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: What happened when a guy forgot to send his girlfriend a Valentine’s Day gift. Oh my Goodness Gracious! :: Being in maintenance for a living, I get to hear a lot of jokes about duct … Continue reading →

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: What Single Girls Do on Valentine’s Day. As you might expect, I love the ending here…. :: GAHHHHH!!! (seen on Tumblr) :: In the “Science rules!” department, the other night, a friend commented on Facebook … Continue reading →

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: One of the greatest interactive maps, ever: Vaguely Rude Placenames. Hover over the little flags to see the names. Great stuff! Apparently there’s a place in Iran called “Shit”. :: Back when I used to … Continue reading →

Oddities and Awesome abound! They never stop. Nosiree Bob, never at all. :: John Scalzi has come up with a creative response to a bizarre nitwit who has developed an even more bizarre fixation upon him. I find the whole … Continue reading →