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You’re stuck with ‘em for now, I can’t be bothered.

It’s Sea Monster Week at Tetrapod Zoology.

Caenorhabditis elegans lacks eyes, yet sees, per The Other 95%.

A Neatorama trifecta, as they bring us the giant rubber energy-crisis-solving snake, the Nietzsche Family Circus, and I Met the Walrus.

I watched teevee last night…

…and I saw Deep Water, the amazing and heartbreaking story of Donald Crowhurst.  Sort of like Grizzly Man but with the bears replaced by the tag-team of the ocean and the protagonist’s own brain.  Here’s NPR on the topic.

I also watched Scoop.  You can skip it unless you’re like me and you need to see everything Woody Allen does at least once.

McCain called his wife the worst word there is- and she’s not even black.

This is funny.  Uses the C-word.

Direct YT link, this version has the C-word beeped over.

Thanks, Eric.

Cuttlefish video

Over here, at the Daisy Hill Cuttle Farm.

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Joe loves Cryptopsy.

Direct YT link.

The funniest thing is how the kid stops banging when he sees his mom coming.

Cryptopsy website.

Lebofsky shooteth. (and unrelated youtubular rockery)

Direct YT link. Mo b’lo.

The Outsider, a BBC doc about Harry Partch.

It’s on YouTube in 6 parts.  Here’s part one.

Direct YT link.

HP dot com.   The American Mavericks site  has some Flash simulations of some of his instruments.  These guys worked with him alot, and care for his instruments in their instrumentarium.  (now is that a word, or what?)

Tom Waits press conference- watch the whole thing.

Direct YT link

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News to me: Buster Keaton was in a Samuel Beckett movie.

It was called “Film.” Here it is at UbuWeb. Here it is at YouTube (part 1, 2, 3).

Rocks eye view of man’s folly.

(clicky disclosure: this is 9 minutes of cgi animation)

Direct YT link
Higer quality at Google Video

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