Posts Tagged Quotables
In 1991, Brian Eno Predicts YouTube, Reality TV
Posted by mistergroonk in Television on March 19, 2012
via hey oscar wilde
Books: This is Exactly How They Work
Posted by mistergroonk in Books, Intertube Madness, Just Freaking Neat, Macro on June 7, 2011
This image has been running around Twitter for the last few days. It is beautiful.
via @saundramitchell
In Afghanistan: Memorial Day 2011
Posted by mistergroonk in Holiday, Photography, USA, World on May 30, 2011
“We reflect on those who have gone before us. We reflect on their service and their sacrifice on behalf of our great nation,” said Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, who commands a Marine division in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province. “We should also remember those serving today who embody that same commitment of service and sacrifice. They are committed to something greater than themselves and they muster the physical and moral courage to accomplish extraordinary feats in battle.”
via military.com
Good Morning, Edinburgh. King Penguin Sir Nils, Colonel of the Norwegian Royal Guard, will Inspect You Now.
Posted by mistergroonk in Animals, LOL, Photography on May 30, 2011
This is Sir Nils, Colonel of the Norwegian Royal Guard. He is a king penguin. He is also a knight.
We are not kidding.
Nils Olav was given the rank of visekorporal (lance corporal) and has been promoted each time the King’s Guard has returned to the Tattoo. In 1982 he was made corporal, and promoted to sergeant in 1987. Nils Olav died shortly after his promotion to sergeant, and his place of honour was taken by Nils Olav II, his two-year-old near-double. He was promoted in 1993 to the rank of regimental sergeant major. On August 18, 2005, he was promoted to Colonel-in-Chief[5] and on 15 August 2008 he was awarded a knighthood. He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army.
If you are wondering why Sir Nils is a knight and you’re not:
which described Nils as a penguin “in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood”.
There you go.
via reddit
Watch: The Great Inception, Charlie Chaplin’s THE GREAT DICTATOR Speech Mixed with Hans Zimmer’s INCEPTION Score
Posted by mistergroonk in Intertube Madness, Just Freaking Neat, Music, Versus on May 29, 2011
What a lovely mix. If you have not seen Chaplin’s THE GREAT DICTATOR you would do well to get right on that. It’s really a wonderful film. Also, you will see where Mike Myers stole homaged the image of Dr Evil using the world as his plaything for his Austin Powers series.
That chap, Charlie Chaplin, had the idea in 1940.
via geek tyrant
Tweet Quotes: Clayton Cubitt Talks About The Future
Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Twitter on April 20, 2011
Good Morning, Your Barista is Rorshach
Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Photography on February 21, 2011
On the Genre-less Life: Alan Moore has a Word for You.
Posted by mistergroonk in Photography on February 11, 2011
via @briankeene
Davey Jones Relents Lost Treasure, The Sword of Blackbeard the Pirate Found
Posted by mistergroonk in History, USA on February 3, 2011
This man, Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard…
…was the master of dramatic presentation. Seriously, he could give Batman lessons.
Blackbeard cultivated a ferocious appearance to seem even more menacing: a long dark beard, numerous knives, swords and pistols strapped to his chest — even lighted fuses in his hair.
Now we have the remnants of his sword.
It’s one of the latest finds aboard the remains of the ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge, known at one time to be the flagship of Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard. The vessel ran aground on a North Carolina sandbar in 1718 and was abandoned; modern archaeologists have been excavating the shipwreck for more than a decade. The design and ornamentation of this newest discovery have led the researchers to believe it likely belonged to the notorious pirate himself.
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