Blowing my Mind

This is an optical illusion, not an animated image. Click to enlarge:

Mega-Man Marathon

I very much enjoyed this 400 pound gentleman’s account of his “running” of the Boston Marathon, in which he finished last.

I’m pretty sure that by the time I finished, the Kenyans were already back in Africa celebrating.

I’d also like to congratulate the 122-year old guy who passed me around mile 13.  I have no idea if he finished but as he passed me — he took with him any and all self-resecpt that I may have had.

Deathly

These Blood Puddle Pillows are awfully fun:

Agent!

I’ve spent at least an hour in the past two weeks trying to trick Verizon’s automated messaging system into putting me through too a person. Turns out I should have been saying “Agent” over and over again.

This is one of the most helpful lists I can imagine.

Comedy of Errors

From the most recent New Yorker:

By the way, the New Yorker’s new website is a colossal improvement on the last one — you can even see all the cartoons from each issue.

Boner!

This is a wonderful list: Top 15 Unintentionally Funny Comic Book Panels

The Biggest and the Best

I am loving this list, complete with stunning pictures, of the 10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World.

Here’s the Montezuma Cypress, which came in at number 4:

I Agree

This may very well be the “Best Rube Goldberg Ever!”

Only 13

I’m loving that I can get new Gallup Poll results as an RSS feed. They’re always interesting and often fascinating.

Here’s one that showed up today: Thirteen Percent of Americans Bothered to Stay on Hotels’ 13th Floor. The age and gender of the participants made a big difference:

Focus!

I know that’s George Brett, above, but I have no idea what to make of this.