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Oh little kitten, you are so fierce.

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In honor of what would have been Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday, Google posted this special animated doodle. It's visible all around the world day except in the US where it was postponed because of a conflict with the US Labor Day holiday. It'll be posted in the US on Tuesday the 6th.

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EEEEEEE! This is so awesome. I have an intense, never-ending love for the original Jonny Quest cartoon. Clearly, I am not alone in this. A fan named Roger Evans did his own, stop-motion animation version of the Jonny Quest opening credits.

Here's the video:

Jonny Quest Opening Titles from Roger D. Evans on Vimeo.
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Lost power at 2:30 am, as the eye of the hurricane was parallel to this area. Am posting with my phone. House on corner hit by tree and damaged. Both sisters in Annapolis lost power. One sister had 150 foot tree in her backyard fall, smashing her fence and the neighbor's garage and car. Quite a mess. She is very worried. I haven't talked to my ( Read more... )

My house is as hurricane-proofed as it's going to be. I put away my BBQ grill, all my yard tools and stupid stuff like empty plant pots and bird feeders - anything that would be likely to fly away if we do indeed get tropical storm (or worse) force winds, as is currently forecast. I brought a couple of the lighter lawn chairs into the house and ( Read more... )

What did I get for my birthday, you ask ( Read more... )

Unholy hell. We just had a 5.9 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was about 80 miles from here. My entire house shook and stuff fell off shelves. I'm going to check the house for cracked windows and foundation problems.

This was felt all the way up to New York City.

Not fun. Not fun at all.

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Fans of art dolls and/or puppetry, check out this preview for a new, online doll journal. Looks like it will have some terrific articles and pictures. The full journal will have over 100 pages. It's due to debut on September 28th ( Read more... )

Check out these astonishing sand sculptures based on Dante's Inferno. They were sculpted for the International Sand Sculpture Festival in Venice, Italy. Found via links from a friend on Twitter.


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