Expect cobwebs. If this doesn’t take over my life, it’s going to disappear so fast I won’t even remember to disable the account. You know all those feeds in your reader that never update? This will so be one of them.Tumblr (3.0; @serious)http://serious.tumblr.com/<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNbqvk8vfknmZmlJL_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://failblog.org/2008/07/22/translation-fail/" title="Translation Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments">Translation Fail</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/43199083http://serious.tumblr.com/post/43199083Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:36:32 +1000“<p>John Lennon stuck his head in the window of the passenger seat where I was sitting and he sang Uncontrollable Urge (from Q. Are We Not Men? A. We are Devo) to me, about six inches from my face.</p> <p>It was the perfect song for him to choose and I knew why he did it, too. I’d borrowed the intro from I Want to Hold Your Hand for the intro of Uncontrollable Urge. So he was really saying: ‘Those guys stole my intro.”’</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24030839-16947,00.html">From Akron with attitude | The Australian</a></em>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/42654657http://serious.tumblr.com/post/42654657Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:49:22 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNbjoflolxwpRQ0t6_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m well pleased with my <a title="Buy the official Fail Whale Mug. Now. NOW NOW NOW!" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fail_whale_regular_mug-168281971650433059">Fail Whale Mug</a>. I’ll take my limited edition Savage Chickens “<a title="Savage Chickens – ”Rock On”" href="http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/2008/02/rock-on.html">Rock On</a>” mug home. The kids will love it. Now that I think about it, the kids would love the whale, too. Maybe I’ll have to swap them from time to time. Naah, that’s too complicated…</p> <p>Oh, that’s right. Internal monologue is supposed to be internal. FAIL. </p>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/42654351http://serious.tumblr.com/post/42654351Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:42:39 +1000<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S-xxPHStprk&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S-xxPHStprk&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/07/video-air-force.html">Video: Air Force Blows Up Its Own Plane | Danger Room from Wired.com</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/42163177http://serious.tumblr.com/post/42163177Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:31:42 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNbdwzgmquEAZ3MIh_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.theposterlist.com/">The Poster List: Pop Art Posters!</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/42142714http://serious.tumblr.com/post/42142714Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:55:42 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNbbppzzkJUMPISSK_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>“I wish this <a href="http://www.slmetalworks.com/beds_a.html" title="Shawn Lovell Metalworks">tree bed</a> was my bed.” - <a href="http://twitter.com/candysnap/statuses/856460321">@candysnap</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/41990257http://serious.tumblr.com/post/41990257Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:56:46 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNbbocde3xYGhMfOm_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>However it may seem, this speed hump in Philadelphia is nothing more than flat pieces of plastic burned into the street. Municipal officials say the month-old program will soon be expanded. (via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/us/12bump.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&adxnnlx=1215861644-xyGfdFXsoLo51xWKUjiv6Q">To Slow Speeders, Philadelphia Tries Make-Believe - NYTimes.com</a>)http://serious.tumblr.com/post/41987677http://serious.tumblr.com/post/41987677Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:18:19 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNawufhlp4g7pvle2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Romana II. Deem massive childhood crush included, now shockingly attenuated.</p> <p>Thanks, <a href="http://cosmobells.blogspot.com/2008/06/frame.html">Cosmobells</a>!</p>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/40627777http://serious.tumblr.com/post/40627777Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:12:32 +1000<object width="400" height="326" data="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf?mediaId=648644&affiliate=33106" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="revver64864412148782489616777"><param name="Movie" value="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf?mediaId=648644&affiliate=33106" /><param name="FlashVars" value="allowFullScreen=true" /><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf?mediaId=648644&affiliate=33106" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="allowFullScreen=true" allowfullscreen="true" height="326" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>On a cold Saturday in New York City, the world’s largest train station came to a sudden halt. Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/">Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere</a>)</p>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/40490349http://serious.tumblr.com/post/40490349Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:06:32 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNapnyksmofy1IIYy_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.noseyinnewtown.com/">Nosey In Newtown</a> could fast become my favourite blog.http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39994710http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39994710Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:37:04 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNapnpe1nzeELO3ay_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>TV, “Brainwashed!” v2 High Quality (<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/aaronescobar">Aaronyx</a> via <a title="Senate committee calls for music video classification review" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/27/2287426.htm">ABC News Online</a>)http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39994080http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39994080Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:30:05 +1000“It used to be that an employee’s relationship with their manager was the No. 1 reason for employees voluntarily leaving an organization. Now it’s a lack of employer work schedule flexibility. That’s the No. 1 reason.”<br/><br/> - <em>Kate Martiné of the Trustmark Cos. in Lake Forest, Illinois, quoted in <a href="http://www.workforce.com/section/06/feature/25/51/84/">Work-Life Balance Becoming a Key Tool for Retention | workforce.com</a></em>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39738434http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39738434Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:58:13 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNam2cgh6x8GXp3aU_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.pbase.com/askar01/image/63704016">Beware of landmines!</a><br/>- Norbert Fontaine photos at pbase.comhttp://serious.tumblr.com/post/39645197http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39645197Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:08:54 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNalaogefQzFS1rJi_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/still-twitching-with-anger-at-human-stupidity/2008/06/23/1214073141674.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1">Whip it up and start agai </a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39577926http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39577926Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:14:25 +1000<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/34LtrnnXQTc&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/34LtrnnXQTc&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Simpsons Map for Quake III Arenahttp://serious.tumblr.com/post/39577625http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39577625Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:11:27 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNaiktzqqUoikxB65_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>I just spent the first three years of my sons life trying to get him not to eat blocks, and now you’re telling him they taste like fucking strawberries. <br/>— <a href="http://penny-arcade.com/2008/6/18/amazing/">Penny Arcade! - Amazing</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39340086http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39340086Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:35:27 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNahman4zmiHYteML_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>I’ve seen this photo a few times, but never at this size. <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/chaiten_volcano_still_active.html">Chaiten Volcano Still Active - The Big Picture - Boston.com</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39266414http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39266414Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:28:30 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNahm8cw5NOHAn5Zc_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>The full picture MRO took to catch Phoenix on its way down. Source: <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/martian_skies.html">Martian Skies - The Big Picture - Boston.com</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39266195http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39266195Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:26:54 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNafx5sdbRPmdcIPj_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>“Behold, <a href="http://ashleywoodartist.com/">Ash Wood</a>’s giant robot. Guess where it’s going to go…” — <a href="http://twitter.com/templesmith/statuses/839239629">@templesmith</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39117336http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39117336Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:57:20 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fir94jhLNafq58ggoSE7pnQc_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Rock climbing, anyone? — <a href="http://tumblr.michaelsanford.com/post/39096422/a-clever-climbing-photo-by-3cclimber-on">[maɪklz tʰʌmblɔɡ]</a> via <a href="http://twitter.com/msanford/statuses/839165360">@msanford</a>http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39101537http://serious.tumblr.com/post/39101537Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:40:56 +1000