The Dead Weather concert posters (link roundup)

One of three The Dead Weather concert posters by The Silent Giants on sale for $30 here.

And a few more links:

1. This is not the bookstore you're looking for.

2. British family snorkeling on holiday found a sunken city in the Mediterranean. Via.

3. Here's how the Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo office dressed for Halloween.

*Previously: Another concert poster for The Dead Weather.

*Buy concert posters at eBay.

My family's brush with that scary dream guy

There's a good chance that you've already heard about the website dedicated to the reported phenomena of a creepy monobrowed man haunting people's dreams.

Upon seeing the site, my younger brother reminded me of the nightmares he used to have. He would report of having dreamed of Bert from Sesame Street:



But upon seeing the scary dream guy, he says that man looks like the person he dreamed about. (Which is particularly interesting since the site is just a hoax.)

*Previously: What I used to have nightmares about.

*Buy dream dictionaries at Amazon.

Anglerfish mask (link roundup)

Go here to see how to make this anglerfish helmet. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Funny Fark headline: Pfizer cutbacks to release a flood of disgruntled biologists and chemists into the streets of Gotham, assuring a new wave of cool super villains.

2. Earlier this month, a tractor trailer transporting missile parts overturned after a "large insect" landed on the driver’s back.

3. Bloomberg as Mr. T.

*Previously: Isabella Rossellini wearing an anglerfish mask.

*Buy A-Team toys at eBay.

German arm wrestler Matthias Schlitte has a gigantic right arm

Matthias Schlitte is a professional arm wrestler. His right arm is dramatically larger than his left. And you can watch him arm wrestle in the video above (fast forward one minute). I don't think this is a hoax. Via.

*At Toycutter: Custom Hellboy toys.

*Buy Hellboy toys at eBay.

An explanation for that ring over Moscow

William Gibson offered an explanation for that swamp gas/weather anomaly that appeared over Moscow earlier this month:

That ominous ring of cloud over Moscow was God noticing the whale-penis upholstery in those diamond-crusted Russian SUVs.

That line is not an exaggeration mocking the nouveau riche. He was referring to this.

*Previously: Diagram of the delicious parts of the whale, perhaps?

*Buy spaceship posters at eBay.

Flintstone's House (link roundup)

Todd Oldham visited Bedrock City and put out a book of his photos. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Funny logo for the Cake Wrecks book tour reboot.

2. January 2, 2010 is a palindrome - - 01022010. Via.

3. A man took home a statue of Thurman Thomas because it was so ugly that he "thought it might have been part of some radio station promotion that was left behind and that no one cared about."

*Previously: Clever Ugly Betty mall ad.

*Buy Flintstones toys at eBay.

Zangief cosplay (link roundup)

Zangief cosplay. Relatedly, watch Zangief have love and job troubles at The Zangief Chronicles. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Ewoks with Wampa pelt.

2. Twenty-four France Telecom employees have committed suicide in the last two years. Via.

3. Chibi Dark Knight and Carrie Kelly.

*Previously: ARC-170 Starfighter with vomiting Wampa nose art.

*Buy Street Fighter action figures at eBay.

Last Exit (link roundup)

Every order from Last Exit to Nowhere comes with a swell sticker. Take a photo of the sticker someplace clever, and you can win three t-shirts. The most recent winner, Michael Robinson, photographed the sticker at the M Street steps in Washington, DC, where Father Karras plummets to his death in The Exorcist.

And a few more links:

1. Family says their gefilte fish was glowing. Via.

2. You can now play Popcap's Plants vs. Zombies for free online. It's insidious. At the exact moment I was starting to lose interest, the gameplay completely changed and kept me sucked in.

3. Batman strikes fear into criminals with a loogie.

*Previously: Watch a video playthrough of Arkham Asylum.

*Buy glow in the dark items at eBay.

Papercraft 3D movie fan (link roundup)

Download the 3D movie fan paper toy at Marshall Alexander's site.

And a few more links:

1. Amateur archaeologist Megan Webb was participating in a dig at Tel Dor in Jerusalem, when she found a found a small gemstone (carnelian) with the portrait of Alexander the Great carved into it. Via.

2. Some of the too-hard-to-believe facts about Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian. Between them and Artest, the Lakers basketball season should be wild.

3. My blogging doppelganger as a steampunk bounty hunter (last photo).

*Previously: Archaeologists dig out a giant skeleton.

*Buy 3D books at Amazon.

Monstrous Gecko (link roundup)

Gecko (?) monster and little girl. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Now here's how you tease an article:

The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. Never before photographed, it is bigger than the U.S. and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination - and is why your Christmas stocking may be on the light side this year.

Via.

2. Comment and win two fairy tale keychains.

3. Who said this: "I never really liked you as a quarterback. But as a person . . . I love you as a person."

*Previously: Indianapolis Colts quarterback is nicknamed "hefty lefty".

*Buy NFL bobbleheads at eBay.

Photo: Sumo wrestlers compete at making babies cry

It's an annual tradition. More here, here, and here

Movie Concept Of The Day: A prostitute finds herself in the possession of George W. Bush's finger.

You know, "the one that has the power to push the button that will set off a nuclear attack." Read more about this strange little movie here.

San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks and his undersheriff were swept up in Las Vegas prostitution sting

"I believed I was going to a legitimate business," Munks said, reading from a written statement. "It was not."

Read the rest.

Occasional NASA Consultants Draft Primer On How Humanity Can Defend Itself From Aliens

An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion is written by Travis Taylor and Bob Boan. In a nutshell, "You'd have to create an insurgency, a mujahideen-type resistance."

Line of the Day: Substitute teacher's in class threat to commit suicide was "out of character"

"A veteran substitute teacher reportedly pulled out a small kitchen knife Friday morning at Washington High School and expressed feelings of suicide to three students" - - Union president Dennis Kelly said the alleged "behavior appears to be 'out of character.'"

Read the rest

The A-Team To Reunite on TV To Contact Hannibal's Ghost

"The former stars of 1980s action series THE A-TEAM will reunite for a reality TV programme, in which they will attempt to contact their deceased co-star GEORGE PEPPARD. Actors Dirk Benedict, Mr T and Dwight Schultz will appear on a special edition of British paranormal show MOST HAUNTED later this year/"

Read the rest.

Headline of the Day: Miss America helps cops in sex sting

You know you want to read on

Headline of the Day: "Donkey becomes witness in Dallas dispute"

"The first witness in a lawsuit Wednesday between two neighbors was a real ass."

Yes, there's a photo.

Twin Sisters, Both Famous Plagiarists

"Katie Couric's plagiarizing producer has an identical twin sister - with an identical poaching problem, The Post has learned."

Why Is There A Hexagon Above Saturn's North Pole?

No one knows. But come up with the best theory and it could be named after you.