At first I thought this was going to be an article about podcast fans - that header graphic is right out of Welcome to Nightvale, who probably have a non-zero amount of fans who take things too far.

I can’t tell the real actual things that were said from parodies of his words.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire also inspired this song:

Came here to post this, was not disappointed.

This is 100% the reason why I chose not to ever reproduce.

Oh no, I do mean it in the worst sense.

Everyone here seems to assume that the people responsible for the 1600 Daily actually clicked through that link or read farther than the headline when they chose that article.

Right?? It’s only half an hour but it feels like a full-length feature.

I miss the slightly surreal nonsense of Nick Park’s early stuff. Like going to the moon because it’s made of cheese and meeting a coin-operated oven-robot-meter maid that wants to go skiing, or having a high speed train chase on a toy train set through your house with a jewel thief penguin dressed as a chicken.

The second one looks like it’s covered in gold leaf! I wish that showed up on photos properly. Also I’m not sure about the composition of the first one, where the rose intersects the background circle.

This is why there is a “Has DC Done Something Stupid Today” counter.

Of course the Secret Palpatine version already exists. There’s a link to the google file for the  print ‘n play version a little farther down on the page.

Mr. Ford, I’d hate to tell you this but they’ve already made an award winning Howard Hughes biopic. You can stop now.

This is really the only scary story from Jez that I have absolutely not forgotten.

I learned that one of our especially old phones (rotary dial!) had a receiver that you could unscrew the speaking end from, and the microphone part of it would come right off. If I did that before picking up, the phone wouldn’t transmit anything to the people on the line. I listened in to some of my sister’s convos…

The woman calls 911 and explains her worries to this dispatcher, all while recognizing that it’s “probably nothing.” The dispatcher asks if she’s alone in the house (she answers yes) and agrees that it’s probably paranoia, but promises to send an officer when one is available.

That first image looks like it could be right out of Aperture Science.

I have one of those solid wave-shaped memory foam pillows. When I clicked through to the Ask a Clean Person post, it says those can’t be washed. So how long before I should replace it?

It’s not too late to get a new calendar:

Christmas at Ground Zero got a whole lot less funny this year.