Fun fact: the Panama Canal is solar powered. The energy to lift each ship comes from some fifty million gallons of water flowing down into the lock from Gatun Lake. The Lake is replenished by rainfall, powered as always by the sun.

Yep. The Russians loved them but since they were not popular here no one bought them surplus for racing after the war. You had Mr Mennen and the Cobra I/Cobra II twins and that's it. So many Sea Furies and Mustangs racing now.

I saw this post on Reddit by user iksbob regarding sprint cars...

*skee-ball

Australia: Where the only thing that protects you from the deadly wildlife is that the deadly wildlife keeps killing each other.

I would also include people with those two-wide baby strollers who hog up the single track trails and refuse to let others through.

Now what makes me feel like something died in my mouth?

Yeah she's pretty... in a Madam Tussaud sort of way.

I wonder if the hospital is Beth-Schrödinger.

we can always make more.

Witnesses to the accident saw a man in small rowboat heading toward a flashing green light across the harbor, which they described as "beating on, boat against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

Vevo is the new MTV. MTV died in 2001, and what replaced it is a popped-collar tanned impersonator.

Goodfellas. Not sci-fi, I know, but still. It's that good. I'm usually turned off by any narration, but it works so well here.

Way out west there was this fella... fella I wanna tell ya about. Fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski...

This one earns both my favorite and least favorite at the same time. Least favorite because the movie is so much better without it, but favorite because Keifer's delivery is distinctive and tasty, letting you know how unusual the movie will be.

Atouk alunda Lana!

But then, you're not sailing around the world by yourself, being worshipped as Christ, are you?

Idiocracy, one of my favorite movies, resembles somewhat a version of "Brave New World" just on steroids. I think this is the appropriate time to upload this picture. Hopefully you can enlarge it..

Because they want to smell the bouquet!

Correction: self-loathing humans are the worst.