Fact: Just as you can become immune to scorpion stings you can also build an immunity to fire burns. The precise details of how to do this are a little hazy but generally it involves fusing a nomex suit to your skin and then, while your body is cooling, wrap yourself in aluminum foil.
Warning: This method does not protect you from heat from fire, but it will keep you from scorching.
Fictitious Fact Friday
Bull Whip
Jones!
I'm probably gonna definitely maybe make one of these. As kids I remember pretending to be Indiana Jones, sometimes using a rope or bungee-chord as the iconic bull whip. This looks a lot better (though, it would take a little bit more time). We actually used to be able to 'crack' our whips too, I guess a rope works just as well as a whip for that.
Get more details and instructions here.
For a good time...
It's been a while since I actually wrote something in a post. I have been putting up a lot of music and little movies and stuff, but I haven't really had any random 'blog' worthy rants recently, so here goes:
Not sure if you're familiar with this feature of blogger, but for those of you with a profile the movies and music that you list turn into links and will take you to a list of other bloggers who have listed the same movie or musician. I guess the point of this is to be able to find other people who like what you like, but it seems strange to try to build a passive social network. Anyhow, what I've found is you get really crazy links when you put really crazy movies.
Take my profile for example (you can try this one out for yourself):
I put a bunch of legendary films on my profile like the sequel to Baby Geniuses (SuperBabies), and here's who I got linked to:
You may say it's dishonest to claim to like movies that I, in truth, have never seen. But you would be a spoil-sport to claim such a thing.
New Music Monday
Okay, so it's actually Monday so here's some music.
First, a band that has been around for a while, but have not made it 'big'... yet! The Black Keys. They rock, but you don't have to take my word for it:
And for those of you who love old Southern Rock, here's one that might touch your heart... The Righteous Path by the Drive-by-Truckers:
Crazy Bobbles
I can't figure out exactly who this is, but I guess it's some guy who really likes Muse and so does covers of their songs. Here are a couple for you to enjoy:
First: Supermassive Black Hole
And Second: Punintended (Unintended)
There's a third track on his blog, but it's not very good.
New Music Monday: Thursday Edition
Die, Die, Die
Cool concept in this video, nicely done. The music is not amazing, but it's not to bad either. Enjoy...
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