OT: Things we find freaking neat but no place to post

[Comeds]

Long but parts are funny:


The Postal Service Auditions
Sub Pop Records held auditions in 2002 to fill out the rest of Postal Service. Before today, these auditions had never been seen by the public.

The Postal Service Auditions from Ben Gibbard, Tom Scharpling, Al Yankovic, Rob Hatch-Miller, Aimee Mann, Moby, Duff McKagan, Nate Mendel, Page Hamilton, Tom DeLonge, Funny Or Die, Puloma Basu, Jon Daly, DC Pierson, Jon Wurster, sub pop records, FODf

 

[dash]

Bellows talking trash after Buttercup misses him (lol)

 

[forty_three]

Bellows talking trash after Buttercup misses him (lol)

I must have ice level audio on this.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

No way, it always squirts me in the eye.

 

[dash]

No way, it always squirts me in the eye.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

Perfect example of why we need rep back.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

 

[forty_three]

 

[KennyBanyeah]

That's pretty cool.

Looks like Kristen Stewart has let herself go a little though.

 

[Darkstone42]

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

Just got my brand spanking new IPad mini...friggen awesome. Regular IPad is humongous. This thing came with a cover, stereo headphones, ear buds, blue tooth speaker, 2 touch screen pens, desktop stand. I'm loving it. My Internet pron has never looked better.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Hugo Chavez dying.






































Too soon?

 

[forty_three]

Then and Now: From Airships to Waterslides | History of Flight | Air & Space Magazine

Neat

 

[Darkstone42]

 

[Darkstone42]

My most recent Gaussian calculation gave me this as the output quote:

THE PRESIDENT:
LEAPS TALL BUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND,
IS MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCOMOTIVE,
IS FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET,
WALKS ON WATER,
GIVES POLICY TO GOD.

THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS:
LEAPS SHORT BUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND,
IS MORE POWERFUL THAN A SWITCH ENGINE,
IS JUST AS FAST AS A SPEEDING BULLET,
WALKS ON WATER IF SEA IS CALM,
TALKS WITH GOD.

PROFESSOR:
LEAPS SHORT BUILDINGS WITH A RUNNING START AND FAVORABLE WINDS,
IS ALMOST AS POWERFUL AS A SWITCH ENGINE,
CAN FIRE A SPEEDING BULLET,
WALKS ON WATER IN AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL,
TALKS WITH GOD IF SPECIAL REQUEST IS APPROVED.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR:
BARELY CLEARS A QUONSET HUT,
LOSES TUG OF WAR WITH LOCOMOTIVE,
MISFIRES FREQUENTLY,
SWIMS WELL,
IS OCCASIONALLY ADDRESSED BY GOD.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR:
MAKES HIGH MARKS ON WALLS WHEN TRYING TO LEAP TALL BUILDINGS,
IS RUN OVER BY LOCOMOTIVES,
CAN SOMETIMES HANDLE A GUN WITHOUT INFLICTING SELF INJURY,
DOG PADDLES,
TALKS TO ANIMALS.

GRADUATE STUDENT:
RUNS INTO BUILDINGS,
RECOGNIZES LOCOMOTIVES TWO OUT OF THREE TIMES,
IS NOT ISSUED AMMUNITION,
CAN STAY AFLOAT WITH A LIFE JACKET,
TALKS TO WALLS.

UNDERGRADUATE AND WORK STUDY STUDENT:
FALLS OVER DOORSTEP WHEN TRYING TO ENTER BUILDINGS,
SAYS, "LOOK AT THE CHOO-CHOO,"
WETS HIMSELF WITH A WATER PISTOL,
PLAYS IN MUD PUDDLES,
MUMBLES TO HIMSELF.

DEPARTMENT SECRETARY:
LIFTS TALL BUILDINGS AND WALKS UNDER THEM,
KICKS LOCOMOTIVES OFF THE TRACKS,
CATCHES SPEEDING BULLETS IN HER TEETH AND EATS THEM,
FREEZES WATER WITH A SINGLE GLANCE,
IS GOD.

It's in all caps because that's what Gaussian does sometimes. Anyway, enjoy! And if you care to know, the calculation was single point energy with the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ level of theory on the o-benzoquinone anion with geometry optimized at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. (But seriously, I'm not sure I know what that means, either...)

 

[dash]

Man, I dumped a lot of quarters into this game, I didn't know it was real...

 

[buffhockey]

This year is the 15th anniversary of the release of the The Big Lebowski

 

[mattola]

still havent seen that movie

 

[elocomotive]

Matty - that is shameful. Watch it post haste. You'll love it.

If you love a witty, clever, angry exchange between neighbors over a floodlight, you're gonna love this series of e-mails.

 

[mattola]

Matty - that is shameful. Watch it post haste. You'll love it.

If you love a witty, clever, angry exchange between neighbors over a floodlight, you're gonna love this series of e-mails.

I will watch it by next week and report back. I do feel shame. does it help that I drank in the Big Lebowski bar in Edinburgh Scotland