Image: Norbert Van Yperzeele / Belgium
Monday, March 04, 2024
Robot shortfalls
Above, a $200,000 robot pokes a $200 coffee machine to make a 50 cent cup of coffee.
Below, a robot takes a woman's blood pressure with what seems a clumsy bedside manner.
The milllions spent on humanoid research and development certainly is paying off.
Anime Fans Vote Their Faves
_Jujutsu Kaisen,
the world's most popular manga,
cleaned up at the weekend's Anime Awards.
Gege Akutami's Japanese series grabbed
the top 10 Crunchyroll awards, including
Anime of the Year, Best Action, Best Director,
Best Design, four Best actor nods.
Series star Gojo Satoru is above.
Best Animation went to
Demon Slayer.
The Demon Drink
I like to have a martini,
two at the very most
after three I'm under the table,
after three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host
--Dorothy Parker
Sunday, March 03, 2024
The Joker goes Anime
_The Batman studio is getting in the anime business.
The Joker and Harley Quinn were in a tease snippet at Anime Expo. Warner Brothers unveiled Suicide Squad Isekai.
The squad is made up of comicbook villains.
VIDEO VAULT: Zsa Zsa Gabor - QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE!
"Landing on a distant planet, they are captured by long-limbed beauties!
"You're not only a Queen, you're a woman too!
"Voluptuous Venutians give battle to space men from Earth!"
Surrender now, space men!
Clip: Queen of Outer Space trailer ( 1958 )
The CBC Discovers the Savannah Bananas
In Banana Rules baseball, if a fan catches a foul bowl, the batter is out.
CBC's The National has 1.6 million subscribers on YouTube.
One Savannah Bananas dance video has ... 30 million views.
Every game goes live on YouTube.
Paul Hunter reports ...
Clip: Savannah Bananas turn the rules of baseball downside up ( CBC-TV )
The name is Bond. Got no Bond.
Property Choices image: Mike Luckovich /
The Fab Five image: Michael deAdder /
Saturday, March 02, 2024
DRAGON DATING: Gyarados, today's dragon
Hi, I'm Gyarados!
I'm 21 feet tall and mostly blue.
If you like water and flying,
me too babe.
I'm looking for a mate
that likes a lot of foreplay,
since I have sharp teeth
and a gaping mouth.
Pucker up.
I weigh 520 pounds,
but I'm hitting the gym daily.
Don't believe what you hear
about my temper.
I'm not as destructive
as Godzilla.
Pet my crest
and I'll get our dorsals humming.
I know what I got.
Don't be a snowflake.
Image: Pokémon
Contact Gyarados thru this blog or Dragon Tinder.
FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO: "Thru early morning fog I see ..."
_"Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see ...
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please ... "
M.A.S.H. / March, 1970 release
Song: Johnny Mandel
Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould
Director: Robert Altman
Screenplay: Ring Lardner Jr from Richard Hooker novel
Let it go, let it go ...
Frozen embryos are children
--Alabama Supreme Court
Image: Clay Jones / claytoonz.com
Kangaroos Consider Presidential Immunity
U.S. Supreme Court considers whether Trump has immunity to do anything, anytime, anywhere.
LEGACY: McConnell's dumpster work is done
Senator Mitch McConnell,
top Republican grand wizard,
announces fall retirement.
Image: Joel Pett / Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader
Pulitzer-prize winner, now syndicated
Friday, March 01, 2024
There's no crying in baseball
Major League Baseball's controversial new see-thru uniforms twigged this item on a team that plays in kilts.
The Savannah Bananas play their opening game tonight ... and here's the promo for the barnstorming exhibition team that sells out stadiums in the southern U.S...
Think Harlem Globetrotters.
Many of their best clips are on
VIDEO VAULT: The Simpsons - Planet of the Apes, the musical
"I hate every ape I see
From chimpan-A to chimpanzee ... "
Fans of The Simpsons relish the above clip of the show's inspired Planet of the Apes musical.
Ape-hating Troy McClure's familiar singing voice is Phil Hartman's.
Just two minutes long, it's an early high point from season seven. The show's in its 35th year.
Jack Barth wrote the Selma/Apes episode.
Clip: The Simpsons - Season 7, show #19 - A Fish Called Selma
Asking for directions
Claude Serre
was a French artist and designer,
best known for his cartoons,
which still exist as prints.
Images: Claude Serre / 1938
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