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Oh, The Places You Should Not Go!

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000

It's become a tradition for parents to give their child the Dr. Seuss book Oh, The Places You'll Go! when they graduate from high school. It's sentimental for those who grew up reading Dr. Seuss books. But we know the world is a really scary place, so it might be more realistic if the book were written by Stephen King. In this parody of the Dr. Seuss book, we get a tour of all the terrible places King reveals in his novels. If you've not read the books, you have at least seen the movies. This video is a gift to the class of 2026 from the Stephen King Book Club.

The Awakening

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000

(via She Who Seeks)

Simon's Cat in The Snip

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The kitten just got back from the vet, still under the influence just a bit. He's just been neutered! What's even worse, he tells the cat what happened. No doubt the cat has forgotten all about when it happened to him long ago.

Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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— David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁 (@davidcavlovic.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM

Mair

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000

(via Bad Newspaper)

Feelin' Stronger Every Day

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000

From 1973. You'll find this song on the album Chicago VI. Good song; not enough Terry Kath.

Thor is a Disney Princess

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Here's proof! (via Geeks Are Sexy)

Frying Pan

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000

(via Bits and Pieces)

Miss Cellania's Links

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Stolen French fries really do taste better, study finds. (via Damn Interesting)

Places That Only Exist at a Certain Time of Day. (via Nag on the Lake)

Éolienne Bollée: An Unusual Windmill. Passive energy collection met art in the mid-19th century.

Why is football called 'soccer' in the US and Canada? (via TYWKIWDBI)

Muskox Soccer. (via Everlasting Blort)

The Heartbreaking Reason the "L" Is First in LGBTQ+.

Red Lobster's Endless Shrimp is Back, But Not for Everyone.

I Fed the People Building the Metaverse. A former chef at Facebook headquarters spills the beans. (via Nag on the Lake)

A Blast from the Past (2007): Periodic Tableware.

Closing In

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000

(via Fark)

Canadian Bonnie and Clyde

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Two people seemed suspicious to the Reddi Mart store owners in Spruce Grove, Alberta. One RCMP officer showed up to question the couple, and then all hell broke loose. The one constable and the store owner were busy with the guy, so the woman tried to escape the building, but security cameras are everywhere, and more police arrived. They were both eventually charged with using a stolen credit card plus multiple crimes caught in this video. You can read the news story here. (via Slate)

Rock

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Looking at someone, or something, outside your own consciousness gives you a really different perspective on time and space. Cosmic. This is the latest comic from Randall Munroe at XKCD. Now back to your regular life.

Grounds for Divorce

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000

From 1913. (via Undine)

Earth vs. The Spider

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Earth vs. The Spider is a Bert I. Gordon B-movie in which a group of teenagers battle a giant man-eating spider. Despite the title, the action is limited to one small town. It opened on 400 screens (I imagine mostly drive-ins) on Halloween night, 1958. (Thanks, WTM!)

Bakery

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000

(Thanks, WTM!)

Turn the Page

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000

If you're in Maine, you might want to check out First Fridays at Bowdoin College's Special Collections Library. On the first Friday of every month, people gather together for a surprise. Some of them have even placed bets on the reveal. When News Center Maine attended First Friday a couple of weeks ago, the crowd was even bigger than usual as it was alumni weekend, and quite a few people skipped other planned events to see... a page being turned. Yes, one page every month, for ten years now. But this is a special book, kept under glass, with the regular page-turning times to prevent sun damage to the paper. What will be revealed on the next page? The librarians know, but they aren't telling. What kind of book inspires this kind of interest? You'll have to watch the video for that, and you'll be delighted to find out. (via Metafilter)

Converted KFC

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000

(via Pleated-Jeans)

Sometimes Old School is Better

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000

When older people talk about how certain technologies were better in the past, young people roll their eyes. In some ways, the youngsters are right. It's really nice to have a phone, camera, flashlight, and clock all in one small gadget. However, there's a reason I have two vacuum cleaners. My modern 10-year-old vacuum is easy to use and picks up dirt quite well. But I also have a 75-year-old Kirby that's very heavy and not quite as efficient. Why? Because when the lighter vacuum breaks, I'll still have the Kirby. It refuses to break.

I have a mental image of Chill Dude Explains as a young guy, from his voice and the way he pronounces some words. But even he has discovered that fancy modern features are not always the miracles they seem to be. Newer gadgets are fancy, lightweight, and convenient, but they don't last as long as they should and are expensive to repair or replace. In this video, he looks at ten things that are old school but will still do the job when modern innovations don't, and often better.

Blanket

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000

(via Fark)

True Facts : Pangolins Posse

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Ze Frank tells us about anteaters, tamanduas, numbats, echidnas, pangolins, and other mammals that eat insects. They are a funny-looking group that have nothing else to do with each other, which makes them the perfect subject for the True Facts series. Warning: contains a brief shot of an echidna penis. (via Laughing Squid)

Corruption Profits

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social

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— Econ Analytica (@econanalytica.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM

Ya Think?

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000

(via Bad Newspaper)

Why People Love Aldi

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Weird History Food gives us the history of Aldi, and only halfway through do they switch to why people love the grocery store. They don't go deep enough into the labor force, though. Aldi saves money by only having two or three employees on duty, whereas Kroger will have 40-50 during peak hours- plus overnight workers stocking shelves. At Aldi, every worker is either stocking shelves or checking out customers, and that's all they do. The employees are paid well and treated well, and they love checking out customers, because they sit down on bar stools to do it, unlike most American grocery chains. The reason you can't get a job at Aldi is because every grocery worker in town is waiting for one of the rare job openings at Aldi.

Retail Math

noreply@blogger.com (Miss Cellania) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Choose your price, and stick with it. (via reddit)