Most people want to convert their old vinyl records into MP3 files, but Amanda Ghassaei has used 3-D printing to reverse the process. This sort of inspired creativity makes me chortle in appreciation. I’d love to have a little 3-D printer to make my own 45 rpm singles.
Elmer Fudd says, “I’m the NRA”
Twenty five years ago, when the NRA had a public relations campaign featuring some famous people saying “I’m the NRA,” I drew this cartoon for the Comics Buyer’s Guide, with a famous gun enthusiast that the NRA had neglected to include. Elmer J. Fudd.
From what is known so far, Adam Lanza had access to the guns he used in slaughtering a classroom full of children because his mother apparently thought the way that Wayne LaPierre wants everybody to think. The NRA’s position is “you can’t beat us, so join us,” and I resolutely, absolutely refuse to accept that.
White Christmas in a Flash
A very popular online Christmas card is an animated version of the song White Christmas, from a 1954 (or perhaps ’53) recording by the original lineup of the Drifters. The animation was done by Joshua Held in 2002. This is the video he posted on YouTube.
The YouTube video has better sound than in Held’s original Shockwave Flash file, which has the advantage of better image quality. Here’s the SWF for comparison. Note: Once it starts playing there’s no pause option.
Mayannaise
I was expecting the end of the world today, but all I got was a root canal.
http://youtu.be/QqIQorTXIkk
A Pratt who is a true rat
I am no relation to Larry Pratt, who began and heads the dangerous extremist group that he calls the Gun Owners of America, but I am sickened and ashamed that he shares my family’s name. Irrational fanatics like Pratt have done everything they can to put guns in the hands of as many people as possible, and now they claim the solution to the carnage they helped cause is to have even more guns in circulation.
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Dograt the red-nosed blogger
I’m still suffering from the flu. I woke up Saturday with a fever that was almost as bad as Friday’s. It’s come down since then, and now my symptoms are more like a cold than the flu. This Aflac commercial with an under-the-weather Rudolph, a nicely done homage to the 1964 stop-motion cartoon, is at least five years old, but I didn’t see it on TV until today.
It’s the second dead-on Rudolph recreation for a commercial that I know of. I featured this one from Verizon a few years ago.