The School of Life offers an insightful look at the way modern society perceives luck, particularly noting how luck is really the antithesis of individuality. Instead, many believe that they are in charge of making choices within their own lives and therefore responsible for both the consequences and the benefits of these decisions. Though some…
A Beautiful Map Featuring Every River Basin in the World Highlighted In Bright Rainbow Colors
In 2016 we posted about a beautiful series of color coded maps of the river basins around the world created by Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs. Since that time Szucs has completed a river basin map of the entire world with the same gorgeously lush effect. …after years of data hunting, then weeks of processing and…
I Am Grout
This is a really grout pun… via reddit
A Helpful Owl Politely Knocks on a Window to Deliver a Letter to the Human Inside the House
A little owl politely knocked on the window and delivered a letter to the resident inside the house. The helpful strigidae was first a bit reluctant to let go of said bounty, but eventually handed it over without complaint. Perhaps the letter contained an eagerly awaited acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry….
Managed WordPress at Laughing Squid Hosting
Some readers may realize this, but Laughing Squid is also a web hosting company that focuses on Managed WordPress hosting. The revenue from our hosting services helps support this blog. We’ve been in the hosting business a very long time and know it well. We launched our hosting company way back in 1998 and evolved…
How Captain America Embodies the Spirit of the United States’ Best Self Due to an Unbending Moral Code
In a valorous episode of the incredibly insightful video series ScreenPrism, narrators Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough talk about how the character of Captain America (Cap), as portrayed by Chris Evans, embodies the spirit of the country’s best self by sticking close to his unbending moral code. As the character evolves on film from an…
A Determined Crocheted Dinosaur Unravels Himself to Save the Love of Its Life From Drowning in a Well
In the short animation “Lost and Found” by Australian filmmaker Goldy, a crocheted green dinosaur woke up from a good night’s sleep and blew a kiss to its longtime love, a crocheted fox who was tossing stones into the well. Unfortunately, a moving feature of the well knocked the fox fell off the edge and…
Freddie Mercury Soundalike Marc Martel Performs an Amazing Cover of ‘We Are the Champions’ on Piano
Musician Marc Martel, whose voice is so highly reminiscent of the legendary Freddie Mercury that his vocals were featured as Mercury’s in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, performed absolutely incredible versions of the classic Queen songs “We Are the Champions” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” with just himself and his piano Back in 2011, Martel performed “Somebody to…