Les Jones

"I could've used a little more cowbell"

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Optical Illusion

This is non-dancing baloney that just looks like it's dancing. The motion is an illusion. The more you move your focus, the more it seems to move. Focus on any part of the image for a few seconds and it stops. It works with printouts, too. If you have trouble seeing the motion, try this larger version.

A Cat Wearing a Hat of Cats

Neat optical illusion in a photo. Find the sixth cat. Via Ann Althouse.

The Highly Photoshopped Man

This guy is a one-man Fark contest.

Tron Guy

I can't tell if this guy is serious or not. Via Chris Range.

Sera: "Look! Milton from Office Space made a Tron uniform."

Chris: "<miltonvoice>I was told I could wear my Tron uniform at work from nine to eleven</miltonvoice>."

Me: "<comicbookguyvoice>Would you please remove your non-period-correct eyeglasses? You're ruining my sci-fi convention experience</comicbookguyvoice>."

A Fish Has Got to Know His Limitations

Via the often not safe for work Fantasy Goat.

The Checker-shadow Illusion

Found at Willisms, who in turn found it at Marginal Revolutions.

I really couldn't believe squares A and B were the same color. Will convinced himself of it by using Photoshop's eyedropper to sample the colors. I decided to remove the squares from the surrounding picture. Here they are with the adjacent squares:

They still looked like different colors to me, so I took out the surrounding squares. Now I can finally see that they're the same color. That is one heck of an illusion.

Laurel and Hardy Wish You a Merry Christmas Eve

Not What You Think It Is

No, really. It's safe for work and everything.

Friday Bird Blogging - Pileated Woodpeckers

Taken near the horse stables in Cades Cove during last weekend's trip to the Smokies. I went to look for a wild turkey I glimpsed and found these pileated woodpeckers foraging for woodpecker vittles. Near the end of the video you can see one bird feeding the other behind the tree.

This next is a short video of one of the birds pecking at a log.

P.S. I think these are young pileateds. They seem a little small. Compare them to the mature birds at Pileated Woodpecker Central. The crest on these birds is more of a teardrop shape. On the older birds it's narrower and more angular.

YouTube Videos Tagged with "Knoxville"

Lots of good stuff on YouTube.

Going to the big city of Knoxville

Trip to Turkey Creek (bad word warning)

• A Ride to Knoxville (bad word warning)
• Trip to Turkey Creek (bad word warning) - If you aren't offended by the dirty words or the soundtrack ("Titties and Beer," "Jeff Gordon's Gay") this is a great, funny video of three country gals coming to the big city of Knox Vegas. If you ever wondered what would happen when smartass kids in small towns discovered Internet video, here's your answer.

Sports

Tennessee vs. Florida 2004

• Tennessee vs. Florida 2004
• Jiu-Jitsu Tournament 2005
• Knoxville Skate Scene's Summer 2006 Website Montage
• Not exactly sports, but: Mentos Mouth Foam with Frank Murphy and Star 102.1. See more from FMintheAM.
• Hot Air Balloon Ride
• Wrasslin' - Jimmy Golden vs Dr. Tom Pritchard
• Star Wars' Ray Park Darth Maul Lightsaber Duel (Part 1 of 3) - Part 2 and Part 3

Four wheelin'

Mud pit

• Mudding
• Mud pit

Music

Ben Folds in Knoxville

• Ben Folds in Knoxville 2006
• Ben Folds performing "Brick"
• Senryu at the Corner Lounge (bad word warning)
• Jack Johnson in Knoxville
• The Graceful Failures Knoxville 2006
• Keith Urban Knoxville 2006 (more audio than video)
• Keith Urban (much better video)
• Nine Inch Nails Knoxville 2006
• 10 Years Knoxville Disc Exchange
• The Disobedients Knoxville 2006 Corner Lounge (bad word warning, if you can make out what the lead singer is saying)
• The Disobedients Knoxville 2006 Electric Ballroom (I can't tell what he's saying, but it's probably bad)
• Vertigo Knoxville 2006 Blue Cat's
• Seether in Knoxville
• Bluegrass Prodigies at WDVX studio 2005
• Breaking Benjamin 2006

Would Work Best with Long Driveway

That picture has something I'll never have in my life. A tidy garage.

More About "Convoy"

After this post I was listening to "Convoy" and wasn't sure what Shakytown was, and I kind of wondered since Jackson Brown has a song by that name. That lead to the "Convoy" Wikipedia entry. I didn't realize "Convoy" was telling a story about a truck driver revolution. A disjointed, shaggy dog story, but a story all the same.

Kissing Fish

Via Nashville is Talking.

Girl in Bathtub with Cheetos

I noticed the Dancing Baloney category was a little thin, so I'm adding this oldie but goodie. I used to have a link for ordering prints. If you know where to find them, post in comments.

"Tennessee Trash" PSA

Via Chez Bez.

This is a cult favorite from the '70s. "Tennessee Trash" was an anti-litter PSA featuring an awesome song sung by Ed Bruce. It starred a dirty guy in a wifebeater who drove down the highway in a convertible gleefully throwing trash on the road. This is the version that was re-released in 1998. Didn't the original end with a voiceover that said "We have met the enemy, and he is us"?

Change One Letter

From the World of Longmire comes the craze that's sweeping Knoxville, if not the nation: Change One Letter. Photograph a sign and change one letter for hilarious results.

(Crouch Florist)

(Place Your Ads Here)

Collect the whole set.

Dave Marching in His Plaid Shirt

Dave "Dave's Long Box" Dave.

Rejected Google Special Occasion Logos

The rejects. It's probably just me, but I thought this was the funniest:

Supposed to be celebrating: Two decades of the JPEG image compression algorithm.
Reason for rejection: Compression too lossy.

Hat tip to Mental Floss.

As My Nemo-loving Daughter Would Say, "OH NO!"

Do You Give a Damn?

Happy 100th Birthday

The "Don't Taser Me, Bro" Photoshops

Treacher's got some.

Here's mine:

Wink Monkeydale

2007 World Beard & Moustache Championships

Winners here. Scroll down for the wilder stuff. That guy above took second place in the freestyle division because Elmar Weisser takes first place every year. His yarn-like beard is unstoppable! A picture of last year's winners here. Incredibly awesome Flickr photostream here.

G-G-G-Ghost Tree!

Via Triticale.

Bonus!

Via Cowboy Blob. One week to Halloween.

Run, Pac-Man, Run!

'Nother here.