Somewhat disappointingly I can’t even afford a Triceratops vertebrae, but if anyone’s feeling generous any of the following will suffice:
I think as expensive fossils go having a fossil pig has got to be a little rubbish, especially when you can buy a Titanothere for half the price which sounds way cooler (even if it’s actually just a big tapir).
Also: what the fuck now? Approaching the length of the contemporary Blue Whale, only with 7″ teeth!?
(via Boing Boing)
(via Boing Boing)
Argentina set to join Tri-Nations
Argentina have been invited to join South Africa, New Zealand and Australia in an expanded southern hemisphere rugby union championship from 2012.
It could still fall on its face but it would be awesome to have Argentina in regular competition, even if the travel is going to be a bitch.
In other news: Family Guy double to woo voters. As awesome as I think it is that this guy is going to have Peter Griffin on his election posters I really think he should watch some Family Guy first. Turns out trying to tap into popular culture for political gain doesn’t always work…
The Big Picture has some pretty amazing during and one-year-later shots of Hurricane Ike hitting Texas.
The word Hurricane comes from the (now extinct?) language of the Taíno, from which we also get the words tobacco, potato, hammock and barbecue. Huraca’n means centre of the wind.
Then: The Oxford English Dictionary
Now: Word Up! 300,000 proven ways to express yourself in speech and writing
Book Titles if they were written today, original idea here
Having had to enter the same list of 40 colours 24 times in succession today I have managed to invite some new shades, my personal favourites are:
If we only sell 14 Halls Hoodies I might actually cry.