Note to self: watching The Mist first thing in the morning is not the best thing to do, emotion-wise.

Heh.

You'll have to tell us what you thought of the ending, as it's different from the story.

I think I've converted a thread into my own blog. Who needs a blog when you can hijack a thread.

Who's a cute widdle pistol?

Float Like a Hummingbird, Sting Like a Baby's Punch

Back in 1914, an Austrian watchmaker named Georg Grabner marketed an autoloading pistol under that name. It has the distinction of being the smallest auto pistol ever made.

The tiny 3 grain bullet has a muzzle velocity of about 650 feet per second. That means that the gun has about 1/2 the power that my air pistol produces. The projectile is so small that it would certainly penetrate if you shot someone's bare skin, but it also means that I really can't conceive of it doing anything but pissing an attacker off. Unless you managed to shoot his eye out, of course.

Famed firearms expert Ian Hogg had this to say about the Kolibri.

"Grabner decided to make a miniaturised version and promote it as a self defence-gun for ladies, capable of being carried in any handbag or purse. What the lady was to defend herself against is open to some question; the 3-grain bullet produced about two foot-pounds of muzzle energy, which would probably have proved decisive against an enraged cockroach."

Perhaps any attacker would be overcome by the cuteness of the gun....

xkcd is full of Firefly recently.

Hilarious. And the mouse-over text on both parts is hilarious.

Goodness, that IS a cute widdle gun. In the pictures, I particularly like the pink clutchpurse to hold it.

For tommyrot - two of your interests in one! Car with a squid painted on it.

For tommyrot - two of your interests in one! Car with a squid painted on it.

Heh.

I also like "The kitty compels you" donation ad....

The alt text for the xkcd comic cracked me up.

Good morning y'all! We had our first cheer clinic today before tryouts. Seriously? They are letting me be in charge of this?

HydroGlass lets you shower while lying on top of a fish tank

Showering standing up is OK, I guess, if you're poor. But if you're rich, you should be bathing in a way that reflects how much money you have. Such as with the HydroGlass.

The HydroGlass lets you shower lying down on top of a fish tank. Of course! It features seven shower heads pointing down at you as well as a hand-held shower head for your servant to use. It's all placed on top of a fish tank, just for the hell of it. It won't get you any cleaner, but you'll definitely feel superior to all those suckers standing up in their showers.

OMG, why is a coworker talking to me about her colonoscopy?!?! I wish we were a little bit closer, so I could write back, "TMI."

If she's giving you details about a colonoscopy, she's made you close enough to respond with "TMI."