85 years and counting (and tweeting?)

World's longest married couple answers questions on twitter.  [via]

Better Homes and Gardens 2

nice-ography

I don't just sit around and think about sports cars all of the time. Sometimes it's houses. In a giant tree with rope bridges and a moat down below, Swiss family Robinson style. Or some 35th floor bachelor pad, carved out of granite with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Central Park. But unless you live in some such Blofield lair, they're not really "cool" (or hot, if you're in volcano) as "nice." Or maybe "sweet." So here you go.

Nifty

Honda's Rube Goldberg Commercial. [via] Bee tee dubs, this just reinforces how much Acura has screwed up their styling with the awful, awful "gladiator" grill.

Use your illusion

This is nifty: Shepard Scale Audio Illusion.

Exceptions prove the rule

1939 GM Futureliner on eBay

Star Trek (Edward Gorey Remix)

Via the b. in l., The Trouble with Tribbles: A Television Adaptation by Edward Gorey.

Secrets

This image has a secret message:


Here's the decoder ring.

Three at bats, six outs

Via the excellent USS Mariner,

The Short and Happy Career of Ron Wright
by Lee Jenkins, The New York Times, April 15th, 2007

POCATELLO, Idaho, April 11 — Five years ago, in an otherwise forgettable baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers, a 26-year-old rookie named Ron Wright struck out, hit into a double play and hit into a triple play.

"Best day of my professional life," Wright said.

He was the designated hitter for the Mariners, batting seventh, making his major league debut. Kenny Rogers pitched and Alex Rodriguez played shortstop for the Rangers. The afternoon sun beat down on the Ballpark in Arlington.

Wright batted three times. He accounted for six outs. And he never played in the major leagues again.

You're about as happy as you make your mind up to be, no?