man. just feeling wiped. you too? have some linky.
Mark Twain secretly wrote a vignette of Queen Elizabeth swapping fart and sex jokes with Shakespeare, Jonson and Bacon. (via Allen Varney)
Oscar the Grouch vs Grumpy Cat (via Craig Oxbrow)
Linguists in the audience, does this sound legit? “huh” as the one word common to all humans. It sounds like a just-so story to me…
The best hundred novels, from the perspective of the end of the 19th century. (Again, Allen Varney)
Zombie movie scenes rendered as impressionist art. These kinda work on some stupid level; there’s some spice to using impressionist techniques to depict the shambling hordes.
Ol Dirty Bastard of the Wu-Tang auditioned for the part of Mr Ed. This audio sounds very genuine to me; could it be authentic?
also: oral history of the Clan’s breakout album
Game of Thrones vs Mr Men/Little Miss
Star Wars as an Icelandic saga
Great Gamasutra piece on the demise of “social games” as a thing.
Did you two-strap it? Or were you a one-strap pony? #onestrappa4lyfe
And finally, the Gangsta Party Line. (Not worksafe due to abundant profanity.)