A Few Reasons Why We Need a Coast Guard

Hemp Car! :)

While coping with one of those secret undisclosed occupational hazards of energy research, one of the Brickmuppet's crack team of science babes seems a bit dishelved as she attempts to document all of the colors coming out of her stereo.

Anyway...she's been doin' research MAAN...so don't...like... give her any grief 'cause she's found out all about Henry Fords hemp car.


Actually, AutoGreen found it and corrects some of the videos slight inaccuracies here.


Really interesting! Before William Randolph Hearst made up the name marijuana and successfully got Hemp banned to protect his wood-pulp investments, (no really) hemp was on the cutting edge of plastics technology. Less environmentally friendly petroleum based processes pretty much completely took that over after WW2.

This dovetails nicely into hemp biodiesel which may not be as practical as some other bio-fuel processes but is interesting nonetheless...(how these people are able to DO this research without getting busted is beyond us , but Brickmuppet Blog is grateful for the restraint or incompetence that made this possible).

Hell...go read the whole list of hemp links at AutoGreen....we're...going to McDonalds.

Final Stretch....

A reminder that I'm in the end of semester stretch and blogging is sporadic at best. I hope everyone is well.


I leave you tonight with this potentially inspiring fact.

Look up at the infinite number of stars in the sky and remember, we may not be alone. We may yet have friends in the great beyond.

You see, there is ZERO evidence that a benevolent alien did not, millions of years ago, try, (albiet unsuccessfully) to spare us from a bunch of obnoxious asshats.



Better luck next time.

Friday Catblogging :)

BOUNCING TITS!!!

No idea of the source, but the utility in boosting my hit numbers seems obvious.

It is Important To Remember...

....that no matter how intimidating someone is. They probably look quite silly eating ramen in their pajamas....

(This is of little consolation to those of you that watched a certain tape....but every little bit helps.)

Right Way....Wrong Way

Click on mysterious Machine Gun Loli for full effect.
Thanks to the Duck Gawd of the Munuvians for the Gunslinger Girl macro.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

The Miracle of Voice Activated Vista

Hah!

Thanks Astro!

Waaugh!!

Via E-mail I received this link.....

Yes...a Hello Kitty Airline!

Some quick Googling revealed that Rojacks is in fact correct, EVA air is a Taiwanese airline affiliated with Evergreen lines. In fact their new Hello Kitty look just won them a "Best Livery" award.

I don't even want to think of how uncomfortable an Eva version of Hello Kitty makes me.

When I get on an airplane the last thing I want is a Gainax ending....

An Important Message to all GMs

From the ever vigillant and helpfull staff of Twentysided.

The Things You Find on Ebay!

Louise Riofrio, (supergenius science babe) notices that the helmet Gordon Cooper wore during his Mercury9 flight is for sale on Ebay.

Heh....

Given that a Wii is something I can't justify right now...I'm gonna have to pass on the 300,000 dollar space helmet....but damn that is a cool piece of history.


Oh, and thanks for the link Doctor! :)

Kewel!

Via Jerry Pournelle comes news of the Trireme Olympias! :)

Damn this is cool!

Regards the finding that Athenian rowers had to be better athletes than modern ones, I tend to think that either there are simply fewer rowers today (a runner might not be good at this and even sculling teams will use somewhat different muscles than these guys)...or they've missed some mechanical leverage device.

Oh...

I found this mecha tan in amongst the images that led to this sillieness, and for the longest time could not for the life of me figure out what she was supposed to be...

Duh...
She's a barrage balloon... :)


UPDATE: She's wearing a sling, or a thong ...or something....that is my story and I'm sticking to it.

James Joyce of Spammers

Wow...

Cool

The Duck God of the MuNuvians has been taking pictures.

Which leaves me to ask....what IS the origin of this "Sad girls in snow" meme?

Varmint Hunting With Thermobarics....

Via Airborne Combat Engineer comes what is possibly the most cathartic invention in the history of mankind.




Website here.

Rabbit VS Snake

Wow!

A Place Holder

I have nothing to add at this time.

In Which The Brickmuppet Breaks Down and Catblogs...

Captured on film is proof that these sinister creatures are far more intelligent than is regularly assumed....and indeed plot against us at night.

I'm not sure what to do about this unholy threat to all that is decent.

I think that we must pursue a vigorous and robust space program.

Because they don't seem to do so well in zero-g.