Of more than passing interest to some folks in my circles:

Of more than passing interest to some folks in my circles:
https://vimeo.com/29549708

Worst thing about coming home from the hospital: Peeling the various sensor stickers off my man-pelt.

Worst thing about coming home from the hospital:  Peeling the various sensor stickers off my man-pelt.

2nd best thing about coming home from the hospital:  Taking a shower.

The actual best thing about coming home from the hospital:  Sleeping for 14 glorious hours in dark and quiet without anyone taking a blood sample from me at any point.

OK, so obviously I'm watching the Bob Ross twitch stream.

OK, so obviously I'm watching the Bob Ross twitch stream.

The best thing I've seen so far is that when Bob finishes a painting pretty much everyone in the chat says something like "gg Bob".

For those kids not hip with the speak, "gg" stands for "Good Game".  It's an abbreviation used by lots of people at the end of multiplayer video games.  You finish your Call of Duty or Battlefield game and you see "gg" popping up on the chat feeds.

I like the idea of applying that to one of Bob's paintings.

Well...even sans the hospital stay today has been pretty shitty.

Well...even sans the hospital stay today has been pretty shitty.

On the plus side, when I dropped the laptop on my toe there was plenty of help available.

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So, first off, while I'm not technically fine, I feel fine and things are getting better.

And now here's why I'm in the hospital.

You may remember a few years ago I went to the hospital because I had a pulmonary embolism.  This morning I went down to the basement and when I came upstairs I felt like I'd just run a marathon.  So I packed my bags, hopped in the car and checked myself in to the ER.  One CAT scan later and yeah....another pulmonary embolism.

So I'm in the hospital for a few days.  Very likely I'm going to be on some sort of anti-coagulant for the rest of my life.  So I made it to 43 before I need daily medication.  Not too bad. 

Damn mutant healing factor.

This might be in your wheelhouse

This might be in your wheelhouse

Originally shared by Imre Fitos

Tentacle scrunchie. Now I'm trying to find a tentacle buff!
https://twitter.com/nippon_en/status/653805898951856128

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From today's walk with my mom along the Assabet River.

Attention Rowan M and Co. and a few other people in my circles...

Attention Rowan M  and Co. and a few other people in my circles...

We need to get to London stat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6JnhPbHCQ

Oh Japan....

Oh Japan....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n3Db6pMQ-8

Attention Epidiah Ravachol

Attention Epidiah Ravachol 

In other news, they're also Kickstarting a 4th printing of DCC.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1398817948/bullseye-d6-damage-dice

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"Hey, let's go see the new Ghost in the Shell movie."

"What's it called?"

"Ghost in the Shell, The New Movie."

"Right, what's it called?"

"The New Movie."

"Yeah, the new movie."

"Right."

"So...what's it called?"

"The New Movie."

"Yes."

"Right."

THIRD BASE!

So Comixology is having a massive sale on stuff by Grant Morrison.

So Comixology is having a massive sale on stuff by Grant Morrison.  I'm torn between picking up a complete run of The Invisibles vs. a complete run of Doom Patrol.  I'm leaning towards the former, but I've got a bunch of issues in floppy.  I forget exactly where/why I stopped reading the series, but now I kinda want to see the whole thing finish off.  On the other hand, I've only read bits and pieces of Doom Patrol and there's a lot of madness in that one as well.

Any thoughts from the peanut gallery?  Both isn't really an option.

Where it all began....

Where it all began....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh5p5f5_-7A

A fascinating sub-culture I learned about today.+

A fascinating sub-culture I learned about today.+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2O5yfw20Yg

"Now it's over, I'm dead, and I haven't

"Now it's over, I'm dead, and I haven't
  Done anything that I want
  Or, I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do."

--- Dead, They Might Be Giants (from Flood)

"With another 50 choices
 Comes another 100 voices in my head
 No great angels no big devils
 Just another 100 levels to contend with
 Then when I've found the perfect one
 There's another 100 ways to be outdone."

-- More and More and More, Ryan Montbleau Band (from Heavy on the Vine)

Some days I wish I could just decide.

You've failed me for the last time, Internet Friends!

You've failed me for the last time, Internet Friends!

This past weekend was International Sloth Day!

Next year, we're sleeping in like a boss!
http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/10/17/happy-international-sloth-day

How is NSA breaking so much crypto?

Mildly geeky but an interesting theory on how the NSA beats fairly tough encryption.
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-nsa-breaking-so-much-crypto/

Time, The Place And The Girl, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Happened To Walk Down First Street

This is what OK Go looked like in the 1940's...
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/554418/Time-The-Place-And-The-Girl-The-Movie-Clip-I-Happened-To-Walk-Down-First-Street.html

Mo-Do - Eins Zwei Polizei

Submitted mostly because I think Evan Torner would like it, but it is pretty catchy for office chair dance parties.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSy2DcATYUo

"Wait, wait, stop.

"Wait, wait, stop.  Not like this.  We need a hang-glider and a crotchless Uncle Sam costume and I want the entire field of your largest stadium covered end-to-end with naked red heads and I want the stands packed with every man that remotely resembles my father."

Thanks, Rick, now I have a new fetish.

This Unicorn Changed the Way I Poop - #SquattyPotty

OK so...this is absolutely an ad for something to buy.

It's also mildly NSFW.

I am still sharing this with you because I am History's Greatest Monster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q

Not the warmest swims I've ever had, but far from the coldest and well worth the novelty of a mid-October swim.

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So last night I saw a special theatrical re-release of The Iron Giant.  Man that's a good movie and it was fun to watch a hand-drawn animated film.  It had two minor scenes added, but one was so minor we weren't sure what it was.

There's going to be a special edition DVD/BluRay coming out later this year apparently.

Also -- today I learned there's a podcast that does interviews with people who were associated with the Jungle Cruise attraction from Disney parks.  Which is...pretty specific.