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This one came up in my Flickr feed this morning. It’s my old pal Dan Meth and what appears to be a giant sculpture of a squirrel. I’m not sure if he’s trying to communicate or if that’s just plain old genuflecting. Maybe he’s trying to intimidate it. You’d really have to ask him.

Photo by danmeth. (via Flickr)

I saw this picture today, which is curious mainly because I watched the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice last night. If you haven’t seen the movie, or don’t recall the absolutely absurd plot, it involves the ever nefarious SPECTRE gobbling up space capsules in orbit to try and induce nuclear war between the US and the USSR. The movie would not have been made more ridiculous if the space capsules were replaced by balloons such as the ones above.

Spoiler Alert: James Bond saves the day near the end of the movie. There is a lot of implied sex.

Photo by funnyrunner. (via Flickr)

I always forget how pretty that place is. I really need to get out there again soon. So amazing.

Photo by michaelav. (via Flickr)

I have owned two Mercs, both were 80s era, yellow and met with tragic ends. I’d also buy another one in a heartbeat.

There is just something special about Mercedes of that era. When everyone else was trying to make their cars look “modern”, Mercedes largely stuck to its design heritage. They’re also built like tanks, and there is something intensely satisfying about simply closing the door in one of those cars. It feels and sounds…solid. Like something just happened. It’s a far cry from closing the door on most American cars, which feels more like closing the lid on an old gas grill.

I would love to get my hands on an SL, such as the one pictured here. The great thing about these cars is that MB still makes all the parts for every car they’ve ever made. They’re not cheap, to be sure, but they exist, which is more than you can say for parts for a lot of other old cars.

Photo by snailtrail.co.uk vw camper hire. (via Flickr)

Kongen og Dronningen, Bispen, Norway.

Sure, it was taken in Norway, but not Norway on Earth. It looks more like Norway on a planet orbiting PSR B1257+12.

Photo by The Library of Congress. (via Flickr)