This Remix of "Alice in Wonderland"

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Manchester United fans

From Wikipedia:

The atmosphere produced by the fans has, however, been criticised at times. In 2000, comments made about sections of the Old Trafford crowd by the then-club captain Roy Keane, claiming some fans could not "spell football, never mind understand it" led to them being dubbed the "prawn sandwich brigade"

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a Manchester City supporter, so United fans can suck it.

This sea of red was observed in the wildby an associate of
the Professor at the recent Man United vs Man City match.

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This blog

No, not THIS blog. This one: RubyMutant

The online home of "Ask a Redhead". I'm assuming the author of that blog is the offline home as well.

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"Red Right Hand" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I know this song from the Scream trilogy (my, what a fancy way to describe that series), but it has appeared in other films and television series. The first thing most people think when hearing this song is "Wow, that sounds really creepy and scary".

The first thing I think of when I hear this song?

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This Clip from "Mad Men" - SEASON 3 SPOILER

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Hammer Time

From Wikipedia:

Hammer's dance style not only helped pave the way for the Bay Area Movement called Hyphy,^[141] but also helped to bring hip-hop and rap to the Bay Area. His dancing skills are still taught to this day. With his popular trademark Hammer Pants, one phenomenal difference from Hammer versus other performers during his heyday was that he was an entertainer, both during live shows and in music videos. His flamboyant dancing was as much a part of his performances as rapping and musical instruments were.

With high-energy dance routines, he was often considered one of the greatest dancers. While adding his own techniques, Hammer adopted styles from James Brown and The Nicholas Brothers such as the splits, and feverish choreographed dance routines including leaps and slides, most notably. His creation of such dances as "Hammer Dance"^[142] (or the "Typewriter Dance") and the use of "The Running Man" and the "Butterfly," among others, made his flashy and creative dance skills unlike any others at the time.

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"Purple Rain" - Prince and the Revolution

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Spaghetti

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It's been longer than a month...

Sorry about that. Your Professor has been traveling, searching for yet even more instances of what may or may not be a period joke.

I also visited Las Vegas.

Rest assured, there are more polls coming, as the question is eternal: is that a period joke?

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Mysterious black goo in Alaska

A mysterious black goo has appeared in the waters of northern Alaska. No one knows exactly what it is, but it is biological. The skeletons of birds have been found inside.

From the Anchorage Daily News via io9:

It's certainly biological. It's definitely not an oil product of any kind. It has no characteristics of an oil, or a hazardous substance, for that matter. It's definitely, by the smell and the makeup of it, it's some sort of naturally occurring organic or otherwise marine organism. in recent history I don't think we've seen anything like this. Maybe inside lakes or in stagnant water or something, but not (in the ocean) that we could recall ... If it was something we'd seen before, we'd be able to say something about it. But we haven't. [The stuff is] gooey [and dark]. It's pitch black when it hits ice and it kind of discolors the ice and hangs off of it. It kind of has an odor; I can't describe it.

Weird, wild stuff.

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Joan Holloway from "Mad Men"

Joan Holloway is a character played by Christina Hendricks on the AMC show "Mad Men". Over the course of two seasons, Joan has served as the ace secretary at Sterling Cooper, sharing her ample knowledge with the new girl Peggy. She's definitely a lover, not a fighter. Redheaded, curvaceous, and the center of attention, Joan is a knockout by any definition of the word.

Bonus picture of Christina below:

FULL DISCLOSURE: I find her incredibly attractive. Surprise surprise.

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Spicy tuna roll

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Republi-Hotties

FULL DISCLOSURE: The issue at hand is the, ahem, creative grammatical liberties taken by these young ladies, not their political affiliation.

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Facebook status

BabyHuey only in California would the city be asked to pay for a billionaire's funeral.

BabyHuey just got back from Taste of Chicago, which tasted great of course. Robinson's Ribs, some Lou Mal's deep dish pizza and some Eli's Cheesecake. Rock!!!!!!!! To everyone back in LA, enjoy your raw fish and grain or whatever you eat there.

BabyHuey went to a local hometown Northbrook bar last night, it was a nice change of pace from Los Angeles bars; no bitter bouncers screaming at you for your ID, no bratty bartenders ignoring you when you just want a beer, no lame DJ pretending to actually do stuff while the song sounds exactly the same as normal, no 12 dollar drinks, no bouncers screaming at everyone to get out a half hour before closing.

* Actual profile picture. Okay, not really.

** For all the shit this person talks on Los Angeles, he/she lives there.

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Vintage Pamprin IB commercial

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Kate Gosselin & her hair

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Facebook status

ZakAttack* has people coming in over the next two weeks, and now has to paint this whole house before Friday...The 'professional' painter we thought we'd hired was supposed to start today, called this morning to 'schedule' me for 2 weeks from today....and Charlie pooped in the house this morning....Surprisingly - not a super bad day!

*Name changed, obviously

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New cat research

From LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News:

"If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat.

Household cats exercise this control with a certain type of urgent-sounding, high-pitched meow, according to the findings.

This meow is actually a purr mixed with a high-pitched cry. While people usually think of cat purring as a sign of happiness, some cats make this purr-cry sound when they want to be fed. The study showed that humans find these mixed calls annoying and difficult to ignore."

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The Cretacaeous Period

It occurred 144 to 65 million years ago, it was the third of three time periods in which the dinosaurs lived, and it sounds different than Triassic or Jurassic. From UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology:

"The Cretaceous is usually noted for being the last portion of the "Age of Dinosaurs", but that does not mean that new kinds of dinosaurs did not appear then. It is during the Cretaceous that the first ceratopsian and pachycepalosaurid dinosaurs appeared. Also during this time, we find the first fossils of many insect groups, modern mammal and bird groups, and the first flowering plants.

The breakup of the world-continent Pangaea, which began to disperse during the Jurassic, continued. This led to increased regional differences in floras and faunas between the northern and southern continents.

The end of the Cretaceous brought the end of many previously successful and diverse groups of organisms, such as non-avian dinosaurs and ammonites. This laid open the stage for those groups which had previously taken secondary roles to come to the forefront. The Cretaceous was thus the time in which life as it now exists on Earth came together."

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Trailer from "Carrie" (1976)

FULL DISCLOSURE: This was the movie my parents saw on their first date. Explains a lot.

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Robitussin cough syrup

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Dick Cheney

From Wikipedia:

"Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941) served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in theadministration of George W. Bush.

...On February 11, 2006, Cheney accidentally shot Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, in the face, neck, and upper torso with birdshot pellets when he turned to shoot a quail while hunting on a southern Texas ranch...Later, Whittington apologized to the vice-president for the trouble the event had caused him and his family. Cheney reiterated that it was an honest accident."

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The University of Alabama

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Facebook status

SassFactor* lets get caught up in the rain, wipe away the pain, and love without shame

*Name changed (obviously)

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Admiral Ackbar

From Wookiepedia:

"Ackbar commanded the Rebel Alliance Fleet personally at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY. When it was discovered that his fleet had been led into a trap, Ackbar planned to retreat, lacking a contingency plan. His caution was due to the belief that the loss of the Rebel fleet would sound the death knell of the Alliance.

Already hit hard after the loss of their main base on Hoth, the fleet was the last major Rebel asset. However, Ackbar instead opted to take the advice of Lando Calrissian and engage the Imperial fleet at close range. As the gambler turned general helped coordinate the fighters, Ackbar's large capital warships began a deadly point blank range fight with the Imperial fleet."

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Halle Berry picture

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Clip from "Crimson Tide" (1995)

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Rhubarb

From Wikipedia:

"Rhubarb belongs to genus Rheum, a genus of perennial plants that grows from thick short rhizomes. The genus is in the family Polygonaceae, and includes the vegetable rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum or Rheum x hybridum.) The plants have large leaves that are somewhat triangular shaped with long fleshy petioles. The flowers are small, greenish-white to rose-red, and grouped in large compound leafy inflorescences. A number of varieties of rhubarb have been domesticated both as medicinal plants and for human consumption. While the leaves are toxic, the stalks are used in pies and other foods for their tart flavor."

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Trailer for "The Shining" (1980)

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The planet Jupiter

From NASA.gov:

"Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is 88,846 miles (142,984 kilometers), more than 11 times that of Earth, and about one-tenth that of the sun. It would take more than 1,000 Earths to fill up the volume of the giant planet. When viewed from Earth, Jupiter appears brighter than most stars. It is usually the second brightest planet -- after Venus.

...Jupiter's most outstanding surface feature is the Great Red Spot, a swirling mass of gas resembling a hurricane. The widest diameter of the spot is about three times that of Earth. The color of the spot usually varies from brick-red to slightly brown. Rarely, the spot fades entirely. Its color may be due to small amounts of sulfur and phosphorus in the ammonia crystals."

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Flo the Progressive Insurance spokeswoman

FULL DISCLOSURE: The author of this blog is strangely attracted to her. Like bears when you're camping.

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Final scene from "Sleepaway Camp" (1983) - SPOILER

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Squeeze-it fruit drinks

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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

From Wikipedia:

"Michele Marie Bachmann (born on April 6, 1956) is a Republican politician and the Representative of Minnesota's 6th congressional district. She is the third woman and first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress.

She defeated her Democratic challenger, Elwyn Tinklenberg, in the 2008 election in a race that had gained national attention following her controversial televised call for the media to investigate members of Congress for perceived anti-American bias, including Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama."

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New binary star discovery

From Science Express via io9:

Binary Star Discovery Allows Scientists To Detect Invisible "Gravity Waves"
"...Most simulations of the early universe, in which clouds of primordial gas collapsed to form the first luminous objects, suggest that early stars formed separately from each other. Matthew Turk and colleagues now show that it is possible for single primordial clouds to break up into two dense cores.

The authors' three-dimensional calculations followed the evolution of primordial gas and dark matter, starting from conditions that are likely to have existed in the early universe. The results suggest that these cores may evolve to form binary star systems.

These findings may also have implications for detecting both gravity waves — disturbances predicted by general relativity, which haven't yet been detected directly — and the ultra-energetic explosions known as gamma ray bursts, since binary systems are thought to be at the origins of both of these phenomena."

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Vladimir Putin

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Hot dog with ketchup

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Curt Schilling's bloody sock

From MSNBC.com:

"Hall enshrines Schilling's bloody sock"
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - The Hall of Fame now has the ultimate red sock to commemorate Boston’s first World Series title in 86 years...Schilling, with blood seeping through his sock, won Game 6 in the AL championship series against the New York Yankees and Game 2 of the World Series.

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From Sarah Palin's Twitter

Today,try this: "Act in accordance to your conscience -risk- by pursuing larger vision in opposition to popular, powerful pressure"-unknown
about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry

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Google Maps - Bahgdad, Iraq

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Clip from "Hausu" (1977)

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Zombie picture

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