An interesting story came to my attention today as I was interneting. Apparently the Kremlin has put in an order for 3,200 mice. Not computer mice mind you, they have to be female and under 18 grams. And to make the story even stranger, the order came from the Kremlin Guard, those scary guys who keep Putin alive. So I suppose the real question is what are they doing with twenty thousand dollars worth of mice? My thoughts ... well clearly The Brain decided to move to a 
[Evil Mad Scientist Labs]
On a similar note:
Pinky and the Brain are Recruiting
Flipbook Animation
If I could draw I might consider wasting an afternoon creating a little flip book animation with a pad of post-its. That would be pretty impressive for my talent. However this dude created a flip book of wonder ... my hat is off to you ... whoever you are and may you have enough free time to get board enough to make another one.
[presurfer]
Then End of My Online Reputation
Because I have an all but legendary online reputation with thousands of twitter followers, a strong name in gizmodo comment forums and not to mention one fastest growing blogs on the internet, todays web news concerns me greatly. I mean after all sparkplug49 is just about as well known as axxo. So today I found out that emomsathome.com is about to make a full transition to the domain sparkpluging.com ... ya I am now associated with stay at home moms. Of course for those of you who believed all this shenanigans at the beginning of this post, I am sorry, I was being facetious ... now get your ass out of the shuttle. But seriously, I was already thinking about starting afresh so I could build an online reputation off of something that was not my middle school nickname ... we shall see how that works out. [Problogger]
Your Moment of LOL Catz
Yes I am a geek and yes I love LOL Catz so when I come across one that I find particularly interesting I will post it. This one peaked my interest because I love to knock on middle school dances seeing as I stood on the far wall with the best of them pretending to be keenly interested in my cookie because I didn't want to dance.
[via I Can Has Cheez Burger]
Have a Laugh
There is something about people dressed up as abnormally large furry animals hurting themselves that will always be funny. It makes me sad that the Rockets bear takes most of this reel. Music choice = perfection. Enjoy. [via Todays Big Thing]
Some Toys Scare Me [End of the World]
You know all those movie scenarios where some cleaning guy sees something shiny and accidentally pushes a button that accidentally triggers an unstoppable chain of events which culminates in the total destruction of the planet and everything living on it? I mean that could never happen right? Well things like this make me feel a little less secure in that assumption. The university of Texas has a new toy in their basement ... a really big toy. It is the world most powerful laser that is currently opperational, weighing it at one-petawatt. Ya its got an output of a quadrillion watts. That could make a lot of coffee. What do they intend to do with this deathstar like device you ask? Well they plan to recreate such things as supernovas and things so they can observe them in Texas as opposed to having to go out into space. Well that is admirable and all and I'm sure NASA will thank them considering how much it cost to fill one of their shuttles up at the pump but last time I was in a Science class, I learned that supernovas were quite ... oh I don't know ... explosively desolating. Like creating explosive clouds of radioactive death that would fry an entire planet in an instant and cover an area on a small galaxy. Well as long as they've got a safety on that thing I guess ... whats the worst that could happen? I mean for all its destructive power, it sure is pretty. [via gizmodo via wired]
Milestones
I would like to take this time to take a deep breath as we celebrate a big milestone for this, but humble, little blog. We have our first subscriber. That is really very exciting ... I dont think I've ever had anyone subscribe to a blog I've written before. So thanks and congratulations go out to one Sharon Solomon. One day when this blog is bigger than gawker media, you will look back and say ... ya ... I read that one. Oh and as to your comment ... there will be more webclips but I haven't had time to read my feeds in like 2 weeks so I got nothing but original stuff to write about ... alrighty then ... time to get back to work.
The Invasion of Hungary
I was driving to Budapest the other day and had a rather unique experiance. I have never thought of Hungary as a particularly militaristic nation. I mean you have the North Koreans with their nukes and whatever and I mean even Switzerland, for all its neutrality, has a pretty scary police force. Well I'm peacefully making my way down E60 when a helicopter flies over an open field and drops no less than ten men with parachutes. Course it looked like they were flying low enough that the chutes were more of just a precaution than anything but at the same time it was a little bit strange ... I mean is Costa Rica making a preemptive strike to expand their empire? I suppose only time will tell.
I Found Elvis
You know how Tupac is hanging out in some Burger King Arizona well I found Elvis. No he was not making money in Elvis look alike contests in Sin City. No he is doing birthday parties in Prague. Thats right. My mother and I were having a lovely dinner in the capital of the Czech Republic when, out of no where, Elvis walks in and starts throwing it down for this dude's birthday. It was pretty fantastic I'm not going to lie. Don't believe me, check out the pics.
The Pigs Have Transformed
So if you are fortunate to attend STS at the Church of the Apostles and have been doing so for about a year or so now, you will remember the salt and pepper shakers in the shape of two pigs. Long story but this article will make little to no sence to those who do not remember the pigs so I'm not going to explain it ... if you think you might remember ... you dont. If you were there or were a part of it, you will remember. So moving on, there is a car that parks outside our office on a regular basis here in Romania with an interesting decal that reminds me of said pigs. And this is not a sticker mind you, it is a legit metal/plastic thing ... might as well be a Honda symbol. As this article is very vague and ambiguous I think the picture will make it all relatively clear to you. Next time STS does a purity series: rabbits are this year's pigs.
