The Ides of Merch

It’s always good to have options, I suppose.

vintagesesame:

It’s been 22 years, but it feels like yesterday. We still miss you, Jim.

AHHHHH. I’ve been trying to figure out how the puppets with working hands operated forever! Also operating a Muppet is crazy amounts of teamwork, and the effortlessness that it seems on the viewers end is amazing. Still, I think they must use an alternate set up for Rowlf when he’s playing the piano, with one person operating the head and one person operating both hands. I may have thought about this for incredibly large amounts of time.

(via sesamestreet)

alwaysprofessional:

moominboy:

i found a book of “texting lingo” at the craft store

I Am Not Nurturing the Next Generation of Casualties

I’m going to be really disappointed the next time someone texts me “I ANAL” and realize it means “I am not a lawyer”

(via krishva)

midnitesurprise:

this is my submission to suspect device 2, where we took panels from nancy and garfield and strung them together in some kind of weird story of varying coherency. there are other many good artists involved with the project and you can pick up the book here. It is worth your time, i will promise it to you. thanks to josh bayer for letting me submit and getting this all together.

The best comic?

At the request of a friend, here is how I make RAMEN 1/2

• Soup is best made with MEAT REMNANTS, so if you’re going to use pork chop like I did, take the boneless section of the chop off and cook it for a meal a day earlier. You don’t need a ton of meat, since you’ll be left with BONES
• Flash fry what meat you have at the bottom of your soup pan. When seared on both sides add water, at least covering it, and probably salt.
• cook broth down on medium for about an hour.
• While this is happening cut desired veggies and garlic. Feel free to throw the garlic in whenever.
• Remove the meat from the bone and return it to the pot.
• Add the vegetables. More water if it needs it.
• Cook the vegetable/meat mixture for a while. At least an hour. Two is better than one though. Feel free to add a slug of soy sauce if you feel like it, maybe some pepper would be good?
• If you’re going to add jalapeno you can add it with the rest of the veggies, but know that it will make the soup significantly spicier. You can also add it in with the noodles if you prefer.
• Add noodles. Whatever you have handy. The first time I made this I used egg spaghetti noodles and it turned out just fine. You could probably use tubular pasta, but if you have access to an asian grocery store, you can get some ramen noodles, pho noodles or whatever. Knowing your noodles comes in handy here, as you’re going to want to cook it longer than you’d usually cook your noodles. Mine said 3 minutes, I went 20. Last time it said 8, I did 40. I like my noodles super soft, so do what feels right to you.
• Let it cool for a bit, and then serve.

You can use any meat or any vegetables, really. I used zucchini, green onion, spanish onion, jalapeno and mushroom. I’m aware that some of those are fruits and fungi, but I’m using vegetable as a blanket term in this case.

You can’t convince me otherwise.

Just ripped through “For the Frog the Bell Tolls,” and while part of me wants to claim it’s a masterpiece, I’ll need to have another go before I genuinely claim that. I will say this though: If FFBT would have actually been released in 1992 it would have been a MASSIVE influence on a lot of people. If 7 year old me would have picked this up for his GameBoy, I would have reems of fanart for this by now.

This game is also amazing looking. If you like pixel art, you owe it to yourself to go through this game. I’m going to make another post of some screens later on that highlight things I really like from this game.