K-Squared Ramblings

Pulling

Is anyone else reminded of the joke about the peter-pulling contest at St. Taffy’s?

Awesome!

With a name like that, it had better be!

Really, though… how awesome can a paper napkin be?

College Essentials

College Essentials, originally uploaded by Kelson.

Let’s see… coffee mugs, latte mugs, travel mugs… yep, that’s everything you need for college! (Found at Target earlier this week.)

Now I want to know how I compare!

Subject found in my spam folder today:

Realistic Extra Income for the Average kelson

Really? Now I just have to know what income the average Kelson makes! More or less than the average Joe? And on what percentile do I fall?

Arm Fall-Off Boy

Somehow I’d missed this one, though I’d seen people toss the name around (and assumed they were joking). But it seems that yes, the Legion of Super-Heroes did in fact once reject Arm Fall-Off Boy:

Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #16, out next week.

Swoop Warning

Well, that’s encouraging. I mean, nothing makes lunchtime better than worrying you might be about to star in a Hitchcock remake.

Sushi is your friend!

The restaurant, Ra Sushi, has quite good food. But don’t plan on holding any conversations over dinner, since they play loud, driving music with the bass turned up to 11.

Ignore This Sign

I don’t think that’s quite what they were trying to say…

The Vastness that is Central City

Central City is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to Central City. (With apologies to Douglas Adams.)

It’s an old post, but I just found the Absorbascon’s take on Central City, looking at the wide expanses depicted in Carmine Infantino’s Silver-Age drawings of the Flash’s hometown.

What is this vast complex? The National Science Center? NIH? STARLabs HQ? No. It’s Barry Allen’s back room. In his APARTMENT. In your house, this sort of room is barely big enough to hold the Cybex machine you don’t use. In a Central City apartment, it’s about the size of a bowling alley.

On a related, but more serious note, letterer Todd Klein has posted a 4-part study of the Flash Logo from 1940 through the present day: Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4. With his insider knowledge, it’s far more thorough than the study I did a few years ago. (via Wallyoeste)

Weirdest Spam Yet

I’ve seen some pretty weird spam in my time, both as an email user and an email admin. My favorite is still the request to purchase a Dimensional Warp Generator. But this one, which showed up in the spamtraps a few days ago, has got to be pretty close.

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Hannah

That’s one determined music star.

Or else one weird music/horror crossover film. (But then, is there any other kind?)

Affluent Flowers

When I first spotted this sign, I just couldn’t believe the name of the florist at the bottom.

Okay, I’m sure people with more money send more flowers, but it seems a little tactless to point it out in the shop’s name.

Of course, it is Irvine…

Silliest. Image Spam. Ever.

I don’t think I’ve seen this one in the wild, but variations pop up on Spam Or Not from time to time.

I’ve obscured the website address, though I’m sure it’s been replaced by now.

Seriously, how can you look at the combination of poorly-drawn not-quite stick figures (probably done with a mouse in Microsoft Paint) with the visual equation demonstrating the supposed effects of a diet supplement and not laugh?

Edit: I’ve realized why I haven’t seen these in the wild: We use the MSRBL-Images signatures in our spam filter, and that list is built using ratings from Spam Or Not.

Backwards

From a food allergy alert released today:

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., is recalling “Chocolate Covered Almonds” due to undeclared peanuts and “Chocolate Double-Dipped Peanuts” due to undeclared almonds. [emphasis added]

I have to wonder: are they just really bad about keeping their ingredients separate, or did they get the labels switched on a couple of batches?

How does that work?

Wait a minute… how does one lease a tax refund?