Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

The next time you’re in a boring meeting, instead of physically forcing your eyelids open, or chugging a cup of coffee, just give in to the waves of sleepiness by blowing up your Pillow Tie and catch some Z’s! For $20, you can’t really go wrong – just don’t drool on it, ok?
- Link via Presurfer

Rock out to the ‘Book Xylophone’ from the Miraikan National Museum of Science and Innovation in Japan…

-via Curiosity Counts

No one pays any attention to caterpillars until they transform into flashy butterflies and fly around flaunting their newfound hotness.  It’s time we give these slighted slugs some recognition…some of them are amazingly insane looking!

-via Random Good Stuff

I won’t lie…I want all of these (except the Spam McGriddle).  Can I make this my new Life Mission?

Finally, I have a purpose.

-via Lemon Drop

Don’t you hate it when your disco party gets interrupted by a scary giant Godzilla squirrel?  I know I do.

So, everybody…here’s how to give an opossum a pedicure, taught by someone I like to call Outrageous Lady.  I was so focused on how wonderfully insane she was, I barely noticed the wild woodland creature she was pampering.

-via Presurfer

Oh boy…Awkward Stock Photos is a goldmine of funny.  The thought of actually needing some of these photos to accompany a news report or a TV show blows my mind.

“Jimmy!  We’re running a front page story on dogs wearing donuts.  Get me a photo from Getty…STAT!”

-via Kottke

From the scandalous (for its time) film “Lambada”, what happens when a group of unruly high school kids discover the magic of computers?  (Hint:  things get wild)

-via 9gag

If you’re a carb-counter, instead of slurping your noodles why don’t you just learn how to knit with them? And if you start now you’ll have a luxurious noodle scarf just in time for winter. Delicious and practical.

-Thanks for the tip, @jennginnyc

If you’ve ever wanted to be the Grand Marshal in a parade in your head, now’s your chance. Just click over to this weird little Japanese site, and type in your Twitter username. You’ll soon see yourself marching along to quirky music, being followed (literally) by all your Twitter followers. It’s oddly entertaining…and pointless.

-Link via Neatorama