Encyclopedia Brunch

This week we're talking about Socks! Sock it to me? 

• Pat Sayjak was the host of Wheel of Fortune and Alex Trebek of course hosted Jeopardy.
• WAR Socks.  Should definitely be a movie, right?
• Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast recently finished a series on WWI, it was amazing and very sad.
• There's this Atlantic trend piece about colorful socks.
• Coyote was the trickster god of many indigenous people of North America!  Don't worry Tim, you're not that culturally insensitive.
• Ever After High, if you haven't heard of it, is a toy line and web series (designed to sell the toy line) centered around the children of classic story book. 

Music by: | Gus | BLAMMOS |

This week, we're talking copper.  It ain't easy bein' green.

• The Solowheel is poised to replace the Segway!  And it looks just as silly.
• For those who don't spend all their time in some kind fandom, Head Cannon
• Copper is a BBC show.  It's fine.  You can watch it on Netflix.

Music by: | Podington Bear | BLAMMOS |

This week, we're talking about pillows.  So lay your head down and take a rest, we've got this.

• We get our music from Free Music Archive if you were at all curious.
• Tim was right, Kings are 76 in x 80 in and California Kings are 72 in x 84 in.
• Here are these Arm Hole Pillows, there's a pillow for every application!

Music by: | Ergo Phizmiz | BLAMMOS |

We talk about a lot things this week - so many, in fact, that it would be hard to grasp it all if we wrote it out in list format. If only there was some better way to visually display a lot of data...

Music by: | The Custodian of Records | BLAMMOS |

This week we're talking cursors.  The pointy-beach ball-hour glass shaped things.

• Automan was a crazy series from the 80s, right?
• Speaking of 80s goodness, Orko was the annoying side kick from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
• If you're seeking classic video games about cartoon surrealist haunted houses, then look no further than Gahan Wilson's Haunted House.
• For one final blast from the past, check out Strong Bad Emails from the old Homestar Runner series.
• Japanese Apartments can be really small!

Music by: | kollagemontage | BLAMMOS |

This week we're talking about bookshelves, and judging each other based on our bookshelves.  It's fun, you should try it.

• The Specials have this fun song! A Message to You Rudy
• Tommy Tutone wrote that 867-5309 song.  Now it's stuck in your head now. Haha.
• Alastair Reynolds write a lot of space opera science fiction.
• Space Operas are like Soap Operas, but in space!
• The Grand Ole Opry is a country show.  Kathryn had to listen to a broadcast of it every Saturday when she worked at Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits.

Music by: | Lame Drivers | BLAMMOS |

This week, we're talking about Hail! Scary thunderstorms abound.

• Cliff Masterson wrote a post about that super scary hail storm on his weather blog.
• Pluto is a dwarf planet.
• Graupel
• We challenge you to waste your time reading about these unusual weather phenomena!
• Crazy Hail Shapes
• Crazy Nail Shapes

Music by: | Thegntlmn | BLAMMOS |

This week, we're keeping it brief and to the point.  We're talking haircuts.  And legumes, and bad habits, but mostly haircuts.

Music by: | BLAMMOS |

This week, we're going back, back, and back one more time to the 1990s to visit everyone's favorite piece of failed technology, the Power Glove.  It's like a "Where are they now?" for inanimate objects.

• Major big time awesome thanks to Ben Tippett for our fantastic intro this week.
  • Spend more time with Ben by listening to his show, Titanium Physicist, in which he explains a complex topic in physics to a laymen.
  • Tell Ben how great he is at @bnprime
• This ad is a gem born of it's time.
• What did you do with your old power glove?  This guy takes pictures with his.
• Tangent Alert:  We talk about this documentary.
• Also this Studs Terkel interview with the city planner Konstantinos Doxiados
• What's more, Elizabethan England was a very quiet place.

Music by: | Steve Combs | BLAMMOS |

This week, we're talking about the magic of caprese salad.  Globalization happens everywhere, even in your mouth.

Music by: | Simon Panrucker | BLAMMOS |