Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The fish of death
It seems drawing and carving a fish can actually be rather difficult \ .So far i have almost slit my wrist and cut into my finger several times. ...all for this lake trout that just stares aimlessly at me.
sometimes I wonder why I even bother with art...
UPDATE: I have actaully now succeeded in slicing my thumb open (I cut some of my nail off too) GOOD TO GET THAT OVER WITH
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
#Arachnophobia
Continuing with our freaky video theme of today (and really, every day), here's another one from Listverse (http://listverse.com/2014/04/29/10-terrifying-youtube-videos-that-will-keep-you-awake-at-night/). In this short ( and real-life) video, a guy stumbles upon a huge mound of spiders. I dare you to make it past 0:08. Comment on this post to tell us where you reflexively quit your browser.
Hahahahahahaha... ha... ha...
Remco Baby Laugh-a-Lot original commercial (REALLY TERRIFYING):
See more creepy vintage videos here: http://listverse.com/2014/04/29/10-terrifying-youtube-videos-that-will-keep-you-awake-at-night/
And the standings are......
Pageviews by Operating Systems
It looks like Linux needs to step up their game...
Posted by: Ryan
The Trash Troll
Observe the Trash Troll:
Built with a trash can, a Gandalf hat, skeleton legs, 1x1 white plate w/ horizontal clip, fairy wand (rare piece BTW) OH WAIT NO ONE CARES
~ Tate
Nerd Vocab
Doing poorly in school? Not sure how to improve your grade? Try studying this list of extremely useful
NERD VOCAB!
- Mt. Vitruvius
- Pickle-jousting
- The Groovy Groove Latin Lounge
- 2% milk
- Double-decker couch
- Shuffleboarding
- Cat saliva
- Ultra-conservative Slenderman
- Lobachevskian geometry
- Nerd coefficient
- Soy paste
- Mitt Romney’s hair gel
- Thallium poisoning
- Southern supergrapes
BEATBOXING
This guy is AMAZING. He can basically mimic any instrument, whether saxophone or drum machine, and it's pretty much just really awesome.
~ Tate
Sunday, April 20, 2014
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
Admit it... you've all bitten the head off a Marshmallow Peep. In fact maybe you've proceeded to stick a red jelly bean in the hapless Peep's body cavity and pretend it was run over by a car or attacked by a rabid fox. No? BORING... anyway maybe you can enjoy these LEGO Peeps by, respectively, Siercon and Coral and Tyler Clites:
~ Tate
Friday, April 18, 2014
German pageviews and blog updates
It seems TTRS has received some traffic from outside the US: 2 page views from Germany, 2 from the Phillipines, and 1 from the Netherlands. This is pretty cool actually. Thanks to whoever the heck is out there reading TTRS, and if you're in Germany could you send us some pretzels? Thanks.
I'd also like to take the opportunity to point out some new stuff here at The Totally Random Site. As always, our tags and archive can be found on the righthand side. We also have a poll (vote for one of our four most prolific authors!), a "random post" button, and some funny quotes that change each time you visit. Also, be sure to visit our totally random fish pond... click to sprinkle food.
Any suggestions for more random stuff we could add? Let us know in the comments!
(Remember... if you received the email with the editing-access info, you can write posts for us!!!!!) :)
UPDATE: We now have 2 MORE German pageviews and 1 Russian pageview! This is awesome! :)
I'd also like to take the opportunity to point out some new stuff here at The Totally Random Site. As always, our tags and archive can be found on the righthand side. We also have a poll (vote for one of our four most prolific authors!), a "random post" button, and some funny quotes that change each time you visit. Also, be sure to visit our totally random fish pond... click to sprinkle food.
Any suggestions for more random stuff we could add? Let us know in the comments!
(Remember... if you received the email with the editing-access info, you can write posts for us!!!!!) :)
UPDATE: We now have 2 MORE German pageviews and 1 Russian pageview! This is awesome! :)
Voting choices
I better win the voting thing, because you don't want to see the consequences...
~Ryan (the best editor)
~Ryan (the best editor)
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Heeeere fishy fishy fishy
Hello! Have a look at this nice fish.
...or maybe you'd prefer something a bit more... terrifying...
What with this, the pig gif, and the mutant yeti LEGOs, we may have to pay a lot of medical bills for those who faint in terror after reading this blog :0
~Tate
BAGS- An introduction to acronyms
By Ryan Long
Earlier today I had to explain BAGS to Ethan.
BAGS stands for Bad Apple Grapefruit Soldiers, if you didn't know.
For future reference, here are eleven more common acronyms.
Earlier today I had to explain BAGS to Ethan.
BAGS stands for Bad Apple Grapefruit Soldiers, if you didn't know.
For future reference, here are eleven more common acronyms.
- YOLO- Contrary to common belief this actually stands for: Young Online Leopard Ordinance
- SCUM- Sponges Came Under Management
- RAY- Red American Yak
- TRAY- Totally Red American Yak
- CIRCUS-Crazy Immature Red Cussing Underrated Scepter
- RED- Really Empowered Death
- PUSH- Popsicles Under-which Shamans Hide
- SLUGS- Super Long Ugly Glazed Snakes
- FOUR- From Our Universe to Ryan's
- FLUSH- Floppy Lingual Undulating Stuff Hoard
- FLOPS- Fighting Lions On Purple Seals
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Le Cochon Danseurs
I know I've showed this really weird GIF to most of you, but here it is again.
If you haven't seen it yet, I apologize and will pay your medical bills in full.
This comes from a 1907 French musical called "Le Cochon Danseurs" or "The Dancing Pig". You can see the whole (2.5-minute-long) video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tP9s8y2Ic&noredirect=1
Mutant Yeti Ghosts
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I'm testing my ability to add photos to this blog... so here's some "Mutant Yeti Ghosts" (by LEGO builder Karf Oohlu) for your entertainment. (Click the photo to enlarge) :0
~ Tate
P.S. I would just like to point out that LEGO is a totally cool and awesome hobby. The above is sort of just a joke, but many awesome things (artworks?) have been constructed from those little Danish plastic bricks. Don't judge me.
The world as I see it
By Ethan Trott
I see the world differently than most people... But then again most people aren’t me. If everyone was me than I’d have no reason to be writing this article because everyone would see things the same as me and all would be jolly, but people don’t. When most people see an apple they think “Hey look an apple, I might eat that later”. But I see things differently, If I saw an apple I would think “Hey look a banana I might sing about that later”. This is my life.
I see the world differently than most people... But then again most people aren’t me. If everyone was me than I’d have no reason to be writing this article because everyone would see things the same as me and all would be jolly, but people don’t. When most people see an apple they think “Hey look an apple, I might eat that later”. But I see things differently, If I saw an apple I would think “Hey look a banana I might sing about that later”. This is my life.
Poisonous plants
This article was originally written by Miles and has been reposted by Ethan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poisonous_plants for the full list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poisonous_plants for the full list.
Some notable poisonous plants:
- Apple (Malus domestica). Seeds are mildly poisonous, containing a small amount of amygdalin, a cyanogenic glycoside. The quantity contained is usually not enough to be dangerous to humans, but it is possible to ingest enough seeds to provide a fatal dose.
- Kidney bean or common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). The toxic compound phytohaemagglutinin, a lectin, is present in many varieties of common bean but is especially concentrated in red kidney beans. The lectin has a number of effects on cell metabolism; it induces mitosis, and affects the cell membrane in regard to transport and permeability to proteins. It agglutinates most mammalian red blood cell types. The primary symptoms of phytohaemagglutinin poisoning are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Onset is from 1 to 3 hours after consumption of improperly prepared beans, and symptoms typically resolve within a few hours.[10] Consumption of as few as four or five raw kidney beans may be sufficient to trigger symptoms. Phytohaemagglutinin can be deactivated by cooking beans at 100 °C (212 °F) for ten minutes. However, for dry beans the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also recommends an initial soak of at least 5 hours in water; the soaking water should be discarded.[10] The ten minutes at 100 °C (212 °F) is required to degrade the toxin, and is much shorter than the hours required to fully cook the beans themselves. However, lower cooking temperatures may have the paradoxical effect of potentiating the toxic effect of haemagglutinin. Beans cooked at 80 °C (176 °F) are reported to be up five times as toxic as raw beans.[10] Outbreaks of poisoning have been associated with the use of slow cookers, the low cooking temperatures of which may be unable to degrade the toxin.
- Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans). Contains myristicin. Myristicin is a naturally occurring insecticide and acaricide with possible neurotoxic effects onneuroblastoma cells.[11] It has psychoactive properties at doses much higher than used in cooking. Raw nutmeg produces anticholinergic-like symptoms, attributed to myristicin and elemicin.[12] The intoxicating effects of myristicin can lead to a physical state somewhere between waking and dreaming; euphoria is reported and nausea is often experienced. Users also report bloodshot eyes and memory disturbances.[13] Myristicin is also known to induce hallucinogenic effects, such as visual distortions. Nutmeg intoxication has an extremely long time before peak is reached, sometimes taking up to seven hours, and effects can be felt for 24 hours, with lingering effects lasting up to 72 hours.[14][15]
- Lima bean or butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus). Raw beans contain dangerous amounts of linamarin, a cyanogenic glucoside.
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum). Potatoes contain toxic compounds known as glycoalkaloids, of which the most prevalent are solanine and chaconine. Solanine is also found in other members of the Solanaceae plant family, which includes Atropa belladonna ("deadly nightshade") and Hyoscyamus niger("henbane") (see entries below). The concentration of glycoalkaloid in wild potatoes suffices to produce toxic effects in humans. The toxin affects the nervous system, causing headaches, diarrhea and intense digestive disturbances, cramps, weakness and confusion, and in severe cases coma and death. Poisoning from cultivated potatoes occurs very rarely however, as the toxic compounds in the potato plant are, in general, concentrated in the green portions of the plant and in the fruits,[16] and cultivated potato varieties contain lower toxin levels.[17] Cooking at high temperatures (over 170 °C or 340 °F) also partly destroys the toxin. However, exposure to light, physical damage, and age increase glycoalkaloid content within the tuber,[18] the highest concentrations occurring just underneath the skin. Tubers that are exposed to light turn green from chlorophyll synthesis, thus giving a visual clue as to areas of the tuber that may have become more toxic; however, this does not provide a definitive guide, as greening and glycoalkaloid accumulation can occur independently of each other. Some varieties of potato contain greater glycoalkaloid concentrations than others; breeders developing new varieties test for this, and sometimes have to discard an otherwise promising cultivar. Breeders try to keep solanine levels below 200 mg/kg (200 ppmw). However, when these commercial varieties turn green, even they can approach concentrations of solanine of 1000 mg/kg (1000 ppmw). The U.S. National Toxicology Program suggests that the average American consume at most 12.5 mg/day of solanine from potatoes (the toxic dose is actually several times this, depending on body weight).
- Rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum). The leaf stalks (petioles) are edible, but the leaves themselves contain notable quantities of oxalic acid, which is anephrotoxic and corrosive acid that is present in many plants. Symptoms of poisoning include kidney disorders, convulsions and coma. Rarely fatal. TheLD50 (median lethal dose) for pure oxalic acid in rats is about 375 mg/kg body weight,[19] or about 25 grams for a 65 kg (~140 lb) human. Although the oxalic acid content of rhubarb leaves can vary, a typical value is about 0.5%,[20] so a rather unlikely 5 kg of the extremely sour leaves would have to be consumed to reach an LD50 of oxalic acid. Cooking the leaves with soda can make them more poisonous by producing soluble oxalates.[21] However, the leaves are believed to also contain an additional, unidentified toxin,[22] which might be an anthraquinone glycoside (also known as senna glycosides).[23] In the edible leaf stalks (petioles), the amount of oxalic acid is much lower, only about 2–2.5% of the total acidity that is dominated bymalic acid.[24] This means that even the raw stalks may not be hazardous (though they are generally thought to be in the US). However the tart taste of raw stalks is so strong as to be unpalatable to many.
- Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Like many other nightshades, tomato leaves and stems contain solanine that is toxic if ingested, causing digestive upset and nervous excitement. Use of tomato leaves as an herbal tea (infusion) has been responsible for at least one death.[25] Leaves, stems, and green unripe fruit of the tomato plant also contain small amounts of the poisonous alkaloid tomatine,[26] although levels are generally too small to be dangerous.[26][27] Ripe tomatoes do not contain any detectable tomatine.[26] Tomato plants can be toxic to dogs if they eat large amounts of the fruit, or chew plant material.[28]
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