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• The Time When Henry Kissinger Worked as a Weatherman
• The Dryer Song: Musicians Collab with a Squeaky Dryer is What the Internet is Made For
• An Honest Trailer for <i>No Time to Die</i>
• The Omicron Variant Movie Poster

The Time When Henry Kissinger Worked as a Weatherman Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:14 AM PST Henry Kissinger was National Security Advisor to President Nixon, then Nixon's and President Ford's Secretary of State. He's most famous for negotiating the opening of diplomatic relations with Communist China, the US withdrawal from Vietnam, and nuclear weapons reductions with the Soviet Union. Kissinger was even awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, so he's accomplished a lot in his career. But, Kissinger once claimed, what he really wanted to do was to work as a weatherman. He got his chance on Tuesday, May 21, 1991. Kissinger appeared on the show CBS This Morning. Coached by regular weatherman Mike McEwen, he described the weather across the continental United States, referring to regions of the US by towns named after famous cities, such as Paris, Kentucky and Athens, Georgia. Source: Rosenberg, Howard. "Forecast: A Trivializing of America Television: Henry Kissinger's Stint as a CBS Weather Forecaster is just the Latest Outrage as a Tabloid Mentality Sweeps Across the Airwaves during the May Ratings Sweeps." Los Angeles Times , May 24, 1991. -via Weird Universe

The Dryer Song: Musicians Collab with a Squeaky Dryer is What the Internet is Made For Posted: 30 Nov 2021 09:19 PM PST 🎵 Got a squeaky dryer? Don't fix it ... instead, record it on Tiktok so musicians worldwide can create entertaining "duet chains" and sooner or later, you'll end up with a full blown and very catchy Dryer Song. 🏰 A man's home is his castle, even if he's living in a tiny home. In this case, a New Zealand couple's tiny truck home actually is a castle, complete with turrets. Oh, and did we mention it actually unfolds and transforms into a bigger castle? ☕ Marble-lous: This NYC woman's coffee table turned out to be a priceless mosaic from the Roman Emperor Caligula's ceremonial ship. The story of how they found out that the coffee table was actually a historical artefact is equally fascinating. 🦠 Good news: bacteria is evolving to eat plastic. 🏆 Can't find that must-have toy for Christmas? Give your kids a bucket of sand and tell them it's the new hot thing. After all, sand is the latest inductee to the National Toy Hall of Fame. Next year, sticks! 🐻 This real-life Winnie-the-Pooh got its head stuck inside a plastic container. Too bad it's not a jar of honey. 🎬 'Doon't' miss this Bad Lip Reading of Dune. The spice, and laughter, must flow. 😺 There is nothing this cat can't catch. A-meow-zing! 👕 Psst! Our Fantasy T-shirts and Sci-Fi T-Shirts make for great 🎄 Christmas presents. Tons more neat posts over at our new sites: Pictojam, Homes & Hues, Laughosaurus, Pop Culturista, and Supa Fluffy. More neat tees over at the NeatoShop. Image: @teej011/TikTok

An Honest Trailer for <i>No Time to Die</i> Posted: 30 Nov 2021 01:19 PM PST No Time to Die was the 25th film in the James Bond franchise, and the fifth Bond film starring Daniel Craig as secret agent 007. It's also his final Bond movie, which Screen Junkies agrees is enough, since Craig's Bond was just way too serious, emotional, and depressing. Too realistic, actually, even with the over-the-top gunfights, explosions, and violence. That said, No Time to Die had a respectable run, becoming the most lucrative American film so far in 2021. Yes, it's time for a new Bond, and maybe a return to a more lighthearted spy series. But please, not Chris Pratt.

The Omicron Variant Movie Poster Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:55 AM PST Everyone's talking about the new omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus. So far, we don't know all that much about it, but anecdotal evidence is that it may be less dangerous than the delta variant, even if it turns out to be more virulent. The word omicron has tripped up a lot of newscasters who've never heard the word pronounced before. Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, and not really heard much in English. However, it sure sounds like a science fiction term, doesn't it? Filmmaker Christopher Miller took a poster from the 1966 movie Cyborg 2087 and altered it to what we picture when we hear "the omicron variant." The title follows the phrasing of science fiction titles like The Andromeda Strain or The Philadelphia Experiment (or The Shawshank Redemption or The Pelican Brief, for that matter). The only thing that would make this more fitting would be to slot in Charlton Heston in the lead role. It turns out there have been several movies with omicron in the title, in 1963, 1999, and 2013. We nerds really like the Greek alphabet. -via Boing Boing

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