Allison Keene
Weekend Links: What’s Your Blues Name?
by Allison Keene - January 29, 2012 - 11:32 AM
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From our own Stacy Conradt, the sad but fascinating tale of a young boy killed in 1909 while trying to avoid birthday kisses.
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This “find your Blues name” chart was passed around Facebook this week, and I look forward to reading some new permutations – post yours! You can call me Fat Harp Smith from now on, by the way.
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The very classiest of ways to respond to some jerk who let their cell phone ring during a performance: violist Lukas Kmits incorporates the melody into his repertoire. And then hopefully the other patrons slap the offender. At events like this I fear the accidental ring so much I turn the whole thing off!
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It’s been about a year since I posted this, and feel it’s time for it to be revisited – check out this exhaustively satisfying look into the TV show “The Wire” … as a Victorian novel (the faux drawings and page excerpts slay me).
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BuzzFeed presents 11 Animals Who Think They’re in Star Wars.
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From the Annals of Too Much Time: copycat videos that just seem to get better and better. Start with Video 3 (the original), then go to 1 followed by 2. That order will increase appreciation for the real star. (Thanks to Ben for this link!)
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In a somewhat similar vein (and I have to quote the exact title here, you’ll see why): “this kitchen DJ will cerealsly bowl you over.”
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Here’s a nice little chart on how much certain animals sleep. I’m closer to a baboon than a human in my patterns, personally. Possibly a squirrel monkey.
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You know I can’t turn away a time-lapse video! I love these things. This one, of Yosemite National Park, is particularly lovely.
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And let’s end with one of fellow _flosser David Israel’s recent Twaggies. For more great tweets illustrated, visit the Twaggies section of GoComics.
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Hope everyone had a great weekend! Don’t forget to send your link submissions to FlossyLinks@Gmail.com, or you can always Tweet me.

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Comments (20)

  1. Greetings from Skinny Hips Malone (my blues name).

    posted by Rachel on 1-29-2012 at 11:56 am

  2. Haha that one may be my favorite I’ve read here and on FB!

    posted by Allison Keene on 1-29-2012 at 11:58 am

  3. Curly Liver Washington. Dunno how I feel about that one!

    posted by Kate on 1-29-2012 at 12:43 pm

  4. Buddy “Fingers” Bailey. :)

    posted by Brian Wilson on 1-29-2012 at 1:45 pm

  5. Brown Bad Boy Dupree.

    posted by H on 1-29-2012 at 1:57 pm

  6. You can call me Sticky Legs Smith from now on….

    posted by Cindy on 1-29-2012 at 2:55 pm

  7. Boney Bones Jones — I kid you not.

    posted by BestofSeven on 1-29-2012 at 3:23 pm

  8. Happy Hips Brown they call me. Even before this chart came out.

    posted by Ian on 1-29-2012 at 5:00 pm

  9. Toothless Harp McGee

    At least it wasn’t Toothless Harpy…

    posted by old hippy chick on 1-29-2012 at 5:06 pm

  10. Sticky Bones Jones. I like it!

    posted by Courtney on 1-29-2012 at 5:24 pm

  11. Ugly Harp Smith….um, I don’t really care for that one.

    posted by KC on 1-29-2012 at 8:49 pm

  12. Blind Foot Smith. Its fitting.

    posted by SK on 1-30-2012 at 12:59 am

  13. Curly “Bad Boy” Hopkins

    posted by Karl on 1-30-2012 at 4:51 am

  14. Pretty Gumbo Green

    posted by bogg on 1-30-2012 at 10:33 am

  15. Maiden blues name:
    Jailhouse Legs Harp Washington

    Married blues name:
    Jailhouse Legs Harp Brown.

    posted by Lola on 1-30-2012 at 2:24 pm

  16. I always told my daughter her name meant “gift from God.” Wait till she hears it really means “Boney ‘Bad Boy’ Jones.”

    posted by Betsy on 1-30-2012 at 3:05 pm

  17. Old Dog Jackson

    posted by Old Dog Jackson on 1-31-2012 at 4:17 am

  18. Fat Eyes McGee :(

    posted by Ashley on 1-31-2012 at 8:17 am

  19. Curly Boy Dupree — I guess it would be ok, if I were a guy… ; )

    posted by Mama9cats on 2-3-2012 at 4:11 pm

  20. Pretty Liver Franklin is my blue’s name….lol

    posted by Lauren on 2-5-2012 at 1:53 am

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