Friday links

Handheld jet engines. Really.

Death and Taxes and Zombies: Tax implications of the zombie apocalypse.

Man Spends Four Years and Millions of Dollars Building an Epic Truck for His 4-Year-Old Daughter.

Gallery of extremely well-edited vintage/current overlapping pictures of Paris.

Irish Brewmaster Reviews Cheap Wines, Wine Expert Reviews Cheap Beers.

Before They Went Solo: Early Bands Of Bowie, Elton, Hendrix And Others (I was a huge fan of Long John Baldry (wiki) back when Elton John (then named Reg White) and Rod Stewart played/sang backup for him)

Medicinal Soft Drinks and Coca-Cola Fiends: The Toxic History of Soda Pop.

ICYMI, Thursday's links are here, including building a hydroelectric dam in your bathtub, the U.S. Army’s Camel Corps, and advice from c. 530 on how to use bacon.

Irish Brewmaster Reviews Cheap Wines, Wine Expert Reviews Cheap Beers

Tax Day is Coming: Game of Thrones Edition

Maybe NSFW - one instance of the "F" word right at the end. To miss it, stop the video at 2:38. Via Reason - All Men Must Pay:

Trying to write off that red wedding this year? As tax day approaches April 15, 2014, nobody's more upset about paying their debts than those playing the Game of Thrones. One thing is for sure: All men must pay. For more on taxes, check out these articles at Reason.com.

Mario and Luigi face the reality of hitting bricks with their heads

For Super Mario fans:



via Neatorama.

Game of Goats, A Yelling Goats Version of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song

For Game of Thrones fans:



Previous related posts:

Game of Thrones Wine Map: The Wines of Westeros

Supercut of pithy quotes from Game of Thrones, Seasons 1-3

Fallen behind on Game of Thrones, or want a refresher before Season 4? All 3 seasons recapped in 9 minutes.

Game of Thrones: new trailer and an interview with the actors on who should end up on the iron throne.

Deleted And Extended Scenes From Game Of Thrones Season 3 (NSFW - language)

The Game of Thrones Travel Guide.

Thursday links

13 Epic Animal Migrations That Prove Just How Cool Mother Nature Is.

UPS Trucks Don't Turn Left, Saving Them 10 Million Gallons of Gas/Year.

The Logistics and Economics of Trying to Cut Your Electric Bill By Building a Hydroelectric Dam in Your Bathtub.

The U.S. Army’s Camel Corps.

Advice from c. 530: How To Use Bacon.

Portraits of Everyday Foods Sliced in Half.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include a cube built out of one-way mirrors, vintage accordion groupies, and the best states for surviving the zombie apocalypse.

Advice from c. 530: How To Use Bacon

So, are the old ways always the best? 

"At this point I will explain how bacon may be eaten to the best effect... if it has been simply roasted in the same way as a joint of meat, the fat drains into the fire and the bacon becomes dry, and whoever eats it is harmed and not benefited; it also produces bad humors and causes indigestion. But if bacon that has been boiled and cooled is eaten, it is more beneficial... As for raw bacon which, so I hear, the Franks have a habit of eating... they are healthier than other people because of this food. Let me give a good example so that what I am writing may be believed: thick bacon, placed for a long time on all wounds, be they external or internal or caused by a blow, both cleanses any putrefaction and aids healing. Look at what power there is in raw bacon, and see how the Franks heal what doctors try to cure with drugs or with potions."

Anthimus, On the Observance of Foods (c. 511-534)

From Ask The Past.

Previous posts: Mostly weird, and some not so weird, medical treatments from the old days, including this:

How to Stop Bleeding, 1664:

“To Stench a Bleeding Wound: Lay hogs Dung, hot from the Hog, to the Bleeding Wound.” 

Samuel Strangehopes, A Book of Knowledge in Three Parts (166[4])

Advice from 1380: How to Tell if Someone Is or Is Not Dead, with bonus Monty Python.

Tuesday links

Irish bomber accidentally blows himself up because he forgot about Daylight Saving Time.

Beer Map/Infographic - Beer on Twitter: Finding Drinking Patterns in Tweet Data.

Chicks Dig Accordions! Vintage Squeezebox Groupies.

Analysis: The Best and Worst States for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse.

This is What Happens When You Build a Cube Out of One Way Mirrors.

8 Hours of Plane Departures from LAX in one photo.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include a six-foot earthworm, lots of Game of Thrones stuff, and an electric prostate warmer.

Beer Map/Infographic - Beer on Twitter: Finding Drinking Patterns in Tweet Data

From LiveScience: Tweets sent between June 2012 and May 2013 were searched for keywords pertaining to beer. Geotagging allowed the tweets to be located on a map, called a “cyberscape.”

     
     
Source:LiveScience

Tired of losing Nerf wars to superior weapons? Check out the Nerf Nuke

For your next Nerf battle:



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