The '80s, Encapsulated

Field correspondent ExplodyBones took this picture and sent it my way.  Click the picture to enbiggen.

3-2-1 Contact was a PBS show in the 80s which had the intention of fostering interest in science.  This episode is apparently about a young man who survived an hour of submersion in icy waters and explained the scientific reasons behind his survival.  That's not why this is here.  It's the 80-ness of the whole thing.  The clothes, the glasses, the colors,the... everything.  It's amazing what we can convince ourselves is a good idea.

BTW, yes, that is a stuffed panda nailed to the wall.

No News Is Good News

Today's submission is from regular contributor Lord Captain Dr. "The Original Chip" Mac, esq.

He writes:
And on the national news front today generic news happened. Frankly, I prefer this 'to be determined' image to what is actually out there.  This made me laugh, not weep, for the children of humanity.

I Don't Want To Be Macho

I saw this fine product in the clearance section of a national pharmacy chain store.  Please click the picture to enbiggen.

It's got a lot of good stuff in it: B vitamins, amino acids, ginseng, BOVINE GLANDULAR SUBSTANCE.  Hmm, that last one gives me pause.  Sure, the package shows a bull, but BOVINE GLANDULAR SUBSTANCE could be nearly anything excreted by a member of the subfamily Bovinae.  Buffalo sweat?  Maybe.  Yak tears?  It's possible.  Bison mucus?  Could be. Spiral-horned antelope semen? There is no way to rule it out.

Looks Like It Might Be A Long And Smelly Night

Field correspondent Millersburger sent me this a couple weeks ago.  Click the picture to enbiggen.

That is quite the unfortunate place for the printer to skip.  Or maybe the truth in advertising campaign has finally struck home for the vegetable platter industry.