Monday, September 7, 2026

God's Seat (Chaise Dieu)


 

Rock Towers

Did you stack these Rotifer... during one of your white-water rafting trips?
 

The Sewer Rat Plumbing, Sewer & Drain Cleaning

 Check out the license plate, too.

Basaltic columns

Madagascar

Devils Postpile (photo by Randy_B)
 

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Frog Applause versus Artificial Intelligence

 I plugged an old "Frog Applause" cartoon into AI to see how it would be interpreted. This is what I got. 

The image shows an absurdist satirical cartoon featuring an upside-down figure in a suit flatulating smoke while declaring, "I finally figured out who stole my ceremonial baloney plug."

  • The artwork combines 19th-century engraving aesthetics with surreal, modern dialogue and falling caterpillars.
  • It plays on nonsensical humor by juxtaposing a Victorian-style illustration with completely absurd, mundane terminology.

Goldfish quotes


When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.---Alan Alda


A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?

---Stephen Hawking

Gaijinrabbit's cat therapists

Johnny on the left and his mama Mei (pronounced like the 5th month) on the right. I need them as much as they need me. --Gaijinrabbit


Brass Orchid photo

 Brass Orchid insists that this is a recent photo of himself. I believe him, do you?