While I haven't posted a lot of articles on my site since I went on hiatus, I have posted a few choice goodies, so I thought I'd list them out.
Note: If the videos don't play using Firefox, read my comment to Mark. Firefox is decidedly Flash-unfriendly these days and often deactivates
the plugin if it's outdated.
Fans of NCIS
While I obviously didn't watch any TV while I was in Colorado, the first thing I did when I got back to civilization was catch up on 'NCIS' and 'NCIS: New Orleans'. The last NCIS post I made here was when we found out that everybody's favorite ex-Mossad assassin was leaving the show.
And then the delightful Ellie Bishop arrived. Quickly becoming an ardent Bishoprophile, I made a number of posts highlighting her. The last NCIS post I made here was titled 'Tonight's The Night'. The next one on the list continues the saga. The story of everyone's favorite blonde ex-NSA analyst begins with 'An Insidious Plot Revealed', which is about as me a post as there can be.
Web Vids
All in all, I think I have a pretty decent collection of short videos grabbed from the web over the past 20 years. I've posted a number of them here. Continuing the collection are 'Web Vids IV' and 'The Music Is The Message 2', both available here.
More fun and games below the fold. (dudes, wait'll you see the 'For Guys Only' section, heh)
Video Essays
Judging by the number of comments, these were always my most popular Maggie's posts. Here are some of the best:
(I'm using the posts from my site, since I've made slight improvements over the years)
Introducing Jackie Evancho — Best singer I've heard in 20 years
In The Spirit Of Equus — For horse lovers everywhere
Fun In The Wee World — For bug lovers everywhere
On America's Pastime — An inside look at baseball
In The Spirit Of The Green — Covering a few golf movies
There are three new additions to the Video Essays part of my site but, more properly, they should be in a section titled...
For Guy's Only
Well, I suppose we should start with my 2,486-word, 27-video post on Tinker Bell.
Yes, that Tinker Bell.
And yes — for those of you scoring at home — it's two words. I always thought it was 'Tinkerbell', one word, but it's not. The proof to this outrageous claim is in the post.
As for the origin of such a lengthy, video-ridden (27!) post on such a silly subject, do you know who movie producer John Lasseter is? He of 'Toy Story', 'The Incredibles', 'Monsters Inc', 'Frozen' fame? Blame him. He started it. I'm only a pawn in the grander scheme of things.
Besides, to be brutally honest, fairy pixies are hot. Behold: The Tinker Bell Story
This brings us to cosplay. If, for some reason, you like seeing beautiful Asian women prancing around in delightful costumes, then don't miss Cosplay: Tribute To A Master.
And then there's hot female YouTube drummers. I mean, let's be honest: what red-blooded, all-American guy doesn't like hot female YouTube drummers? To satisfy your carnal drumming desire, please visit Three Hot, Female YouTube Drummers.
And, of course, while it's not a new post, it's an official Maggie's post, now long deleted, which I've kept on my own site for posterity. It's a set or guidelines for my fellow Maggie's bloggers on just how far they can go when posting a lewd, lurid, lascivious picture along with their article. I'm speaking, of course, of The Maggie's Farm Smut Guide.
Well, that takes care of the updates on one of my sites (wiping fevered brow).
As for my Rainy Day site, with the humor and articles, here ya go:
Articles:
The Science Of 'Linked To'
Mars Or Bust*
My Rachel Carson Fantasy
Climate Hustled
History's Mysteries: What Killed The Titanic?
History's Mysteries: The Final Truth About Fukushima
Humor:
Doc's Dirty Little Secret
The Dire Peril Of 'Trigger Warnings'
The Criminalization Of Breanna Youn
As for older posts, if someone asked me 'What is your best post?', I'd say it's a toss-up between History’s Mysteries: The Most Magical Moment of World War II and Life On Other Worlds: By The Numbers. Both took a fair amount of both thought and insight, nor have I ever seen anything similar. As for favorite post, I've always thought How To Get Into Guinness was kind of neat, just because it involves a somewhat brilliant idea I came up with coupled with my usual offbeat brand of humor.
