(via reddit)
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
How to Clean Your Marmot
I am thoroughly embarrassed to find that I've been doing it wrong all this time! (via Memo of the Air)
2025 Will Have a KPop Demon Hunters Hanukkah
Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday, December 14th, and runs through sundown on Monday the 22nd. Every year, we get a new crop of Hanukkah songs that are set to the tunes of pop songs we all know. Some of the groups have been doing this so long they have used up all their favorites, and therefore go with whatever the big pop culture thing of the year was, which means they can end up doing the same thing. It happened in 2016, when both the Maccabeats and Six13 did songs from Hamilton, and again in 2024 when they both did songs from Wicked. It has happened again this year. Above you have Six13 presenting a medley they call Golden: A KPop Demon Hunters Chanukah. Below is the new Hanukkah medley from the Maccabeats called HanuKpop Demon Hunters.
Both feature tunes from the movie KPop Demon Hunters, both feature clever lyrics that reflect the story of Hanukkah, but the Maccabeats went so far as to animate theirs. Is that a good thing? I don't know; I haven't seen the movie.
Miss Cellania's Links
The Randy Rainbow Christmas Special. Contains NSFW language.
“The Matilda Effect”: How Pioneering Women Scientists Have Been Written Out of Science History. (via Damn Interesting)
How the 50 states got their abbreviations. not quite as dull as you might think.
QUICKSAND! Rescue by SAR. No rodents of unusual size, though.
A "Wonderful Plague" and a New Found Golgotha: The Mystery Behind the Great Dying of 1616-1619. (via Strange Company)
Why A Charlie Brown Christmas almost didn’t air − and why it endures.
In 1946, the University of Southern California staged a "Miss Famine" contest to raise awareness of postwar food shortages in Europe. Contestants went on a "famine diet" to see who could lose the least weight.
Best $5 I’ve spent all season.
How The Animal Kingdom Sleeps
All animals sleep, although we really don't know why. We have several theories, but there is no consensus on the matter. Animals don't sleep the same way. Elephants sleep only a few minutes at a time, while cats sleep most of their lives. And dolphins only sleep with half their brains at a time.
Ed Yong tells us about research into how different animals sleep. One thing we're sure about -you have to get the right amount of sleep to function properly. I've been reading his science articles for years, and this is the first time I've ever heard him speak. Up until now, I've read those articles in an American accent, but will read them in a British accent from now on. (via The Atlantic)
Holiday Greetings
— Mr. Joshua (@pantspants.bsky.social) November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PMI received my first Christmas cards in the mail yesterday. They are from my dentist and my accountant. Those are the two I can count on each year, although I will have a few others by December 25th. Those will be mostly handed to me without postage. The ones from my long distance family members will arrive after Christmas. (via Everlasting Blort)
Tuesday, December 09, 2025
If Radiohead Did "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
There's an old radio adage that you can make any tune a Christmas song if you add jingle bells. That may be true for instrumentals, but it doesn't quite work here. Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It took the lyrics of the 1934 classic "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and adapted them to the tune of Radiohead's song "Creep" (the broadcast safe version). Sure, he added jingle bells, but it still sounds more like "Creep" than like any Christmas song.
The Fan
What's the most absurd way to install a ceiling fan? This disaster seems to be the result of sequential problem solving, meaning figuring out one task at a time without looking at the goal of the finished product. If the genius idea you had at the beginning results in an unintended consequences, well, we'll just cross that bridge when we get there. (via reddit)
Tom BetGeorge's 2025 Christmas Angels
Tom BetGeorge has spent years trying to outdo himself with his Halloween and Christmas light shows (so much that he's built a light show business out of his success). He's choreographed them to Star Wars, rock songs, rap songs, and various movie themes. For 2025, BetGeorge has raised the "wow" factor, as always, but the music is less pop culture and more Christmas. Three singing Christmas trees croon Phil Wickham's remix of "Angels We Have Heard on High" that he calls "Angels (Glory to God)." Meanwhile, lights dance across the house, augmented with lasers, spotlights, and projections, while fireworks explode in the night.
But wait, there's more! BetGeorge always has several songs in his Christmas light show, which will appear one at a time over the next few days at his YouTube channel.
Tortoise Chases Cat Around Yard
This tortoise must really love his buddy the cat. He's learned to put it in high gear to keep up with the feline as she travels all over the backyard. This reminds me of what it's like to be the mother of a couple of preschoolers. They didn't care where I was going, they were just going to follow me, single file, period. If I turned around suddenly, we all collided. (via Laughing Squid)
Monday, December 08, 2025
Dinosaur Stampede!
Richmond, Virginia, had their annual T. rex run a couple of weeks ago. As you can see, all kinds of dinos were welcome, from dragons to Barney to Godzilla to a couple of alligators. (via Everlasting Blort)
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