Big monsters giving hugs

Justin Parpan has a series of new postcards, featuring various monsters giving hugs.

*Previously: Depressed Yogi Bear desktop wallpaper.

*Find vintage Yogi Bear collectibles at eBay.

Lego Snake (link roundup)

Lego snake by Matt "monsterbrick" Armstrong.

And a few more links:

1. Remember when beanie babies were supposed to be a valuable investment? Via.

2. Wild tale of the alleged grifter who was living with Dirk Nowitzki and previously targeted a Rams quarterback.

3. Poster for Ape in 3D.

4. Campgrounds in Maine want to charge for parking, so people are parking for free overnight at Walmart instead (which welcomes the business). So campground owners are trying to get legislation passed that would ban RVs from parking overnight at lots such as Walmart. And they just might pull it off. Via.

*Previously: How to get bitten by a snake.

*Buy Solid Snake toys at eBay.

Prisoner of a Dinosaur costume (link roundup)

Clever costume that looks like a man being held captive in a cage carried by a dinosaur. Spotted at Ffffound, origin unknown.

And a few more links:

1. Crash is the most-rented movie from Netflix and has been for years. Via.

2. A woman in a wheelchair stabbed a 16-year-old girl to death.

3. A Qantas flight was grounded due to escaped snakes. Via.

4. An update of Eastern Carolina's logo, to feature a more modern Somali pirate.

*Previously: George Washington riding a dinosaur.

*Buy dinosaur posters at eBay.

How to get bitten by a snake

The American Museum of Natural History offers helpful tips on how to get bitten by a snake. Two more suggestions here.

*Previously: How to make a sweater snake.

*Buy Solid Snake toys at eBay.

Punch-Out t-shirt

Little Mac gives it to Bald Bull in this Punch-Out inspired t-shirt by The Black Axe for New Found Glory. The t-shirt's not currently available in the NFG webstore, although several other t-shirts are. There are also several posters and t-shirts on sale in The Black Axe webstore, including this concert poster featuring angelic and demonic snakes:



*Previously: Prints featuring the villains of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.

*Buy Rock 'Em Sock 'Em toys, including the T2 version, at eBay.

Concert poster by Hugh D'Andrade (link roundup)

Concert poster by Hugh D'Andrade on sale at Etsy. Relatedly, check out the t-shirt Hugh designed for the EFF, featuring a parody of the NSA.

And a few more links:

1. I've previously expressed admiration for the cinematic way Nik Daum announced a trip to China. Here's an equally classy way to announce his arrival in Shanghai.

2. Possibly undoctored photo of a 100ft-long snake swimming in a river in Borneo. Via.

3. Relatedly, I watched a hilarious episode of Dirty Jobs the other day. One of Mike Rowe's jobs was catching water snakes on the shore of Lake Erie. He got bitten terribly several times. Hilarious and horrifying. You can catch a glimpse of him being bitten at the end of this clip from the episode at Amazon.

4. Loopy Rocket won the Faded Line Clothing Co. giveaway and has been contacted.

*Previously: The NRA's undercover spy.

*Buy concert posters at eBay.

Love desktop wallpaper (link roundup)

Download the love desktop wallpaper here.

1. Fossil of 43-foot snake found in Colombia. It's been dubbed "Titanoboa," and "[i]t challenges everything we know about how big a snake can be." Via.

2. Class action lawyer obtained for his "clients" (the members of the class) a settlement of a $10 gift card each. Usually the lawyer would earn a hefty fee, and the lawyer, Neil B. Fineman, was "entitled" to a $125,000 fee. But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brett Klein ruled that Fineman will be paid in gift cards, instead - - "12,500 ten-dollar Windsor Fashions gift cards." Via.

3. Stephen King says J.K. Rowling's a great writer, but Stephanie Meyer "can't write worth a damn." On that topic, Stephen King's magazine columns for Entertainment Weekly are unreadable. Via.

4. CollectionDX is giving away a cool gorilla soldier.

*Previously: Artist specializes in carving wooly mammoth ivory.

*Buy amber fossils at eBay.

Magic Snake t-shirt

Magic Snake t-shirt by iQuitt on sale at Design By Humans.

*Previously: Make a sweater snake.

*Buy "Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work" at Amazon.