A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 5

By at 12:24 pm Monday, Jul 30

200707301040 Concept cars of the past. (Via Neatorama)


200707301052 Video -- 1961 Rural Civil Defense TV spots use marionettes. (Via Endless Parade of Excellence)


Blog Centerpullball How to wind a center-pull ball of yarn or twine.


Picture 3-52 "Goblin's Ball" -- creepy one-page comic story from 1962 horror comic.


200707301141 Rescued ducklings enjoy life in a teacup.


Picture 4-30 Free ebooks: Three 1940s mystery novels "featuring private eye Doan and his remarkable sidekick, a gigantic fawn-colored Great Dane named Carstairs."

Reader comment:

Eric says: "I don't know if you're aware, but one of the novels you linked to a free ebook of, "The Mouse in the Mountain" by Norbert Davis, also called "Rendezvous with Fear," was one of Ludwig Wittgenstein's favorite novels, so much so that he almost wrote a letter to Davis, and loaned it to his students to read. (Reference: Ray Monk, The Duty of Genius, p. 528-529)"


Picture 5-25Video -- How psychic con artists use cold readings to bilk rubes.


200707301219 MP3s -- Goobers: anthology of 26 kids songs by artists like Foetus and Tiny Tim.

Previously on Boing Boing:
• ASASICOMK, Vol 1
• ASASICOMK, Vol 2
• ASASICOMK, Vol 3
• ASASICOMK, Vol 4

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