Things I Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reepicheep

Reepicheep is a fictional character from C.S. Lewis’, Chronicles of Narnia series. He appears in Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and also in The Last Battle. He is a large, talking mouse who carries a rapier, and wears a red plume tucked in his golden circlet. He is an experienced warrior, utterly fearless, and faultlessly courteous, particularly to noble ladies. He is also pugnacious and quick to defend any affront to his honor.

Eddie Izzard voiced Reepicheep in the 2008 movie The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Simon Pegg took over the role for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

I woke up with “Reepicheep” stuck in my head a few days ago. I had an inkling I knew where it was from, but needed to be *absolutely sure*…

Clearly, I wasn’t not under the influence of alcohol. But I love Eddie Izzard, so maybe it was subliminal.

Also, peep these open tabs:

The HSC

The Fourteenth Amendment

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller [Ed. Note: I have a Dell Laptop}

Crayola: Products

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk

When the wasp larva hatches, it rips a small hole in the spider’s abdomen, then plunges into the spider’s belly and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep it fresh… Finally, the wasp becomes an adult, and tears open the spider’s belly to get out.

Tarantula wasps are also nectarivorous. The consumption of fermented fruit sometimes intoxicates them to the point that flight becomes difficult.

So the tarantula hawk is a bug that can kill a tarantula AND likes getting hammered? Badass.

That is, in theory. From afar. In practice… WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS IN MY BACKYARD AND NOW I AM TERRIFIED AND AM GOING TO HAVE NIGHT TERRORS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruella_de_Vil

In the original story, Cruella is a pampered London heiress who knows the owner of the Dalmatian puppies through school. She was a notorious student with black and white plaits. She was later expelled for drinking ink.

That hardly seems grounds for expulsion, in my book. If you’re going to get expelled for drinking something, at least make it worth the effort and go with bourbon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_equivalent#Cat_and_dog_years

“One formula for cat years is based on a cat reaching maturity in approximately 1 year, which could be seen as 16 in human terms, then adding about 4 years for every year the cat ages. A 5-year-old cat would then be (5 − 1) × 4 + 16 = 32 “cat years” (i.e. human-equivalent years), and a 10-year-old cat (10 − 1) × 4 + 16 = 52 in human terms.”

Thank god someone worked this out.

(If math makes your brain hurt, try this instead.)

The invention of the cat flap is attributed to Isaac Newton.

Quite a pedigree, that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyena_butter

Thank you, butter Wikipedia article, for leading me to this gem of knowledge. My life is more…complete…now. Yes. Complete.

Don’t get me wrong, though. Hyena butter is no laughing matter.

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Follow the rabbit trail!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP

Who are these bastards, anyway?

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All shenanigans aside, here are ways you can help the Gulf Coast while sitting on your ass in front of your computer with your credit card in your pocket. It’s the least you can do.

Help provide the families in the Gulf with emergency assistance (food, rent, etc.) with United Way: http://www.unitedway.org/gulfrecovery

Help find and save the wildlife covered in oil, and recover the ecosystem that sustains them with The National Wildlife Federation: http://www.nwf.org/

Help the long-term recover of the Gulf’s natural habitats with The Nature Conservancy: http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/gulfofmexico/

We all live on this planet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutton

The cougars of the ovine world. (Also, the eunuchs.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat#United_States

image courtesy of http://letterstonature.wordpress.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_wrestling

image thanks to kuniyoshiproject.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springbok_%28antelope%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadwall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Beauregard_Lee