Ever wonder who originally drew this famous guy? Me neither, but it was James Montgomery Flagg, and was first published on July 6, 1916. The whole article is here - at LiveScience - where they spare no rod and spoil no child.

Porn.

I’d been dithering on doing a post on the Tunguska event that happened 100 years ago today (well, July 1 anyway). Everyone else is posting something about it so I will too.

Seems back in 1908 something smacked the shit out of Russia in the Tunguska region. Witnesses say…scientists went there … trees knocked flat - all pointing radially outward from the center … went back again in … great amounts of bullshit of a particularly fragrant species has been written … etc.

The cool thing about Tunguska is that by-god something big for-sure happened and it really didn’t leave much trace of what it was. At least, so far as those poor idiots back in the early 20th century. Our modern, high-tech idiots have made short work of this thing, though. But - I’m not going to spoil the surprise. OK, yes I will. It was probably a meteor 60-90 meters in diameter that blew up on entry into the atmosphere. The bang was what technical folks call … big.

here is some porn, and The Last Of The Few’s Daily Whatever.

This is a crocodile getting ready to chow-down on a cane frog. It will be his last meal - unless he catches a quick bite immediately after frog-dining.

See? I told you so.

The whole story is right here - at New Scientist - where they fire anyone not crispy-fresh as the morning dew.

And in other science news, NASA is going to launch a solar sail thingy! Yeah!

The story is here - at NASA Science News - where employees are required to wring out their brains each evening before retiring. Seems all the previous attempts have pretty much failed - due (do? Duh) to no fault of the sail-thingy. This is the one that counts, folks.

here is some porn. The Last Of The Few has a nice Bedtime Totty posted, too!

Pravda - which should mean “Yeah - sure!” in English - has a collection of aircraft ejections here that is fairly entertaining. Some of ‘em depict the pilot busting through the cockpit canopy. That must smart a bit.

Now there is a question: why does mashing a body part cause it to smart? Seems to me it should cause it to dumb. Or, maybe dumb describes its’ pre-mash condition, and the mashing causes an increase in intelligence. Who can say.

Here is a photo of an icy tree.

There are more of ‘em here.

This is porn. This - on the other hand - is The Last Of The Few’s Daily Chassis, or whatever.

Well, well, well. Seems the owner wants to sell. They just agreed to credit me with the cost of repairing/replacing all the things I complained about. I suspect the offered $ are a little light for the effort required, but I also know I can do half of them myself for little more than the cost of materials.

That was the last deal-killer threatening the sale. I guess I’m gonna buy the place on about July 11th!

I’m gonna be one busy McGoo for the next 2 weeks. I guess I better finish designing a big (25-x50′ or bigger) garage/shop.

I guess I also better finish packing my shit here and getting the moving quote and schedule.

After a total of almost seven years in a city I generally despise, I am finally going to resume my single, solitary, irresponsible, hedonistic, devil-may-care, confirmed-bachelor life.

This is porn. This is the LOTF Daily Dollop, or Chassis, or Nightly Totty.

This is a peristaltic pump. A circular one.

This is a … wait for it … semi-circular peristaltic pump.

This is Rock, Paper, Scissors.

I think I stole the R,P,S thing above from Mitchieville, but I’m not sure.

This is porn. And this is the LOTF Daily Beauty.

What started it all is the fact that a machine - a web ‘bot - has been slamming my blog with hits all day, and yesterday too. Not that I give a flatulent fuck in a fisting festival, but - well - it got me started on a topic.

Now here is a machine:

That is - no shit! - a biological mechanism. It’s the “clutch” that allows a certain bacteria- the Bacillus subtilis, i.e. the “sneaky fucker” bacteria- to run its li’l flagella-motor or idle it. So how ’bout that happy crappy? The whole story is here - at Science Daily - where they pummel their flagella constantly, but to no avail.

But that isn’t my point. my point is that there is a pile of Machine porn right out there under our collective noses, and most poor slobs never even notice it.

Here - check this out:

That - my li’l perverted friends - is an Archimedes Screw! Yes - its old. I couldn’t find a young one. But that’s ok - Archimedes is old, too.

Does it get the ol’ blood flowin’? No? How ’bout an animated version? Here:

Here’s some more machine Porn - a classic!

Yes boys and girls - them there are real toothed spline gears - nekkid! This photo is totally illegal in the Netherlands, and in Michigan. Ooooh!

And just to show that Machine Porn is not a new phenomena resulting from the New Promiscuity - take a glance at this drawing foound in a monks chambers - the perv! :

Even the Ancients got their rocks off on machines! Look at this old piece of art:

All those folks sitting comfortably in the boat are watching that guy to the right get it on with a …. rudder! The poor fellow in the middle was overcome with lust and fell overboard.

And look - more!

You were really a nobody back in ancient Greece unless you had a really big rudder.

The above is a toothed gear pulling a chain, I kid you not. Dry - mind you! Not a drop of WD-40 in sight!

Naturally, people being what they are, some restraint was attempted back in the Victorian age (may it be forever behind us):

These are known as - no shit - Vise Grips! They were contrived to keep a grip on the baser instincts, and boy! do they work! Likewise, this diagram was an instruction manual for Machine-Human copulation:

Check out that flapper-valve up above! Enough to make a grown man blush.

The poor perv above is doing the sin that shall not be named - either that or the sin that was invented to pass time on the flight line - I can’t tell which.

And finally - a happily married mixed couple:

Here is some flesh-flesh porn.

I blatantly stole this from Mitchieville, because it’s funny. And because it was there. And because I could. And … apologies to Weasel.

And I stole this from Something Awful - because I like things having to do with teeth.

Here is some porn, and the LOTF Daily Lovely Whatever.

There’ll be a new post any hour now. Just as soon as I sleep these Bloody Marys off.

Here is some porn, and TLOTF Daily Something Interesting.

Click on the photo for to view the animation, you hoser!

I love being wrong! Seems the white areas and chunks in this photo are ice - because they evaporate! Click on the photo or go to the web site to see it in action. The whole story is here - at the NASA-Phoenix web site - where everything is sublime now!

Boys and girls! Do you know what this means? It means the fucking Mars Phoenix Lander hit paydirt (or water-dirt) on its first scoop! There’s veritable shitloads - shitloads, I say! - of water there!

We should go there tomorrow!!

And in other news:

A nartist from Belgium drew these conceptual floating city images. Pretty neat, but can you say Titanic? The whole story in photos is here - at Pravda - where bullshit is their daily bread!

Here is some porn, and The Last Of The Few’s Daily Thingy.

Update: this TLOTF Daily Lovely is better.