– – If ever human beings were in screaming need of plastic surgery, it is the “pudding face” people pictured in Jell-O commercials. The facial images presented are disturbingly creepy, reminding me somewhat of Jack Nicholson’s portrayal of The Joker; the commercials don’t inspire me to go out and buy Jello (“Gee!– -I wanna look like that!”), but rather to collect money to buy the poor afflicted souls with the condition prompt surgical correction (“Give generously, or “Pudding Face” is forever!”). An army of zombies with “Pudding Face” would be too horrible to imagine. It’s one of those things so weird and repugnant that you wish you could look away, but you somehow can’t help but stare at the image, as if it were a decayed mummy…
“Pudding Face” Jello Commercial…
Posted June 23, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: strange, television, weird
Tags: Pudding Face
Green Light for “The Lantern”
Posted June 21, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: movies
Tags: The Green Lantern Movie
– – Movies about comic book heroes tend to be at least somewhat disappointing if not outright disasters, and the reception for “The Green Lantern” has been at best lukewarm. I can’t claim to be wholly objective about the movie, having been a big long-term fan of the comic book and the title character; with this bias remembered and acknowledged, I did find the movie a hoot, and wasn’t disappointed; the pluses at least outweighed the negatives.
Sitting in the darkened theater wearing my geeky 3D glasses and waiting for endless commercials and promos to end, I pondered how much the 3D filming would add to my theater experience; it certainly added $3 to my ticket price. Perhaps in any sequel, the Green Lantern could take on evil surcharges! Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan I feel was a good choice for the Green Lantern; he’s muscular without being bulky, and played the character well with a mixture of cockiness and vulnerability. The CGI Green Lantern suit with its Kato-type mask was impressive if unreal, and Hal Jordan flies in a wonderful floaty style, at times striking poses that are classically Green Lantern. With some but not enough of the action set in deep space, you also get to meet all too briefly a variety of intriguing aliens who constitute the “Green Lantern Corps,” cosmic good guys who serve as protectors of peace and justice; some of Jordan’s training occurs at the hands of a massive and harsh alien drill instructor.
The Green Lantern has a rich and rather complex mythology which I won’t go into here in detail, but suffice it to say that Green Lanterns can manipulate the energy of will into any kind of physical matter and utilize it; Superman can’t even do this stuff! A yellow energy drawing on fear represents their major opposition, with a creature utilizing it called Parallax who reminds me of “the Blob” or perhaps a dirty version of assorted nasty entities from Star Trek. When the best warriors of the Green Lantern Corps go to do battle with Parallax, it’s like the Federation fighting the Borg at Wolf 359 with similar results.
After Hal Jordan fights Hector Hammond, a catspaw of Parallax on earth who undergoes a repulsive metamorphosis, the ultimate showdown occurs in space…and if you see the movie, stay through the closing credits to see Sinestro turn to the Dark Side and hint at room for sequels! While not a perfect movie, with tweaking to emphasize the iconic Green Lantern elements this could be a worthwhile series…
The Keyboard Cat!
Posted June 19, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: animals, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, humor, television
Tags: Bento the cat, Keyboard Cat, Pistachio Cat
– – Cats on keyboards are nothing new with the original video coming from the early 1980’s, but this incarnation of Keyboard Cat, also known as Pistachio Cat, is awfully cute! Wearing an oversized lime green T-shirt and playing a bouncy little number on the keyboard while promoting pistachio consumption, this cat is likely to win your heart.- -So what if the cat appears mad at times and is being controlled by human hands hidden under the baggy shirt?- -It’s no wonder that as it was sung in The Aristocats, “everybody wants to be a cat!”
By the way, the current Keyboard Cat’s name is Bento, and he is the creation of Charlie Schmidt…
Necomimi; Brainwave-Controlled Cat Ears!
Posted June 17, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: Brilliant but twisted, cool things, furry
Tags: barinwave-controlled cat ears, Necomimi, Neurowear
– – Japan has done it again! You may know that there are brainwave-controlled wheelchairs, so why not brainwave-controlled cat ears? The devices by the electronics company Neurowear, dubbed Necomimi, stand up when the wearer concentrates or sees something interesting. When you relax, your decreasing brain activity makes the ears fall down.- –I swear I am not making this up!
I wish that they had made the ears more realistic, and that a fox model was available! I don’t know what would happen if you strapped the ears onto an actual cat. Still, the idea keys into the notion of an augmented human body, and possibly a tail will follow that responds to brain waves; this may be furry of the future…
– -These Rats ROCK!!!
Posted June 15, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, television
Tags: Orkin rat commercial
– – Remember the giant talking ants in earlier Orkin commercials?- -Well, no rat finks these, the latest Orkin commercial features a duo of really rad anthropoid rats playing hot licks on guitars in the living room of a nice suburban home that the family of four in residence comes home to unexpectedly.–Alright, the rats are a bit on the scruffy side and they’ve made a little mess on the floor, but damn, these rodents ROCK!!!- -Think Stephen King meets Jimi Henrix!
The one rat looks positively evil when he chides the family for coming home early, but hey, did you want Justin Bieber?- -These rats have got what it takes, and they know how to use it! They even offer the boy in the family a gig playing drums for them!- –Take it, you fools, don’t you know a gift when you see it?! – –I’ll play drums for them if the kid doesn’t want it, we’d RULE!!! (I can see it now…Foxy and the Vermin, Live In Concert!)
When the rats are driven out by the Orkin man (imagines voice of Stewie from Family Guy, “Damn you, Orkin man!”), they even split in a totally cool rat rod! Don’t drive these rats out, suburban white bread family!- – Sign them to a contract…FAST!!!- –These boys have a future!
Mountain Lions in Connecticut!
Posted June 14, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: animal abuse, animals, anomalies, environmental, furry, unexplained
Tags: mountain lion killed, non-indigenous species
– – Mountain lions are said not to exist in Connecticut. The problem is, however, mountain lions don’t read, and nobody thought to tell them; they just don’t appreciate that the nearest confirmed population of their kind is in Missouri. As if to reinforce to one mountain lion that he was extinct, an SUV plowed into one on the Wilbur Cross Parkway earlier this month.
Now where do non-indigenous species come from? Most likely, a rather lively trade in wild animals that is fueled by the internet. While some states have laws prohibiting private ownership of non-native animals such as big cats, bears, wolves, and chimpanzees other states do not…and this patchwork quilt of different laws from state to state allows the irresponsible to travel to nearby states to make exotic animal purchases. Sadly, illegal trafficking in exotic animals is a global business worth up to $20 billion annually. A lot of the local exotic animal trade is fed by zoo or circus surplus, the descendents of those animals, or from breeders.
The eastern mountain lion slain may have been held in captivity, and either escaped or was released. Irresponsible human behaviors continue to claim animal victims in this manner…
(…tip o’ the pen to carycomic!)
Chimp Attack Victim Gets New Face
Posted June 12, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: animal behavior, medical incredibles, science
Tags: chimp attack victim gets new face
– – We had posted here following the incident of the horrendous chimp attack in 2009 that left Charla Nash blind, disfigured, and handless. In a 20-hour transplant operation last month, a 30-member surgical team performed a full face and double hand transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a medical first in the United States.
While the donor hands failed to thrive due to impaired blood flow from pneumonia and were subsequently removed, the full facial transplant, only the third to be performed in the United States, appears promising. The donated tissue is expected to conform to Nash’s underlying bone structure, allowing her in time to look somewhat like she did before the attack...
The Dogs of War…
Posted June 10, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: animals, cool things, furry, furry stories, historical perspectives
Tags: military canines, the dogs of war
– – I think it was Shakespeare who in one of his history plays (possibly Julius Caesar) had a main character utter a line about “…cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war.“–Well, the dogs of war are with us, they are valuable supports for our troops, and are doing really cool things, all the while looking great while doing it! They do furry proud!
Consider that a canine commando came with the Navy SEALs team that nailed Osama bin Laden, arriving strapped onto one of the assault team members. While the composition of that team is understandably kept secret, most likely the canine involved was a German shepherd or a Belgian Malinois, although Labrador retrievers are also becoming popular.
There are over 2,700 canines in the military dog program who may function as specialized search dogs or combat trackers, moving ahead of the humans to find explosives or people that are hidden. Dogs have seen military service for more than 100 years, seeing combat in the Civil War and World War I. It was only beginning in 1942 that canines were officially inducted into the U.S. army, and today they are a central part of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan…
Furry Friendly: The Stanley Steemer Man
Posted June 8, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: absurdities, Brilliant but twisted, television
Tags: the Stanley Steemer man
– – Alright, he’s not the Green Lantern, but the Stanley Steemer technician is quietly awesome, a man who goes beyond dedication to outright fanaticism. He is absolutely passionate about his job, in one spot throwing himself upon a trashed carpet by the curb and bewailing its fate. “Why, WHY?!,” he moans with anguished soul. “I could have saved this one!- -I could have SAVED this one!,” he sobs as if in a Shakespearean tragedy.
In another spot, the dedicated cleaner asks an associate if he’s ever cleaned up after an alpaca. “It was awesome!,” he enthuses. Evidently the carpet-cleaning needs of a home with multiple preschoolers, free-range chickens, and an alpaca are all in a day’s work for this unsung hero.
More recently, the Stanley Steemer man is regarding a carpet stain, and mentions that no mammal in the household will accept ownership of it. “But now is not the time for blame,” he philosophizes, “now is the time for action!”
He’s probably deranged, but I’m so glad that the Stanley Steemer man is on our side!
It Don’t Smell Like Roses!
Posted June 6, 2011 by vulpesffbCategories: animals, furry, strange happenings, weird
Tags: fox urine attack
– – A Minnesota man recently deployed a fox product against pranksters who had been toilet papering his property; he hit them with fox urine!–Hey, we didn’t ask to be a biological weapon!
After discovering 15 to 20 people on his soybean field armed with, err, toilet paper, the property owner ordered the teenagers to leave, swore at them, and finally unleashed a Supersoaker squirt gun filled with fox urine upon the group!
…now fox urine has a rather distinctive and putrid smell, so much so that it is used to discourage rodents and other pests from trespassing. It may therefore be judged equally unpleasant as an aftershave or body spray for young people. The fox pee gunslinger now faces charges of fifth degree assault and disorderly conduct related to the incident.
Fox urine, by the way, is also a good repellent for rabbits, skunks, squirrels, possums, and woodchucks, and is also available as a less messy shake away powder which works longer, smells stronger, and won’t evaporate, freeze, or soak into the ground the way regular fox urine does…better living through chemistry, right?
FOXSYLVANIA 
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