____________________________________ Welcome to RATS OFF! The best of the Internet, so you don’t have to. ____________________________________ Messages/Tips: ratsoffmail[AT]gmail[DOT]com ____________________________________ var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-31770531-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @ratsoff)http://ratsoff.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fbzmxbcj1qb9bjho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em>Nyan Cat wins meme of the year! Special rainbow Webby made for the occasion! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</em></p> </blockquote> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!<br/></span></p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">(via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://buzzfeed.tumblr.com/post/23546489778/prguitarman-nyan-cat-wins-meme-of-the-year" target="_blank">buzzfeed</a><span class="tumblr_blog">.)</span></p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23546607328http://ratsoff.com/post/23546607328Tue, 22 May 2012 08:34:16 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39giri5L51rsl0wuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ratsoff.com/post/23533572116http://ratsoff.com/post/23533572116Mon, 21 May 2012 23:56:24 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4dz0ra9yr1qe81s9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoJo81lujk" target="_blank">Pooping Back And Forth Forever</a>: The Tattoo</strong></p> <p>Sure, why not?</p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">(</span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://strangeasanjles.tumblr.com/post/23491037314/pooping-back-and-forth-forever-my-very-first" target="_blank">strangeasanjles</a> <span class="tumblr_blog">via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://youdontdream.tumblr.com/post/23500375958/strangeasanjles-pooping-back-and-forth" target="_blank">youdontdream</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23533398176http://ratsoff.com/post/23533398176Mon, 21 May 2012 23:49:46 -0700“<p>Carol Brown” is an homage to the Paul Simon song “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”… In “50 Ways” the singer suggests a number of ways that a man can escape an unwanted relationship, including “hop on a bus”. In “Carol Brown”, Jemaine sings “there must be 50 ways that lovers have left me” and it instead describes all the ways that women have left Jemaine, including “Carol Brown” who “took a bus out of town.</p> <p>Jemaine is accompanied by a chorus of women playing his ex-girlfriends. They sing about his many deficiencies as a boyfriend.</p> <p>…</p> <p>Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy is a member of the chorus of ex-girlfriends.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnatural_Love" target="_blank">“<strong>Carol Brown</strong>” - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p> <p>I’ve never stopped thinking <a href="http://ratsoff.com/post/23478010293/flight-of-the-conchords-carol-brown-dance" target="_blank">this song</a> is brilliant.</p></em>http://ratsoff.com/post/23533259395http://ratsoff.com/post/23533259395Mon, 21 May 2012 23:44:33 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cnl73R0e1qz7fz0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://stryker.tumblr.com/post/23455001711/u-getty" target="_blank">stryker</a>.</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23533078735http://ratsoff.com/post/23533078735Mon, 21 May 2012 23:37:57 -0700“Don is back! Right? Don is back! He took his jacket off, so that means he’s back! (Joan is also back, I think. She threw a model airplane at a secretary, so she’s back.)”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://videogum.com/527032/mad-men-oh-right-advertising/tv/" target="_blank"><em>Mad Men</em>: Oh Right, Advertising | Videogum</a></p> <p>Gabe’s writing remains the best.</p></em>http://ratsoff.com/post/23503621080http://ratsoff.com/post/23503621080Mon, 21 May 2012 15:29:42 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4e8v4nuXb1qaaafzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“requiems”</p> <p>Also: “dolans”</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23503305042http://ratsoff.com/post/23503305042Mon, 21 May 2012 15:25:17 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jtebcRvKJsY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong><span class="tumblr_blog">Cheerleader Kicks Self</span></strong></p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">Spirit animal of the day.<br/></span></p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">(via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sayomg.tumblr.com/post/23453578504/cheerleader-kicks-self" target="_blank">sayomg</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23478457441http://ratsoff.com/post/23478457441Mon, 21 May 2012 06:33:27 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m49zhvtQLE1qkn9fwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://ratsoff.com/post/23478262814http://ratsoff.com/post/23478262814Mon, 21 May 2012 06:26:24 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23478010293/tumblr_lzbgqg1o7C1qzgu32&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Flight of the Conchords - “<strong>Carol Brown</strong>”</p> <p>Dance break. </p> <p>(via <a href="http://brogue.tumblr.com/post/23077739963/carol-brown-flight-of-the-conchords" target="_blank">brogue</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23478010293http://ratsoff.com/post/23478010293Mon, 21 May 2012 06:17:07 -0700<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m489a04UNN1r79k32.gif"/></p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">(via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whatshouldwecallme.tumblr.com/post/23295714365/when-someone-i-barely-know-starts-telling-me-their-life" target="_blank">whatshouldwecallme</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23477881950http://ratsoff.com/post/23477881950Mon, 21 May 2012 06:12:20 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cnd00qUr1qch1u7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Picture of the eclipse on May 20, 2012 over China</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://ilanaglazer.tumblr.com/post/23456827046" target="_blank">ilanaglazer</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23464716531http://ratsoff.com/post/23464716531Sun, 20 May 2012 21:33:10 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_O1hM-k3aUY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em>My reaction when Tumblr Queue doesn’t work</em></p> </blockquote> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">Well stated.<br/></span></p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">(via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.epicponyz.com/post/23460761870/my-reaction-when-tumblr-queue-doesnt-work" target="_blank">epicponyz</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23464404126http://ratsoff.com/post/23464404126Sun, 20 May 2012 21:26:39 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4b1o7JWfw1r46fnpo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>L.J. Smith, <em>The Awakening</em></p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://starfishpaws.tumblr.com/post/23460960723" target="_blank">starfishpaws</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23464210937http://ratsoff.com/post/23464210937Sun, 20 May 2012 21:22:41 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m352b4Xv0A1qguyo7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s Sundog!</p> <p>(<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://guardian.tumblr.com/post/21913850941/happy-friday-from-our-52weeks-flickr-group-by" target="_blank">guardian</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23407433523http://ratsoff.com/post/23407433523Sun, 20 May 2012 04:15:18 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ymh8TWEh1qzm6buo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://ache.tumblr.com/post/23102234842" target="_blank">ache</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23392657485http://ratsoff.com/post/23392657485Sat, 19 May 2012 20:41:39 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4as1e8tzD1qz6z0no1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span class="tumblr_blog"><em>Relationship Status Update</em>: <strong><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/facebook-founder-and-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-marries-longtime-girlfriend/2012/05/19/gIQAvSGtbU_story.html" target="_blank">Mark Zuckerberg Marries Priscilla Chan</a></strong></span></p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">Mazel tov!<br/></span></p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">(</span><span class="tumblr_blog">h/t: </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/23384938211/relationship-status" target="_blank">soupsoup</a> / <a href="http://tallwhitney.tumblr.com/post/23386119564/soupsoup-relationship-status-update" target="_blank">tallwhitney</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23386436263http://ratsoff.com/post/23386436263Sat, 19 May 2012 18:54:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4apfzlIaA1qad6aso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em><strong>Two Idlers (1888-1889)</strong></em> by <strong>Robert Frederick Blum</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://megret.tumblr.com/post/23384434280/stellar-raven-two-idlers-1888-1889-by-robert" target="_blank">megret</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23384826233http://ratsoff.com/post/23384826233Sat, 19 May 2012 18:25:15 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hFjwbKMlmF4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Will Smith Sings <em>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</em> Song on BBC Talk Show</strong></p> <p>This entire segment is wonderful.</p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">(via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/23375018305/will-smith-sings-the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-song" target="_blank">laughingsquid</a>.)</p>http://ratsoff.com/post/23382524982http://ratsoff.com/post/23382524982Sat, 19 May 2012 17:42:00 -0700“In our sun-down perambulations, of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing “base”, a certain game of ball…. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms…. The game of ball is glorious.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Walt Whitman</p> <p>From the July 23, 1846 edition of the <em><a href="http://www.brooklyneagle.com/" target="_blank">Brooklyn Daily Eagle</a></em></p> <p>(via <a href="http://thecountryfucker.tumblr.com/post/23303045953/in-our-sun-down-perambulations-of-late-through" target="_blank">thecountryfucker</a>.)</p></em>http://ratsoff.com/post/23379738609http://ratsoff.com/post/23379738609Sat, 19 May 2012 16:49:22 -0700