The world is just… awesome!

In the spirit of my travels these coming weeks (Beijing to Inner Mongolia, San Francisco, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico), I’m reminded of this Discovery Channel promo. The lyrics are below, just in case you’d like to sing along. Happy holidays!

Astronaut 1: It never gets old, huh?
Astronaut 2: Nope.
Astronaut 1: It kinda makes you wanna…
Astronaut 2: Break into song?
Astronaut 1: Yep.

I love the mountains.
I love the clear blue skies.
I love big bridges.
I love when great whites fly.
I love the whole world,
And all its sights and sounds.

Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da!

I love the ocean .
I love real dirty things.
I love to go fast.
I love Egyptian kings.
I love the whole world
And all its craziness

Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da!

I love tornadoes.
I love arachnids.
I love hot magma.
I love the giant squids.
I love the whole world.
It’s such a brilliant place.

Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da,
Boom-de-ah-da…

I’ll take salsa from New York City, but not the chickens

When someone is certain of an outcome that is yet to be determined, one says “don’t count your chicks before they hatch”.

When someone is frantic, one is said to be “running around like a chicken with its head cut off”.

But… What exactly does the idiom, “keep fucking that chicken”, mean? Ernie Anastos could probably explain.

News Flash… Err, News Flashed!

Ok. So it’s not exactly news, but they certainly were accidentally flashed on Les bétises de Monsieur Pierre. Je suis d’accord – merci, madamoiselle.

(via @StrangeGuys)

Oh, you Luciferian fool, you

One of the geoblogs, Clastic Detritus, got an interesting comment from a rabid lunatic concerned reader. I would post a snippet of the response, but it would take away from the classy ensemble. Read it here.