Odd, but vaguely familiar. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-2937650-3’]); _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; @elcomfortador)http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/55aca2ffca20eabc7e49e5692861d23a/tumblr_mn7nxmxYa41qfgtfho2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Meet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden" target="_blank">Gustav III</a>, King of Sweden and human disco ball. Seeing this painting of him gives me new context for Liberace and Sigfried and Roy.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/51100849967http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/51100849967Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 -0700liberacedandysigfried and roy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a5d074a273a05f2ffc583a8b14653a3/tumblr_mn7nj9Ueor1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I… I can’t stop looking at them. </p> <p>(Via <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328892/The-bride-25-000-guests-Holding-sash-newlywed-19-waits-relative-perform-Mitzvah-dance-marries-Ultra-Orthodox-Jewish-family.html" target="_blank">The Daily Mail</a>.)</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/51080301024http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/51080301024Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35:33 -0700jewishjerusalemorthodoxhasidic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bbf978f97a9f80c7e754f941dd37ce9f/tumblr_mn0ccmt7tv1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Really inappropriate knife rests at Nic Cage’s yard sale. No, really. (at Nicolas Cage/Christina Fulton Estate Sale)</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50747520291http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50747520291Sat, 18 May 2013 11:50:46 -0700nic cage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8d6d0573c7d700b67466bb4dbb715d58/tumblr_mmwl98tRBq1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lines and lines and lines, latergrammed.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50588988925http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50588988925Thu, 16 May 2013 11:12:44 -0700instagramshadowbarnrustic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/48d20efeac0b4fc61b3ec36d582efe19/tumblr_mlkuuxiZ1X1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A 1934 Ivan Bilibin illustration of a rusalka, a Russian water monster. Via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusalka" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50526381082http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50526381082Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:00 -0700rusalkamonsterrussianillustrationivan bilibin<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/3771062" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Maybe not an especially well-known sketch, but I think it’s <a href="http://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2012/02/houston-we-have-dog.html" target="_blank">my favorite ever</a>. Bonus points for Tracy Morgan going full-on crazy and Kristen Wiig playing the straight man.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50518941744http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50518941744Wed, 15 May 2013 13:54:34 -0700snlsaturday night livekristen wiigtracey morgandogs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/838656107fc7ad04bff820ab85056087/tumblr_mht685oCKr1r4zkino1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thesixthduke.tumblr.com/post/48850763685/a-wee-bit-wooly" target="_blank">thesixthduke</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A wee bit wooly.</p> </blockquote>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50505004943http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50505004943Wed, 15 May 2013 10:11:53 -0700dogs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bada8a6957b96caaf33e943ddc9f8e84/tumblr_mlhs3zhn8g1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I scanned this years ago <a href="http://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2007/10/cherry-gardens-feel-like-ice.html" target="_blank">for my blog</a>. I’m pretty sure it came from Adbusters. I mean, doesn’t it look like something you’d see in Adbusters?</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50449791788http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50449791788Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:13 -0700gas maskadbustersmouseart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7822e4dfdd560d887b7b036eaee4ecc4/tumblr_mmrk53sfoo1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Can anyone ID these trees that are blooming in Griffith Park? (at Griffith Observatory)</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50384092119http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50384092119Mon, 13 May 2013 18:00:00 -0700griffith parktreesplant identificationlos felizplants<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b76a628cf942069aa56113452e5e9649/tumblr_mljmntYwT91qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is not a hedgehog. This is one of those spiky seed pod things that falls out of trees. But you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a hedgehog. Obviously.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50372489643http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50372489643Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:13 -0700hedgehogplants<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/07399c7453339a8fc2d51e254bb9dc0e/tumblr_mmr5bxYNJG1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wait, so all you people up in arms about <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/05/why-is-i-brave-i-s-princess-merida-suddenly-sexy/275801/" target="_blank">how Disney made Merida too sexy and “princessy”</a> know that this is what Pocahontas looked like, right? And that she was real? And that she died of disease at age 22? And that she wasn’t friends with Snow White, right?</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50359678256http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50359678256Mon, 13 May 2013 12:40:47 -0700bravemeridadisneypocahontasdisney princess<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd9bb847282d2455e80e0c11e3bf3f3f/tumblr_mmqvfy8g971qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fred Astaire photographed alongside his sister, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Astaire" target="_blank">Adele</a>, who was his performing partner before she retired to marry the Duke of Devonshire.</p> <p>… But doesn’t she look a lot like Tina Fey?</p> <p>Photo <a href="http://doctormacro.com/" target="_blank">via</a>, <a href="http://waltdisneywithblood.tumblr.com/post/46629440664/fred-astaire-and-his-sister-adele-via" target="_blank">via</a>.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50347346605http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50347346605Mon, 13 May 2013 09:07:00 -0700fred astaireadele astairetina feydoppelgangerdoppelgangers<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FUSvfgAPCRs?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>Here’s the end-credits song from tonight’s Mad Men. It was in a commercial back in the late 90s featuring Jane Leeves. So that’s what it made me think of.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50324855885http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50324855885Sun, 12 May 2013 22:40:05 -0700musicmad menjane leeves1960sfriends and lover<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1692ecb1c1d02076a1fbf35fb037377/tumblr_mmpxapgqmg1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of the coolest, subtlest callbacks in the entire series run of The Simpsons: Jenda, Bart’s future ex-girlfriend and future ex-wife, <a href="http://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2013/05/simpsons-laura-jenda-bart-same-jacket.html" target="_blank">wears a very similar jacket</a> to the one worn by Laura Powers, his first crush and the first girl to break his heart.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50318380979http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50318380979Sun, 12 May 2013 20:49:00 -0700the simpsonssimpsonsamy poehlersara gilberttv<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/77cb815a8b37de9a75362fb4a1b32f06/tumblr_mmpvrjQpuG1qfgtfho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The horrendous awkwardness of teenaged Lisa Simpson.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50316013026http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50316013026Sun, 12 May 2013 20:16:00 -0700the simpsonslisa simpsontvawkwardsimpsons<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/10d6c4f9f40531ce7239ca3f72c75211/tumblr_mlhtx9Mwyg1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guys, this is the dream I keep having.</p> <p>(<a href="http://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2008/11/make-sheep-work-for-you.html" target="_blank">Via</a>.)</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50294272606http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50294272606Sun, 12 May 2013 15:30:00 -0700sheep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/73aefddccbe743fc886affcb30c76381/tumblr_mllgyoNxWm1qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is simply the best thing.</p> <p><a href="http://vivaitalodisco.blogspot.com/2013/02/tina-bright-light.html" target="_blank">Via</a>.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50200798549http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50200798549Sat, 11 May 2013 15:30:29 -0700italo discoeuro discoalbum coversmusic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fbd2dc2b56c09d1be5546947c24dcccc/tumblr_mmngp6TrrG1qfgtfho1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I think I’m calling it <a href="http://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2013/05/if-world-had-ended-in-1992.html" target="_blank">“If the World Had Ended in 1992.”</a></p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50189806998http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50189806998Sat, 11 May 2013 12:55:00 -0700mega manvideo gamesgamingpixel artapocalypse<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e75286dc45b46a130e7e20d71809680e/tumblr_mmlvdnaV171qfgtfho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e1c787b69daf2c431789d8802da62a38/tumblr_mmlvdnaV171qfgtfho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>So <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q4N8b_4J9JE#!" target="_blank">this</a> is just the best thing.</p>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50121289534http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50121289534Fri, 10 May 2013 16:17:51 -0700ucbupright citizens brigadecomedyjoe saunders<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c055882362d2631addca024799fb916/tumblr_mlsioueZEo1s9677oo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pixelclash.net/post/48826331042/devils-crush-devil-crash-naxat-soft-pc" target="_blank">pixelclash</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Devil’s Crush (</strong>Devil Crash<strong>)</strong> - NAXAT Soft - PC Engine / TurboGrafx 16 - 1990</p> </blockquote>http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50117975431http://elcomfortador.tumblr.com/post/50117975431Fri, 10 May 2013 15:30:15 -0700pixel artgamingvideo games