My Moment of Internet Fame, Dapper Octopus Edition (UPDATED x2)

Posted on December 29, 2012 by wellsdc

I’m just going to take a moment to toot my own horn and salute a pseudonymous Photoshop wizard. This is the story of how a funny picture I found, along with the caption I gave it, spent a few moments near the top of Reddit. (The story consists almost entirely of pictures, so chill.)

The picture apparently first popped up on Pinterest, and then made its way to Reddit, where someone, possibly a user named Zelvetical, gave the little guy a top hat:

I found it on a site called Dark Roasted Blend, and proceeded to share it on Facebook, then on Tumblr, where I added this caption:

All of human history has led us to the moment that we developed the technology to digitally add a top hat to a photo of an adorable miniature octopus.

As of the morning of Saturday, December 29, 2012, the Tumblr post has over 46,000 notes, which is a record for anything I’ve ever posted. Then I got this: Continue reading →

Merry Winter-Holiday-of-Your-Choice

Posted on December 25, 2012 by wellsdc

Grumpy Cat (perhaps the greatest meme in the brief history of memes) offers some holiday sentiments.

(h/t ABL)

Monday Morning Cute: Bonobo Sanctuary

Posted on December 17, 2012 by wellsdc

This is perhaps better classified as “touching” or “heartwarming” rather than “cute,” but close enough. Lola ya Bonobo, “the world’s only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos” is located near Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This picture is described as “mwanda and lomela at Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary.” The caption on the sanctuary’s Wikipedia page says: “A new orphan called Lomela at Lola ya Bonobo is comforted by another bonobo.”

Photo credit: “Lr new best bonobo pics20” by Vanessawoods (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.