Wednesday Night ONT - October 7, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and fully stocked. Step up and place your order.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

If you're a troll, go away.

This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

Early morning activity planned here, so won't be around much in the ONT comments tonight. Please don't make a mess of the place. The cleaning charge is horrific. JQ is in charge and will rule with an iron fist.

ONT Department of Science and History

You had me at "Radioactive Dinosaurs."

ONT Food Content

Spaghetti in a bucket from Little Ceasars. Not sure...real or AI?

ONT Department of Feline Food Fashion

ONT Department of Science News

Whisky to be aged in space for first time in university satellite project

Engineers in Scotland and Japan are planning to put Scotch on a rocket in 2028, sending a satellite containing samples of whisky and its base ingredients on a five-year mission to orbit the Earth.

It is hoped the frequent changes between extreme heat and freezing cold experienced by the whisky as it rotates the planet every 90 minutes could speed up the maturation process.

This could potentially open the door to future production of space-aged whisky, which the scientist behind the project expects to have "very bold" flavours as a result of its unusual journey.

Funny. My university experience did not involve launching rockets to age alcohol.

Mandatory Maiden

Iron Maiden released its ninth studio album in 1992 titled "Fear of the Dark." The song "Fear of the Dark" was written by bassist Steve Harris. It was the twelfth and final track on the album. I'm not a musician or a music critic but it is in a different class than the other eleven. I scrolled through the rest of the album thinking that a deep cut might be fun to feature and kept coming back to "Fear of the Dark."

The song has become a staple of Iron Maiden's live shows. It has a mix of tempo, the crowd sings along, and Dickinson adds a theatrical flair. It is metal, but there is nothing else like it. It is unmistakably Maiden. It is over seven minutes of pure energy. It isn't just a song - it is an event.

I had initially planned to include a clip from Metallica shows at the Las Vegas sphere for this part of the content but the clips I saw didn't resonate with me. Impressive visuals and nothing about the music was objectionable, but it felt like Metallica was providing the soundtrack for a movie which was inserted between the crowd and the band.

I have likely included Fear of the Dark before and probably will again. I make no apologies. Anyway, here is Iron Maiden playing Fear of the Dark live in Brazil in 2017 - twenty five years after the song's 1992 release:

Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called Burls Art. The sole and exclusive purpose of the channel is showing crazy ways to build guitars. Yes, it has a little shock value but the workmanship and visibility into the process earns it a place in the content. It is a business rather than a hobby. He also builds commissioned guitars.

The host does not give his real name. The channel has over 784k subscribers. Several videos have attracted millions of views. Posting frequency is about three to five a year. I'm not qualified to opine on the quality of the guitars as musical instruments or art, but I'm mostly fascinated that someone can sustain a single YouTube channel dedicated solely to making guitars.

One man's trash is another man's treasure? Playing metal with metal?

This guitar sold for $4,800.

Pittsburgh Scanner

The Pittsburgh police scanner is an internet treasure. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

Stone cold crazy for the big ONT finish:

Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly sorted and processed. Are you lurking ????

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