November 06, 2009
November 6, 2009 in Fireworks | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Party Monsters
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Thank you for calling ScreamCo
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Youtube Hits by Judit & Judit
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50 silly signs
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A Russian guy building a Wall-E Case Mod
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Steve
Ballmer mash-up:
Developers, developers, developers, developers….
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Animated stereoviews of old JapanNovember 6, 2009 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Geostationary
Banana Over Texas
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November 6, 2009 in Modern Art | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
November 6, 2009 in Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
It must be nice
to be the president. In addition to having helicopters, jumbo jets, and
motorcades, you get to rifle through the cellars of the National Gallery and
the Hirschhorn for artistic masterpieces to adorn your home for the next four
to eight years.
As with all of
our recent presidents, the artistic choices made by Barack Obama and his wife say
a lot about the first couple and what they want to say about themselves (Slide show)
November 6, 2009 in Americana - Barack Obama | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
In the late
'60's I worked for Bell Labs for a few years managing a data center and
developing an ultra high speed information retrieval system. It was the days of
beehive hair on the women and big mainframe computers. One day I took a camera
to work and shot the pictures below. I had a great staff, mostly women except
for the programmers who were all men. For some reason only one of them was
around for the pictures that day
November 6, 2009 in Internet | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Lennart Green does close-up card magic
Lennart Green is a world champion Swedish magician. Here he is at a TED conference
November 6, 2009 in Magic | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
October 25, 2009
The photograph,
names “Bliss”, was later used as the default desktop image for the XP Windows
‘Luna’ theme, and became fairly popular.
October 25, 2009 in Internet | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Walking on
Infinite Grass - 2006 grass walking piece. Filmed at CSAW Gallery. Metal with
Plastic reinforced sodgrass belt
Also there:
Pedal Shoes -
Today’s
wikipedia’s link: Cross section of oranges (Click to biggify)
Classic Album
Covers - New Stamps from Royal Mail
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“Where’s
Kojak?” - Passing stones
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Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitaetenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft
(English: Association for subordinate officials of the head office management
of the Danube steamboat electrical services) is an example of the virtually
unlimited compounding of nouns that is possible in many Germanic languages;
with 79 letters, according to the 1996 Guinness Book of World Records, it is
the longest word published in the German language
The Story of
the Story of ________: Fertilizer, Sponges and Etc.
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Unsweetened
Original Hemp Bliss - Certified Organic Hempmilk
October 25, 2009 in Fashion | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Ulica Kubusia Puchatka, a street in
central
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Showoff, you're
only doing that because it's really, really impressive
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“Girls are like
square roots. If they're under 18 you just gotta do them in your head”
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Russian bloggers tried to imagine how some famous celebrities could look without the face hair
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(I’ve never seen any episode of this show, but here’s) Every
Kramer Entrance From Seinfeld
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October 25, 2009 in Books & Literature | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
October 19, 2009
Hava Negeilah Blues, Dylan’s Bootleg Series Vol. 1 - 09
October 19, 2009 in Music - Bob Dylan | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
October 13, 2009
Top
rated emails from an asshole (with many more in the archives)
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This pie fight was held the day before my sister's wedding to celebrate the occasion. In all, 78 pies (54 Lemon Meringue and 24 Boston Cream Pies) were disposed of in approximately 78 seconds
Laurel and Hardy's famous pie fight scene from ‘Battle of the Century’ (1927)
The Other Great Pie Fights in Movies
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Salvador Dali walking his anteater
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Dick Cavett interviews Ingmar Bergman, August 2, 1971
Also, Dick Cavett’s “Woodstock Show", August 18, 1969
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Secretary fired over meatball snack after 34 years on the job
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"Cliff" Young was an Australian potato farmer, best noted for his unexpected Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon (875 kilometers, 544 miles) win at 61 years of age
(From Futility Closet)
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The 17 ingredients that make up Red Bull
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October 13, 2009 in Odd & Crazy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
September 30, 2009
Waiting for Adora
Soon I'm going to start posting more at the new tumblr...
September 30, 2009 in Personal | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack (0)
Everything You Need To Know About Human /
Cat Relationships
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Waiting for Godot -
Act One
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Wikipedia find of the day:
Deleted articles with freaky titles
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From “Ask a Korean”:
Is Fan
Death real?
September 30, 2009 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Calling Mike Rotch
In the mid-1970s, two young men, John Elmo and Jim Davidson (later known collectively as The Bum Bar Bastards, or BBB), began calling a bar named the Tube Bar which was located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Tube Bar was owned by Louis "Red" Deutsch, and most of the time, Deutsch was the person who answered the calls. During each call, the callers would ask Deutsch to call out fictitious names, which, when said aloud, sounded like something else entirely (for example, "Al Coholic" = alcoholic, or "Cole Kutz" = cold cuts). Most of the time, Deutsch would call out the names, unaware that he was being subjected to a prank. Sometimes, however, Deutsch would catch on to the prank, and when he did, he responded with extreme hostility, shouting at the caller with profanity, obscene sexual references, usually involving the caller's mother, and threats of physical harm.
In an act of apparent desperation, Red also claimed that he would reward the caller with $100 if they would "come on down" to the bar and show his face, or meet Red at a place of their choosing. Red eventually raised the reward to $500, in hopes of enticing the young men, however it is widely believed that the callers never collected their reward because of fears of having their "prick cut off", or their "belly cut open"….
September 30, 2009 in Pranks | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
September 20, 2009
What the MC stands for
In 1969 Mick Jagger, who was a huge fan of M.C. Escher, wrote him a lengthy letter complimenting him on his excellent talent. He went on and on about how much he admired his work and how honored he would be if Escher would design the sleeve of the next Stones album. He went as far as to suggest a horizontal drawing so that they could have it as a long sleeve.
Escher’s reply was remarkably shorter than Mick’s letter. He sent a letter to Peter Swales at the Rolling Stones’ office saying:
Please tell mr. Jagger I am not Maurits to him, but very sincerely,
M.C. Escher (More inside the comments)
September 20, 2009 in Celebrities | Permalink | Comments (17) | TrackBack (0)
September 17, 2009
Charlie Rose' by Samuel Beckett
Something has happened to PBS favorite
"Charlie Rose." The erudite conversations and sober intellectualism
have been replaced by an absurd world where illogic, inane dialogues, and open
hostility rule. The one-on-one interview between Charlie and his guest begins
as usual but quickly goes awry, so much so that Charlie is warned that,
somewhere, a man named "Steve" is "not happy." But who is
"Steve" and why is he angry? And why does the mere mention of his
name stop Charlie cold?
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September 17, 2009 in Radio | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
September 13, 2009
Letters to the White House
In 1961, New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons contacted John F. Kennedy after seeing Presidential autographs for sale in a store. At the time, George Washington’s was priced at $175, Ulysses S. Grant's at $55, Franklin D. Roosevelt's at $75, Teddy Roosevelt’s at $67.50, and JFK’s at $75. <In the comment> is the response mailed to Lyons
September 13, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
September 02, 2009
wikipedia's Find of the Day
Babe Ruth's called shot was the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, but the exact nature of his gesture is ambiguous. Although neither fully confirmed nor refuted, the story goes that Ruth pointed to the center field bleachers during the at-bat. It was supposedly a declaration that he would hit a home run to this part of the park. On the next pitch, Ruth hit a home run to center field...
(All the links are in the comments)
September 2, 2009 in Extreme Sports | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBack (0)
August 22, 2009
I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children.
(All the links are in the comments)
August 22, 2009 in Odd & Crazy | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack (0)
July 30, 2009
We’ve been watching many movies in recent months. Inside is a partial list
July 30, 2009 in Cinema | Permalink | Comments (20) | TrackBack (0)
July 18, 2009
Do you know any Single-word oxymora?
Beside QUIET!!...
(Add your suggestions in the comments)
July 18, 2009 in Languages | Permalink | Comments (20) | TrackBack (0)
July 10, 2009
Your patent application has been rejected for the following reason(s)
- Making a snail smoke weed is not an invention
(See comments)
July 10, 2009 in Drugs - "Save the Roaches, Arnie" | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack (0)
June 28, 2009
I Thought It was Monday...
We were resting on the couch in the late morning today, watching The Invincibles, and eating salad & watermelons, when suddenly the door from the back yard was yanked open, and two armed policemen barged in with their guns drawn. We jumped up, Stella covered herself up, and I asked them, what are you doing here. They said that they responded to a 911 call that claimed there were 2 transients and a dog squatting illegally in our house. I told them ‘You’re trespassing’, they demanded to see my ID, we had some back-and-forth, after which they left apologizing for their mistake. Wow!
For some reason, I thought that today was
Monday, so after a few hours, I drove to
the local police station to find out who called with this report. The station looked
like the one in ‘Assault On Precinct 13’, it was empty and
nobody came from behind the bullet-resistant glass, when I rang the bell. It
took me a few hours to realize that today is Sunday... (More inside the comments)
June 28, 2009 in Personal | Permalink | Comments (28) | TrackBack (0)
June 23, 2009
It’s a girl!
We found out last week that the baby is going to be a girl.
June 23, 2009 in Personal | Permalink | Comments (81) | TrackBack (0)
June 16, 2009
Someone must have been
telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one
morning, he was arrested. Every day at
eight in the morning he was brought his breakfast by Mrs. Grubach's cook - Mrs. Grubach was his
landlady - but today she didn't come.
That had never happened before.
K. waited a little while, looked from his pillow at the old woman who
lived opposite and who was watching him with an inquisitiveness quite unusual
for her, and finally, both hungry and disconcerted, rang the bell. There was immediately a knock at the door and
a man entered. He had never seen the man
in this house before. He was slim but firmly
built, his clothes were black and close-fitting, with many folds and pockets,
buckles and buttons and a belt, all of which gave the impression of being very
practical but without making it very clear what they were actually for. "Who are you?" asked K., sitting
half upright in his bed. The man,
however, ignored the question as if his arrival simply had to be accepted, and
merely replied, "You rang?"
"Anna should have brought me my breakfast," said K. He tried to work out who the man actually
was, first in silence, just through observation and by thinking about it, but
the man didn't stay still to be looked at for very long. Instead he went over to the door, opened it
slightly, and said to someone who was clearly standing immediately behind it.......
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June 16, 2009 in Crime & Punishment | Permalink | Comments (24) | TrackBack (0)
June 11, 2009
Why is it that the people
most likely to say the Holocaust didn't happen -
- are the people who wish it had?
(From Metafilter. More inside the comments)
June 11, 2009 in Best of Metafilter | Permalink | Comments (25) | TrackBack (0)
June 07, 2009
Your Winning Numbers
4, 12, 23, 25, 33 and 40
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June 7, 2009 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (12) | TrackBack (0)
June 02, 2009
Jazz Prodigy Ariel Lanyi
Ariel Lanyi is a young pianist, composer & a jazz musician. Lanyi started playing when he was two years old and gave his first concerts when he was five.
(A whole lot in the comments)
June 2, 2009 in Kids | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBack (0)
May 30, 2009
Swan Lake, visualized
By Glenn Marshall (Watch all in full screen)
(Links in the comments)
May 30, 2009 in Digital Art | Permalink | Comments (25) | TrackBack (0)
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