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September 30, 2007
"Bad people with evil intent"
The real Rudy
Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 so far
The Lonely Candidate is the only candidate
Bush Loyalty Quiz - 10 Questions to Test Your Allegiance to President Bush. What is your score? You can imagine mine
"You are a burro, Mr Danger" by Hugo Chavez
Much more about the 2008 Election. Also, the 2004 election and other Political Posts Here
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Poogy
Downloadable Live Israeli bootlegs. (From Whistling in the dark)
A Metafilter thread about Ha-Kaveret
Hani Naser Palestinian percussionist
A Huge Depository of Middle Easten Music Links Here
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September 29, 2007
The walrus was Paul
Yoko’s Voice Piece for Soprano (1961 autumn, and other unusual scores)
Possibly, the most misguided tribute to The Beatles anyone has ever attempted Beatles Songs from Joah Valley, Alabama
December 20, 1958 from DM’s early Beatles photos
Other Walrus covers on wikipedia
A Huge Depository of Unusual Beatles Links Here
September 29, 2007 in Music - Beatles | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Lincoln’s beard
It was the fall of 1860. Abraham Lincoln was the Republican nominee for president of the United States. Election Day was less than a month away. Mr. Lincoln, a lifelong beardless man, received a letter written by Grace Bedell, an 11 year old girl from Westfield, New York. Written October 15th, 1860, the letter urged him to grow a beard
The New York Times on April 15, 1865: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin.; The Deed Done at Ford's Theatre Last Night. THE ACT OF A DESPERATE REBEL The President Still Alive at Last Accounts. No Hopes Entertained of His Recovery. Attempted Assassination of Secretary Seward. DETAILS OF THE DREADFUL TRAGEDY. (PDF)
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln by Mathew Brady
"When Abe Lincoln was your age, he was studying books by the light of the fireplace..."
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site was the 1840s home of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln. Lincoln was a lawyer living in Springfield by the time his parents lived here, but he did visit them periodically. (From the extensive Abraham Lincoln Online. Thank you, BW)
(Beard above from Random World Of Norris)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Links About Abraham Lincoln and About Richard Nixon Here
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September 28, 2007
Car-Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies
The best of 132 varieties, according to the NY Magazine. Taste Test: Gum
Selling Ice Cream In ‘Les Sixties. This film was shown in French cinemas
Top 10 Candy Jingles
A Huge Depository of Unusual Sweets and Unusual Chocolates Here
September 28, 2007 in Food - Desserts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Archeology of the present
HA Schult's Trash People at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, made from household waste and glue. Also, Tim Noble and Sue Webster make pictures of themselves using piles of junk and a light
Also, Self Portrait as revealed by trash by eco-artist Tim Gaudreau
Edible art by Katja Gruijters. (From Little Doodles)
The hyperreal paintings of Denis Peterson. (From Spluch)
Denis Darzacq Free Fall
Mixed media nightmares of Mia Makila. (From Oink)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Art and Artists Here
September 28, 2007 in Modern Art | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
September 27, 2007
Countdown to Doom
Countdown timer to science fictional future events by Monochrom
Alan Weisman's new book The World Without Us. What would happen if our species are suddenly disappear. The slideshow 15,000 year tour of Manhattan. (From Phil Gyford)
The 1989 Oxford English Dictionary defines a time capsule as "a container used to store for posterity a selection of objects thought to be representative of life at a particular time." The International Time Capsule Society is an organization established in 1990 to promote the careful study of time capsules. Read about the 9 most wanted time capsules
A Huge Depository of Visions About The Future Here
September 27, 2007 in The Future | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Blinged
History and tradition of African Cornrow Braiding. (From Hanuman)
Why did George Bernard Shaw stop shaving? (For the same reason his father did)
What a difference a trim makes - a series of before-and-after portraits, at a barber shop in Soho. (From Creative Review)
Soviet Uniform Caps Collection. Also, a collection of hats of different Russian nationalities
$114,000 for a pair of diamond-studded lederhosen by Austrian designer Christian Wohlmuther and other Expensive Blinged Collectibles
Hot Pants of the sixties. (From Metafilter)
Seminal Image # 731. Many of the previous 730 Seminal images are just as evocative
A Huge Depository of Unusual Fashion Trends As Well As Growabrain T-shirt Closet Collection Here
September 27, 2007 in Fashion | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
September 26, 2007
Animals in casts
Sturgeon kiss. More Putin kissing. What happens after the kisses
Big Mammals in Canada
Btw, if you try to fail and succeed, what have you done?
(Pix above from Zentastic)
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A Huge Depository of Unusual Animal Stories Here
September 26, 2007 in Animals | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Total odds of dying, any cause: 1 in 1
What are the Chances of dying? (Click to biggify)
From The Extinction Website, Raphus cucullatus (= Dodo bird)
How To Cope With Death by Ignacio Ferraras (YT)
Tucked beside an ancient gate and within a bend in Rome’s third-century Aurelian Walls are two landmarks: one is the pyramid-shaped Roman tomb of a first-century civic magistrate named Gaius Cestius; the other is Rome’s Non-Catholic Cemetery (often called the Protestant Cemetery)… Save the cemetery
Polls on The Immortality Institute website
A Surprisingly Long List of People Who’ve Attempted Suicide
The man I killed did not want to die, but he no longer felt he had much of a choice
A Huge Depository of Unusual Links About Death and Eternity and Unusual Coffins & Caskets Here
September 26, 2007 in Death & Eternity | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
September 25, 2007
Roll Playing Games: Falling Down
Toy karma only $35
Barbie death camp at BM2007. Also, Nazi board games under the hammer
A Huge Depository of Unusual Games and Toys Here
September 25, 2007 in Games | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Antique Toasters
The 7 Wonders of the Food Coloring World
Re-post: Non-Elelctric Toasters and other Antique Toasters for sale
No sticks for corn dogs at the Prison Food Convention
I don’t think I ever posted any recipes here before, but on the other hand I didn’t know that the Mexican-style Spicy Pickled Carrots were so easy to make
Underwater Dining record broken. (From Spluch)
Suicide Food is any depiction of animals that act as though they wish to be consumed
A Huge Depository of Unusual Meals and Foods Here
September 25, 2007 in Food | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
September 24, 2007
Les Vacances de M. Hulot
Bob Trudy’s Brand name Pencils
Once upon a time .. all across America .. locked away in secure buildings, sang the voices of millions upon millions of electromechanical relays..
This strange structure is located inside the woods in Western part of Russia. Local say it was here for years. Wood Ball
A Huge Depository of Unusual Oddities and Crazy linkage Here
September 24, 2007 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Do Not Attempt This at Home
Home of The Vintage & Classic Motorbike Sounds
Do Not Attempt This by stuntman Chris Pfieffer
Motivational posters for motorcycle enthusiasts
Disappointed with the boring styling of conventional cars, Terry Axelson designed a vehicle with more personal appeal. Powered by two legs and a three-speed transmission, the Banana bike can reach speeds up to 30 miles per hour
A Huge Depository of Unusual Harley-Davidson Links Here
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The Danish language
Johan Daniel Herboldt’s library at the University of Copenhagen
Danish stamps during the occupation
The Homeless World Cup is pretty much what it sounds like: homeless people all over the world organize soccer/football teams, then come together for a long championship. (From 2Boings)
(Clip above from rødgrød med fløde)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Links about Denmark And About India Here
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September 23, 2007
Baklava flavored Ouzo
How to raise the national alcoholism rate of various countries
Tea Sketches are “sketches inspired by tea-stains on index cards”. (From Drawn)
How to make Clamato beer. (From Coudal’s extensive Friday Drink Links)
Rustic dimensions
A walk through a damp forest
Underpriced by half
A Haiku about Cartlidge & Brown Pinot Noir 2002 (California). From Red Wine Haiku blog
Latte Art on flickr
A Huge Depository of Unusual Drinks Including Unusual Beer Links Here
September 23, 2007 in Beverages | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
The Sultan of Smooth Soul
Another version of this Barry White tune on YT
Real Time speed portrait of Pavarotti
A Huge Depository of Unusual Musicians and their Music Here
September 23, 2007 in Music_ | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Leave Realtors Alone!
(From Single Point Realty. For the rest of the other parodies scroll down)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Real Estate Stories Here
September 23, 2007 in Real estate | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Now he's six feet, Underground - Won't have Dick to Kick Around
Richard Nixon
Rest in peace
Now he's got no
One to fleece
The Nixon Memorial Burma Shave Showdown
A New hope for America - Richard Nixon 08
Ike and Dick. (From Toby Heavy Industries limited)
Get in step with the guy who's hep
Outtakes from the 1977 David Frost interview (YT. One of The Guardian’s Greatest Interviews of the 20th Century)
Nixon Slept Here (And so did Ford, Wilson, Taft, JFK, LBJ . . .)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Links About Nixon and About Lincoln Here
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September 22, 2007
My private Rock
Into the box, a new video site devoted to the absurdities of the NYC real estate market
The Private islands blog by Cheyenne Morrison. (From a 2Boings story about Roger Lextrait, who lived alone on a small island in the South Pacific atoll of Palmyra for eight years)
Joe Salcedo & Ian Mariano’s Reno Home Blog
The blog of Single Point Realty
Proquest real estate marketing blog
The blog of Philip Blumberg, a Miami entrepreneur, investor and civic leader
Ilyce Glink's Blog on personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer issues
Fixer Uppers and Rental Houses blog discusses aspects of repairing fix-up houses and renting them out for the part time real estate investor
Roselind Hejl’s Austin Real estate blog
Toronto neighborhood blog Move Smartly by John Pasalis
The Future of Real Estate Marketing examines the impact of Web 2.0 and the Internet on real estate and real estate marketing
The great loan blog
Another canonical list of real estate weblogs at Bloodhound
(Pix above from CEO blog)
A Huge Depository of Real Estate Blogs as well as Grow-a-Brain’s Extensive Real Estate Archives Are Here
September 22, 2007 in Real estate Blogs | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBack
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
A young zealous boy wanted desperately to work at a department store
Update: Chillicothe, Missouri is the home of sliced bread!
A Huge Depository of Outstanding Salespeople Here
September 22, 2007 in Salesmanship | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Now Serving
A slideshow of New Yorker covers that celebrate food and dining, from the twenties to today. (From Nag on the Lake)
Now Serving: Menu pages of 6257 NYC restaurants
Possible the first restaurant review to appear in the NY Times
Rice To Riches Racketeering Ring
Plane crashes into restaurant; one dead
The Crooked Pub must be one of the most unusual pubs in the world
Breaking news: Robot Theatre's "Don't Tase Me, Bro”
A Huge Depository of Unusual Bars and Restaurants Here
September 22, 2007 in Food - Restaurants & Bars | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
September 21, 2007
Missile Base on eBay
Missile Base for sale. The Missile Base consists of 57 acres of real estate. The center secured portion of the property is protected by the original barbed-wire-topped chainlink fence. There is a paved road leading into the property with dual entry gates. Location: 1 1/2 hrs from Spokane, 4 hrs. from Seattle, 5 hrs. from Portland. Photos. Previously posted: 20th Century Castles
Also, Converted water tower, and Own a piece of Uranus
Your House - Artist Olafur Eliasson created this piece, a laser-cut negative space rendering of his house in 85:1 scale. (From Eric Gjerde)
How high are the fees when you buy a house? Britain and Denmark are cheap, costing under 5% of the purchase price; Korea, Italy, France, Greece, Spain and Germany are expensive at 12% – 22%
Closing Escrow - The trailer
St. Joseph, the hardest-working saint in real estate
Happy Yom Kippur, y'all…
A Huge Depository of Unusual Real Estate Stories Here
September 21, 2007 in Real estate | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
September 20, 2007
The new Saddam
So you’re about to be invaded by the United States? Here are some tips on what to expect and what you might want to do to prepare for the aftermath of the initial assault. Advice to Iranians
Get Your Quagmire Accomplished Button Right Here
Welcome to the new US embassy - The largest Embassy built – roughly the size of Vatican City – and at $600 million the most expensive
What’s in that Iraq Report Petraeus Delivered
Breaking the Iraq stalemate: “…There is no way for Bush to get out of this self-created box -- except by ratcheting up tensions with Iran and Syria in the hopes of provoking an accidentally-on-purpose regional war that would serve as a do-over for his entire misguided Middle East adventure…”
(Photo above from How George Bush became the new Saddam)
A Huge Depository of Stories about The War for Iran's Oil Here
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87% content-free
50 Rolled up NYTIMES sculpture
Feel Free with The Offcial Meeting Facilities Guide
People In Newspaper Ads Who Look Like They're Farting
Of Vogue’s biggest issue of 840 pages, 727 are ads
Strange Quote Of The Day by Rep. Pat Murphy
Turkey for sale - partially eaten
Repost: Woman Spotted Yesterday Reading Today’s Newspaper
Unrelated: Rave dancing penguin. (Must watch in full-screen mode!)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Newspapers and Magazines Here
September 20, 2007 in Newspaper & Magazines | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
September 19, 2007
Shift Happens
Did you know? Shift Happens slide presentation by Karl Fisch, examining globalization and America’s future in the 21st century
From Mensa Danmark: IQ Test. The test is developed using Macromedia Flash MX. Inspired by Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices.
“There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?”
In case you don't know everything… (Thank you, Marilyn B.)
A directory of 2573 online papers on consciousness and related topics
A Huge Depository of Intelligent Links and Even Brainier Links Here
September 19, 2007 in Brainy | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Just like my school books
Gallery of Book Trade Labels. (From Daily Jive)
Enhanced Russian Biology Textbook
How to cover a textbook. (From Coudal)
Dostoyevsky comics, originally printed in Drawn and Quarterly #3 (2000) - Now I’ve seen it all!
TS Eliot reads The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (MP3)
The power of books
LOLTHULHU Lovecraftian macros
A Huge Depository of Unusual Literary Links Here
September 19, 2007 in Books & Literature | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
King Biscuit Time
King Biscuit Time is the longest running daily radio show in history, and continues to be broadcast daily on Delta Broadcasting's KFFA 1360 AM in Helena, Arkansas. First broadcast on November 21, 1941, King Biscuit Time featured legendary Blues artists Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Jr. Lockwood playing live in the studio. The show was named after the locally distributed King Biscuit Flour
A History of the NBC Chimes. (From Jeff Miller’s link-rich U. S. Broadcasting History)
Radio Nostalgia Network. (From Biggest part of my life)
Many More Unusual Radio Links Here
September 19, 2007 in Radio | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
September 18, 2007
Don’t tase me, bro
One of the most popular threads in MF’s history: “What single book is the best introduction to your field for laypeople?”
Religious admin Jesus Cortex & Jessamona Lisa
How to read Metafilter at work. Similarly, mefi on workfriendly. (Also, Grow-a-brain)
Deceased members and some internet-famous members
What percentage of certain users' posts/comments are favorited. (By desjardins)
Answers from the hive mind by Kevin Kelly
A Huge Depository of The Best of Metafilter Here
September 18, 2007 in Best of Metafilter | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Chocolate Rain
