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August 11, 2005
The Waste Land
(The first four links above are part of something called Neen games - ? More there)
Daughter ... Country ... Star Wars
50 Most Popular Quizzes for the last 24 hours, on “Quizilla” quiz foundry
Stop Alien Abductions. The thought screen helmet stops aliens from abducting humans. It's a tested device that works
August Deveraux III would like to introduce to you the new iPimp TV
April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land
Mandonna, The All Male, All-Live Tribute to the Material Girl
Who was Buckethead? The stage name of a heavy metal guitarist who has played with Guns N' Roses, always performing with a white mask and a KFC bucket on his head
All over the place today: Things in Rubbers
Classes at The Learning Abscess include “An Evening with Mariel Hemingway”
(Ha! Ariana Huffington is reading the Grow-a-brain archives! NOT!)
Remote Gun graphic above from Flambore. A long List of Links That Will Waste Your Time or that are Simply Stupid Here
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August 10, 2005
The Pick of Destiny
"If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D."
Tenacious D’s new movie. Preview at Ain't It Cool News
Hour-long interview on KCRW Tenacious D on “The Open Road”, hosted by Gary Calamar, May 30, 2004
Tim Robbins' The Actors' Gang
More Unusual Tenacious D’s Links Here
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Schrödinger's Cat is Dead
Goodbye to Kitty. A children's story about a dead cat, by Matthew Frederick Davis Hemming
John Cleese's eulogy for Graham Chapman. “Graham Chapman, coauthor of the "Parrot Sketch," is no more. He has ceased to be. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. He's kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky...” (From The Primate Journal)
Postcard from Varanasi.. (From ”Screenhead”)
Is suicide against the law? Do such suicide laws really exist? If so, where and why?
The Immortality Institute. For Infinite Lifespans
Wikipedia’s long list of wars and disasters by death toll. A death toll is the number of dead as a result of war, violence, accident, natural disaster, extreme weather, or disease. Below is a list of death tolls for various infamous incidents
What is death rattles?
Dying, Yamaraja and Yamadutas. Vedic view
The Celebrity Dead Pool. Stiffsville. Death Central. (Thank you, Earl)
Many More Unusual Links About Death and Eternity and about Unusual Coffins & Caskets Here
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“You're gonna need a bigger burrito”
Let's make a sandwich (1950). Sally Gasco (short for "gas company") and her mother make tuna rarebit for their young boy guests. Thanks to their gas stove, this process is quick and easy
Mom's Recipes on flickr
If your spouse-to-be doesn't like burritos, what do you do? The first rule is, don't immediately cancel the wedding. Although that's obviously going to be your first instinct, try to fight it
Eat Art - Patricia Waller's Crochet Work
Making Mozzarella At Home. And, 1 Hour mozzarella kit - $19.95. That's right, you can make mozzarella cheese in only one hour
Make Your Own Hot Sauce. (From Brian Kane)
Many More Unusual Recipes and Meals Here
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August 09, 2005
What you see is not what you get
Juliette Lewis and Harry Dean Stanton in âA Band Apartâ Production
Stella Artoisâs Pilot. From Best ads on TV 2005
Norwegian Airlines, where what you see is what you get
Something Awful improving the advertisements put out by the Ad Council, a non-profit group dedicated to important public service announcements such as "don't put crack cocaine in your body and shoot children" and "don't get beaten by your parents or spouse"
Itâs all about Life. Tell me more about Jesus
Red Lobster is now from Maine. By Seth Godinâs âAll Marketers Are Liarsâ: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World
100,000 Bouncy Balls in San Francisco, shot for some commercial. The video
The Baldy Man (Gregor Fisher) in a Photo booth
BBDO flash portfolio
A Large Collection of Unusual Ads Here
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Death by Chocolate
Chocolate Cheese - Popular in Asia
Authorial Candy Bars, with Their Respective Tag Lines, That Weren't as Successful as the Oh Henry! Candy Bar; The Orwell Bar—"Eat this treat and help blot out the bloody stain of Stalin's Russia."
Thin & delicate Chocolate Roses by Lisa, start at $250 a piece
Elton John & the chocolate factory
Salon du Chocolat: Chocolate shows were always in fashion
Chocolate On The Inside - The Lounge Tribute To Eminem
Al Cabino & the world's first ever sneaker chocolate
Hershey buys Berkeley chocolatier that specializes in premium dark chocolates, Scharffen Berger
Un-related: flying girl
Many More Unusual Chocolates and Unusual Desserts Here
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August 08, 2005
“Who we’all honorin’ here today?”
Fallujah Music Videos: By the time the Iraqi war is over, nothing will be left there but ruins
Singer/soldier Luke Stricklin’s American By God's Amazing Grace. Review by ”Wirecan”
Dear Abu. How to get the attention of al Qaeda's managing editor
A bronzed bust of the Commander in Chief by artist Nano Lopez. Only $1,995
The Power Of Nightmares. This film explores the origins in the 1940s and 50s of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East, and Neo-conservatism in America, parallels between these movements, and their effect on the world today. (From ”Elastico”)
Juan Cole is Fisking the "War on Terror"
“Now comes the difficult job of Teaching them democracy”
‘catastrophic success’; What I Heard about Iraq, by Eliot Weinberger
Top World Oil Producers, Exporters, Consumers, and Importers, 2004. (millions of barrels per day)
The Propaganda Remix Project. If You’re Not a Terrorist... Then Stop Asking Questions!
The complete Doing the Lynndie
Breaking news! Debka Exclusive Report: Osama leaving Afghanistan and Heading for Iraq for Ramadan offensive! You read it here second.
Much More About The Upcoming US War on Iran Here
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August 07, 2005
50,000 shopping malls
The Shopping Game: Freak out the checkout clerk at a store by purchasing a strange combination of four innocuous items.
Example: Live goldfish
a blender
plastic cups
vodka
"Take as much or as little as you need." Buy one grain of sugar and pay with a $100 bill. (Found on a wonderful Metafilter thread that was looking for anecdotes related to grocery clerking and the stereotypes of shoppers they serve)
What's in a cigarette? Composite list of ingredients added to tobacco of Philip Morris cigarettes manufactured for sale in various countries
Buy Authentic Memorabilia from current Hollywood productions
At last! The era of tubed dentifrices is about to meet a new foe! Toothpaste in a jar! Jar of toothpaste holds an incredible 48 ounces of toothpaste, enough for 800 uses! (One of many Cockeyed eBay auctions)
Also, for sale on eBay - Moshe Dayan's eye patch
For the ladies: Armadillo purses
Many More Unusual Things To Buy Here
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“I'm trying to fix your mother's camera. Easy, easy - Hmmm. I think I need a bigger drill”
The galleries of Steve McCurry
50 Grams of Urban Loneliness. (By Dror Poleg)
LJ’s Jumping pictures
Vintage. Photography and art ranging from 1870 – 1970. (From ”Blue Tea”)
Interestingness, a new Flickr Feature
Adam Krawesky’s Hands face. (From The Wandering Jew)
Hi-speed dancing droplets
Many More Unusual Photography Links Here
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Sailing: "The art of getting wet, and slowly getting nowhere, at a great expense"
Picking the right boat name. Any sailor knows the importance of good boat names. Be it popular boat names, funny boat names, or just a really cool boat name for your watercraft
The term "Human Powered Boat" (HPB) can refer to rowboats, paddleboats, pedal boats, canoes, kayaks or even rowing shells. The term or "WaterCycle", however, almost exclusively refers to a pedal powered boat
The Kalakala, the "World's first Streamline Art Deco Ferry"
Bill & Nancy are Living on a converted barge in Roanne, France
Test Your Nautical Flag Knowledge
Repost: The shipbreaking beaches of Chittagong, Bangladesh, by Edward Burtynsky
The Hamilton Waterjet. (From ”Restarea 300”)
News from The US Coast Guard
Many More Unusual Boats & Yachts Here
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Herbies
Images of the subglacial eruption in Vatnajצkull, Iceland, October 1995. (From “The spectacularly obtuse blog”)
The trailer to Deep Blue - Eighty percent of life on earth lives in the ocean
Namibia on flickr
Praying Mantis are famous for there cannibalistic tendencies and there beauty is often overlooked. There are approximately 2,500 species of Praying Mantis, which are distributed between 400 genera. (From ”Tinselman”)
Also, Bug Love; Lust & tenderness between consenting insects. From What's That Bug?
Sunrise Over Kilimanjaro from APOD, 2005 July 11
Photo above from Crazy Russian. Many More Unusual Mysteries of Nature Here
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August 06, 2005
Canned Heat & Other Horrible Drinks
From The U.S. Department of the Interior. Welcome to the Bureau of Land Management's Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website!
Bi-Bottle has a neck and cork on both ends, so it may be opened at either top. Why? This “gives the present a much greater symbolic and communicative value” in that it becomes a memory that the recipient will cherish
Dr Pepper art tattoo and many other Geek tattoos
Re-post: Real American Heroes – A collection of Bud Light Commericals
How to make Mexican Horchata
Bad to the Last Drop. Most people cannot tell the difference between tap water and bottled water. Yet they buy it anyway - and in enormous quantities
Yeah, I made my prom tux out of coke cans... because I'm just that cool…
The Omen of Milk, with a soundtrack resonant of Rosemary's Baby. (From ”Ffkieke”. The source is NS4W)
World’s ghastliest alcoholic beverages. If there is one thing that is an absolute in the world of alcohol, it is this: You can take anything, mix a little sugar and yeast into it, and if it ferments there will be somebody to drink it. Try it yourself. Ferment some horse milk and see if Mongolians don’t show up at your door to drink the foul-smelling fluid, which they call airag. You could even let a fish ferment — the Swedes will eat it and call it surstromming…
(Drink above is apparently called “Smack”). Many More Unusual Drinks and Beverages Here
August 6, 2005 in Beverages | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Application for a monastery
Apply to be a Monk with the White Robed Monks of St. Benedict
Summum is a 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(i) tax exempt organization incorporated in the State of Utah, USA in 1975. One of the by-laws and basic tenets of Summum is the practice of the rites of Modern Mummification and Transference. On May 28, 1986, the IRS ruled that conducting and facilitating Mummification and Transference in accordance with Summum's religious precepts is exempt from federal taxation
Secret Masonic Handshakes, Passwords, Grips And Signs Of Blue Lodge Masonry
How the Bowyer Bible was restored
We have more Gods than you can shake a stick at. Godchecker’s Mythology Encyclopedia currently features almost 2,500 deities
In Scientology doctrine, Xenu is a galactic ruler who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of people to Earth, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs
An open letter to the Kansas School Board: I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Also, Creation Evidence Museum. No, this is NOT a hoax!
Update: Uncyclopedia tackles the subtle theology of The Flying Spaghetti Monster
Receive your daily dose of spiritual inspiration via email
Exactly 60 years ago today, Kengo Futagawa’s weistwatch stopped ticking
Graphic above from WesaTurtle. Many More Unusual links about Unusual Gods Here
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Paper Crafts
And for my next juggling trick...
Mr. Punch. Mechatronic Boxing Automata, 2005 - Disguised as a Punch and Judy Show, this installation for 2 players emerges as a crossover between an early automata from the 30ties and a modern videogame. (From ”Buzz”)
A crop circle containing a 'retro space invader'
On Monday, June 6th, the LVHRD Foundation organized its latest adventure- GMHRD - Underpants Only Video Game Tournament. Members journeyed to Williamsburg, Brooklyn for a night of friendly video competition and strict dress code
OtherLands Toys, innovative and hard-to-get products
Roland Tower's Ultimate Water Gun
Eddie Matejowsky’s Rules of Mancala
Crates and barrels in videogames
Could José Raul Capablanca have beaten Garry Kasparov if they would have played a chess game together? (a Google Answer)
The Maine Lobster Game. For $2.00 a cast you can catch your own lobster dinner. (From ”SlackDaddy”)
Tag the System. East Village miniature subway trains. Click the galleries
If you loved me, you'd buy me a ball sucker (or a Baby Ball Washer)
Games for the Brain. (From ”Blackstump”)
Uncyclopedia defines Snooker
Good Experience Games are online games that offer good game design with an overall attention to quality. Unless otherwise noted, they're all free, online, and available right now
Build your own Paper Model Space Exploration Fleet and EOS Aqua satelite
Re-Post: Yamaha’s amazing paper craft collections
Construct your own Little Japanese Girls
Dirkon – The paper camera
Many more paper craft links on these Metafilter posts. All the Paper Craft links were submitted by Nick of blanketfort. Thank you, man.
Graphic above from Fergus Murray. Many More Unusual Games and Toys Here
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August 05, 2005
Traces of Nuts
Saturday Morning TV Schedules of the 80s
Australian Tim Whyatt’s cartoons. (From ”Giavasan”)
September 2, 2005 - Hopeful parents of the future
The outrageous cartoons of Harper’s Mr. Fish
Make changes to Jay Lincoln's face
Conan O’Brien Vs. Bear. Who will win?
Create your South Park Character
Charlie Brown in Des Moines, IA
Umbert, The unborn, the world's most lovable unborn baby & The wacky adventures of a fetus. Order now for Christmas. Captain Embryo vs. The Abortionist and Other foetus-based comics
Bukowski, the comic strip. Not as safe as reading Bukowski himself!
Many More Unusual Comics and cartoons Here
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