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March 25, 2006
Spreading the truth
“The louder he spoke of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons”. Bush (The most edited page on Wikipedia) wants to use blogs to spread the truth. So, here we go:
The 12 warning signs of fascism
Penn & teller explains The Patriot Act of 2001
Who's Counting Bush's Mistakes and screw-ups? If you were to believe the Pinko-Commie Harry Reid, This man will go down as the worst president this country has ever had
Separated At Birth. (From Andrew Sullivan). Other GOP Senators - Getting ready for a dirty election cycle
Can you spot the Subliminal message?
Hell in a Handbasket, Tom Tomorrow’s new book
35 years ago, a group of anonymous activists broke into the small, two-man office of the FBI in Media, Pa., and stole more than 1,000 FBI documents that revealed years of systematic wiretapping, infiltration and media manipulation designed to suppress dissent. A break-in to end all break-ins
The Ultimate Guide for Sheriffs (?)
My Bible says that marriage shall occur only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?
Much More About Corruption in Government Here
March 25, 2006 in Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Uncle Meat
"It's not getting any smarter out there. You have to come to terms with stupidity, and make it work for you."
Old clips! Conehead (1978) and Alien Orifice. Found on Zappa Internet Jam Sessions
Also, Sleep Dirt
Theodore Bikel, The Mothers of Invention, Ringo Starr in The "200 Motels" Trailer on “Bedazzled”
The origin of “The crux of the biscuit” is the apostrophe”
Things Wayne Newton never told you
(At least I’m consistent, relied upon to produce rich, entertaining posts every day for the last 3 years…)
Pix above by artist MaryAnne Dieno. Many More Odd Zappa Moments Here and Unusual Dylan Links Here
March 25, 2006 in Music - Frank Zappa | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
Lake Tarawera
Steven Pinker is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and one of the charter members of Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He is also a wonderful travel photographer. Above is his photo of Lake Tarawera (and Lake Wanaka)
See a new post on Koru Koru, my Moving to New Zealand blog
March 25, 2006 in Music from New Zealand | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Mistakes Made By Real Estate Bloggers
A good article by Dustin Luther of “Rain City Guide”, 8 common Mistakes Made By Real Estate Bloggers
Urban Digs, an inside take on the NYC Real Estate market from a few agents at Citi-Habitats. Also, a personal New York City Real Estate Blog
Orange County Real Estate Coach's Update from Personal Real Estate Coach Melanie Jordan
A short Swanepoel TRENDS Report about blogging in real estate
A real estate and development blog for Boulder, Colorado by the Silver Fern Team of Re/Max
Bonnie's Blog, Real Estate Snippets from Bonnie Erickson
Vancouver & Jean Gibson - A Perfect Match. (From a new Directory of real estate blogs)
Maxsell Real Estate I-575 Corridor Guide
Matt Huband’s Outer Banks Real Estate Connection
Geordie Romer's blog from Leavenworth, Washington
A real estate blog from Cobb County, Georgia
The complete List of Real Estate Blogs as well as Grow-a-Brain’s Extensive Real Estate Archives are Here
March 25, 2006 in Real estate Blogs | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack
March 24, 2006
Stuck in the refrigerator
Watch Bathtime in Clerkenwell by Alex Budovsky, for music by The Real Tuesday Weld. (From Charlie “Vruba” Loyd)
Ann Telnaes' editorial cartoons
Charles Addams cover gallery. (From I like)
Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters. Some Top Super-Heroes:
Superman - Methodist
Spider-Man - Protestant
Batman - Episcopalian/Catholic (lapsed)
Wonder Woman - Greco-Roman Classical Religion
The Thing - Jewish
Etc.
Women stuck in the refrigerators. (From LBY3, a blog from Hesperia!)
Alien cow abduction: It's a serious problem
Boys beware! One never knows where the homosexual is about
National Cartoonists Society Annual Reuben Awards
A giant Collection of Unusual Comics Here
March 24, 2006 in Comics & Cartoons | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
March 23, 2006
Children of the War
Trench Art of the Great War, An Illustrated History by Jane Kimball. (From Where Threads Come Loose)
The alternative history of The French Maginot Line
USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier made out of LEGO
Children of the War, Vietnam 68-69
A small selection of Ralph McQuarrie's concept paintings done for the original Star Wars trilogy. The Star Wars Random Name Generator
Are you ready to rumble? Iraq May Spark Regional Fight, per one of the original architects of the occupation
Under Odysseus. The Iliad as if written in the disillusioned voice of a blogging US officer in Baghdad
(By the way, the reason I'm blogging so much, is because at the moment I have no wife or girlfriend, so I have lots of free time...)
Many More Unusual Links About War and About Peace Here
March 23, 2006 in War | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
No Soup For You
Song Lee sings well-known North Korean folk tunes, The Miso Soup Song and Potato Pride - Nice lyrics. Rob Pongi was featured here before with Mo Kin, the three-year-old Korean singer and xylophone player. Here are some more young Genius Kids
Once upon a time the world was young and the words "mackerel" and "pudding" existed far, far away from one another. One day, that all changed. And then, whoever was responsible somehow thought the word fluffy would help. Fluffy mackerel pudding
Beer Battered, Deep Fried, Pepperoni Pizza. (From Bike riding donut guy)
French Fry-Encrusted Corn Dogs
How to peel cooked potato skin in one shot
French Fry Art. An enormous stack of McDonald's French Fries, held together with Heinz Ketchup
Spishak Foods, the people who brought you coffee and donuts, Peanut butter & jelly, chips & salsa, salad & dressing, pizza & beer, and much more…
Vegemite For Morons. A step-by-step guide to using the greatest spread in the world. (From Diskobox)
Photo above from Dive. Many More Unusual Recipes and Meals Here
March 23, 2006 in Food | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
March 22, 2006
Rube Contraption
A virtual tour of the Lens Production at Carl Zeiss! (Click on “Production”. From Charlie “Vruba” Loyd)
An old collection of physics applets
An electronic archive of images of people proving theorems while wearing sarongs. (From Presurfer)
Taking it apart, a resource to be used by anyone who wishes to see - for any reason - how to take apart certain electronic devices
This is what happens when you put a Toothpick in a Microwave
Rube Goldberg contraption in Half Life 2. (Google Video)
More about Sipahh, the milk flavoring straw from Australia
Many More Unusual Inventions & Discoveries Here
March 22, 2006 in Science & Inventions | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The Droste effect
Chinese copy artists, posing with their work(!) Photos by Michael Wolf (From Spy's Spice)
Jack Handy’s Ideas for paintings; These ideas are free of charge. All I ask is that when you have completed a painting, as a courtesy to me you sign it “Jack Handey and [your name or initials].” And, if the painting is sold, I get approximately all the money
The Frame Collector. Olaf Lemke collects antique frames. He has 2,400 of them, dating from the 15th to the early 19th centuries. He says: “To hang a frame without a picture on the wall — a pure object — that is the ultimate luxury.” (From Blanketfort). Also there, The Droste effect is named after the Dutch Droste company’s famous cocoa packaging in which “the nurse on the package carries a plate with a package, on which there is the same package, etc, etc..” Escher's Print gallery at Stanford, (based on Escher and the Droste effect)
From the knitters who brought you the “Knitted Digestive System”, here’s the rest of their funny Strange but trewe creations
The Mycro Art of Mykola Syadristy
The odd ceramic works of Cory Marc
Re-post: Flying Carpet, a Public Art Project for the Sacramento International Airport
Ancient Mosaics. (Thank you, Dafna)
Pride of the Valley Sculpture Park, in Surrey
Many More Unusual Contemporary Artists Here
March 22, 2006 in Modern Art | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Persistence of Memory
Clockr- It's Flickr Time
Enzo Mari's Perpetual Calendar (1959 design)
I decided a few weeks ago to build a wooden gear clock because I wanted to understand the clock mechanism better
Building a 6' tall alarm clock. (From Linkfilter)
Infinity Watch from Tokyo Flash
Philip Jern’s Hairloom Watch
A Master Watchmaker's Notebook
Many More Unusual Clocks and Watches Here
March 22, 2006 in Clocks & Watches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
March 21, 2006
Subject lines of some 200 emails I’ve sent in the last 5 days
Chris Dowell Re: [growabrain] Chris Dowell submitted a comment to 'Real Life Monopoly' 2k
michael aa st j.. re: david koresh & others like him 3k
dafna l... Gaudi 2k
michael aa st j.. Swiss car sightings 3k
michael aa st j.. The ferrarri Boys 3k
michael aa st j.. how to get what you need from others - - - - - 3k
Marlow Harris Re: Body Slam For God 3k
Alexandre Br... Re: sushi dinner 4k
MarEx@... 2 apartment buildings / 72 + 50 units available 2094k
a ani ad leads 78k
soyf..@ Apartment buildings available for purchase / From Hanan Levin - The Champion Com... 3631k
יעל לוין Re: Fw: RE: 6k
alex pa… 72 units in Riverside / Countrywood Apartments 1641k
a ani Apartment buildings available for purchase in the Inland Empire... 2066k
sean ra… Apartment buildings available for purchase / From Hanan Levin ... 2065k
jstephen@ Apartment buildings available for purchase / From Hanan Levin - The Champion Com... 2064k
isabel aa mar.. Fwd: Re:Castlewood Drive 6k
isabel aa mar.. Fwd: Alert: Payment Reminder 22k
Priscilla B… Re: countrywood rent increases 2k
michael aa st j.. Fwd: countrywood rent increases 3k
michael aa st j.. Re: March 20, 2006 3k
terra… from grow-a-brain 2k
robert aa c... Hell hole! 2k
Steel Tu.... Re: sitter job 4k
Alexandre Br... from hanan levin 3k
Caddis Re: MetaFilter 3k
John ~ Re: bouncey bounce / not for pub. 4k
dafna l... blog shel reviiya 2k
nylawyer Re: [growabrain] nylawyer submitted a comment to 'Real Estate / Mortgage blogs' 3k
duy…. Aprtment buildings available for purchase / For your call on the ad 3175k
Steel Tu.... Re: WTF are you still doing up amigo? 2k
Colin Re: blogger interview 1360k
angie aa cu.... in case you missed out - 2k
avner bar ilan shabat shalom 3k
Patrick Re: [growabrain] Patrick submitted a comment to 'Charlie Parker's Bird' 3k
Phoenix Re: [growabrain] Phoenix submitted a comment to 'Yahoo! Picks of the Year' 3k
Steel Tu.... Re: WTF are you still doing up amigo? 7k
salesman…. from grow-a-brain 3k
Steel Tu.... Re: help with site 4k
Phoenix Re: [growabrain] Phoenix submitted a comment to 'Charlie Parker's Bird' 2k
eitan cohen Going bald? 2k
Martin Wa… RE: from hanan levin 11k
Steel Tu.... Re: [growabrain] Steel Tu.... submitted a comment to 'Code Red' 3k
robert aa c... your new house 2k
michael aa st j.. Tranquilidade na lagoa do paraםso 2k
Karen Wise from hanan levin 3k
John ~ Re: bouncey bounce 3k
mika ap… Re: bubble bandits 3k
Dorrian.. Re: getacrib.blogspot.com 2k
Scaramouche Re: Hello there... 4k
robert aa c... Ladies and Gentlemen, the Governor of California 2k
Dolores… From Hanan Levin / Aprtment buildings available for purchase 3175k
dafna Re: Fw: כמה משפטי חוכמה .......... 2
robert aa c... A QUICK WAY TO DUMP YOUR GIRLFRIEND / funny clip 2k
Marlow Harris Re: My Eyeball Just Fell Out of Its Socket - What should I do? By Daniel Engber 3k
Alexandre Br... From Hanan Levin 3k
gerard Vlemmings from hanan levin / grow-a-brain 3k
Ron Morris Re: Weird Thai farm vehicles 3k
יעל לוין Re: Re: bayit 3k
Marlow Harris Re: Elvis in Toast 3k
Nava Koresh Re: (no subject) meeting in NYC next month 3k
archidose… from grow-a-brain 2k
robert aa c... body language 2k
dafna l... yuvali 2k
michael aa st j.. false alarm 3k
michael aa st j.. help! 3k
robert aa c... IRS 2006 2k
Phyllis Hu… Re: The Real Estate Rap Song 2k
amanda.ma… from grow-a-brain 2k
a ani Shed on montezuma 918k
Hanan Levin Re: 5k
miranda gaines phyllis sent me this link 2k
earl my new girlfriend 2k
chau Vuong my new girlfriend 2k
phillip lara my new girlfriend 2k
barb pell… my new girlfriend 2k
robert aa c... my new girlfriend 3k
robert aa c... Fwd: africa splitting 3k
robert aa c... loompanics 2k
robert aa c... $$$$ 2k
יעל לוין Re: bayit 5k
earl S… Re: Emailing: 8019633 3k
angie aa cu.... newly discovered charlie parker! 2k
Scaramouche Re: [growabrain] Scaramouche submitted a comment to 'Most expensive private isla... 3k
Teresa a Z.. from hanan levin 3152k
Isabel m.... Re: my home purchase 2k
michael aa st j.. visions - - - - 2k
Isabel m.... Re: my home purchase 2k
Hanan Levin Re: my home purchase 2k
Isabel m.... Re: my home purchase 6k
david billings Re: Sand/Snow Sculptures and Pumpkin Carvings 3k
Alexandre Br... Re: From Hanan Levin 3k
dafna Re: טיול 4k
cbubny@ …. Re: Check out this site 3k
michael aa st j.. africa splitting 2k
robert aa c... Fwd: $300 for this? - oooops - link included 3k
Hanan Levin Re: $300 for this? - oooops - link included 3k
Matt Huband Re: [growabrain] Matt Huband submitted a comment to 'Directories of real estate ... 3k
a ani [none] 66k
DANIEL AFSH.. investor Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Apartment buildings available for purchase 3174k
robert aa c... terry in adelanto 2k
angie aa cu.... Fwd: Wells Fargo Interest Rates 38k
equityproperties@ Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Aprtment buildings available for purchase <<<< Re-sent 3177k
barbara pell re: isabel 5k
darren investor Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Aprtment buildings available for purchase <<<< Re-sent 3175k
barb pelland re: Palmdale loan 3k
michael aa st j.. New escrow info 10k
robert aa c... no longer w/ dad 2k
Hanan Levin Re: 8k
robert aa c... [none] 2k
Messiah J * Re: Photograph enquiry 3k
angie aa cu.... wow 2k
micki zu… from grow-a-brain 3k
Nathan from grow-a-brain 2k
cbubny@ Re: Check out this article on RealtyBlogging.com 3k
Michelle M… Re: From Grow a brain 3k
David Sweet Re: [growabrain] David Sweet submitted a comment to 'Time Capsules' 3k
Kiril, The Mad Macedonian Re: [growabrain] Kiril, The Mad Macedonian submitted a comment to 'Most expensiv... 2k
crooksandliars Re: C&L 3k
isabel aa mar.. yo 2k
aa aba ve ima bayit 10458k
angie aa cu.... china trip in november 2k
Julie Re: [growabrain] Julie submitted a comment to 'Letters to God' 2k
phillip lara Muslim Rave Party Sensation 3k
The Continental Op Re: Elvis Officiates at Wedding of Bat-Boy to 1845 lb. Woman 2k
aa aba ve ima haircut 2k
a ani ad leads 63k
Donald Batiste Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Comps of the 10 units >>>>>>>>>>> resent 198k
michael aa st j.. re: Acacia sale 2k
bwhite@ … 10U in San Berbardino 270k
Michelle Ma… From Grow a brain 3k
angie aa cu.... the new FICO scores 2k
brian nath… Taxes 2005 / From Hanan Levin 2k
michael aa st j. Re: Pao de queijo 3k
robert aa c... CW / sell 33k
Danielk… Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Comps of the 10 units >>>>>>>>>>> resent 198k
bruceh… 10U in San Berbardino 270k
Hanan Levin http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/50071 4k
charlotte white… it finally hit the NYT, a WEEK later 3k
Jim Coudal from hanan levin / grow-a-brain 2k
dafna l... is this any good? 2k
a ani [none] 57k
Alexandre Br... From Hanan Levin 4k
earl $1b 3k
The Chocolate Guy Re: [growabrain] The Chocolate Guy submitted a comment to 'Chocolate dreams' 3k
angie aa cu.... will ferrell not dead 3k
Hanan Levin fax wednesday 3k
isabel aa mar.. re: Cibola 3k
Alexandre Br... from hanan levin 4k
michael aa st j.. Comps for 2.37 Acres on Mission 72k
Teresa a Ze.. greek-like 2k
angie aa cu.... http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0314061sign1.html?link=rssfeed 2k
isabel aa mar.. Capital Development office / Apple Valley 1567k
a ani [none] 5k
michael aa st j.. here's the sherman amendment / per elliott 104k
Hanan Levin Re: googbye 3453k
March 21, 2006 in Lists, Personal | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
March 20, 2006
Full docket
The Wild Bunch - Seated left to right- Harry A. Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid, Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan, Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy; Standing- Will Carver & Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry; Photo taken in Fort Worth, Texas, 1901
1995 published proof that The Unabomber was a mathematician
Fire Chief Caught On The Lamb, will always be remembered by his Famous last words!
More at TSG: Motion Denied Because You're An Idiot. Federal judge cites Adam Sandler's "Billy Madison" in order
Long list of teachers accused of having sex with their students
Official page of the United States Supreme Court
Who is the glamorous kitten killer of Hangzhou? China's media have launched a nationwide hunt for a glamorously dressed woman who has been photographed apparently crushing a kitten to death with her stiletto heels. Definitely, a Chinese Bonsai Kitten
(Photo above from Deuce of Clubs). Many More Unusual Links about Crime and Punishment Here
Happy 4 Year Blogiversary today to Sheila Lennon's Subterranean Homepage News!
March 20, 2006 in Crime & Punishment | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
On the menu today -
- Horse penis and testicles with a chilli dip, at China's first speciality penis restaurant
Butter many privates, French Crips, Rurality salad and many other Engrish atrocities from May I take your order?
Twins Restaurant is owned by identical twin sisters Lisa Ganz, twin sister Debbie Ganz, and actor Tom Berenger. We are the only restaurant of its kind, staffed entirely by 37 sets of identical twins who work the same shift, in the same station, in the same uniform
Ever wanted all the communion wafers you could eat? Then come on down to The Host barn. By Scott Gairdner. NSFW if you work in a Catholic Church
Route 40 Diners. (From John’s blog)
Elvis American Diner is the only officially-sanctioned Elvis attraction in the world outside of Graceland. It sells Elvis wine made from Israeli grapes
Bahooka Ribs and Grog in Rosemead
Special corkscrew above from David Lee. Many More Unusual Bars and Restaurants Here
March 20, 2006 in Food - Restaurants & Bars | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
March 19, 2006
3 years of The Imperial Adventure
“Iraq is more free every day. The lives of the citizens are improving every day. And one thing is for certain; there won't be any more mass graves and torture rooms and rape rooms”.
"The war was the hard part. The hard part was putting together a coalition, getting 300,000 troops over there and all their equipment and winning. And it gets easier. I mean, setting up a democracy is hard, but it is not as hard as winning a war". - Remembering the Iraq War's Pollyanna pundits
Where it’s at: The Iraqi Oil Ministry. (From the vast Future of Iraq Portal)
Summery: American Military Casualties: 2,317. American Wounded: 17,004. Iraqi Civilian Casualties: 37,795 (estimated). Total Cost of the War: $320 billion - NOT! Number of WMD Found: 0. Number of Administration Officials Held Accountable for Iraq Debacle: Zero.
The Measure of War. Three years is a very long time
Photo above from Information Clearing House. Much More About The Occupation of Iraq Here
March 19, 2006 in War in Iraq | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
I'd rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong
A friend of mine was taking a class by Milton Friedman at the U of Chicago, and after a late night studying fell asleep in class. This sent Friedman into a little tizzy and he came over and pounded on the table, demanding an answer to a question he had just posed to the class. My friend, shaken but now awake, said 'I'm sorry Professor, I missed the question but the answer is increase the money supply.' Other Economist Jokes
A guy and his Saint-Bernard walk into a bar. The guy says to the bartender, "This dog knows everything about music and can answer any question you have".
The bartender says, "You're nuts!" The guy says, "Go ahead -- ask him something".
So the bartender says to the dog, "OK, who is the greatest contrapuntal composer of the 17th century?"
The dog replies,"BACH". (Read more on Doggone it. From Lynn Space)
Many More Hilarious Jokes and other Funny Stuffs Here. I am not a serious person.
March 19, 2006 in Jokes | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack