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August 31, 2007
Get Rich or Burn Out trying
On Wall Street, a new phrase was invented only a few years ago: IBGYBG. I’ll be gone, you’ll be gone, so let’s do the deal and let the suckers pay for it.
Great Moments in Marketing on “If Charlie Parker was a gunslinger”
Telemarketing: To sell, via the phone. That's a simple definition, isn't it? And no telemarketer is ever a total failure. After all, just to put on the headset you've already sold something: Your dignity. That first high pressure sale is a two-fer: One magazine pack and your morals. Keep at it long enough and you can even sell your soul
This blog is not for sale! (Stated by Tom Coates)
A Huge Depository of Outstanding Salespeople Here
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1,000 fatal doses
Let’s not do LSD again and other someecards
Ratio of fatal dose to effective dose
LSD Educational Video (Part 1. YT)
Bill Gates Goes to College, starring Jon Heder
Owsley “The Bear” gives a rare interview, on a recent trip back to the Bay area
Rare vintage Timothy Leary wristwatch for sale on eBay
A Huge Depository of illegal drugs especially Acid and pot Here
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"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."
Re-post: The Library of Babel by Borges
The Borgesian Cyclopaedia
Unrelated but hypnotic: Rock on! By Paul Annett, resident YouTube magician
(Quote above from Futility Closet)
A Huge Depository of Links About Borges & Marquez Here
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August 30, 2007
Birth of The Blues with Johnny Carson
Best selling French tune is 40 years old - Claude François sings Comme d’habitude
Eleanor Roosevelt and Frank Sinatra (holding an FDR action figure) - When Legends Gather #258, at “If Charlie Parker was a gunslinger”. (See all amazing legends gathering)
Hat and Mike, from Herman Leonard’s “A Life with Jazz”
A Huge Depository of Unusual Sinatra Links Here
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Dinner in the Metro
Dinner in a Russian Metro in memory of a recently deceased Russian cult writer Prigov. The train ran along the circle line and new passengers were invited to have a shot of vodka in his honor. After the full circle the table and disposable dishes were abandoned
St. Louis is full of dead bars. Some have been reborn as, well, bars. Others as some other type of commerce. Many are abandoned and no small number have simply vanished. Here are a few
World's First Automated Restaurant Opens In Germany
A Huge Depository of Unusual Bars and Restaurants Here
August 30, 2007 in Food - Restaurants & Bars | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
70 b3, 0r N07 70 B3–7h@7 Iz tHe Qu357i0n
hamlet’s soliloquy in 13375p34k
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,
Crooked elipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:
And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.
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The John Galt Corporation of the Bronx, hired last year for the dangerous and complex job of demolishing the former Deutsche Bank building at 130 Liberty Street, where two firefighters died last Saturday, has apparently never done any work like it. Indeed, Galt does not seem to have done much of anything since it was incorporated in 1983
This note on the fridge is to say
That those ripe plums that you put away
Well, I ate them last night
They tasted all right
Plus I slept with your sister. M'kay?
(From an excellent literary limerick-off at MeFi. The original William Carlos Williams)
LEGO creation inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s story “Little Ida’s Flowers”
A Huge Depository of Unusual Literary Links Here
August 30, 2007 in Books & Literature | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
August 29, 2007
"Ok, Larry, you are not gay”
A list of Republican Sexual Deviants
Subpoena Power, the Game. (From Hownow.brownpau)
HL Menken Predicted the Bush Presidency in 1920
Only Rich People Can Be President
(Russ Zimmerman middle brow rendition above from Mixter's Mix)
A Huge Depository of Political Posts, specifically the 2008 and 2004 Elections Here
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Cabin Safety cards
Cabin Safety cards for women
A 360° view of the Ashton Court balloon fiesta in Bristol. More balloons
An intuitive visualization illustrating how far an Air New Zealand customer can fly depending on the estimated price of a flight ticket, represented on a world map
Unrelated: Prosthetics and Orthotics center...
A Huge Depository of Unusual Flight Links Here
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Door of Paradise
Happy door in Santa Clara, CA
10 Fun and Weird Doorstops
Problem-solving flowchart on the door of the men's room at the Texas Chili Parlor
Billy Bob Thornton Opens Another 'Door'
The Doorganizer hangs on a hook or doorknob and looks after your wallet, phone, cigarettes, keys, post, ipod - all of the stuff you forget at least once a day
A Huge Depository of Unique Doors and other Unusual Architectural Links Here
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August 28, 2007
Old Dan Tucker
On This Site Stood, by Norm Magnusson. (Thank you Alex)
The Mothman is the name given to a strange creature reported in the Charleston and Point Pleasant areas of West Virginia between November 1966 and December 1967. The creature was sporadically reported to be seen before and after those dates, with some sightings as recent as 2007.
Most observers describe the Mothman as a winged man-sized creature with large reflective red eyes. It often appeared to have no head, with its eyes set into its chest. A number of hypotheses have been presented to explain eyewitness accounts, ranging from misidentification and coincidence to paranormal phenomena and conspiracy theories
Old Dan Tucker performed by Uncle Dave Macon. (From wikipedia. Thank you, Alice)
As the nation celebrates Weekly Radio Address History Month, The White House presents this inspiring archival address from President Lyndon Johnson, speaking about the importance of fighting Communism abroad. (From M.Y.)
A collection of Civil War envelopes
Look for the Hebrew Butcher Workmen Union No. 1 of New York, from “Look For The Union Label”. (Thank you, B.)
Interactive street map of Early Omaha. (Thank you, Ruby)
This is a category that depends on submissions from Grow-a-brain readers. Please send me some links! A Growing Depository of American History Links Here
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Battle between AC and DC current
Antique microscope slides, looked at from a strictly aesthetic standpoint (egged on by a design obsessed brain obviously) are some of the most elegant and perfectly beautiful human artifacts on planet earth. You can quote me on that. See below for irrefutable Beautiful Specimens
Thomas Edison hated cats
Also, Edison's prose poems. (From Nelson's blog)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Inventions & Discoveries Here
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August 27, 2007
“Blogs are not the future. Blogs are the present”
The "blog" of “unnecessary” quote marks
Why people are blogging less:
1. We got busy.
2. Scoble quit Microsoft. Just kidding.
3. Blogging isn't for everybody.
4. Believe it or not, some of us have better things to do than to be continually justifying ourselves to a crowd of passive-aggressive, self-loathing, loser fucktards.
5. The future we spent a long time evangelizing has already arrived.
6. They said what they had to say, then moved on.
Thirteen Blog Clichés. (From Jeremy Zawodny)
(gif above from Nasty Nets)
A Huge Depository of Unusual blogs and bloggers Here
Welcome back, diggers
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Let them eat cakes
The Muppet Show Cake by Adam Newbold
Apple@30 cake cutting at DigiBarn Computer museum
Scotland is blissfully free of ageing populations. The Scots die young and don't cling on their pensions for decades like Japanese centenaires, sucking the blood of younger generations. What's their secret? The Scottish Diet, an age-old combination low in fresh fruits and vegetables and high in confectionery, fat enriched meat products, sweet and salty snacks accompanied by generous amounts of sugary drinks and alcohol.
One of the best example of this wonderfully nutritious diet is Scotland's National Dish, the Deep-Fried Mars Bar
The world's most expensive deserts at Forbes
A Huge Depository of Unusual Sweets and Unusual Chocolates Here
August 27, 2007 in Food - Desserts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Walking my dog
Ever see Martin Short choke on a donut?
… There's a lot of things you never see and you don't know you don't see em because you don't see em. You gotta see something first to know you never saw it. Then you see it and say, "Hey, I never saw that." Too late, you just saw it. I know things you never see. You never a Rolls Royce with a bumper sticker that says "Shit happens." You never a really big, tall, fat Chinese guy with red hair. You never see a wheelchair with a roll-bar. You never see someone taking a shit while running at full speed. And, you never see a picture of Margaret Thatcher strapping on a dildo.
Then there are some things you never hear. That makes sense, some things you never hear. You never hear this, "Dad, you really ought to drink more." Here's something you don't hear too often. "Do what you want to the girl, but leave me alone." Here is something no one has ever heard ever. Ever. "As soon as I put this hot poker in my ass, I'm going to chop my dick off." You know why you never that? Right! No one ever said that. Which to me is the more amazing thing, no one ever thought to say that before tonight. I'm the first person in the world put those words together in that particular order. First guy. Number one. Here's something you don't hear too often. "Honey, let's sell the children, move to Zanzibar and begin taking opium rectally." "Mom, mom I got a big date tonight. Can I borrow a French tickler from you?"...
Deniro and Joe Pesci on Sesame Street (Language!) Also, Joe Pesci raps
A Huge Depository of Unusually Funny Comedians Here
August 27, 2007 in Comedians | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack
August 26, 2007
Sailboat fuel
Aerial Shot of al-Qataniyah Blast That Killed 400 People
Operation Iraqi Freedom was never a war against Saddam ¬Hussein. It was simply the redirection of a huge portion of the US treasury to the pockets of Big Business, conducted with the active support and full power of the federal government and almost completely unfettered by oversight of any kind whatsoever. The Great Iraq Swindle
A Boy and His Green Chick
Audios & videos of CNN international correspondent Michael Ware
A Huge Depository of Stories about The War for Iran's Oil Here
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