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October 31, 2007
Dying with style
The Premeditated Murder Flowchart
Rainer Fassbinder's Gravesite
Victor Villenti, 50, was a strict vegetarian, and forced his family to follow the same regime. While jogging in 1991 he was killed by an eight pound frozen leg of lamb which fell from a third-story window. If You're Going to Die, Do It Differently
The 10 Most Fascinating Tombs in the World at Neatorama
Is it distressing to experience consciousness slipping away or something people can accept with equanimity? Are there any surprises in store as our existence draws to a close? How does it feel to die?
A Huge Depository of Unusual Links About Death and Eternity and Unusual Coffins & Caskets Here
October 31, 2007 in Death & Eternity | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
“The Heaven Virus” Big Giveaway
Prolific author & blogger Cliff Pickover is “giving away" an e-book version of his recent book “The Heaven Virus” to readers of the following blogs: Reality Carnival, BoingBoing, Neatorama, and Grow-a-Brain. A bargain at 99 cents (The print version of the book at Amazon.com goes for $23.95). "Inoculate yourself" today!
A Huge Depository of Unusual blogs and bloggers Here
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She’s a Model Now?
Based on Hieronymus Bosch, Fall of the Damned lampshade
Pieter van Suijlekom's Reef Aquarium
She’s a Model Now? (Ooops, doesn't work!)
Winner of the “2007 Ugly Couch Contest”
A Huge Depository of Unusual Design Concepts Here
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October 30, 2007
Gravity!
The Temple of Gravity from Burning Man
A NASA flash work for its STS 108 Space Shuttle Mission (Ok, so it was done in 2001)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Space Links Here
October 30, 2007 in Space | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Robot Lab
Monks at play, a collection of beautiful old glass-plate photographs put online by a Swiss Benedictine Abbey
Srirangam Renganatha Swamy Temple, the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world, and one of the 10 Most Amazing Temples in the World at Neatorama
An industrial robot had been reprogrammed to inscribe the Luther Bible into a endless roll of paper
A Huge Depository of Unusual links about Unusual Gods Here
October 30, 2007 in Spirituality | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Happy Halloween
More scary Halloween Masks from Forbes
A Huge Depository of Unusual Schwarzenegger Links Here
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October 29, 2007
Driving Emoticons
How to get green traffic lights using science
The Fiat 126 was the most popular car in Poland during the 1980's and was considered a great luxury during the communist period. (From Swiss Miss)
Russian off-road ZIL screw drive
Road-Rail Vehicles on “Dark Roasted Blend”
World's oldest surviving Rolls-Royce for sale
A Huge Depository of Unusual Car Links Here
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The Crosswalk Prank
How to wake up your dad, friend or husband
The Los Angeles Cacophony Society is an open network of creative dissidents, artists, seekers, and radical pilgrims. Here’re their “Prank Flyers”. (From Laughing Squid)
A Huge Depository of Hilarious Pranks And Outrageous jokes Here
October 29, 2007 in Pranks | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
An urban art oasis in Riverside
Guess the Restaurant (Chicago area only. I like this one)
History of 'greasy spoons' in the UK
Bill O'Reilly’s Restaurant Reviews
Restaurants with singing waiters. Among a long list of the most unusual restaurants in the world
The Banana Restaurant, condom themed restaurant In Taiwan
Everyone wants to open a bar. Financially it is one of the worst investments you could ever make, but the cool factor is off the charts. If you really want to make money in the saloon industry I suggest the "money on the wall" theme
Union Oyster House, the oldest restaurant in continuous service in the U.S. (Since 1826. From Sippican)
By the way, my favorite local restaurant, Mariscos El Tío's, which serves wonderful authentic Mexican food, had been discovered on the internet! In the last 6 months I invited many guests & friends to visit its unusual & artistic grounds, and among them was Seattle Realtor-blogger Marlow Harris and her family. Marlow posted recently a detailed photo story about the owner Martin Sanchez’s Folk Art shrine and within a few days her story spread around the intertubes, including mentions on 2Boings, Neatorama and many other blogs. I only hope that the lines at Tio’s Tacos won’t get too long now…
A Huge Depository of Unusual Bars and Restaurants Here
October 29, 2007 in Food - Restaurants & Bars | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
October 28, 2007
Manejo de Estres
Nerd headquarters. You can actually take a Nerd Tour of Silicon Valley, and visit such places as Hewlett Packard's Founding Garage
The meeting is over at “I Can Has Cheezburger”
A man owned a small farm in Maine. The IRS claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
"Well", replied the farmer, "There's my farm hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 per week plus free room and board.
Then there's the half-wit who works here about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes $10 per week, and I buy him a bottle of whiskey every Saturday night."
"That's the guy I want to talk to - the half-wit," says the agent.
"That would be me," replied the farmer.
(From Maggie’s Farm)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Job Offers Here
October 28, 2007 in Jobs | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The San Diego Fires
More YouTube: Jon Stewart in "Half Baked"
Typical retail price of cannabis around the world. How do you say “Kekkou desu” in Japanese?
Stoners in the Mist, a fake documentary which Dr. Barnard Puck observes and performs experiments on “stoners”
How sturdy are hemp nightgowns from the 1820s/30s era?
A Huge Depository of many illegal drugs especially Acid and Pot Here
October 28, 2007 in Drugs - "Save the Roaches, Arnie" | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Use your coconuts
Things on top of cheeseburgers in 2 parts by William Hundley
The Uprising af Sausages and Hotdogs by Sergey Tyukanov. (From Octomo)
Sitting on a pig carcass. It is considered good luck in Moldavia, if you were to slauther a pig at home
Similarly, a re-post: Thịt chó: Eating a (hot) dog. Warning: Graphic photos of preparing a dog!
From AskMefi: Phrases & sayings that incorporate fruits
A Huge Depository of Unusual Meat and Vegetable Links Here
October 28, 2007 in Food - Meat & Vegetables | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
October 27, 2007
Mountain Life
The Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium occupies a hilly spread of land in Booneville, Arkansas, a town of barely more than 4,000. It admitted its first patient in 1910 and discharged its last in 1973. (Thank you, Traci)
Where you wish the streets have no names
Riding home-made wooden bikes. The Cordilleras of northern Philippine preserve their rich culture and traditions amid strong influences from the “outside” world. (From Flutterby)
A Spa at the Pfister Hotel Milwaukee
Mountain cave hotel Beckham Creek Cave Haven near Eureka Springs, Arkansas
In the mid-19th century, one Mrs Favell Mortimer set forth to write a definitive travel guide to the world. There was just one problem: she had never set foot outside her native Shropshire. The rudest travel book ever written
Generate a custom packing list for any journey with the Universal Packing List
Not related: Illusions on Worth1000
A Huge Depository of Unusual Travel Destinations Here
October 27, 2007 in Traveling Places | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Iconic moments of the twentieth century
A group of aged volunteers pose in their everyday outfits and in their daily environment (the vicinity of the Home) to re-enact the scenes from well-known newspaper photographs taken from history books and encyclopedias. Iconic moments of the twentieth century at "Wives of Henry the 8th". (Thank you W.)
Beer flag. (From J.)
"The Mount", Edith Wharton's Berkshire home and gardens, in Lenox, MA. (From Maggie’s Farm)
A blog dedicated to the discussion of topics relating to the history of Sandusky and Erie County, Ohio. (Thank you, Dorene)
Peter Fonda's "Captain America" Flag Brings $89,625. (Thank you, Bob D.)
This is a category that depends on submissions from Grow-a-brain readers. Please send me some good links! A Growing Depository of American History Links Here
October 27, 2007 in American History | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Looking for Charles (“Chuck”) Greer
Do you know Charles Greer, (known as “Chuck”), previously of Palm Desert, California? He was a friend I associated with about 15 years ago, and whose whereabouts I since lost.
I’d like to get in touch with him again. If you know where he can be found today, please ask him to call or email me. My contact information is on “about” page above.
Thank you.
October 27, 2007 in Personal | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack