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March 31, 2008
The Sinatra Group
(Unfortunately, with an ad. From Harris Online)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Sinatra Links Here
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General stats on hit men
How do hit men operate? Namely, how do they advertise? I wouldn't imagine they get too much repeat business outside of organized crime, so they need to get the word out somehow. But obviously, there's also strong incentive to keep as low of a profile as possible. In the same vein, how do 'normal people' find hit men?
What are some activities that are like ‘tuning up’ or 'going to the gym' for your profession?
A side by side comparison between the latest comments from Metafilter vs. YouTube. (From Cynical-C)
A Huge Depository of The Best of Metafilter Here
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Drop off the key, Lee
A NY Times article about Paul Simon as an outsider
All New – Featuring the personal websites of Grow-a-brain’s readers! Today, presenting a Galaxy of Glamour ~ Camp and Kitsch ~ Extreme Fabulosity ~ Divine Decadence, and so much more - Planet Fabulon. Submit yours for consideration.
A Huge Depository of Unusual Simon & Garfunkel Links Here
March 31, 2008 in Music - Simon & Garfunkel | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
By the Marne River
V–J day in Times Square, Eisenstaedt’s 1945 photograph, which was originally published in Life magazine, recreated in LEGO.
Lunch Atop a Skyscraper by Charles Ebbets
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, 1932, by Henri Cartier-Bresson. (And how it was photographed). More Cartier-Bresson (With set-up)
Mike Stimpson ‘s Classics in Lego on flickr
(From Frog Smoke)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Photography Links Here
March 31, 2008 in Photography | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
March 30, 2008
Red-tailed
Re-post: Pale Male, (b. 1992) is a male Red-tailed Hawk who lives in New York City. He was named by the birdwatcher and author Marie Winn, due to his unusually light coloring. He is the first Red-tailed Hawk known to have nested on a building (rather than in a tree). He is known to have sired 26 chicks with four mates. Pale Male's current mate is known as Lola, and they raised 7 chicks between 2002 and 2004. (Don’t forget to browse the archives). The controversy regarding preservation & nest removal
You can find new hookups with the hottest elks and wildest herds. Whatever you're looking for, you'll get it on Adult Moose Finder. Turn your wildest fantasies into reality. (with video inside!)
The 1931 Allbatross Swimming Club and other Vintage photos
Also, Shocking eggplant
The sad story of the chimp who thought he was a boy
A Huge Depository of Unusual Animal Stories Here
March 30, 2008 in Animals | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Ladies & Gentlemen
A blog dedicated to Toilet Signs. More on flickr
Are You Lonesome Tonight knitted television covers
The Recurring Ruins of the Statue of Liberty
Star Trek beaded curtains. (From No Puedo Creer)
Reactive Art project by Daan Roosegaarde
The Nihilistic Beauty of Weapons Arranged in Patterns. (Apparently, most of those shots are from the Leeds Royal Armouries)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Art and Artists Here
March 30, 2008 in Modern Art | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Forward Through Backwards Time
The French call it l'esprit d'escalier, "the wit of the staircase," those biting ripostes that are thought of just seconds too late, on the way out of the room-or even, to tell the truth, days later. It's happened to you: you've suddenly thought of just what would put your foe in his or her place, but past the time when the arrow could sting its victim. You've stewed in your own juice ever since, and the chance for singeing repartee is gone forever
A Huge Depository of Unusual Things To Do With Your Life Here
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Has anybody told you today that you are loved?
Virtual Therapy for the Soul. (By Better to Bless. From Big Shot Bob in Texas)
Am I Still In The dog House and I miss you. (From Andre Jordan)
A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
Make music with Loader Manual
All New – Featuring the personal websites of Grow-a-brain’s readers! Today, Gastronautical Gastronomicon. Submit yours for consideration.
A Huge Depository of Best Things in Life Here
March 30, 2008 in Best of Everything | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
March 29, 2008
Bike fuel
A new superstore in Arizona resembles gas station down to smallest detail. (Click on photo to biggify)
Re-post: A Spinning wheel
A Huge Depository of Hilarious Pranks And Outrageous jokes Here
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Calling Roger Thornhill
(From Filmscreed)
Other trailers: Vertigo, Rear window, To Catch a Thief, Suspicion. (All YouTube's)
Concentration Camp Filmed, Documentary By Alfred Hitchcock In 1945. Part 1/6 (Graphic warning)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Hitchcock and Unusual Chaplin Links Here
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Broiled babies
"Mr. Punch's Patent Nursemaid Bonnet-Screen", i.e. Don't Broil Your Babies and a resource of 1899 Infants' Wear. Found at the New York Public Library Digital Gallery. (From Quiddity)
Not your grandmother’s Girl Scouts, found on wikipedia’s portal about Scouting. The history of Girl Scout Cookie. (wikipedia has portals on many different subjects!)
The concept of a Silent Disco involves party-goers dancing to music received directly into headphones
A Huge Depository of Unusual Children Links Here
March 29, 2008 in Kids | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Watchcocks
Unreadable minimalist watches (at Oobject. Many other displays there, f. ex. Great climbing walls)
Dropclock is an aesthetically intriguing motion clock screensaver. Every minute of real time is numerically expressed with heavy Helvetica dropping into water in super slow-motion. (From Presurfer. Also there, Remember You Will Die Watch)
In the 17th and 18th century Baroque art period, time was less insisting, and artisans of the old world devoted countless hours fashioning intricate covers to protect the delicate balance wheels of fine watches. These covers, or watchcocks were placed on the movement and inside the watch cases, thereafter seen only on infrequent occasions when the cases were opened
Robert Lang, creator of delightful Origami insects,, and author of many Origami books (including Origami Design Secrets) has made an Origami Klein Bottle
All New – Featuring the personal websites of Grow-a-brain’s readers! Today, Tony Zimnoch’s Bench from West Yorkshire, UK (I presume)... Submit yours for consideration.
A Huge Depository of Unusual Clocks and Watches Here
March 29, 2008 in Clocks & Watches | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
Truisms
Jenny Holzer got a Way with Words
73, 2dA, HAND, 4get, and much more at Texting Term Of The Day blog
Longshot: Halloween 1972, You were dressed as a hippie
Coquille St. Jacques, Free Trampoline and many other Missed Connections ads from the people that brought you SkyMaul
Whose cauling me homophonic? A list of British-English homophones
Re-post from February 12, 2006: The Wand
(KKK Babes photo above from Table of Malcontents)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Language Links Here
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March 28, 2008
An interview with Obama's Grandmother
A new Grow-a-Brain category of unusual links about Barack Obama Here
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City of pain
Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution, directed by Jean-Luc Godard
More at World of Kane’s “Pop Goes the Revolution: French Cinema and May '68”
All New – Featuring the personal websites of Grow-a-brain’s readers! Today, the website of Alexander Shoukas, a graphic designer living in Amsterdam. Currently he features Love™, a movie project (Wait for it to load). Submit yours for consideration.
A Huge Depository of French Music from the Sixties Here
March 28, 2008 in Music - French Chansons of the 60's | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack