May 2008
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Jinx (children's game) - Wikipedia, the free... →
This could be valuable reference. I was unfamiliar with the concept of the “private jinx” until today.
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Uncontacted Amazon tribe photographed - Science-... →
I have to admit, just looking at the photograph accompanying this article freaks me out — not just because the tribe itself seems so strikingly alien, but because I can’t help but think how profoundly we probably just fucked up their entire scheme of the universe just by getting this photograph. What the hell did they think the airplane was upon seeing it for the first time?...
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More things you should buy.
For those of you following this blog who enjoy The Comic Books:
I strongly suggest you try out my former co-worker Sean Ford’s series Only Skin. Sean is a remarkably talented guy, and Only Skin is very, very different from the sort of plotless, rambling, autobio crap that has always made me hesistant to embrace most indie comics. There’s nothing solipsistic about it: it’s a...
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If I won the lottery...
…My sock drawer would be a thing of almost unbearable beauty.
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Primates Unite
Matthew: we realllllly don't need cybermonkeys
this is a bad thing
we have enough fucking problems
me: unless we can convince them to take common cause with us in the coming Dolphin Wars
We have more in common with them than the sea-beasts
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Reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/science/29brain.html (Stupid Tumblr won't let me turn that into a link)
Additional Reference: http://dyfl.tumblr.com/post/33828411/danhacker-winter-became-the-first-dolphin-to
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Life's Little Disappointments, Vol. 2
Dinosaucers is not available on DVD.
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The Absorbascon: Ten Arcs That Most Superheroes... →
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Memorial Day Weekend, By The Numbers
Cheeseburgers eaten: 1 (it was a Double Shack though, almost counts as 2)
Hot dogs eaten: 2
Slices of pizza eaten: 7
Asses kicked at Mario Kart: 3 (kisses to Todd, Erik, and Paul)
Indiana Jones movies seen: 1 (It was OK)
Push-ups done: Eh, a couple
Times I went running: 1
Times I went running purely as a method of getting to Best Buy before they closed so that I could buy Battlestar...
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“Just as we were entering the walrus house at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in...”
– Who Is the Walrus? - NYTimes.com
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Final Crisis Annotations →
Douglas Wolk is blogging about the DC Universe again and I’m going to love every second.
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IGN Video: The X-Files: I Want to Believe Movie... →
This is going to be terrible but I DO NOT CARE.
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If I won the lottery...
…I’d hire someone to teach me the entire “Rhythm Nation” dance routine.
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Haven't got time for the pain.
Does it make me a monster that the story of the Chinese earthquake occupies the entire top half of the CNN homepage, but I scrolled right past it to click on the article about Carly Simon and James Taylor’s 25-year-old divorce?
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Life's Little Disappointments, Vol. 1
George Michael’s “Freedom 90” never went to #1.
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A Funhouse Floating in a Korean Spa - NYTimes.com →
This sounds kinda great. Anybody adventurous enough to go out here with me?
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We call upon the author.
I got tagged by kfan and was given three years in which to respond, but since I know full well how viciously I procrastinate I’m just gonna knock this one out right now:
Total number of books I’ve owned:
I don’t know. Hundreds and hundreds. Possibly over a thousand if the graphic novels and collections are included.
The last book I bought:
Comics: The hardcover of Millar...
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Last Night's Dream
For the second time in a week, I dream about London: in the first one, I was flying into the city with my mother on a plane that skidded off the runway and into a lake upon landing. We got out very easily, but nobody else did, and for some reason this wasn’t a problem for anybody but me. As we flew over the city on approach I noticed that all of the landmarks were present, but not where they...
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“The platypus lacks nipples; the young nurse through the abdominal skin.”
– Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, Too - NYTimes.com
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Symptoms of Society's Sickness, #0003 →
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“Helpfully, Soulja Boy has cut and pasted the lyrics in the YouTube...”
– Lyrical Gangsters: The Top Five Lines From Soulja Boy’s New New Single
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Ladies Who Lunch? No, Here’s to the Power Players... →
I really, really, REALLY want to go see the revival of TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill, but I doubt anyone I know feels the same way. And tickets are $55. I may need to just go on my own, honestly.
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DINO RUN →
pterodactyls:
yeah this has been all over the internet the past few days well suck it I just got around to playing it now and it RULES
My thoughts exactly.
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Blog@Newsarama » Todd Klein looks at latest X-Men... →
Linking to this post as it’s the easiest gateway to the full nine-part series. I nerded out so hardcore over this.
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Mario Kart Wii Unlocking Guide! Unlock Characters,... →
Oh my God, there are so many more things to unlock than I thought. There’s no way I’ll get all of this. BUT I HAVE TO TRY. (Via cheesedip.com)
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“But this is thought to be the first recorded example of a mammal trying to have...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | ‘Sex pest’ seal attacks penguin 