You guys are getting canned content, because I’m dead tired. Here’s a site I spotted a while back, which is in the same general theme as my question yesterday. This falls into the category of a great resource, but at a cost.Swearsaurus has billions of insults in multiple languages but the ads that show up […]
Swearing, Cursing, Cussing and Insulting in 181 Languages! Read More »
Specifically, what are the dimensions of British 10 and 20 pound notes? Thanks! Googlefu is failing. Edited to add: A hearty thank you to Sean, who found the info for me.
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Zesty, mint flavored blood. That’s right, it’s time for another show with blood. The effects in this show are significantly easier, which makes me a happy camper. One stabbing and one razor cut. All fairly run of the mill. BUT. I’m in tech week for two different shows for the next week. I will be
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This is a beautifully manipulated short with a paper puppet. Now, I have to say that though I think this is really well done, it disappointed me. Let’s sum up. Puppet comes to life. Discovers world. Discovers that it is a puppet. Dies. I was really excited when the video started, because it is beautifully
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By now you know my love of things folding. This box is an amazing design. Casulo, the brilliant, modular setup designed by Marcel Krings & Sebastian Mühlhäuser, hides furnishings enough for an entire room — or, heck, an entire apartment — in a small 31″x47″ (that’s 80 cm x 120 cm) box. Two people can
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March Fourth Marching Band has this amazing music video with shadow puppets that I’m totally in love with. Should you have any doubts about watching it, you should know that one of the title cards says, “Meanwhile in Deep Space…” How can you pass that up? Seriously. This is one of the hottest uses of
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A mashup of Hamlet and American pie which amuses us. A long, long time ago I can still remember How, alas, poor Yorick’s jokes drew groans He’d dance and sing and kiss my hand Like Elsinore was Neverland But then he went and joined the Skull and Bones
I was in Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The (1999) with Bill Barretta (I) Bill Barretta (I) was in Murder in the First (1995) with Kevin Bacon. Who knew?
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Last night, the generous Ellen Datlow, invited me down to try some of her extensive collection of single malts. Rather than trying to get through twelve of them in an evening, we focused on the Islays. Goodness… it was a lovely, lovely evening. Here they are in order of tasting. If you click through to
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