January 2012
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“The gigantic swine, which the local press has dubbed “Pig-zilla,” is...”
– From “PIG-ZILLA! Redneck kills 1,200-pound mutant porker!” by Ron Wintergreen, available in the Weekly World News insert in Sun, on sale February 27, 2012.
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WatchI made a thing for a thing.
I had help, too.
I made this thing out of the abyss and phosphorescence and jets of superheated, inky water. Also, tape recorders and rusted strings.
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WatchJonathan Mann has apparently been writing a song a *day* for the last four years.
This is what he wrote for Song Fu 2012’s bioluminescence challenge.
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RIP, Arfa Karim Randhawa, 16-year-old computer... →
There’s a park named after her in Pakistan.
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Sun Tabloid Reveals (Faux) ‘SECRET INDIAN... →
Every word true. Every word. (Except the typo.)
[from adailyriot]
A news tabloid of the type that favors headlines like FAMOUS PSYCHIC’S HEAD EXPLODES has published what it claims are “secret Indian predictions” that can now be revealed.
The Sun, a weekly tabloid published by American Media, Inc. of New York, proclaims on the front page of its January 9 issue: “Stunning PROPHECIES that...
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“Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments...”
– President Eisenhower, 17 January 1961. The whole speech is worth a read - or a listen (audio at the link). Especially the bit about government contracts becoming a replacement for intellectual curiosity.
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“This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this...”
– The Rev. Martin Luther King (via merlin).
Someday, brothers and sisters. Someday.
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““Yes, if we brought the creature back alive, I could sell her to a big aquarium...”
– From “Japanese Fishing Tycoon Vows: I’ll Turn Loch Ness Monster into Sushi!”.
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Word of the Day
Want.
nyctograph (n.)
A device invented by Charles Dodgson (‘Lewis Carroll’) with which a person can record ideas (esp. those remaining after sleep) at night in bed without fully waking up. Read more.
[via keepyourpebbles]
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“Mulling over this question a few days ago, I started making a list of the more...”
– - John Michael Greer is concerned about the magical implications of our dependence on petroleum and high finance.
[found via]
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White House Denies CIA Teleported Obama to Mars →
Not the headline one expects to read in Wired.
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“The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce on Monday that...”
– M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All - Forbes (via mediafuturist)
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Not by the Direct Method.: The best Chinese... →
Enthusiastically seconded.
Entry from my forthcoming (this year, yay!) Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes:
Cha Erlang. Cha Erlang appeared in Zhina Gelunbo (1909). Cha Erlang, who is also known as Shizixue (Lion’s Blood), is a Zhongguo Tanxianjia, or “Professional Chinese Explorer.” Cha goes on a long journey of “exploration and adventure,” which includes discovering Sea Dragon Island near Denmark...
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“First, families have to pay back their debt. Governments don’t — all they need...”
– This really seems like a problem with language. If it’s debt that doesn’t have to be repaid (per se), then it’s not really debt. It’s some other kind of lack, isn’t it? And I’ve often wondered what happened to the WWII debt in the 1950s….
December 2011
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy →
Last year, my cardiologist told me I probably have a pacemaker in my future. He didn’t mention anything about angels or rappers, though.
I suppose there’s a silver lining.
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“Every genius must ask herself, at some point, am I real? And they must discover...”
– I think it would be bad for me to play this game.
[found via.]
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“Gundane said he hoped that his involvement with the song would turn him into an...”
– “‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians as they finally record a response to Band Aid.”
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Bob Lind, “A New Year Carol” Not...
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“What authority there is in the position of viewlessness is unearned– like the...”
– I think the whole impartiality canard is probably why more people in other countries read newspapers than do in America… if that’s even true any more. Bias is bad because it manipulates readers. But being manipulated is what makes reading *fun*, isn’t it?
I have been in the...
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WatchI wrote a minuet. Because keepyourpebbles wrote minuet words.
It is about algae that actually dance and also about ballet dance lessons and time travel. It was very difficult to find a harpsichord, but I managed.
I traveled in time.
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WatchThe Smooth Hands, “Holding Balloons” - one of 30 one-minute tracks on the album I Love You So Much. They’re all lo-fi. Some of them are great.
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But the Nutcracker kids were hard to beat for... →
Just sayin’.
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WatchI love beeps and cellos almost as much as I love the idea behind the Voyager mission.
Luckily, keepyourpebbles put it into words, so I could beep and cello about it.
I’m very happy with the way this turned out. Took a few months, but I think it was worth it.
Barnard’s Star.
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A very special Christmas film.
So last night I discovered that My Impish Spouse was permanently traumatized by watching Hot Rods to Hell as a child.
It’s kind of like a combination between Road Warrior, Beach Blanket Bingo and an ABC After-School Special. (“Too intense for TV,” the producers thought.) The soundtrack is ginchy and the cars are boss.
And the kids are out of their minds!!.
The whole...
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