I can't show you the cool forklift safety video hosted by William Shatner I watched when taking a forklift safety class recently, but I can show you this crazy German forklift safety video, courtesy of kenshardik:

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I was fairly enthusiastic about going to see Beowulf, right up until the point where I saw a TV commercial for the film featuring the CGI rotoscoped Ray Winstone yelling, "I AM BEOWULF!!!" into the (virtual) camera. I suppose I'd be less troubled by this were it not for 300, another effects-laden film featuring the full-body makeup and steroid- ( Read more... )

Since LJ wouldn't let me rename my journal to an intermediate name like The Journal Formerly Known As Aikon, I just went straight at it and renamed my journal to aquamarcia. So there you are. :)I've been wanting to rename my journal for some time but have run into the classic obstacle of others already having taken usernames I would've liked to use. In ( Read more... )

I have decided that for personal use I will henceforth declare the current epoch as having started from the founding of Rome, rather than the traditional birth of Christ thing people have been going with for so long. Employing the appropriate Latin phrase ab urbe condita (from the founding of the City [of Rome], an improved phrasing for the ( Read more... )

A meme based on A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, courtesy of dirque -- What House do I belong to?
( Winter is coming. )

Heard on the local evening news: "The Transportation Security Administration will be conducting surprise inspections of airports in order to improve security issues related to the fight against tourism... uh, terrorism."

(Crossposted to brainland)

LJ Friends o' mine who enjoy The Venture Bros. are invited to look at a vintage postcard I made inspired by the show.

A meme hoarked from 5eh: My results after taking ( The Greek Mythology Personality Test )

Next Gen Star Trek's LCARS interface looks rather dated when compared with Microsoft's surface computing interface (Flash video courtesy of Popular Mechanics).

I once asserted to a few friends of mine with whom I've played RPGs that the theme song for Exalted was obviously Belexes by Kansas, (from their self-titled debut album) though I can hardly imagine Livgren & Co. had Exalted in mind given they composed the song some 20 years before Exalted achieved existence ( Read more... )