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BRAVE NEW WORLD
THE FINNISH MOCK GROUP LENINGRAD COWBOYS AND THE RED ARMY CHOIR PERFORM "SWEET HOME ALABAMA"............
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The Most Important Speech on Race Ever Delivered.
A couple of folks on my f-list has posted to this awe-inspiring speech by Barack Obama already, but I felt that I should re-print a comment on the Metafilter board, which conducts the essence of Obama's word's.
" I've been trying to think of something appropriate to say about the speech Obama gave today, and I don't know where to start. I've read ( Read more... ) -
Arthur C. Clarke rides the space elevator to the sky
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
-- Clarke's Third LawSir Arthur C. Clarke, one of the fathers of modern science fiction, has died today at age 90 in his home in Columbo, Sri Lanka. His main scientific achievement was the conceptualization of telecommunications satellites, and had a hand in the development ( Read more... ) -
Pink Punch!
An all woman gang in Uttar Pradesh province, India, have taken up cudgels to fight male oppression. They call themselves....
THE PINK VIGILANTES (Gublai Gang)
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I dream of fractals now...
I had an intense dream last night where it appeared the universe cracked open to reveal it's secrets. What I witnessed was what my conscious mind can only descibe as a series of mathematical formulae, so complicated that they took the look of clouds. On the representational level, these clouds appeared to contain shifting, transforming, yet ( Read more... ) -
The Titan of the 20-Sided Dies
Gary Gygax has died today. As the creator of Dungeon & Dragons, he is responsible for what is considered to be Role Playing Games, both table-top and online. World of Warcraft, bow your head ( Read more... ) -
Food Fight
An exceptional animation of American world conflict of the past 100 years, using cuisine to show who's who. The sound mixing makes this a treat.
Here's an interpetation of the animation:
:05 -- Map of the world
:10 -- The Germans
:13 -- The Jews
:17 -- The Holocaust begins
:22 -- The French
:25 -- France Surrenders
:32 -- The Blitz
:38 -- Japan
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For the moms on my f-list
Thanks to my bro' in hong kong. -
DREAMS WITH SHARP TEETH
A documentary featuring Harlan Ellison, to be released this spring. This man has informed my reading and watching most of my life. His literary and film criticism were formative of my own. But I don't believe that I swear as much when discussing such things.
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