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Arbuckle
A bizarre comic idea... marphod, this one's for you. Arbuckle:
In 1978, Jim Davis began a newspaper comic strip called "Garfield". For almost thirty years, this strip has endured [...] The comic changes dramatically when one removes the thought bubbles. "Garfield" changes from being a comic about a sassy, corpulent feline, and becomes a compelling ( Read more... ) -
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Happy Year 2000!
By a strange coincidence, not only is today (well, tonight starting at sundown, so technically tomorrow) Rosh Hashanah, but today (starting at midnight) is the new year in the Ethiopian calendar ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: The Flanders Panel
A month ago or so I read "The Flanders Panel" by Arturo Perez-Reverte, a novel about an art restorer who uncovers a hidden inscription in a painting: "Who killed the knight?" The painting shows a prince and one of his knights playing chess, and it later turns out that the knight in question was dead at the time the painting was made ( Read more... ) -
LJ alternatives
I've been doing some pondering lately about the nature of LJ, thanks to a semi-recent post from elements. The recent hijinks surrounding fandom have given me pause to think about what this place is ( Read more... ) -
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It's been a rough couple of weeks around here. On August 17 we went to the Children's Museum with some friends who all have children. M was the youngest in the group -- 3 months really isn't an age where they get a lot out of the museum -- but we figured it'd be good for a lark ( Read more... ) -
What I Learned From Wikipedia Today
Portobello mushrooms and the common mushroom (aka the white mushroom or the button mushroom) are actually the same species. True, the variety is slightly different, but it's mostly just a difference in coloration (Portobellos being browner). The real difference between the two is just a few days in age before being picked. -
What I Learned From Wikipedia Today
There are still people in central Massachusetts who are deeply embittered by the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. The language has been edited out of the current version of the article, but look at this older version (which is what I saw when I looked earlier today), particularly the sections entitled "Towns eliminated" (sec. 1.7) and "Additional ( Read more... )
