Author: Ryan Dunn
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Love Football Not Hitler
Note, the URL on the poster is not valid. I don’t know if there’s irony in that? Probably.
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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
If you’re a horny inmate, I think the answer is yes. Boy George was found guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort in his flat. Apparently he handcuffed the poor innocent creature to his wall and beat him with a whip for not sleeping with him. Sentencing as yet to be determined.
Good Luck in Prison, Boy George.
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Escher’s Magritte, via Matisse
The art of Craig Frazier.
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Top 5 Star Names
(THE ONES IN OUTER SPACE)
5. MIMOSA (350 Light Years)
4. JOB’S COFFIN (100 Light Years)
3. DERF (100 Light Years)
2. SHAM (500 Light Years)
1. TELESCOPIUM (75 Light Years)
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Tex Avery’s Evil Grandson
The art of Brandt Peters.
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Addicted to Overheard in New York
For those who aren’t aware, there’s a website where people in New York can submit things they hear in the city — in a cab, on the street, in the subway, at the office, wherever. It’s simple in principle, and highly addictive to read through.
They tend to air on the side of low-brow dirty type conversations, but if you weed through, there are many gems.
Check out Overheard in New York.
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Winter is Coming to HBO.
A high fantasy series on HBO?
Well well well. I’m a couple weeks behind on this one, but HBO has ordered a pilot for a new series based on the epic high fantasy series called A Song of Ice and Fire, by author George R. R. Martin (who has committed to writing at least one episode per season).
The first season will span the length of the first book, A Game of Thrones. Each season thereafter will also span another book (it is a seven books series, four of them already writ, book five on the way).
But don’t get bogged down in the details, just get ready for some violence, romance, dragons, direwolves, sex, wights, knights, dwarves, bastards, tragedies, victories, kings and sellswords…..all on HBO!!
Move over, Xena. Step aside, Conan.
Okay okay, I have to go now, I’m 600 pages into book three (A Storm of Swords) and smiling at the prospect of seeing some of fantasy’s most interesting, flawed characters coming to my living room soon.
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Bad Word Pairs #022
“Happy Holidays” (repost)
I’ve debated this issue with friends and family alike. I think we are, as Americans, becoming a homogenized brand of generic culture conformists. And what I mean by that is clearly depicted in the term “Happy Holidays.”
Somewhere in the past decade, we’ve been told that it is bad to acknowledge religious beliefs in social settings (just give it time, and eventually “In God We Trust” will disappear from our currency, too).
Apparently Merry Christmas is too exclusive a phrase, as it doesn’t account for Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or Ramadan, or the myriad other holidays out there, celebrated around the world and here in the USA.
Phooey, I say. If you celebrate Christmas, by all means wish your fellow patrons a Merry Christmas. If you’re too lazy to figure out what your friend celebrates and think a Happy Holidays card is a safe bet, shame on you.
And for the families out there who might somehow be offended by this gesture of holiday cheer, simply reply with a Happy Hanukkah (or whichever holiday it is that you celebrate) and share a chuckle with a stranger. Who knows, maybe you’ll even have enlightened them to a new holiday.
And to the rest of you, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
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Quote of the Week #025
“This is a letter from God to Man. It says ‘Hey there. How’s it going? Long time no see.’” –scroobius pip
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Bigger is Bigger (and Better)
The art of Florentijn Hofman.
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The Cursor Kite
I missed this one over the summer, but still wanted to share it, since it’s pretty marvelous.
WindFire Cursor.
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Ravishing Radiohead
This is my favorite Radiohead cover, from a band called Calico Horse, including several members of the now-defunct band The Clock Work Army. It’s a cover of Idioteque, one of the few electro-synth tracks I really like by them.
Lead singer Emily Neveu casts Thom’s lyrics in a new light without mucking up the melodies whatsoever. The hallucinogenic bent suits the original material well, and the sparse presentation of the music is right up my alley.
I particularly like the simple use of a tambourine to keep tempo. I can picture the lead singer lazily crashing it against her hip over and over. Sure beats a drum machine.
Listen to “Idioteque”
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Cattle Rituals
The art of Angelou Guingon.
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Quote of the Week #024
“A giraffe is a horse designed by committee.” -Unknown
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Move Over, Paper Mâché.
The art of Bert Simons.
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Quote of the Week #023
“I have become an aerial view of a coastal town that you once knew.” -Fionn Regan
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Quote of the Week #022
“From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.”
-HP Lovecraft
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Addicted to Graphic Exchange
Fabien Barral has put together quite an impressive collection of inspiration at Graphic-ExchanGE. Have a perusal, if you are so inclined.
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A Dark and Evil Wave.
Surfer Kerby Brown dropped in on a 41′ monster wave about 9 miles off the western coast of Australia. A wave that got him a nomination in the Oakley Surfing Life Big Wave Awards.
A wave that nearly killed him.
“Usually the wave never steps out or goes evil like that one, but it just went dry – the hardest wave I’ve ever had to surf. I went straight over the lip and did about 10 backflips. It felt like I ripped my arm out of its socket, my leggie snapped and then I felt like I was the deepest I’d ever been.”
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Top 5 Shark Attack Locales
(RECORDED SINCE 1700 A.D.)
5. California, United States (113 attacks, 15 fatal)
4. Queensland, Australia (103 attacks, 38 fatal)
3. New South Wales, Australia (140 attacks, 61 fatal)
2. Natal, South Africa (214 attacks, 41 fatal)
1. Florida, United States (577 attacks, 13 fatal)
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Bad Word Pairs #021
“Wicker Furniture”
I am a believer in the luxury of comfort. Many do not have this luxury, and so for those of us who do enjoy it, we ought to be grateful. That is why, whether it be a sofa, a chair, even a love-seat, furniture should NOT give you splinters.
Which is what wicker furniture, especially well-worn, heavily used wicker furniture, runs the risk of doing. When I’m watching a TV show and reach over for that bowl of popcorn, I don’t want to be nervous about dragging my arm across the wicker arm and pulling hairs from my flesh.
I also just dislike the creak of wicker when moving or leaning whilst seated. It’s like nails on a chalkboard for me.
UPDATE: This, I just realized, is my 300th post. Hooray for me!
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Addicted to Billy Wilder
The man’s writing, in a word, smoldered. Even something as mundane as an insurance salesman selling accident insurance to a lonely wife became a thing so tense, and so dramatic, that you couldn’t tear your eyes away from the screen as the scenes unfolded.
If you’ve not watched Double Indemnity, or happened to miss Sunset Boulevard, or perhaps you’ve never heard of Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, or Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch, then you’ve got some movies to Netflix. These films all have one thing in common, and that’s the taut, sharp writing of Billy Wilder.
