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lift yr. skinny fists like antennas to heaven!

Lord St Clair

You're laughing now, but I'm voting this sucka down

Galatea

Assholes and Douchebags: A Comparison

Walking Man, An Annotated Index

May 15, 2008

May 15, 2008

you, who would stifle beautiful words not yet born

British Standard Handful

Too many songs about Superman. Not enough songs about Batman.

Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief

Tiananmen Square Massacre

My inability to effectively express my thoughts is driving me crazy

Choose your words carefully; now throw them away

Merciless Beatings: $5

Scientific progress: a pessimist's view

July 27, 2007

blonde, freckles, skinny, short

a poem out of the machine

Untemperately

George Foreman Grill

Lonestar tick

Zig-Zag

Proverbs 31

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Cream of the Cool:

Zig-Zag (thing)	by Simulacron3
Zig-Zag is a brand of cigarette rolling papers that was founded by the Braunstein brothers in Paris in 1879. Zig-Zags quickly gained a reputation for high quality and the business grew quickly. The Braunsteins won a gold medal for their papers at the 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris, the same event for which the Eiffel Tower was built. The Zig-Zag package has a distinctive red and black, or red, blue and black brand image in woodcut print style that depicts a very... (more)
Tiananmen Square Massacre (idea)	by Noung
Westerners are used to explaining the massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989 as being a battle between the Communist state and those who wanted greater democracy in China, and this is to some extent true. But the students and intellectuals who were demanding political reform were not the only people who participated in this popular movement; they were joined by workers and even some members of the old elites who were finding their world profoundly shaken by the period of economic reform that the... (more)
May 15, 2008 (log)	by Senso
Donginger Status Update I've been getting a lot of questions recently about what happened to Donginger, since his sudden disappearance from the catbox. While I truly appreciate all the concerns about him (he's like a son to me), I wrote this Daylog to avoid repeating myself all the time in the catbox. As some of you may know, since I've been talking about that non-stop for the past two weeks, I am starting a new job on May 20, 2008. Until then, Donginger... (more)
Udaloy class destroyer (thing)	by locke baron
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the USSR was faced with the need for a new, medium-sized antisubmarine ship to replace the aging Kresta-II class cruisers and some of the much older Kotlin and Kildin class destroyers. The Krivak class frigate was already around, but something larger and more capable was needed. The answer was the Udaloy class destroyer. Designed to be cheaper and easier to service than the cramped, overengineered Krestas but more capable than the low-mix... (more)
nerve stapling (thing)	by nailbiter
It is not uncommon to see patients undergo permanent psychological trauma in the presence of the Sphere, before the nerve stapler has even been strapped into position. Its effect on the general consciousness of the culture is profound: husbands have seen wives go inside, and mothers their children. Dr. Xynan left the surface of the sphere semitranslucent for a reason. You can hear them in there; you can see them. It is a thing of terrible beauty. -- Baron Klim, "The Music of the... (more)
Iron Man (review)	by StrawberryFrog
I found Iron Man, the 2008 Marvel movie to be more deft than your average superhero comic adaptation - it hit the right notes without seeming cheesy, which seems a common pitfall of movies that put comic-book action and drama on the screen. This more natural acting is apparently a result of a lot of impovisation1, giving it a less stiff feel than, for instance, the X-men movies. It's not deep, but it's quite thrilling. Robert Downey Jr. was a stroke of casting brilliance,... (more)