http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm Some of these tongue twisters are well known. Others are not terribly challenging. Some are downright impossible. This one, however, is both effective and amusing. There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure. Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in. Now they’re fishing the fissure […]
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Making Movies: Beyond the Call of Duty | Cinemaroll
http://www.cinemaroll.com/Cinemarolling/Making-Movies-Beyond-the-Call-of-Duty.456075 Crappy list of actors who went “Beyond the Call of Duty” in preparing for screen roles, by doing things such as eating bugs or doing patrol rounds with cops. Not quite as beyond the call as weight gains/losses such as those of DeNiro’s or Bale’s (unworthy of listing, apparently) or the go-big-or-go-home action of […]
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http://www.magazine13.com/arts/master-of-miniatures.html Microscopic art. While I appreciate the skill, I question the effort. Six months to carve something that, with an ill-timed sneeze, will be lost forever.
playr.co.uk – Zilch
http://zilch.playr.co.uk/zilch.php I don’t often thumb-up Flash games – in fact, I don’t often play Flash games – but this is one that I learned IRL at a cottage years ago, and have enjoyed ever since. Trying to find others to play with me, though, is hindered by my complete inability to lucidly explain rules or […]
Hacked By The Sniper Killer
http://hellarity.net/iq/index.php I’ve been away from teh interwebs more than usual lately, so I’m shocked (and somewhat appalled) to have scored so high on this.
Dutch oven – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_oven The Dutch oven is also the official state cooking pot of Utah. Official State Cooking Pots. As if learning the flag, bird and flower for each state wasn’t pointless enough.
b3ta.com links
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Harder_Better_Faster_Stronger_by_hands The “artist” in question could probably have devoted his time better to curing cancer or something, but at least we’ll have something to entertain us while we slowly die. (Be sure to hold out past the first, say 20 seconds – it does actually get better…)
Angeling Around.com, Angelo Plessas, 2007, Courtesy the artist
http://www.angelingaround.com/ Virtual gravity. Nifty!
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http://www.foxnews.com/images/242828/3_61_112906_britney_paris_lohan.jpg While it doesn’t stop the New York Post from being an utter rag, I can appreciate a good headline when I see one. It’s like Yalta, without the panties!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/en_nm/britain_bigbrother_dc_2 TV eviction cast as victory for good in racism row I would prefer TV show cancelled as victory for good in taste wars but I suppose small victories are victories just the same.