Sherman's Stroll to the Sea

Tim Burton - Vincent

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:50:01 -0800

Tim Burton - Vincent

charlene and I both have one of these (bracelets, not wrists,...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:32:00 -0700

charlene and I both have one of these (bracelets, not wrists, but she has at least one of those as well) because curing AIDS is a cause near and dear to our hearts.

We’re kind of like two planeteers except when we let our powers combine, fire and heart waves don’t come out from our bracelets, money just comes out from our pockets and instead of having a worthy adversary like Looten Plunder, we just have the condescending sales lady who likes to show off her knowledge of and commitment to every cause in the world - I think in addition to her AIDS cure bracelet she had an AIDS preservation anklet, but that may have been a court ordered tracking device.

Maudie Hopkins “It was not especially uncommon for young...

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:34:00 -0700

Maudie Hopkins

“It was not especially uncommon for young women in Arkansas to marry Confederate pensioners…”

this is also very interesting

Gherkin The fruit itself may have originated in India. The...

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:37:00 -0700

Gherkin

The fruit itself may have originated in India. The ‘gregor banks’ was known to the ancient Mesopotamians no later than the 3rd century BC and eaten in ancient Egypt, Greece, andRome. The gherkin is mentioned in English in the seventeenth century, although the English diarist Samuel Pepys describes the ‘girkin’ in his entry for 1661-12-01 as ‘a rare thing’. Knowledge of the condiment may have been disseminated throughout Europe from the Middle East in the course of the Jewish Diaspora.

just once in my life I’d like somebody to see if I fancy a gherkin while I’m wearing a reindeer jumper

“I suppose that of all the stories I have ever written...

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:37:00 -0700

“I suppose that of all the stories I have ever written this one cost me the least travail and perhaps gave me the most amusement. As to the labor involved, it was written during one day in the city of New Orleans, with the express purpose of buying a platinum and diamond wrist watch which cost six hundred dollars. I began it at seven in the morning and finished it at two o’clock the same night.”

- introduction to “The Camel’s Back”

Charles Waterton A range of colourful stories have been handed...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:44:49 -0700

Charles Waterton

A range of colourful stories have been handed down about Charles Waterton, not all of which are verifiable, but which add up to a popular portrait of an archetypal aristocratic eccentric:

Waterton had his hair cut in a crew cut at a time when a full head of hair piled up or brushed forward was in style.
In 1817, he climbed St. Peter’s in Rome and left his gloves on top of the lightning conductor. Pope Pius VII asked him to remove the gloves, which he did.
Waterton sometimes enjoyed biting the legs of his guests from under the dinner table, imitating a dog.
He tried to fly by jumping from the top of an outhouse on his estate, calling the exercise “Navigating the atmosphere”.
He devised his own methods for preserving animal skins and used them to create unusual caricatures of his enemies. He also utilised his taxidermy skills to create models critiquing political events of the day.
He believed in the medical remedy of blood-letting, which was largely an abandoned practice at that point in time. When ill he bled himself heavily.

Ludwig Wittgenstein “Described by Bertrand Russell as...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:31:00 -0700

Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Described by Bertrand Russell as ‘the most perfect example I have ever known of genius as traditionally conceived, passionate, profound, intense, and dominating,’ Wittgenstein is considered by many to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century.”

phallus shaped corpse plant for me

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:23:33 -0700

phallus shaped corpse plant for me

hydrangea for you

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:16:01 -0700

hydrangea for you

“on May 19th, Special Election Day, the promoters of...

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:18:57 -0700

“on May 19th, Special Election Day, the promoters of Proposition 1A want you to believe that Prop 1A is budget reform. … Just nice warm and fuzzy budget reform. Kinda like a sheep…”

Grilled Cheese Gets An Update

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:51:00 -0700

Grilled Cheese Gets An Update:

I don’t think I’ve had a grilled cheese sandwich since I lived in Costa Mesa and it was always with the Kraft singles slices, but now I feel like I’d be totally missing out if I didn’t have it with handcrafted, certified organic cheeses and artisan bread. this should be our next sandwich adventure.

Bananagrams!

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:53:13 -0700

Bananagrams!

This is a really cute dictionary, the caption...

Mon, 04 May 2009 22:21:48 -0700

This is a really cute dictionary, the caption says
“WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST’S DICTIONARY - ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO SETTLE ALL ANAGRAM DISPUTES”

For the Sherlock Holmes fans in the house

Mon, 04 May 2009 22:13:13 -0700

For the Sherlock Holmes fans in the house

Does anyone have a mammoth for me to taste?

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:31:09 -0700

Video

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:20:06 -0700

Photo

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:52:35 -0700

Photo

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:46:54 -0700

Audio

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:11:04 -0700

"A young Minnesotan who seemed to have had nothing to do with his generation did a heroic thing, and..."

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:41:40 -0700

““A young Minnesotan who seemed to have had nothing to do with his generation did a heroic thing, and for a moment people set down their glasses in country clubs and speak-easies and thought of their old best dreams.””