Found this at Rachel Lucas’ site. Pretty funny.
Ok, it doesn’t seem to want to embed, so here’s the link –
He died this week. In his honor, a link to the only film of “his” that I’ve seen in its entirety – De Düva (The Dove).
Someone might get the idea of importing these. Most of them (alright, almost all of them) I have no desire to ever try, but there are a few I may be willing to try, such as the Dracula Cool Garlic Mint.
Garlic is, after all, one of the major food groups.
At one point, I could do your basic “Sleep,” “Walk the Dog,” and “Around the World.” I can’t even follow what Hiroyuki Suzuki is doing here.
Show those alien blighters you’ll brook no impertinences – Dr. Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators provide the means.
This vital information was provided through the good graces of The LawDog Files.
This is a video of John Scarne performing card manipulations. Very impressive stuff. I wanted to embed the video, but it didn’t seem to want to be embedded.
I remember reading a book titled “How to Cheat at Cards” when I was in high school. I remember it as a book, but the only references to that title I find online are to a chapter of the book “Scarne on Cards” (which I own), and to that chapter’s reprinting as a magazine article in Life magazine in 1949.
I may be misremembering (it wouldn’t be the first time), but because Scarne made an effort to educate servicemen to the tricks employed by card sharps during World War II, and it was a military library I read it at, it’s possible that it was a pamphlet reprinting the chapter that was put out specifically for the military. I own a couple of LPs that were sold only through the military BX/PX system, so it’s not an unreasonable assumption.
Just an assortment of amusing links:
Photos of LP cover art. Note that there’s a fair amount of nudity here from time to time. I’ve been going back through the earlier posts, and there have been a number of LPs I recognize, but I’ve seen none yet that I actually own. Then again, I’ve got about 300, and I think I remember a post where he said he has 10,000.
French phrases you won’t learn at school.
This band sounds sorta familiar, but there’s something about them …
I had a link to Skippy’s list on my old website, but it succumbed to link rot. This link is good.
Pimp My Rice Paddy. I’ve seen similar things done with flowers (including flower clocks), but nothing on this scale.
And, finally, perhaps you should save this link for later.
You can get real-time updates on the Tour de France here. It’s an interesting use of Google Maps.
If so, you may find this site useful. I own several of the videos they offer (in the music instruction and luthierie categories), but there are many more that I’d be interested in seeing.