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Tag Archives: Pie in the Face
Rule of Acquisition #109
Playing with the new app and filters III, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the Ferengi are established as having a culture so built around business and the pursuit of wealth that they are governed by … Continue reading
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O tempora! O mores!
Dear baseball players of the world: You are ruining everything! So some dope interrupted the Murdoch family’s stammering and mumbling today by “throwing a pie” at Rupert Murdoch, which actually meant waving a styrofoam plate in Murdoch’s direction as some … Continue reading
Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome
Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Oh Japan, never, ever change! As LiveDoor News pointed out this week, a new trend is spreading among Japanese schoolgirls. It’s called “cream puff face” (“ganmen shuukuriimu” or 顔面シュークリーム). And, you guessed it, it involves … Continue reading
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Answers, the sixth!
As usual, I’m taking forever to get this done…but soldier on, we shall! Two questions up first from an anonymity-preferring soul, on a matter near and dear to my heart: Since you seem to enjoy a pie in the face, … Continue reading
Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome
Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Here’s a fantastic Wonder Woman illustration (via): There’s a lot of magnificent Wonder Woman are out there, but one thing I wish is that the costume wasn’t always involving shorts that are so short that … Continue reading
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Mabel
Today is the 120th birthday of Mabel Normand, silent movie comedy star and, according to some, the first person to launch a pie into another person’s face. This is likely not true, but I salute her nonetheless!
Joining the Instacrowd
Yup, everybody loves to complain about Instagram, the photo app that has turned everyone with a camera phone into a snooty nitwit who thinks that taking a quick snapshot and applying a filter makes them into photographic geniuses. Yeah, I … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Whoops…I’m all off right now, folks. Thanks to my scheduling my vacation over parts of two work weeks, I’ve lost my ‘feel’ for what day it is. Which is why I forgot to do this post until just now. Whoops! … Continue reading
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The receiving end
I’m in the midst of a vacation from work which started last Thursday and ends this Thursday morning. We took our annual trip to Ithaca for the Apple Harvest Festival, I’ve spent a lot of quality time with The Book, … Continue reading
Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome!!!
Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Dungeons and Dragons was created almost 40 years ago by Gary Gygax and David Arneson. Both men have passed on, but Arneson’s personal collection of materials comprising his creative work on the game was recently … Continue reading