August 2009
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Not a Fixie
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“I always said there was a scene we could probably never do, which was the...”
– John Byrne, on Kitty Pryde
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Just another day in the antique squid lab...
Half-assed British paleontologists discovered the remains of a Belemnotheutis antiquus (lit. “Old Hairy Squid”) during a dig at a Victorian excavation in Trowbridge, Wilts.
They cracked open what appeared to be an ordinary looking rock only to find the one-inch-long black ink sac inside.
After realising what they had stumbled across, the researchers got completely fucked...
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Sorry, son. This is your new mommy now.
SMJ WEEKEND CHALLENGE: BRING CHICKS TO OUR...
shang’s ri’la. atx. 4p-2a. booze. food. dudes.
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I would like to see your ancient humans and their...
Poser: Needed: Ancient Romans (Message 1 to 5 of 5) From: Sven Littkowski Subject: Poser: Needed: Ancient Romans Date: 27 Jan 2008 21:00:50 Message: <479cf102$1@news.povray.org> Hi everyone!
I am trying hard to create the ancient Roman world with POV-Ray. As far as
it concerns the buildings, it is relatively easy. But organic things, such
as humans, are difficult to be...
Dubious Achievements in Engineering
Charles F. Brennan’s amazing gyroscopically-stabilized Monorail!
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SMJ WEEKEND CHALLENGE: KEEP IT AT LEAST MINIMALLY...
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End Live Music! (this time for the children)
“Those stadium shows may possibly be the most extravagant and expensive (production-wise) ever: $40 million to build the stage and, having done the math, we estimate 200 semi trucks crisscrossing Europe for the duration. It could be professional envy speaking here, but it sure looks like, well, overkill, and just a wee bit out of balance given all the starving people in Africa and all. Or...
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post-apocalyptic future prisons of new york city
Woodhull Hospital in Bushwick, Brooklyn:
Verizon building in Williamsburg:
AT&T Long Lines Building in Manhattan:
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The Full sized Personal Urn will hold all of the...
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War Pigeon
Serving with the National Pigeon Service (NPS) during the Second World War, Commando made more than ninety trips into and out of German occupied France, carrying confidential messages. He was noted for three particular missions carried out in 1942—one in June, another in August, and the third in September—in which he carried crucial intelligence to Britain from agents in France. This vital...