Friday, October 15, 2004
From Kathryn: anti-Bush haiku and pro-Kerry haiku. I may compose one of my own later today.
From Daniel: 1,049 federal rights depend on one's marital status. How ridiculous is THAT?
From Dr. Matt: conclusive and hilarious proof that Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is, in fact, "the gayest horror movie of all time." The whole Camp Blood site is great fun, too.
From a random librarian on a random list: Gnooks!
From Jason: Sound Off for Kerry happens next week, with dozens of local bands (including Over the Rhine) playing. Woohoo!
From Zazoo: "A recent poll conducted in England found Britons fear spiders more than terrorism. Hee."
From the Graveworm: Is this a chupacabra? "If not, then what the filly-ruck is it?" (I am quoting the Worm purely for the "filly-ruck" phrase.)
Have a great weekend, everyone! See you Monday.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Clusty (an interesting site in and of itself) has a navigation-friendly version of the 1,500-page report by the CIA on WMDs. It's a lot better than scrolling through slowly.
The smallest computer is here, and it has an itty bitty name to go with its itty bitty size. Soon they'll be small enough to fit in our retinas, I'm telling you.
The operative word is "lit." Litquake, for instance, is going on this week, and LitGothic is alive. IT'S ALIVE! Ahem. Sorry. In non-lit names, the 2004 finalists for the National Book Awards are out. Have you read any?
Tomorrow: links from others!
Hi there. I'm at the ORALL conference this morning, being all librarian-like. Check back this afternoon for the links!
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
* Haunted houses are everywhere. Here's our local contribution.
* An English pub has a freaky-looking ghost living there...or else they really need to clean their mirrors.
* GhostChatter, for all your chattering needs about ghosts!
* The definitive site on Jack the Ripper also features merchandise, like a lovely Ripper 2005 calendar. This is a rather creepy (albeit admittedly neat) concept.
* Strange Magazine has a good article on cinema's mad scientists. How can you resist a piece with a sidebar entitled "The 1930s: Decade of Deranged Docs"? They also mention Kenneth Strickfaden, the special effects wizard who created Frankenstein's lab and one of my new heroes.
* Not spooky so much as just plain weird: a shirt which sends out a distress signal when the wearer falls down. Yes, really. Sometimes the jokes just write themselves, don't they?
In nonspooky news, the spooky librarians will be at the ORALL opening reception tonight (in our more professional guises). If you're there, fellow librarians, stop by and say hi!
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Anyway. Danny sent in a wonderful gallery of art from the Weird Tales series. I'm thinking we should decorate our house with them for Halloween.
Alfred of Odd Books has found another gem. This one claims to infer everything about a woman's personality by examining...her breasts. Yeah. Good luck with that.
Which historical lunatic are you? The first time I took this, I was in the middle of that weird migraine experience and I got Caligula. Gulp. Now that I'm somewhat recovered, I took it again and got Nicola Tesla. I'm sticking with Tesla.
Wow. Right now, I am experiencing exactly what this page describes. (Sometimes it's good to be constantly on the internet.) Back soon with links!
Monday, October 11, 2004
French philosopher Derrida has also died,. And and baseball MVP Ken Caminiti, too. There's an awful lot of death going around, it seems.
On a related note, art school can kill. Artists, be careful out there!
In lighter news, why not consider microradio for the masses? I'm thinking a one-watt station would be pretty keen. Also pretty keen: bags that have been to space and back!
Most people hate diagramming sentences, but I always thought it was fun. And behold, I am not alone! There are even examples of diagrammed sentences in this essay, which has the best explanation of why diagramming was so interesting to me: it's "a picture of language."
