Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic
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originally published at Photos from the Other michael
i dont always write without punctuation but sometimes i do write without punctuation and when i do write without punctuation i tend to repeat myself on purpose at other times when i write with punctuation i also tend to repeat myself on purpose and sometimes when i write with punctuation and sometimes when i write without punctuation i repeat myself not on purpose but i do not repeat myself with purpose as often when i write with punctuation as when i do not write with punctuation
Fri, August 14, 2009 - 10:48 AM
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Re: I really needed these links
(in Absolute & Complete F*#+%ing Idiot)
I live to serve.
and freak people out. discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 1:21 PM
minimal art car(s)
(in Absolute & Complete F*#+%ing Idiot)
www.boingboing.net/2009/11/...e-cu.html
1) perma-mount cups on the roof. 2) drive around 3) ??? 4) PROFIT!!! discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 8:20 AM
Re: round like a circle in a spiral
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
everytime I think of spirals I get that song stuck in my head. it's got good semi-circular imagery
discussion post on Thu, November 19, 2009 - 8:31 AM
Re: pretty
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
mmmm awezome!
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 7:11 AM
round like a circle in a spiral
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18...spiral.html
conservation of rocks and water discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 6:53 AM
tool for reborns
(in Absolute & Complete F*#+%ing Idiot)
www.boingboing.net/2009/11/...tool.html
okay, the link pretty much gives it away. but the image is priceless. discussion post on Sun, November 15, 2009 - 4:56 PM
Re: sometime you wanna go where everybody knows your name
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
now that nearly a day has passed, the spoiler: interview with the editor of "The Complete Bloom County" books, forthcoming.
drool. discussion post on Fri, November 13, 2009 - 5:49 AM
foxy, lady
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
movies.nytimes.com/2009/11/...stic.html
Wes Anderson, Roald Dahl, stop motion animation? you got your chocolate in my peanut butter and your marmite and... okay, I can't make this into a good three-way metaphor. ... read more discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 12:56 PM
sometime you wanna go where everybody knows your name
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
or you know everybody's name. something like that.
www.aintitcool.com/node/42931 CAN. NOT. WAIT. discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 11:09 AM
Re: Thats why WE are all going to FACEBOOK.
(in Tribe.net Brainstorm)
no wonder facebook is so annoying if its filled with people like this
I must admit, the accusation of loosing peoples messages right and left is pretty scary -- there's nothing worse than a message loose on both the right and the left. too mu... read more discussion post on Mon, November 9, 2009 - 10:26 AM
Re: speaking of the midwest
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
one of us
one of us one of us www.youtube.com/watch discussion post on Sat, November 7, 2009 - 7:51 PM
Re: zeppelin city
(in ...KINKY SCi-Fi...)
kinkyscifi.tribe.net/thread/...e9d55815
By the summer of 1936 the sales of Complete Zeppelin Stories approached those of Doc Savage, Love Story Magazine, and Western Story Magazine. As was common in pulp publishi... read more discussion post on Sat, November 7, 2009 - 7:49 PM
Re: Free Software Foundation
(in Open Source Software)
www.fsf.org/associate/benefits.html
they're doing membership drives and awareness campaigns this year. yeahyeahyeah preaching to the choir otoh, I just joined up as a paid member . discussion post on Sat, November 7, 2009 - 7:14 AM
Re: Foot organ (no snickers please)
(in String-Can Telephone)
cool; I've never seen one; then again, I've only ever heard recordings of "normal" bandoneons, as well. not a big bandoneon scene here in NEPA
discussion post on Sat, November 7, 2009 - 6:23 AM
Re: speaking of the midwest
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
you've ever downloaded an illegal mp3 or watched a youtube clip containing one? ganked a jpg from online that wasn't clearly CC-licensed or in the publicdomain?
you is a BAD lady. discussion post on Sat, November 7, 2009 - 6:04 AM
Re: zeppelin city
(in ...KINKY SCi-Fi...)
lets get serious james -- your interests start and stop with 'spicy zeppelin stories'
course thats true of most of us here discussion post on Sat, November 7, 2009 - 5:57 AM
dan "mister toast" goodsell at the hello kitty show
(in Hello Kitty Fans)
mistertoast.blogspot.com/2009/...w.html
discussion post on Fri, November 6, 2009 - 1:03 PM
I pity the fool that lacks enough imagination to see any particular star shilling for extra cash
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
www.infomercial-hell.com/blog/...is-up/
www.youtube.com/watch discussion post on Thu, November 5, 2009 - 2:07 PM
speaking of the midwest
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/0...ts/index.html
A few years ago, I was telling a co-worker about how, back home in SD, every year some poor sap would drive a snowmobile through a hole in the lake ice. And two days later I he... read more discussion post on Thu, November 5, 2009 - 7:47 AM
gopher
(in String-Can Telephone)
www.boingboing.net/2009/11/...rebo.html
discussion post on Thu, November 5, 2009 - 7:45 AM
california driving, on a winter's day
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
all the leaves are brown
and the sky is grey I've been for a walk on a winter's day BIG MISTAKE cbs5.com/local/martine...2.1278803.html discussion post on Wed, November 4, 2009 - 7:09 AM
Re: 'Metropolis' uncut
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
"Dr Mabuse" is also pretty good.
discussion post on Tue, November 3, 2009 - 8:52 AM
Re: Another Christmas Carol.
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
you also have to push this button
discussion post on Tue, November 3, 2009 - 8:50 AM
Re: 'Metropolis' uncut
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
I haven't seen the previous reedit, because when I took it home from the library, the criterion case actually held a disc from a crappy public-domain transfer. I pointed this out to the librarians who said "yeah, somebody lost it, so they replaced...
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discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 12:58 PM
Jesus Christ Superstar
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
link to main thread: squeezemymovieluvinbeetle.tribe.net/thread/b2a89799-01f4-4fa2-8f26-eb4b41ebf871
discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 6:25 AM
Om Shanti Om
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
main thread: squeezemymovieluvinbeetle.tribe.net/thread/fedadaf2-eff1-4bef-964a-1ae07e5d23a9
discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 6:24 AM
OSO
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
I saw Om Shanti Om on the plane back from my honeymoon.... It's been over 18 months, but my heart is still full of the Pain of Disco!
discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 4:04 AM
Hollywood Hotel
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
Busy Berkely has no respect for dancing. He can sometimes make an okay movie, he can sometimes make splashy production numbers, and he can sometimes make an absolutely atrocious picture. Hollywood Hotel is one of the former, an okay movie that isn...
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discussion post on Thu, October 29, 2009 - 6:52 PM
Generic Musical Thread
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
Didn't I start a thread about musicals, once? Can't find it back.
The Band Wagon - squeezemymovieluvinbeetle.tribe.net/thread/eace3d66-ebad-4393-986a-bc41eec0799d discussion post on Thu, October 29, 2009 - 6:41 PM
Re: The Band Wagon
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
ok, who is the unsubscribed that started this thread?
I finally saw the entire film this winter, as I purchased the DVD, and it was well worth it. crazy making-of-a-musical story that starts out theatrical faust, gets weird, gets revamped, e... read more discussion post on Thu, October 29, 2009 - 6:39 PM
Re: Sorry, being rude.
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
okay im beginning to sense that the usual wish you were here postcards are not going to cut it
discussion post on Thu, October 29, 2009 - 6:35 PM
whip it good
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/...s.html
boingboing.net/2009/07/16...944-so.html discussion post on Wed, October 28, 2009 - 1:48 PM
Re: Reality is all relative
(in Hast du Klenginem?!?)
yo! it's ahmed! yo yo yo!
good to see you again. and by "good" I mean "thank g-d I hid the silverware" discussion post on Tue, October 27, 2009 - 7:00 PM
if cocktail acid weren't the best never ever
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
this tribe would totally change to cocksmachine mam
cocksmachine.com/main.asp who knows, maybe it will anyway. discussion post on Tue, October 27, 2009 - 6:58 PM
Re: Sorry, being rude.
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
I think I know what she needs -- a cocksmachine: cocksmachine.com/main.asp
however, I can probably do a postcard discussion post on Tue, October 27, 2009 - 6:58 PM
Re: God Help Me (film school)
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
don't worry about getting a decent camera -- get any camera. just shoot lots and lots of footage. shoot some more. edit it. realize its c rap and get rid of it and shoot some more and more and more and more. edit. repeat.
discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 1:36 PM
"Button, Button"
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
both the movie and the original episode are based on a short story by Richard Matheson
who -- glory be! -- is not yet dead: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Matheson discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 1:33 PM
anatomy less on
(in Hello Kitty Fans)
www.boingboing.net/2009/10/...tomy.html
discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 1:16 PM
Vic Mizzy is Dead, Alas
(in Cocktail Acid MAM_3.2beta)
www.boingboing.net/2009/10/...er-o.html
g-d dammit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Mizzy www.vicmizzy.com/home.html discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:52 AM
medical mannequin soap opera art
(in Absolute & Complete F*#+%ing Idiot)
www.boingboing.net/2009/10/...stin.html
discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:40 AM
creepily retouched baby photos
(in Absolute & Complete F*#+%ing Idiot)
www.boingboing.net/2009/10/...pily.html
(not strictly dolls, but almost) discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:40 AM
35 LA
(in Hello Kitty Fans)
www.boingboing.net/2009/10/...nn-1.html
some nice stuff, some weird stuff. as expected discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:33 AM
flash backward
(in Find the Others...)
the original novel FlashForward took place mostly in and around the CERN Large Hadron Collider
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flas...28novel%29 (I read it a couple of years ago; my wife has just started me watching the series; I get to lea... read more discussion post on Sun, October 18, 2009 - 7:35 AM
Inconceivable
(in Find the Others...)
www.mightymcpilgrim.com/words/...awn.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Shawn discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 11:41 AM
KAEL before Zod
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
Zod joins the New Yorker section; is very particular about co-workers entering the elevator before him.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 11:36 AM
PEEL before Zod
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
Zod joins the army; becomes mess-hall seargent, enjoys pushing around the recruits
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 11:34 AM
HEEL before Zod
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
Zod becomes a dog-walker
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 11:33 AM
HEAL before Zod
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
Zod becomes a doctor
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 11:33 AM
Re: who the hell is interrupting my kung fu?
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/...lack.html
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 5:48 AM
Re: Tooth Fairy
(in a movie a day keeps the demons at bay)
there are awesome kids movies out there and even a recent disney film that didnt totally suck and turned some conventions on their heads ("Enchanted" which although treacly plays with treacly conventions on purpose and the whole perfect-romance-in...
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discussion post on Wed, October 14, 2009 - 11:36 AM
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