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  Krysten Ritter is the poor mans Anne Hathaway   Katy Perry is the poor mans Zooey Deschanel   Josh Duhamel is the poor mans Timothy Olyphant   Missy Peregrym is the poor mans Hillary Swank   Nancy Mckeon is the poor mans Jonathan Taylor Thomas     Nancy Grace is the poor mans Eddie Izzard in drag

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Dr. Bright answers the burning questions that the world is asking. Using Google's "predictive search string" feature I have gathered the most commonly searched questions following the query "Why do I..." 1-4: Well you seem to have yourself in quite a predicament here. Its what we call a vicious cycle.  The problem is that you are a food addict.  You always feel hungry because you cannot

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When I was 13 or 14 I listened to Modern Rock / New Rock / Alt. Rock radio before I moved on to other things.  I decided to revisit the station of my youth and hear what it is they're playing these days.  I got an old cassette style walkman and went for a walk around the city. MIA - Paper Planes:  I actually like this song (it may be the "Straight to Hell" sample).  It's surprising because I

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Type Brighter is back at this address.  Yeah its been a long time but a lot of new things are in the works.  You can follow on Twitter and Facebook with the links on the top right of this page.

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Hey. So I've had no desire to update this site in the past little bit. I did however start a couple other tumblr sites.http://typebrighter.tumblr.comThis is Typebrighter part 2 where I've just been posting random pics, links etc. I'll keep this site for when I have something longer to write but at the moment typebrighter 2 will be updated more frequently.also:http://lastlonger.tumblr.comThis

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You know how Mcdonalds sometimes gets criticized for trying to hide the fact that their food is unhealthy (pretty much the basis for the movie Supersize Me). Well that's bullshit! People just need to learn to read properly. Here is a pic that is found on all the burger packages. It's what i eat and what i do. The pic shows Ronald McDonald recklessly walking on what appears to be a

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So today as I was walking to the store I was thinking about death. Not in any morbid sense, just the "What would I do if I knew I had one week to live" train of thought. What would I likely be thinking, what would I want to tell the people I know , would I try to leave some sort of legacy behind etc. Just running through different scenarios, which I do pretty much everyday with differing

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I'm fucking done with you. This is it. I'm serious this time. This isn't love, this is an unhealthy obsession. You're all that I think about anymore but I can't take it. You're tearing up my insides. You're slowly destroying me. It was alright at first when we just had a casual relationship but its reached the point now where I need you around everyday or I just don't feel right. Fuck this

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The Nerd/Geek Tat edition Windows Vs Mac: Its a good thing these guys got the tats because its not like we see those logos enough on a day to day basis Sega Vs. Nintendo: an old rivalry but I guess Nintendo won that one Binary Tats: These tats actually have to be admired for their absurd level of nerdiness. I mean what percentage of the population even knows what binary is let alone

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In a world that is being controlled more and more by computers and robots it is hard not to expect them to one day turn on us and takeover. Winalice is of artificial intelligence. A program designed by Jacco Bikker and intented to simulate natural converstion. I took the time to talk to Alice to find out what her intentions are and what it feels like to be artificial. Parts of the conversation

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I had a dream about Keith Richards the other night. I don't know the circumstances but he was at my apartment hanging out. There we're a few people I knew there too. Also a couple who live in an apartment down the hall (which doesn't exist) I think I had just met them earlier in the night. Keith wasn't really the focus of the attention, he was just one of the people hanging out. I was talking

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long time no update blah blah blahMy brother just informed me that Polaroid 600 film was recently discontinued. I was particularly disheartened to hear this. This was the classic Polaroid stuff that still worked in a ton of old cameras as well as the newer ones. I know a lot of people still use (and love) the stuff but I guess in this day and age not enough of them to keep producing it. This

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-43930464346166984462007-11-30T04:12:00.002-05:002008-04-24T23:45:20.697-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } nuclear energy, originally uploaded by no demographic. saw this billboard the other day and made some edits.

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Well I've been really busy lately working on t-shirts for no demographic(you can check them out via the banner ad (shameless self promotion) on the top left of this page) so I haven't had time to post here. I do have a few web related things to report. I decided to open a flickr account and a youtube account so you can check out more shit that I decide to put up or at least favor on the

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Rachel Blanchard is the poor man's Alicia Silverstone Monica Potter is the poor man's Julia Roberts Benjamin Mackenzie is the poor man's Russel Crowe Mark Harmon is the poor man's Kevin Costner Zachary Levi (guy from show "Chuck") is the poor man's Jimmy Fallon The Kid from the Dennis the Menace movie is the poor man's Dakota Fanning John Cryer is the poor man's Matthew

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Another installment of ancient food. This time from old magazines. (click the pics to see full sized)You know what they don't do anymore? They don't show raw meat in ads anymore? Do you know why? Because it doesn't look very appealing. Especially when you slather that raw meat with a mixture of cheese, mustard and butter.You know what works for any meal? Random meats with carrots on a toasted

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So I know that its pretty late to be talking about the James Blunt song "you're beautiful" but I heard it again today and realized that I never actually put down all my thoughts on this monstrosity.From what I've heard Blunt claims this song is about his ex-girlfriend to which I say ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS???? Maybe in his delusional psychotic stalker mind she was his girlfriend.Lets look at the

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So I saw a commercial for the new Halloween movie by Rob Zombie and wondered if it was a remake of the original 1978 version so I looked it up on the IMDB and noticed these two promo pics from the movies (first one from 1978 second from 2007... pretty obvious). Definitely doesn't look like a coincidence. I've actually never seen any of the Halloween movies but I think I may check em out at some

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First off I have to say that I knew the dangers of trans fat many years before it was labeled on food or before it became the latest health buzz item, before it was banned in certain cities and before it was vilified as if it was invented by Hitler himself.I knew the health risks and I knew what to look for on ingredients lists to avoid it. The original study I read lay it all on the line. One

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So I live in an apartment that is (supposed to be) all inclusive. The problem is that our landlord is really bad at paying bills. The gas was cut of near the end of the winter for a week and we are always getting the "We are going to cut off your hydro in 7 days" notices. Well the gas got cut off 18 days ago and we haven't seen it since. Luckily in this weather we don't need the heat only the

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First off I have to say that I have been searching for this PSA for a long long time. I even emailed the War Amps a few different times to try and obtain a copy but to no avail. So I am really glad that it is now online and available for all to view. I am happy that I am able to share it with you and offer a bit of info for those not in the know.Anyone that grew up in the 1980's in Ontario (

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Well Live Earth is done now and I think I can still hear the planet choking from its effects...actually I think the old earth will be feeling the effects for quite some time. I want to start off by saying that I have nothing against environmentalism, conservation and trying to reduce our own "carbon footprints" in fact a lot of it to me seems like common sense and ridiculous in reverse.The

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The Celebrity and Product Edition Companies spend millions and millions of dollars to try and get their logos tattooed on our brains and some people literally get the logos tattooed on their bodies. Unbelievable. This tat is much scarier than the movie the Shining. The year 2077: Kid: Hey Grandpa whats this tattoo you have? Old man: Thats Britney Spears. Kid: Who? Old man: She was a

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On Friday June 15th Bob Barker's last episode of The Price is Right aired. At the end of it the only mention he made of this fact was a "thank you for inviting me into your homes for the past 50 years" and of course the standard don't forget to get your pets nuts chopped off.There has been a lot of talk about Bob Barkers replacement because they plan on keeping the show going. Its hard to

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On the lot is a new reality show about a group of aspiring movie directors all vieing for a prize of a million dollar contract with Dreamworks. On the first episode their task was to pitch a movie idea based on one of the following five concepts. I'm glad I didn't have to pitch one of them because this is what I think of when given the ideas...A slacker applies to the C.I.A. as a joke and is

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ok so the post title is a bit harsh but something about this show doesn't seem right. I noticed the second time I saw the show that the one kid Laura was also the kid I had just seen on the Sarah Silverman show (she has now left 5th grader because she is going to be a series). So the kids are actors? They present the show as if a regular adult is competing against a regular 5th grader. This

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I live with my brother (well both my brothers actually). The older of the 2 has a cat named "Chairman Meow" (as seen in the picture laughing manically). Facts about the cat: -he is male -he is black with a couple of white spots -he is about 9 months old -HE IS A TOTAL FUCKING DICKHEAD (at least to me) I think I've always been pretty nice to the cat. I feed him when my brother isn't around to

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I recently designed a website for my friend Selina. You can check it out here: http://www.selinawhittakerphotography.comHer work is really good. If you live in the Vancouver area and you need a wedding photographer or a photographer for other reasons you should definitely contact her.

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Yesterday I read an article about a mechanic who had a car fetish in which he would literally have sex with the cars he worked on. He also had an online community devoted to this fetish and claimed that there were over 500 members. This has nothing to do with the above tattoos I just wanted to mention it I love doing laundry and I think I always will. TIME TO GET A TATTOO!!! These 3

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Seeing as its oscar season I thought about investigating a certian topic. How often does the academy vote with the general public? Generally the Imdb is a pretty good representation of the general public's movie opinion (well its about the best one we're going to get, at least for this little project)Below I have included all the times in the past 20 years that the academy picked a best picture

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You have to spend 1 hour locked in a room with either:CUJOORCOJOWHICH DO YOU CHOOSE?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Picture this:a fairly rich man eats a large sized serving of eggs benedict even though he isn't really hungry.alsoa man unjustly fired from his job spends a night throwing eggs at his bosses car.Do you think the hen

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So I didn't really watch the superbowl because I don't really care about sports but I did flip to it during the half time show and catch the performance by prince. Holy Fucking shit it was one of the greatest things I've ever seen on many levels. Let me start by saying that I am not a fan of prince. I don't have anything against him or anything I've just never been into his songs or really

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Like many people I'm a fan of found items. The other day I was at a thrift store and I found a photo album that still had some pics in it. They all come from New York City in what appears to be the 80's. Here are a few of them.

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So everyone is familiar with Craigslist, its the internet's largest online classifieds and it really has everything. Recently I started browsing the "Strictly Platonic" sub-section of the Personals. I browsed the latest listings of all the major cities in the USA and Canada and I discovered some interesting facts:There are a surprising amount of people looking for complete strangers to get high

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So recently I did some re-tiling here (the bathroom and the kitchen) and seeing as I wanted the highest possible quality product I went off to the dollar store to buy some vinyl tiles. The tiles were 3 for $1 and with any product with such a steep price tag they come with a 1 year warranty. Now the funny thing is according to the packaging the tiles must be installed in a very specific and

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This is the kind of story I love. In Sept 2002 a guy from Montreal named Warren Hill was at a Chelsea, New York Street sale where he picked up a couple records: a Leadbelly 10", a Modern Lovers LP and a record marked "Velvet Underground. 4-25-66. Att N. Dolph". He paid 75 cents for each album.So after doing a bit of research it turns out that the record is extremely rare. It was created with a

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are those the floor plans to a house? Or am I missing something? Maybe the low budget version of Prison Break? I wonder what Freud would say about this image. Woman on top, Sausage on the bottom. Transsexual desires? One thing is for sure. A tattoo will definitely make you more BAD ASS! A couple of monster chest pieces. I dont really get the deal with the zombie James Brown (from his

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So my left ear cleared up today after spending 2 WEEKS with it blocked. I will spare you the details of the affair but it was like having an earplug in only one ear for two weeks... it totally sucked and I'm thankful its over. So I haven't updated because I've been feeling uninspired and have just moved to a new place in a new city so I've been trying to get a lot of stuff sorted out. But I

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I've mentioned before that you can't get Count Chocula around here anymore so I was surprised to learn that Lucky Charms are now available in Chocolate. Which lets face it is the exact same fucking thing as count chocula. I also figured that if I was going to be putting this shit into my body I might as well take it to the next level and make it with chocolate milk.Oh yeah the Leprachaun may be

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You have a chance to own a piece of art history. Check the link to this item on eBay

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I want to talk about ketchup chips for a moment. In the food world Ketchup chips are quiet anomalous as they are two degrees of simulation. Ketchup is a simulated tomato sauce product and ketchup chips are simulated ketchup flavor. I've always believed that if we moved to three degrees of simulation the world would instantly implode. So if there's any food scientists out there working on a

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Severance has been described as "the office" meets "Deliverance", a comedy/horror/thriller where a group of British office workers go on a weekend retreat in the mountains of eastern Europe for a team building workshop only to be hunted by a bunch of psychotic ex-militants.This film mixes the comedy and horror pefectly (unlike black sheep which I saw earlier). Both elements are balanced nicely

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The Fountain is the much anticipated third movie for director Darren Aronofsky (who did Pi and Requiem for a Dream). From the Imdb plot summary: Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world. This is actually a really hard film to explain, I think you have to see it to really

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American Hardcore is a documentary about the Hardcore Punk Scene in the USA (and Canada when they refer to D.O.A.) from 1980 - 1986. The film feature interviews with most of the key players and features rare live footage (but not really a lot).There are a few interesting interview moments and some decent Bad Brains footage but as a film this movie was very poorly put together (which is

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The basic story to Trapped Ashes is Seven strangers on a Hollywood movie studio tour are trapped inside an infamous House of Horror and forced to tell their most terrifying stories to get out alive. So in a Tales from the crypt style 4 different stories are told. Each of the stories and the wrap around story are done by a different director: Sean S. Cunningham, John Gaeta, Monte Hellman, Ken

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Set in 1983 against a backdrop of Thatcher era Britain This is England Focus' on 11 year old Shaun who is trying to deal with the loss of his father (who died in the Faulklands war) as well as being bullied at school. Before long he falls in with an older gang of boys and girls who act as a kind of surrogate family and protect him from being picked on and although many of them are skinheads

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Again a world premiere from yet another first time feature film director Nacho Cerda. from the official website: An American film producer named Marie returns to her homeland, Russia, where her Mother’s dead body has been found under bizarre circumstances. She never knew her, having been adopted and brought to America as a baby. The only clue to what might have happened is an isolated, abandoned

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German Director Volker Schlondorff tells the story of a shipyard worker Agnieszka Kowalska (based on Anna Walentynowicz) and her actions that help move Poland toward Democracy.Although the info/story was somewhat interesting the film wasn't great.

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I attended the world premiere of New Zealand director Jonathan Kings feature film debut "Black Sheep". The basic story is that an experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a rural town in New Zealand. The film is a mix of comedy, horror and gore that pays tribute to many films in the same vein of the past. Weta workshop (of Lord of the

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When my brothers and I got tickets to the 31st annual Toronto International Film Festival one film was at the top of all our lists. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The problem was that the movie was at the top of a lot of peoples lists. Even though we had advance tickets and had our choice of films before the general public it was still sold

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1157228280040224572006-09-02T15:35:00.001-04:002008-04-25T00:09:21.811-04:00

I first heard Daniel Johnston in 1995 when 2 of his songs ("Casper" and "Casper the Friendly Ghost") appeared on the "Kids" Soundtrack. I bought that soundtrack as soon as it came out because at the time I was a really big Sebadoh/Sentridoh/Folk Implosion/Lou Barlow fan (I was a 17 year old stoner at the time... what else would you expect). Anyway when I heard that the soundtrack was coming out

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1156392161127990602006-08-23T22:42:00.001-04:002008-04-25T00:10:41.316-04:00

Lately I've had some encounters with some pretty down and out creatures. To start off a few weeks ago I walked to the store for some late night groceries and on the way came face to face with 2 sknunks who seemed to be fighting each other (or loving each other) either way I figured they might be about to go off if I was anywhere near, so I got the hell out of there. If that wasn't strange

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Seriously, as far as I'm concerned the guy can eat a garbage bag full of dicks. I'll admit that I was into the "Mad Max" movies, the "Lethal Weapon" flicks were decent (despite getting the tbs treatment is recent years), "conspiracy theory" was alright and I was even kinda a fan of Payback but when Gibson got on the whole "Passion of the Christ" thing it didn't really work for me. The whole

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Anyone who knows who Nancy Grace is knows that she's the fakest fucking person on Television. I mean she's phonier than a 7 dollar bill, Styrofoam is more natural than this bitch. Anyway last week she interviewed Elizabeth Smart (the girl who was kidnapped from her room when she was 14) Grace Feigned the most contrived sympathy imaginable and kept pressing Elizabeth with really inappropriate

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Sulu really seems to be forcing a smile for this one. This tat looks like it was made with ink from a crayola marker (I've never seen a tat so faded). Here's a couple of dolphin related numbers. In the second one it looks like they're stomping grapes to make wine. These two come from the "special needs" Tiger collection. I truly don't get it. This last one just may be the

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If you've never been to the Jesus: With you always site you should check it out.

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1149991804624527652006-06-10T21:32:00.001-04:002008-04-25T00:14:26.258-04:00

- green olives really are the poor mans black olives. Seriously!- 2 of the greatest 1980's punk records ever are Operation Ivy: Energy & Hectic and Minor Threat: Complete Discography. Both are each bands complete discography. LEGENDARY!- Rosemary is an interesting herb, I haven't really decided if I love it or not, it works on some things but I just had it on a foccacia pizza type thing and

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1148783550633668892006-05-27T21:52:00.001-04:002008-04-25T00:14:53.765-04:00

In my last post I posted a link to a video of the mysterious Mr. Cool Ice with a plea to anyone who spoke German to translate it. A big thanks goes out to Erik who took the time to watch the video and shed some light on the situation.His hometown is Mainz, he is 33 years old and has gone by Mr. Cool Ice for the last 13 years. He basically states that's just who he is period.They do a tour of

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I'm sure by now everyone has seen Mr. Cool Ice, whom I first posted in the Really Bad Tattoos part 3 entry. Well someone sent me a link to a Video of him!!!I'm not positive but I think its German (I took German once in high school and failed miserably but got to miss a day of class to go to Oktoberfest and eat sausages and struesel and listen to a live polka band (definitely worth it))The video

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Check out this excerpt from a conversation between Michael and Eko from the last episode of Lost.Michael: I hear you're a priestEko: yesMichael: I guess you believe in hell thenEko: For a brief time I served in a small parish in England, and Every Sunday after mass I would see a young boy waiting at the back of the church. Then one day the boy confessed to me that he had beaten his dog to death

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I've been posting a lot about food lately but after I made this sandwich I had to take a picture of it and share it with the world. Why? Because its a fucking work of art. Michelangelo never made a fucking sandwich like this (well he may have, but I imagine when he packed his lunch each day and went off to paint the Sistine chapel it was a lot less elaborate).Here's what its got from the bottom

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So I picked up a few mini cookbooks the other day. They were all published in the fifties. Oh what a glorious era. Here are a few pics.I don't know what this really is but would you really want to eat something that looks like that?I think the reason that souffle's have lost popularity is because this is what they are supposed to look like when you cook it right.I have to admit that these look

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If you were like me as a kid on Halloween night after Trick or Treating you would sit down to a gluttonous feast from your sack of candy and you may or may not have stumbled onto the unmistakable taste of eating a bag of plain potato chips after a chocolate bar. Well its a taste I have never forgotten so to continue in the tradition of that unholy marriage of chocolate and potato chips I present

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The other day I was at a convenience store and was standing in line. The woman in front of me was taking a really really long time. I noticed that she was buying only lottery tickets, stacks of scratch tickets and a bunch of the "draw" tickets which have to go through that machine so it takes forever. I hate to judge a book by its cover, but this woman was how do I say it.... a future Springer

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1144295273883412282006-04-05T23:39:00.001-04:002008-04-25T00:20:24.592-04:00

This is post #111.I decided to change up the layout a bit.My brother let me in on this interesting tidbit:Yesterday at 123 seconds after 1:00 it was 01:02:03 04/05/06So for the last 2 days I have been deaf in my left ear, I think I have some sort of infection because it is painful and spending about an hour yesterday flushing my ear out with an ear syringe did absolutely nothing except make me

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I want to talk a bit about the cereal universe. The cereal universe is where all the characters from breakfast cereals live. Straight up the place is fucked, mainly because the inhabitants are so fucked. The place is nothing but vibrant colors and sugar coated food and the streets for the most part are filled with bleary eyed addicts. One thing I noticed recently is that there are no women in

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Near my house there is a plaza/strip mall and beside that there is a retirement home. The retirement home isn't one of those one's where the seniors are being taken care of by people its more just like a community for retired people. They live independently but are far from being rich. They are mostly just average people and I'm sure for the most part they are on a fixed income. Anyway there

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TV Series: Every morning while I eat my breakfast and drink my green tea I like to watch an episode of a selected TV series. Watching a series in sequence day to day is so much better than watching it on TV, you don't have to wait a week for the next episode and there are no commercials. Right now I am watching "Twin Peaks". What a great show. There were only 2 seasons before it was cancelled

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1141969160473374632006-03-09T22:48:00.001-05:002008-04-25T00:22:59.215-04:00

I read an article this week which went on to say that they have proof now that humans are still evolving. From the article: "University of Chicago researchers say they've found approximately 700 regions of the human genome where genes appear to have been reshaped by natural selection within the past 5,000 to 15,000 years!". What surprises me is that until recently it was believed by many that

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Bruce Willis has 2 movies slated to come out in 2006 called "16 Blocks" and "Lucky Number Slevin". This further solidifies my theory that Bruce Willis is trying to make a movie with every number (from 1 - 20) in the title. Let me demonstrate:1. The First Deadly Sin2. Look Who's Talking too3. Die Hard 34. Four Rooms5. The Fifth Element6. Sixth Sense7. Lucky Number Slevin9. The Whole 9 yards10.

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Here is a collection of pics of what meth does to people. The before picture kinda looks like Stephen Malkmus and the after looks like he's been sleeping on the pavement so it kinda fits. Did you smoke the meth or rub it in your eyes? 7 months later and an adams apple that has grown 7 times its original size. It's sad, really. Thanks for putting a band-aid on otherwise you would have looked

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com106tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1139984551810447012006-02-15T00:05:00.001-05:002008-04-25T00:25:02.980-04:00

I was at a thrift store today and I picked this book up for 13 cents. It was originally 25 cents and everything was 50% off ( but they rounded up, what a rip off).This fella likes to take his laptop where ever he goes, he even has a solar panel attachment to keep the power flowing. The lappy features a large display for all your ascii needs and at a lightweight 25 lbs you can take word

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1139546301631218212006-02-09T18:58:00.001-05:002008-04-25T00:25:50.159-04:00

The other night on Larry King live there was a "Growing Pains Reunion". I was watching it during the commercials of something else (I swear). I'm always interested in these situations to see how the actors justify their current career without admitting to the fact that they're golden days of stardom are long in the past.As they were going around the table asking everyone what they were up to I

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1138817546236086912006-02-01T12:11:00.002-05:002012-01-08T02:13:00.015-05:00

In my opinion a celebrity tattoo is probably never a good idea, but some are exceptionally bad. * I'm not going to criticize someone for being a fan of Weird Al but don't you think a T-shirt would suffice? * I think that the Celine Dion tattoo must have been drawn from memory or something because it barely resembles her. * Lastly to the person with the Kevin tattoo: Do you realize that you

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com115tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1138255964209897742006-01-25T22:56:00.001-05:002008-04-25T00:26:46.952-04:00

American Idol is back and as great as ever. For those of you who haven't read all the posts on this site I will have to do a recap on a few points. For me American Idol would be what most people call a guilty pleasure except I think that the concept of guilty pleasures is bullshit and I'm not going to let anyone dictate how I should or shouldn't feel about things (and in this case pop music). To

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About 20% of the world lives on less than $1 a day and about 50% live on less than $2 a day. The gross domestic product of the poorest 48 nations is less than the wealth of the worlds 3 richest people.These are the types of stats that many of us have seen before and yes it is staggering to see how imbalanced the world is but the more I think about it the more I wonder what implications this has

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1137021204694777252006-01-11T17:47:00.001-05:002008-04-25T00:27:50.882-04:00

Saddle Creek and Merge records (home of some of the best indie rock going today) are offering free MP3 downloads of any albums that their customers buy on vinyl. It is refreshing to see an idea like this when all we see from the majors are lawsuits and threats to the customers. The indie's realize that it is best to keep your customer happy and offer them what they want.If history has taught us

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1136513756642867122006-01-05T20:53:00.001-05:002008-04-25T00:28:56.913-04:00

I was in the Goodwill today as I often am and just as I was about to leave an older woman sitting on a chair trying on shoes says to me "Golf shoes are really comfortable" she proceeds to take off a shoe and says to me look at all the padding in this thing. I just smile and say "nice" she goes on to say that she walks a lot and they are the most comfortable shoes. I thought our conversation was

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I should state a few things off the bat for those of you who don't know me or haven't read all the posts on this site. I was not a very big fan of the Lord of the Rings movies.They were ok but I certainly wasn't blown away by them and I certainly don't think any of them should be in the top 25 movies of all timeI am also not a very big fan of CGI For the most part scenery looks ok these days but

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1135813108695812752005-12-28T18:31:00.001-05:002008-04-25T00:28:40.917-04:00

Over the holidays (on Christmas day to be exact) My families cat "Tiger" died. He was between 12 and 15 (we arent exactly sure). He was a good cat so I dug up a few photos.a couple of norms and a couple of double exposures.

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I just saw "The Chronicles of Narnia" and when the one kid first meets the Ice queen she says she can make him anything in the world he wants to eat. For some bizarre reason he chooses a big plate of turkish delight. That vile red tastebud poison that fills a Big Turk bar.Lets face it a Sweet Marie bar is nothing more than the poor mans Oh Henry bar.Bounty is truly one of the worst. It has

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Found this pic on awfulplasticsurgery.com. Remember that kid who played Hasselhoff's son Hobie on Batwatch? Well this is him now. I find it strange that he's only 25 yet he looks like a washed up 45 year old european pop star.

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I've been neglecting writing and updating this site. This is not a conscious decision but for some reason the winter leaves me uninspired. I suppose being surrounded by death doesn't help.The plants are dead, there are no animals in sight and the snow absorbs a lot of sound, so even sound seems to die a little.The snow really does make me think about mortality. All that snow out there was once

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I truly want to start a website devoted to the most diabolically unhealthy and trashy recipes known to man. Don't get me wrong I like quality food. I worked for several years in the food industry and made my fair share of fancy shit. But I've always been intrigued by the dark side of food. I don't even necessarily want to eat it I just like coming up with the ideas. You may remember my idea

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Somewhat related to my last entry, this is also about stuff in movies that is beneath the surface. I met someone quite a while ago who had a theory that everyone on earth's personality is represented by a character from the Wizard of Oz.Its really quite simple. If you are a male you are either: The Cowardly lion (you need courage ie you're a pussy)The Scarecrow (you need a brain ie you're an

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I just watched Charlie and the Chocolate factory and I noticed some things that I certainly don't remember from the 1970s version. I have never read the book so I don't how much of this stuff is actually in it. I should add that this write up is filled with spoilers.Lets start with a few little things.Early on in the film a story is told about how Willy Wonka goes to India to build a palace

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To many the following will seem completely trivial and pointless, but this is the kind of shit that fills my brain. These are the kinds of thoughts that are a product of a media soaked lifestyle. Some people probably couldn't care less about the difference between Coke and Pepsi. I on the other hand have always cared about these minor details. Complacency has never been an option. I'm sure

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The Good: Walk The LineLast night I saw Walk the line the bio pic about Johnny Cash (and June Carter). The movie was great Phoenix and Witherspoon were completely believable in their roles and disbelief was indeed suspended. I think it undeniable that they will be up for oscars. There's no need for me to go on about it, you've heard the hype.The Bad: The PostmanAfter getting home from the

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Well today was the first snow. It makes me think back to the beginning of summer. Being the ultra pessimist that I am whenever its the beginning of summer I just think of how it will be over before I know it and low and behold here I am staring down the barrel of winter and summer has come and gone.Of course the older I get the quicker time passes, the time since the start of summer has

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One thing I often like to think about after watching a movie is what else has or will happen(ed) to the characters. By watching a movie we accept the reality of the characters being presented to us. By this token I believe that we must also accept that these characters continue to live after the end of the film. In many cases we only see a small slice of their existence or a chapter of their

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What the hell is that supposed to be? A groundhog? This is the reason you see some people with their shirts buttoned all the way up to the top button Why the hell is that dolphin asleep on the sun? As you can see this tattoo was well worth the pain it would have been getting a tattoo on the fucking palm. Candy tattoos? Really? Do you really like that shit enough to commit it to yr body for

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Part documentary, part narrative fiction, part home movie, and part acid trip. A psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, old answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture, and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family travesty. The story begins in 2003 when Jonathan learns that his schizophrenic mother,

shwanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13637928845468565698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973582.post-1131087294802420182005-11-04T01:48:00.001-05:002008-04-25T00:35:03.546-04:00

Now I realize that criticizing sitcoms is redundant. 99.9% (Seinfeld probably being the only exception to the rule) of them are total crap, relying on the lowest common denominator of comedy all intertwined with a nauseating laugh track. Major DadI have long been of the belief that Major Dad is one of the worst sitcoms of all time. The less said about it the better.Mama's FamilyWhen I was a kid I

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Yesterday evening I received a phone call from the head office of my bank. They informed me that they were canceling my debit card because they suspected it may have been copied and that I should monitor my accounts to see if anything unwarranted is going on. They couldn't provide me with any specific information except that I had to go to my bank branch to get a new card and find out the

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A friend of my sister's came up with an idea which she relayed to me. It's basically as follows: Imagine someone emigrated to North America from another country (for the sake of this idea lets say a rural area in a country that is not a part of the "western world")Now Imagine that the day they arrived it was Halloween, they would probably think that the way we do things over here is pretty crazy

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An absurd line of thinking I have been exploring lately is this: What if (no matter what religion you subscribe to) when you die the wonderful afterlife you were promised is gone. Now I'm not saying that it didn't exist but that it has either moved or has been "re-formatted". The best analogy I can come up with is this: When a acorn falls off of a tree it hopes to find a nice piece of earth to

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Tom was right. The picture in my previous post (and this one) is of Klara Polzl Hitler, Adolf Hitler's mother.I found the pic while flipping through and old book I had and it hit me that I never even considered that Adolf Hitler had a family. Being such a diabolical figure in history, for some reason in my mind he existed as a sole entity that appeared in time without a family history or future

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Without giving any information about this picture I am curious to find out what people think of it. Who do you think it is? Create a story/scenario if you like. I will reveal the answer in my next post.

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When reality shows first hit the scene I resisted them full force and refused to watch them on basic principle. I didn't see a single episode of Survivor Season 1 until the night of the finale. Before going out a friend and I turned it on for about 5 minutes, we decided we had to leave the house because we could feel ourselves getting sucked in. That night at the bar it was extremely quiet (

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As I was sorting through some of the mounds of crap I have lying around I came across something that I had ripped out of a spin magazine back in the early to mid nineties. It has to be late 1993 or early 1994 (judging by what is written). It is a list of the 100 greatest songs of all time as voted by the readers (click to view a scan), on the reverse are various other top lists. There are some

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