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Month: May 2014
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The tao of boobs
I agree.
Bean will never know any of these
Be kind, rewind. The hole punch trick. The proper use of a bic pen…
This looks shopped
This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
That horrible feeling…
When you’re lounging in bed all warm and comfy, thinking it’s the weekend, and then the alarm clock goes off.
Happened to me this morning. Not good.
Judgemental Squirrel
First day on the bike
I biked in to work this morning. Took me about 20-25 minutes, and it wasn’t too bad. The road is fairly busy but the people aren’t too aggressive on it and there are bike lanes for most of it. Still, in the coming days/weeks, I’m going to look for a quieter track. There are some really fun downward hills on the way in, which means that there will be some really nasty upward climbs on the way home. Not looking forward to that one :)
Update: it took me 19 minutes to get home. I might have used a bit more assistance, but I was going 45 kph for a while, when the motor kicks off at 25.
[gallery] The Gashlycrumb Tinies
Written by Edward Gorey, the book was first published in 1963. In it. Gorey tells the tale of 26 children (each representing a letter of the alphabet) and their untimely deaths in rhyming dactylic couplets, accompanied by the author’s distinctive black and white illustrations. It is one of Edward Gorey’s best-known books, and is the most notorious amongst his roughly half-dozen mock alphabets. It has been described as a “sarcastic rebellion against a view of childhood that is sunny, idyllic, and instructive”. The morbid humor of the book comes in part from the mundane ways in which children die. Far from illustrating the dramatic and fantastical childhood nightmares, these scenarios instead poke fun at the banal paranoias that come as a part of parenting. Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer and artist noted for his illustrated books. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings.
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A is for AMY who fell down the stairs |
| B is for BASIL assaulted by bears |  |
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C is for CLARA who wasted away |
| D is for DESMOND thrown out of a sleigh |  |
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E is for ERNEST who choked on a peach |
| F is for FANNY sucked dry by a leech |  |
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G is for GEORGE smothered under a rug |
| H is for HECTOR done in by a thug |  |
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I is for IDA who drowned in a lake |
| J is for JAMES who took lye by mistake |  |
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K is for KATE who was struck by an axe |
| L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks |  |
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M is for MAUDE who was swept out to sea |
| N is for NEVILLE who died of ennui |  |
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O is for OLIVE run through with an awl |
| P is for PRUE trampled flat in a brawl |  |
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Q is for QUENTIN who sank in the mire |
| R is for RHODA consumed by a fire |  |
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S is for SUSAN who perished of fits |
| T is for TITUS who flew into bits |  |
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U is for UNA who slipped down a drain |
| V is for VICTOR squashed by a train |  |
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W is for WINNIE embedded in ice |
| X is for XERXES devoured by mice |  |
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Y is for YORRICK whose head was knocked in |
| Z is for ZILLAH who drank too much gin |  |
Light reading for the next few days
[gallery] Chalk art
At the Columbus College of Art and Design, two rogue college students are creating quite a stir… but not by any normal means. They aren’t cheating or stealing, they are causing a creative riot. The anonymous duo, who go by the name Dangerdust, sneak into a classroom each week and create a masterpiece out of nothing but chalk. The pair are both seniors in Advertising & Graphic Design, and they are probably busy with a larger than life course-load, but they still remain passionate about their weekly chalk art. These two create some of the most beautiful (and inspiring) art you’ll ever see.
