Thanks to wineganfake for bringing the latest Professor Elemental track, 'Fighting Trousers', to my attention ( and check out the trailer for Sucker Punch if you haven't already).

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I have lots of bits and pieces to post, but I'm trying to make some progress on reading some Aramaic inscriptions (Syriac and Palmyrene), so there might not be anything substantial ( Read more... )

Geekdad includes in his obituary for Benoît Mandelbrot (1924-2010) a cool chalk animation video of one of JoCo's greatest songs, 'Mandelbrot Set':

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Big Think has an interview with Mandelbrot here.

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Ooooohhh, maybe I just need Whiskey.

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I finished watching the first season of the Venture Brothers (or I guess the Venture Bros, but that sounds too 80s) last night. Fantastic ending! The brothers themselves can take a leap, but the show is badass.

I hope everybody out there who would be interested in Penny Arcade TV knows about it? I'm a fan. Of Penny Arcade: The Series at any rate ( Read more... )

When the Samians who were expelled by Polycrates [the tyrant of Samos] came to Sparta, they came before the ruling men and made a long speech to show the greatness of their need. But the Spartans at their first sitting answered that they had forgotten the beginning of the speech and could not understand its end. [2] After this the Samians came a ( Read more... )

The lengths that a pop star who apparently doesn't fit into the traditional idea of female beauty has to go to to prove she's even a woman are ridiculous. There's blurring of the only nudity, but this video is probably NSFW.

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Woah, this is some serious shit! (NSFW)

Came across this 2008 interview with Carter USM:

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Videos of Sheriff Fatman and Bloodsport for all, both from 1991's 30 Something.

Via Hipster, Please, via Autostraddle:

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Probably the best advertising campaign I've seen in the US: The Most Interesting Man in the World.