*takes a deep breath*

[shanmonster]

Yay! It's link dump time!

Mata Hari Gallery: A big ol' gallery on the legendary "spy."

Free yarn: Imagine the ugly flowers I can make with this! And here are some free projects, too.

Sushi Candles: I want to make these.

The Cthulhu Circus: Family Circus meets H. P. Lovecraft. Wacky hijinks ensue.

Man slapped with 10,000-year alimony order: Will he become the world's oldest deadbeat Dad if he can't comply?

The Beer Belly: A sexy way to sneak alcohol in to places where you ought not to.

Skirts For Men: I think these are pretty nice. Want one, f00dave?

The Exorcist, Turkish Style: I want to see this.

Molecule gives passionate lovers just one year: So how come I don't see any plans in the works on synthesizing this molecule as a sort of longterm Spanish Fly?

Postcard X: Send and receive postcards to/from complete strangers. Why? Because it's nice to get more than junkmail and bills (thanks, artindulgence).

Liquid Cereal: For some reason, this makes me think of Jones Soda's Turkey and Gravy flavoured soda pop. I have the sick urge to try them all.

Artist Trading Card: I've been meaning to do these for years, and never did get around to it. I could do them between calls at work, right? Interested? (Thanks for reminding me, f00dave).

Razzle Dazzle Camouflage: "During World War I, the British and Americans faced a serious threat from German U-boats, which were sinking allied shipping at a dangerous rate. All attempts to camouflage ships at sea had failed, as the appearance of the sea and sky are always changing. Any color scheme that was concealing in one situation was conspicuous in others. A British artist and naval officer, Norman Wilkinson, promoted a new camouflage scheme that was derived from the artistic fashions of the time, particularly cubism."

Comfort Women: It wasn't very fun to be a sex slave to Japanese soldiers. Get the word out on this, and maybe it will prevent it from happening again.

Karkis: A very special Satanic heavy metal Christmas video. I like it!

Comments

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I have turned into such a boat geek :o But that camouflage is awesome!

Those men's skirts are pretty saucy too. Too long have boys been denied the awesomeness of skirts! Join the campaign for men in dresses today!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

That camo is the cat's arse, for sure! And yes, those skirts are very saucy. I'd like to see more men wearing those. And kilts, too.

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

Back when I was at college (a technical theatre major) one of my assignments in a propmaking class was to build a Cabriolet leg for a piece of furniture. Unfortunately I was working on a show and time got scarce on me and, worse yet, I lived about 30 miles from school...so going there outside of class hours was a huge inconvenience. The good news was, that my father owned a band saw which, though smaller than the one in the scene shop, would allow me to do the piece over a the weekend and turn it in on the following Monday, when it was due. Much to my dismay, I discovered that the smaller blade was far more flexible than the burly one at the school and the resulting flexibility meant that what should have been a gracefully s-curved table leg turned out to be a bit of a lumpy trainwreck. Here's where the story takes on some relevance (I knew you were wondering) I had seen photos of those boats before and decided to adopt that strategy for my own purposes. Rather than staining the wood, I painted it in patterns black and yellow stripes that intersected in places at odd angles. The result was an object that it was difficult to discern the shape of at all and impossible to notice the detail of. Beaming with pride, I handed it in on Monday. The teacher looked at it, looked at me, looked back at it, sighed and said "You sneaky son of a bitch...."

I think I got a "C" on it. It would have been a "D" but my deviousness scored me some extra points...

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

Oh...and I've gotta' ask: Is that band *supposed* to be a Spinal Tap-type parody for black metal, or are they actually that silly?

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

Good. I was worried that my B.S. detector was malfunctioning...

[zombienought.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I wonder if Nerve Growth Factor would
help me. I knew I needed a mistress!


Karkis is...something else. They formed to
restore dignity to metal? Wow. I suspect
they used to be Stryper.

[zombienought.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're impressive, certainly, but a lot
of deathmetal and metal bands use big words,
because they are SMRT! I still think they're
missing dignity, though!