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Short Attention Span Award: Jacques Tati’s Playtime

by March 12th, 2011 - Culture » Film and TV »

My attention span is one of the least focused things in the world. Very little holds my interest: Old broken buildings dissolving into the ground and mirrors – for some reason – my only consistently lasting entertainments. And so, it is quite right to dream up an illusory award for such other bobbles that grab […]

Secrets of Cricket Revealed

by March 4th, 2011 - Culture » Sports »

Photograph of the very first documented Cricket game. I have a strong, strong suspicion that no one actually understands the game of Cricket. Ever since inception, players have simply swung some things, thrown others and run around without purpose, pausing now and then to make bold claims that they have scored points, claims that go […]

Does Weight Matter?

by January 25th, 2011 - Creative » Witty Bit Eruptions »

It’s not very long, isn’t thick and knows no motion, but it does weigh 27 lbs.

Comics, Often Dirty: OGLAF.COM and the Art of Trudy Cooper – NSFW

by December 31st, 2010 - Culture » Arts »

image copyright OGLAF.COM You can’t quite see anything like the comics on OGLAF.COM (NSFW) anywhere else, so I think it’s important that as many people as possible get a look. I came upon the site during one of my razor’s edge porn/art walks through the internet, its almost weekly comics update have become a sort […]

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