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A dear friend of mine forwarded me this photograph and I have been completely dippy about it ever since.
(Vampyra, the winged vampyre kitten)
Is this the cutest thing in the world, or what??
I want one so badly, you’ve no idea!
I will call her Vampyra. And she will be mine and she will be my Vampyra!
I’m sure, my precious little geeks and nerdlings, that you have better things to do on a sunny, warm, summer Sunday afternoon than hanging out on Facebook.
Sadly, as I hate warm weather, and the sun… and frankly summer Sundays… there I was, minding my own business, when what to my wondering eyes should appear…
(The Sheep Chair)
Yes, boys and girls, the Sheep Chair.
It took me a second or two to gasp what I was looking at. Nope, it was a Sheep Chair, all right!
Naturally, I shared it.
And this is where the adventure started.
(Another Sheep Chair)
A dear friend of mine, KB, ‘Facelifted’ it from me and posted it on her page and tagged me on the photo.
KB has many more FB friends than I do… and as they are a chatty, cheery bunch, they felt moved to comment on the photo.
Being tagged, I got notices of all of said comments.
What ensued was an orgy of puns, double-entendre and plays on words.
(Yet Another Sheep Chair)
Here are a few examples…
(Skeleton Rocker) [1]
I’m sorry but this little girl is simply Evil Incarnate!
(Yes, it’s all fun and games… until she torches your house)
That adorably cute little face says it all (i.e. ‘I am the Spawn of Satan! Can I have a cookie?’)
And yet… there is humour here, as well.
A dark, evil, perverse humour, perhaps… but humour all the same.
A milder, funnier version was put together in this commercial for the 2010 Young Director Award.
My kinda kid!
I saw this photo many years ago in a Barnes & Noble (I believe) in New Jersey.
It was on a post card. I wanted to buy it but for some reason, I never did.
I’ve regretted that decision ever since.
After all these years, I ran into the photo again the other day and had to share it.
From our pals and colleagues at the Zombie Research Society. [1]
Two Aussies made this zombie short film on their iPhones, and it’s not half bad. Check it out below. What do you think?
I liked this a lot.
Check it out and see what you think!
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[1] Full Disclosure: As a ‘noted zombie expert,’ I am a lifetime member of the Zombie Research Society.
Pam De Beaufort!
What a delicious part!!
The writers of the HBO television show True Blood really outdo themselves when it comes to providing dialogue for Pam, masterfully played by Kristin Bauer.
Here’s a bit of background on the character Pam for those who are not familiar with the program.
A former prostitute during her lifetime, Pam was ‘brought over’ (i.e. made a vampyre) by Eric Northman in the late 1800′s in London, England. She was released from Eric sometime in the early decades of 20th century. She has resided in the USA from the beginning of the last century. After the Great Revelation when vampyres came ‘out of the coffin,’ Eric called for Pam’s service in the newly founded Fangtasia bar in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Nowadays she serves him willfully and is his second-in-command. She has never sired a vampyre.
Here are some of the precious gems that True Blood’s writers have fall from her beautiful, smirking lips.
“I don’t know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember I can rip your throat out if I need to. And also know that I am not a hooker. That was a long, long time ago.”
“I am so over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina and her unbelievably stupid name. F**k Sookie!”
“I’m gonna shove my fist up your ass and use you as a hand-warmer.”
“Did I miss something? Are we girls now? Did we join a book club and read some queer chick lit memoirs and are bound together by estrogen or sisterhood some other feminist drivel?”
“This is not just about your relationship, you infatuated tween. There’s a bigger picture.”
“Let’s go to the ladies room and stare at ourselves in the mirror.”
Each year, her character becomes stronger, more fleshed out and more interesting… and a lot more fun!
Can’t wait for True Blood Season Five, expected to premiere in June 2012.
I’m sorry. I really am. I try not to do puerile, sophomoric material too often. I do try to raise the tone of the joint as best I can. But, seriously… how can you NOT want to hear about a story that reads…
You HAVE to look. It’s like driving by an accident. Even though you’ve been kvetching and complaining about the dozens of boneheads in front of you slowing down to gawk at the collision, when it’s your turn to drive by… you slow down and rubberneck just like everyone else.
(Fish Fart)
So… here goes!
Researchers hoping to better understand fish distributions by recording the sounds they make have picked up something unusual: barely-audible, cricket-like noises they think could be nighttime fish farts. The team programmed a torpedo-shaped robot called a glider to head out to sea from Tampa Bay and back, running up and down the water column in a saw-tooth pattern, sampling ocean sounds for 25 seconds every 5 minutes. The glider also recorded location data and measured seawater temperature, salinity, and depth over the course of 1 week. By comparing the grunts and whistles on their recordings to known fish calls, University of South Florida researchers found red grouper (shown, Epinephelus morio) and toadfishes (Opsanus spp.) were the most frequent fish sounds recorded, the team reports this month in Marine Ecology Progress Series. These fish produced sounds throughout the day and night, mostly deeper than 40 meters. The probable farts were recorded shallower than 40 meters, and were most likely a group of fish, including menhaden and herring, releasing gas from an internal buoyancy organ called a swim bladder. By mapping these sounds, the researchers hope to get a better picture of species distributions and likely spawning areas—important information for management and conservation efforts.
There.
I don’t know about you but I feel much better now that I got that one out of my system… as it were.
Monday and Tuesday morning, I woke up with this tune playing in my mind…
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ‘I Love Rock N’ Roll.’
Last week marked the 30th anniversary of this song hitting the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. It stayed No. 1 from March 20 to May 1, 1982.
The tune has stayed with me, on and off, for over for almost 40 hours now.
In an attempt to exorcise the song from my head, I am putting it down in this blog.
For those around in the early 80′s, this will remind you of those interesting times and, hopefully, bring back a few good memories.
For those who weren’t… then it is a tiny glimpse into that world with an encouragement to start building your own memories now.
The other day, on the recommendation of my dear friend, DD (a former museum curator, history buff and general all ’round font of information about things medieval), I purchased the DVD box set of HBO’s Game of Thrones, Season One.
It stars Sean Bean in medieval costume. I didn’t need much convincing. [1]
(Game of Thrones: You Lose… You Die!)
One thing I have to say right at the start is that Game of Thrones is visually stunning. Sets, costumes, lighting, props, cinematography, effects… everything about the look and feel of this production is absolute perfection.
The visuals are matched by the casting, script, acting and direction.
I have to admit that stories involving royal intrigue, crafty aristocratic schemes and political plotting often leave me confused. I don’t like being baffled by movies or television shows. It took me a while before I had a firm grip on who was who, which ‘house’ was which and how everything fit together in this fictional, mythical world. But before long, I had a fairly good mental map of the Game of Thrones world… much like I have in my mind a good map of Middle Earth… and the major family and political groups that inhabit it.
It would be far too complicated to get into the machinations of which royal house was fighting and plotting against which other royal house.
Suffice it to say that it is a whole lot of fun to watch. Lots of swordplay, duplicitous plots within plots and an army of delicious characters… some you love, some you hate and some you just love to hate.
Watch it. Love it. Live it!
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[1] Sean Bean played Boromir in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, as well as Ulrich in Black Death.
