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I direct you to my tumblr ChrisReblogs.I fought the move to tumbltr for a long time. But since most of my writing has moved off line for now, I tend to us the blog more socially. So there you go.Also, if you think you might like to see interesting photos of President Obama with mildly amusing captions, take a gander at Obamarama. That would also be me.

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Link.

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I like reality tv as much (okay, more than) the next guy.  But please stop calling them "social experiments."  Yes, I am looking at you There Goes The Neighborhood.In other thoughts, Big Brother: please add more robotic voice bossing around the housemates.  I find that creepy and entertaining.

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woot!

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I watched this last night.If Monty Python were Japanese and directed by Hal Hartley with design work by David Cronenberg... but then just made not interesting.  Curious, yes.  Interesting, no.Here is a review of someone who liked it and I can't argue with it.

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In general jellys don't freak me out... until I see something this darn big.(via Boing Boing)

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Facts: Warren Spector (designer of games like Deus Ex and Thief and others) is designing a game referred to as "Epic Mickey."  It is supposedly steampunk... Disney steampunk.What is less clear to me is how many of these pictures are actual concept art and how many are just from artists who are working on the game.Either way, so awesome. 

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Cybrathon.(via Gizmoto)

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(via Topless Robot)

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I watched the 3rd episode of Hell's Kitchen last night.  It was the follow up of the cliffhanger from episode 2 where Joseph, at the elimination-thingy, challenge Ramsey to go out to the parking lot to throw down.  It ended pretty anti-climatically: Joespeh just stormed out.  But it is those sort of events of reality shows that always blow my mind.  Had you seen the show?  Have you seen

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The Ancient Book of Myth and WarThe Ancient Book of Sex and Science

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OKay, I feel a bit weird posting these photos... young girls under water.  But they are very cool pictures.  Link to more of Sugarock's photos.

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BIRDY NAM NAM - THE PARACHUTE ENDING from Steve Scott on Vimeo.Someties people ask me what my dreams are like.This is pretty close.  Except with less space fez.

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I'm not even going to try to explain.I need rewatch Nake Lunch.

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(I am now going to have to watch every "Funk forest" vid on youtube.)(via Unique Daily)

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[paraphrased] "We are about to witness the birth of an Elder God... if we are to believe the chinaman." - Samuel Clemens, April 1893, in the town of Monarch, Colorado.

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(via Serious Eats)

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Instant poetry jr.Ready to go, I asked.Just let me finish my daydream,she answered.(from Instant Poetry)Often when I wake up, I realize that I have left a dream uncompleted. I almost always have to go back to sleep to finish it.

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Link for more pics.(via the year of the blog)

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I like the idea of this shirt better than the execution.From 202 Star Wars T-Shirts

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I don't know what I thought otters sounded like but it is not like they do in this video.In other news... Nicole, it turns out you still don't do a good baby bird impression but you do a great otter.

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I know I will probably be disappointed whenever this movie comes out but this gets me excited.  So excited.  (I still can't understand why they haven't released a quality version of the teaser from last year.  Maybe we'll get something from Comic-Con.  Fingers crossed.)FlynnLives!

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(via Geekologie)

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(via Arbroath)

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Warms my heart.

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Dru Johnston is making a blog a day for the year. He just hit #100. One hundred blogs.

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I like Tim Burton. Or at least I used to like Tim Burton. Now I just want to like him. I have been holding on through so many films that have fallen flat for me, that have just left me feeling empty and cold. But I have been holding on because his design aesthetic is something that pulls me in.I love Alice In Wonderland. I cherish that story. I am also a big fan of reworkings of stories.

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Link.I may just print this out and use these as suggestions at improv shows.(via Katey)

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...during sex (link to image).Created by this guy.  Who also does this.  I've decided I wantto know this person.And this is dedicated to someone who knows who they are.(via Boing Boing)

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Improv is a weird thing. I suppose the same thing can be said for anything in the arts.  The thing about improv is that it can be so ephemeral and so capricious.  You can practice and practice and still not feel things click in any given performance.  True, the more you practice the more consistent you can become.  But it does sometimes feel like so much is left to chance.One think that makes

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Two weeks things got away from me so I fell short. Last week I had one extra story (but also a story that wasn't a story and was just ten one liners).  Anywhozits, Apocalypse Daily is still going strong(ish).Yesterday's was a continuation of my not written zombie novel that I have no idea what it is.  I just like writng zombie scenes.  Warning, it includes violence and swearing.

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The Splayd: Weapon of choice when defending yourself from small zombies.

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This is right before these dead mantas come back as zombie mantas.

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Seriously.  Why aren't you all freaked out by rays?  

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Look, I know there is talk about people getting sick and dying and possibly getting back up and walking around and stuff. But that's obviously nonsense. With all this stress and whatnot, don't you think you could use some laugh-laugh?TONIGHT! (Friday)SUMMER FRIDAYSat Under St. Marks Theater94 St. Marks Pl. (btw 1st & A)10:30p. $6.THANK YOU, ROBOT is host/perforing as always. As is OHIO who is

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I am not sure why the Wonder Twins are such a pop culture reference for me. Perhaps it was that on Super Friends (which, let's be honest, the lamest name for a superhero show ever), they were the kids I could relate do. Not that I had a twin or anything. They were just yound. And had a purple space monkey. I always wanted a space monkey (of any color). Or it might have been, even when I was

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I have no idea how Sarah feels about yo-yo-ing but I also am a sucker for peer pressure.

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Kev and Alice."This is an experiment in playing a homeless family in The Sims 3. I created two Sims, moved them in to a place made to look like an abandoned park, removed all of their remaining money, and then attempted to help them survive without taking any job promotions or easy cash routes. It’s based on the old ‘poverty challenge’ idea from The Sims 2, but it turned out to be a lot more

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2 points anyone getting "Death Blosson" reference.(via Gizmodo)

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Pretty cool looking steampunk fantasy web comic. Just started. Will have to see where it goes.Clockwork.

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I recently rewatched this.The first half of the movies pretty great. Pretty much until the get out of the deadlands or whatever it is.It also loots from Terry Gilliam films extensively, especially Time Bandits and Baron Munchausen. That is sort of awesome and sort of lame. But,hey, if you are going to loot surreal fantasy from someone, Gilliam is a good choice to do it from.Depp recently said

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From Neill Cameron's awesome A-to-Z of Awesomeness.

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Link.I have actually never followed X-Men (or any Marvel/DC stuff). I know enough from listening to other people talk.However I do love relation maps. We made one in college of who had been involved with who (focus on the theater commmunty). Very educational.I also love anything that says "signifies one of the parties is from an alternate reality." Sadly, our college map did not include

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(via Things I Find)

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Link.

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I have people forcing me to do this.  Because I have to.  Also it is that whole thing about gettng writing out there in a form that is easy to quantify.Apocalypse Daily.

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(via Glidewell)

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Speaking of apocalypses, come to UCB tonight at 11pm and see The End of the World.

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I have had numerous friends who date people who are horrible for them. "He's violent," I'd say. But they never listen.

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Link.

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Do you know her?You should. She's here and here and here. (She doesn't use the last one much but I assume that is only because she hasn't had much opportunity lately to visit old timey places... she's a busy woman).She's also an improviser.  A talented one.  She's on the UCB Harold team Robber Barron, who are new but inspiring and awesome.  She's on a bunch of indie teams because (1) she is

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I know, for a fact, that I can come across as stand-offish. Maybe even cold. Hell, maybe it isn't “can come across.” It might be “always come across.”Here's the deal: I am scared of you all. I know this is common fear, especially amongst people in the performing arts, but I often have the feeling, no, the belief, that no one actually wants to get to know me... or hang out with me. I'm not

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This is ALMOST helpful.RunPee: A site that shows you when in a movie you should run to the bathroom.The problem of course is that you can't really access this info without pissing off everyone sitting next to you.

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(via Arbroath)

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I broke down and saw it yesterday. And yet again I am amazed at how wrong they got it. Felt like the typical script by committee failure.I am not going to waste a done of time hear on it. if you saw it, I will gladdy rant about it. Until then, here's Mr. Bale in 1983.

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Yes. This is cruel. Do they make kids cry inthe name of entertainment? Yes. Do the kids kick ass? Yes. Yes they do. And the tabasco trick is brilliant.You can stop watching after the attack unless you understand Japanese.(via Geekologie)

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Map of Known Library Cats(via Neatorama)

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The flu part is the only bad part.(via baconbaconbacon and others)

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It’s Shatner VS Shatners!It’s the first ShatnerCon with William Shatner as the guest of honor!  But after a failed terrorist attack by Campbellians, a crazy terrorist cult that worships Bruce Campbell, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner are suddenly sucked into our world.  Their mission: hunt down and destroy the real William Shatner.Featuring: Captain Kirk, TJ Hooker, Denny

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Embedded video from CNN VideoReally, I have nothing to say here.(via Robot 6 via Topless Robot)

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These are from a large collection taken from NeoGraf.  (Thanks to Mr. Little for directing me to it.)  If video game were like Criterion DVDs. 

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(from Collectors Society via Howard Hallis, creator of The Picture of Everything)

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(Off the suggestion "BBQ sauce" by David)FRIDAY DINNER"I hope you all don't mind but I tried something new."  Fredrick was almost bubbly this evening as he placed the plates of food before us.  It was slow going because he only had the one arm and his prosthetic right leg below the knew was just a touch too short.  "I experimented with the White #16 and Yellow #5 to make a something like mashed

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I haven't watched either for a few years (or at least not attentatively). God bless the internet for allowing me to catch up mid season.Survivor this season is actually pretty good. The vast majority of choces and moves have been smart. Not always correct, but they have made sense from a game stand point. Often the game gets bogged down in emotion. It's fun to watch people just play. And

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...because I mentioned it the other night.  Also, for all improvisers looking to expand support work.

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(via Unique Daily)

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(Off the suggestion of "blackboard" from Nicole)THE TALKThe chalk dust always made her cough.  Well, cough more.  Everyone coughed now.  The filters left the air stale and rife with particles.  The ever present stench of bodies and sweat.  And of course the radiation.  She didn't like to think about what her RAD count was over the last twelve years even though she knew it by heart.  They all did,

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(via Topless Robot)

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Adam is a brave man. The sound is the worst. I can just feel the inside of my mouth getting cut to shreads.World's Largest Cheeto and the Optimus Maximus from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

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(This is more a scenario than a story.  Similar to #1, I suppose.  Actually the more I look at itm the more I see that it is almost exactly the same.  Ah, well.  And, to be honest, my knoweldge of computer science and security is slight.  I really have no idea what I am talking about.)PATIENCEThe most amazing thing about the maker of the ConF virus is how longer term their plan was.  They weren't

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(via Boing Boing)

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Cremaster 1Original.LittleBigPlanet version.Cremaster 4Original.LittleBigPlanet version.Man.  There are days I realize how much I love this world!(via Offworld)

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I have no real idea who FESTO is, but I have quickly become convinced that they are a subsidiary of CYBERDYNE.First, I saw this lovely video. It makes me want to immediately book a Thank You, Robot & Fat Penguin show just so I have a solid excuse to post this everywhere.But then it gets weirder.Here's a large Air Jelly... Pretty but creepy..Or ones in the water...And, finally, my greatest fear..

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I am a sucker for these things. No idea why. Maybe it is how, through just quick fire images, the brain creates its own narrative.  I am also a firm believer that any travel is only in part about where you go.  Most it is about the traveler.  Is that a self-centered sort of view?  Perhaps.  But something like this recognizes that.And, yes, it gets a bit saccharine at the end. But, hey, I

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(via Bits & Pieces)

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BAD RISK"Thank you for your patience. Your communication is important to us and a service representative with be with you in a mo–"Zeeefthhhhh. Zeeefthhhhh. Click."This call may be monitored by a supervisor to enforce continued excellent service.""Hello. You have reached Stellar Home Insurance. My name is Glu't'xvee'tak'chugoo'ch. And how can I help you today?""Yeah. I, um, am lookin' to

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Approximately 74% of the people reading this already know the answer but I am going to chat about it anyway.   I am recently started a class at the Upright Citizens Brigade: The End of the World.   It is performing an improv form using the genre of the, well, end of the world. Apocalypses and post-apocalypses.  Alien invasions, viruses, zombies, doomsday weapons, time travel, distopias, reality

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Simple idea with bizarre results: insert dried spagetti into hot dogs, then boil.Gross?  Sure.  Fantastically freaky?  Yes.(via Boing Boing)

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PediSedate: feed kid nitrous oxide while they play a Game Boy.JR, do they have DS hack for this?(via MedGadget via Boing Boing)

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(I fell behind this weekend, I know.  Here's a lengthy one.  Thanks to Anna and especially Nicole for research help.)THE BOOKIn what may have been the worst case of miss shelving in the history of time, the book was placed in the children's section of the Greylock Public Library.  Somehow it ended up slipped in between National Velvet & The Neverending Story, which is curious since the book gives

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I am at the coffeeouse.  The wi-fi has suddenly slowed down.  I am guessing it is the trio doing a video chat to Argentina.  They are screaming in Spanish (because yelling is helpful when it is an issue with bandwidth).  I am pretty sure they are talking about desert.  Definitely food.I am also trapped in my chair because to move from it would mean i would have to squeeze behind them... and that

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PLANNING"Oh shit.  Oh shit.  Oh shit.  Did it seal?  Did the door seal?""Yes.  Green lights.  We're safe.  My god, we're safe.""I can't believe they did it.  Nuclear war.  Fucking nuclear war!  Who do you think it was?  Terrorist?  China?""I don't know.  Doesn't matter now, does it?  The President said it was a full scale strike.  But we're safe in here.  See?  I told you that this bomb shelter

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A staddle gaming bench for the lazy.  Looks a bit small for me.  And white is going to quickly get stained with Cheeto and Dorito dust.Still, the Swedes want as all fat and immobile.(via Ian Bogost)

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(title and idea from Katey)A.I. A.C.Yeah yeah.  Blame me.  I should have checked into the intern better.  But he had great recommendations.  And his work at MIT had been solid.  Not ground breaking but solid.  Sure, there were signs.  I mean, come on.  It was massive project!  I couldn't look at every damn team member.  We needed an electrical engineering intern to run wires and such.  He was

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A very pretty web-based platform game.

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On my list of "Things women can wear to win my heart."  A Stargate Defender one would kick so much ass.(via Evil Mad Scientist)

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Walking down the street yesterday, I passed a man.  He didn't really register on me at all, as I was thinking of robots and spaceships and the like and just listening to the ol' iPod.  We passed each other with plenty of distance between us, at least five feet.  He started swearing ("Yeah, bitch" and such), but it wasn't yelling and I assumed it was just him on his phone or just talking to

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THE LAST OLYMPICSWhen the first messages had begun to arrive, it had taken months to get close to a translation. How does one speak to a race of beings that had evolved on another planet?  Going was slow but progress was made.Messages were sent and received.  The discussions were muddled and confused.  It was clear they knew much of us and our culture.  They had studied us from afar and were

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Link.

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(first line by Katey, and stolen from Katsuhiro Otomo)BRUISES"Damn," she said, rubbing her temple. There would be a mark.  There always was.  When she exerted herself that much, the veins in her head and neck pulsed and swelled.  Capillaries burst, leaving small star patterns of bruises.  They always ended up hurting a bit, but she also thought they were pretty.  Sometimes she drew them with

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