Archive for April, 2008
April 30, 2008 at 10:37 pm · Filed under Pictures, Book & Lit, Cartoon & Comic
The Library of Congress had just acquired the original 1962 drawings from Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s "Amazing Fantasy #15" - complete with Ditko’s pencil erasures and white-out opaquing fluid - in which Spider-Man made its first appearance in print!
Matt Raymond of the Library of Congress Blog wrote:
People who are more familiar with Amazing Fantasy #15 than I are probably not surprised by this fact, but I got a good chuckle from the disclaimer that appeared at the top of the first page (pictured at left). It almost seems to be begging skeptical readers to give Spider-Man a chance, completely unaware of the phenomenon that was about to be unleashed on the world.
The excessively exclamatory paragraph reads: “Like costume heroes? Confidentially, we in the comic mag business refer to them as ‘long underwear characters’! And, as you know, they’re a dime a dozen! But, we think you may find our […]
Original post by Alex
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April 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm · Filed under Pictures, Home & Garden
The guys at CoffinCouches.com sells sofas made from recycled coffins (coffins that are not used for burial because of cosmetic defects):
Our niche happens to be 18 gauge steel coffins which we collected from local funeral homes primarily in Southern California. It is a health and safety law that funeral homes cannot resell used coffins to the general public. We approached funeral directors with the attitude of recycling. These coffins are not used for burial due to slight cosmetic inconsistencies. They are reconfigured and modified resulting in a finished product - a unique one a kind coffin couch.
If you notice (although it may be too small) the six cast iron heavy duty legs are embossed with the universal biohazard insignia. The reason we utilized this sign was because safety was our utmost concern. If you are not aware, once a human body is placed in a coffin it is considered […]
Original post by Alex
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April 30, 2008 at 10:25 pm · Filed under Video Clips, Music
I found this great R-rated video on the Runaway Box site responsible for the Ewok song/video in the previous Neatorama post. Don’t click if you don’t want to hear about some of the smoothest and most honest love-making to hit the net since R. Kelly. Runaway Box.
Original post by Adam Stanhope
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April 30, 2008 at 9:48 pm · Filed under Video Clips, Music, Movies & SciFi
(YouTube link)
From Runaway Box, who brought you the One Semester of Spanish Love Song. Lyrics are available at the YouTube link. -via Digg
Original post by Miss Cellania
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April 30, 2008 at 9:18 pm · Filed under _beautiful, _amazing, Photography
One of the best fractal designs… and yes… it is Mother Nature. Here for more information about this broccolis fractalis, and click on the images to see more pictures.
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Original post by hahanu
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April 30, 2008 at 9:18 pm · Filed under _interesting, _amazing, short videos
Meet Honey Badger, recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as the most fearless animal on Earth. Also check these battles.
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Original post by hahanu
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April 30, 2008 at 9:15 pm · Filed under _interesting, misc
Being an active enviromentalist does not require much money and efforts… here is the list of six simple ways to be helpful with the Earth.
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Original post by hahanu
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