Archive for April, 2008
April 30, 2008 at 10:37 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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
April 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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
April 30, 2008 at 10:25 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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
April 30, 2008 at 9:48 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
(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
April 30, 2008 at 9:18 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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
April 30, 2008 at 9:18 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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
April 30, 2008 at 9:15 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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
April 30, 2008 at 9:08 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
What’s wrong here?
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Original post by hahanu
April 30, 2008 at 9:06 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
… that are stronger than the U.S. dollar. Hehe, a funny compilation by MAXIM, click on the image to read more. For example, the Sim Dollar @ Sim City = $611,000… -Vlad-
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Original post by hahanu
April 30, 2008 at 7:28 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Eight years ago, Siobhán Kilfeather, who was suffering from a deadly cancer, went to Lourdes to pray to the Virgin Mary not for survival, but for more time to allow her young children to remember her.
When she returned to London, her doctors were amazed at her recovery:
Siobhán and Peter clung to each other as the radiologist continued. "Back in December we spotted a small lesion on the lungs. One month later the abnormality was the size of a walnut. By now we expected to be examining irregular cells the size of a grapefruit.
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