February 2016
February 21, 2016
The Last Dragon
I only wish I could find the complete movie of THE LAST DRAGON for you. But barring that, you might be satisfied with the theme song and a clip.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 21, 2016 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Music, Martial Arts, 1980s
February 20, 2016
Coffee vs Alcohol
Coffee consumption protects the liver from alcoholic cirrhosis. The more coffee the better the effect according to a 22 year study involving 125,000 subjects. Tea does not have the same effect, ruling out caffeine as the cause. So, hit the coffee if you drink much but not for any other form of the disease as alcoholic cirrhosis is the only form it benefits.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 20, 2016 -
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Category: Health, Coffee and other Legal Stimulants, Diseases, Alcohol
Ad - Buy Paul’s Books
Buy one book on Amazon .. get Emails to buy others. Found this in my inbox while drinking my coffee.
For anyone wanting a list here is what he has written I've purchased.
Strange Tides
Cosmocopia
Shuteye for the Timebroker
The Emperor of Gondwanaland and Other Stories
Joe's Liver *Paul is looking for a donor liver?*
Roadside Bodhisattva
Harsh Oases
Little Doors
The Steampunk Trilogy
Spondulix
Ribofunk
A Princess of The Linear Jungle
Stink Lines
Seeing is Believing
iCity
Flesh Flowers
The Paul Di Filippo Megapack
any to add Paul ?
Posted By: BrokeDad - Sat Feb 20, 2016 -
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Category: Books, Paul
Baby’s burps predict his future
Back in 1964, Dr. Milton Berger called attention to the predictive power of a baby's burps. A baby with "strong and clear" burps will grow up to be a leader. However, the majority of people are "dithering" burpers. They'll become your run-of-the-mill member of the faceless masses.Odd theory, but probably as good a predictor of future success as anything.
The Fresno Bee - Aug 21, 1964
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 20, 2016 -
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Category: Babies, Predictions, Babies and Toddlers, 1960s
Falsies
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 20, 2016 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Body, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Music
February 19, 2016
Manure Spreader Weather Vane
Some years ago, Bernard Hanson of Wrenshall, Minnesota turned an old horse-drawn manure spreader into a giant weather vane. I guess, because, why not.He says, "It takes only a slight gust of wind to spin the spreader around so it faces into the wind."
I was curious whether the manure spreader weather vane could be seen on Google Street View, but where Hanson lives is so out-of-the-way that the Google Car hasn't got there yet. Though there is a satellite view.
via Farm Show
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 19, 2016 -
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Category: Farming
Follies of the Madmen #275
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 19, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Hygiene, Hermits, 1960s, 1970s
February 18, 2016
The Wooden Leg Rule
A great advance in American divorce law, recorded by the Detroit Free Press - Sep 19, 1882.I wonder if the ruling still stands?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 18, 2016 -
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Category: Divorce, Nineteenth Century
Little Big Tune
LITTLE BIG - BIG DICK from little_big on Vimeo.
I have a suspicion there is a subtext to this song.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 18, 2016 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Sexuality
February 17, 2016
American Hippo Farming
Over at About.com I posted an article about H.R. 23261 — a bill introduced in Congress in 1910 by a representative from Louisiana. It would have created a hippo meat industry in America by transporting hundreds of hippos from Africa to the marshes along the Gulf Coast. Obviously never got passed, though it had a lot of supporters. One of those things that make you think about what might have been...
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 17, 2016 -
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Category: 1910s
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