Nag on the Lake

Where Superheroes Go To Die

2009-11-27T10:27:00.000-05:00

Superman leans on a walker, while Catwoman takes her afternoon nap. The Incredible Hulk, flabby and in tatters, vegetates in a wheelchair. Mr. Fantastic dangles his overstretched limbs, while Captain America lies comatose on a gurney, attended by a decrepit Wonder Woman.

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Dog Years, Chapter 2

2009-11-26T18:12:00.000-05:00

More from our mature castrated canine friend. I'm in love with his voice.

Dog Years, Chapter 2 - Health

If you like this you might want to check out Chapter One

History of the Turducken

2009-11-26T07:34:00.001-05:00

It can't hold a candle to a Walraffon.

Piece

2009-11-26T06:26:00.002-05:00

Piece from selfburning on Vimeo.

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Terrorism that's personal

2009-11-25T20:44:00.003-05:00

We typically think of terrorism as a political act.

But sometimes it’s very personal. It wasn’t a government or a guerrilla insurgency that threw acid on this woman’s face in Pakistan. It was a young man whom she had rejected for marriage. As the United States ponders what to do in Afghanistan — and for that matter, in Pakistan — it is wise to understand both the political and the personal, that the very ignorance and illiteracy and misogyny that create the climate for these acid attacks can and does bleed over into the political realm. Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times op-ed columnist who traveled to Pakistan last year to write abou t acid attacks, put it this way in an essay at the time: “I’ve been investigating such acid attacks, which are commonly used to terrorize and subjugate women and girls in a swath of Asia from Afghanistan through Cambodia (men are almost never attacked with acid). Because women usually don’t matter in this part of the world, their attackers are rarely prosecuted and acid sales are usually not controlled. It’s a kind of terrorism that becomes accepted as part of the background noise in the region. ...Read More
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Tony talks turkey

2009-11-25T20:22:00.000-05:00

Jam your butter in there!

Anthony Bourdain is Here to Help You Avoid Completely Ruining Thanksgiving -

Pastries pastries everywhere in Paris

2009-11-25T20:15:00.000-05:00

Click here to see Pastry | Paris

The Decline: The Geography of a Recession

2009-11-25T18:12:00.001-05:00

This really shows the scope of the recession.

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The Rabbits of Porte Maillot: Keep or Kill?

2009-11-25T06:58:00.001-05:00

I thought I knew Paris inside out but I had never heard of these lapins. Should they stay of should they go?

At the edge of Paris, there is a miraculous island. The Galapagos of the capital. A roundabout at the Porte Maillot that serves as a Noah's Ark to a colony of rabbits that has transformed the place into a giant hole. Should we protect them or get rid of them? You can vote here.

Seen on Frogsmoke

Beautiful Time-Lapse Video

2009-11-24T13:24:00.001-05:00

Time-Lapse Favs from Chad Richard on Vimeo.

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A Poem Comes to Life Through Type - Taylor Mali

2009-11-24T07:53:00.001-05:00

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.

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Rules for Time Travelers

2009-11-24T07:45:00.000-05:00

"With the new Star Trek out, it’s long past time (as it were) that we laid out the rules for would-be fictional time-travelers. (Spoiler: Spock travels to the past and gets a sex change and becomes Kirk’s grandfather lover.*) Not that we expect these rules to be obeyed; the dramatic demands of a work of fiction will always trump the desire to get things scientifically accurate, and Star Trek all by itself has foisted half a dozen mutually-inconsistent theories of time travel on us. But time travel isn’t magic; it may or may not be allowed by the laws of physics — we don’t know them well enough to be sure — but we do know enough to say that if time travel were possible, certain rules would have to be obeyed." Read all about it here

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A Virus Walked Into a Bar

2009-11-24T07:27:00.000-05:00

A little science nerd humour.

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10 Stars of The New Burlesque

2009-11-22T09:40:00.001-05:00

Apparently burlesque is making a big comeback - feathers, gargantuan martini glasses, over the top bawdiness and all. I even heard a burlesque piece on CBC Radio the other day.

Michelle L’amour

Lyalya Bezhetskaya

Wanna look like a fifties stripper? Of course you do! Here's how to get the look:

50's Pinup/Burlesque Make up Tutorial

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Lovin' Machine

2009-11-22T08:55:00.000-05:00

Lovin' Machine-- Wynonie Harris 1951 (with dancing clip)
Got this from Canada's most musical Member of Parliament, Charlie Angus.

Film vs. Digital

2009-11-22T08:54:00.000-05:00

Film vs. Digital from Lauren Randolph on Vimeo.

Film vs. Digital
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Bloody Sunday 1920

2009-11-21T18:06:00.001-05:00

Bloody Sunday Nov 21 1920:

At 15:25 on 21st November 1920 British security forces opened fire on the crowd of a GAA match between Dublin and Tipperary at Croke Park. 13 spectators, including boys aged 10 and 11, and Tipperary player Micheál Ó hÓgáin, aged just 24, were murdered in cold blood in retaliation for the IRA's assassination of British Intelligence officers earlier that morning. This was a significant event in the Irish War of Independence and it led to greater support for the IRA and for Irish Independence from British rule by the people of Ireland. One of the stands at Croke Park is named after Ó hÓgáin to this day.

Cruel Nicknames for Overweight Vampires.

2009-11-21T17:08:00.000-05:00

Count Chocoholic
Vampire the Buffet Slayer
Cholesteratu
The Vampurgler
The Vampire Lestop For Some Tacos
Vlad the Inhaler
Child Of Candy Cain
Quiche Lilith
Ghoulash
Queen of the Hammed
Taco Bela
Bela Obesi
Transylvania 6-5000 Calories
Dick Cheney
Das Vhoppyr

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Citadelle 2 - Jean Francois Rauzier (French 1952)

2009-11-21T10:06:00.000-05:00

This blew me away. Go to the site and enlarge and zoom into the image.

Waterhouse & Dodd - Contemporary - Object Detail - Citadelle 2 - Jean Francois Rauzier (French 1952)

"In this huge advent calendar a glorious selection of Venetian, Florentine, Neapolitan and Milanese gardens are partially hidden behind the doors, and a myriad of Italian Renaissance paintings can be seen through each window.

Citadelle 2 depicts the first floor of the same ‘Hotel Particulier’ in Rue de l'Universite in Paris as portrayed in Citadelle 1 (and shows to what extent Lagerfeld had painted over the gilt decoration
on the ground floor). In this exceptional work which amalgamates over 1,500 different images, Rauzier intends to portray the essential shallowness of French late 18th century decoration - like
icing on a cake - by juxtaposing it with the significant subject matter and the quality of the Italian 13th and 14th century paintings which he has placed behind the windows and doors. These subjects include the Birth of Venus, mankind being expelled from the Garden of Eden, Jesus being betrayed and crucified, and of course the Day of Judgement.

A key to the Italian artists whose work is represented will be included with this work. The artists include Giotto, Fra Angelico, Masaccio, Botticelli, Filippo Lippi, Uccello and Leonardo da Vinci."

Rauzier’s work is breathtaking. See more of it here.

50 practical tips to save you half a lifetime

2009-11-21T08:37:00.000-05:00

I wish I'd read and heeded some of these tips earlier. It may not be too late for you.

I’ve been composing the letter from my 60-year-old self that would have been of some real use at 16: things I wish I’d known earlier. “Dear Me . . .

. . . Socks: buy ten pairs of black cotton socks and ten woollen; and stick to black for the rest of your life, saving hundreds of hours trying to match odd socks.

Port can cause a ghastly hangover. Charged by a bullock, lunge: he’ll back off. But not a bull. Learn to distinguish. Bullocks have no balls.

By acting bravely we become brave; not the other way round. Never melt wax in a saucepan you hope to use again.

Feed on Fonts

2009-11-21T08:14:00.001-05:00

Click on fullscreen to navigate the yummy pages.
Sweet Treats - A Typographical Cookbook
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Fall Garden

2009-11-21T07:19:00.000-05:00

Last year we'd already had several snowstorms by this time. This year we've just picked the last of the roses. We still have mums and ornamental cabbage. I even spotted some pink phlox.

Visualizing Empires' Decline

2009-11-20T18:12:00.000-05:00

As an experiment in information art, Pedro M. Cruz has created video representation of the evolution of the top four empires in decline during the 19th and 20th centuries; the British, French, Spanish and Portuguese:

Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.

Cartophilia
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Pop-up book of phobias

2009-11-20T08:02:00.000-05:00

I'm afraid of heights, especially twisty mountain roads. I may also be developing a fear of comment spammers.

The Pop-up Book of Phobias from donvanone on Vimeo.

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Bio-Diversity

2009-11-19T19:55:00.000-05:00

Christoph Niemann has fun with flora. They are very cute.

Lots more at Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com