Re: My Trip To The Dentist
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Category: goo brain
A Man, A Plan, A Root Canal
A brace of Spider-men:
My root canal is today, but I’ve found myself in a situation where I haven’t really slept for three or four days, and every time I swallow the right side of my face attempts to murder me.
Posting today will mostly be phone based, and random.
Free Stickers
Just wanted to point out that the good people at Sticker Robot are giving away free “Prosecute” stickers, if you send in a SASE.
Even if you don’t feel that strongly about BP, [monster], you could slice them into PROSE and CUTE stickers.
I’m going to fire off an envelope Monday, so expect to hear about this again.
New Jaw Update
Tracy, are you sure you even know how to fly Thunderbird One?
Ever seen a center-of-the-earth movie?
Like “The Core“/”At The Earth’s Core“?
My jaw feels like the Earth, and the infection feels like one of those drill machines – all life sized.
Dust In The Nuclear Wind
We live in an interesting time of guessing.
Previous to the atomic bomb, science fiction authors were trying to puzzle out how recent developments in nuclear science would effect us. For example, in 1940, Robert A. Heinlein guessed that we might turn uranium into a super weapon and dump radioactive dust on our enemies, making their territory useless (in Solution Unsatisfactory, although I believe he used the idea a couple of times) – I think he can be forgiven for not seeing the a-bomb coming, it was a year before the Manhattan Project had been created.
I believe we’re on our way towards a similar epoch, related to our current energy lust. A combination of personal electronics, and the need to collect and retain greener sources of energy, will push us into a battery\fuel cell revolution.
So – electric cars, sure, but what other opportunities do high powered batteries open up? Independently operating robots? Body-implanted computing? Jetpacks?
I suspect any guesses will appear dusty by the time the future rolls around.
'Av at 'er? Ugh.
This article about an Avatar 3-D pornographic rip-off has been making the rounds:
Hustler announces that its version of the environmentally themed blockbuster will be the company’s highest-budget production to date.
Director James Cameron has seen plenty of parodies of his science fiction film “Avatar”, but porn giant Hustler is the first to offer a take on the mega-blockbuster in three dimensions.
In a weird way, this will be an interesting test – historically, where pornography has gone, technology and art have followed. My money is still on 3D as a passing fad, but who knows, maybe cartoony, three-dimensional genitalia is where the technology really hits its stride.
They’ll need to overcome a major hurdle however: I can’t think of a single decent pun to sexualize the title ‘Avatar’.
Hello Fadda
I’m busy basking in the rewards of Father’s Day, so I’ll leave you with this information on how to deal with coyotes – just in case.
Be Aggressive! B-E Aggressive!
Pink Worm
The modsnake has always been a bit of a creepy robot – anything that can climb straight up a wall, while sounding like a bag full of baby birds, is bound to be nightmare fuel.
Still, stick it in a pink sack and you’ve gone to a whole new level of “Please, no.”
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Rock 'em Sock 'em Future
Instead of Skynet rising up to destroy humanity, it seems more likely to me that robots will start small: Roombas rising up to destroy their arch-nemesis, the cat population; neglected R.O.B.s coming to break children’s thumbs; or maybe those old timey sparking robots going on an arson spree.
Roomba
Taxidermy Death Panel
From Weird Mystery #12:
When I first read this to Mr Seven-Year-Old, we were both confused. After I explained taxidermy to him, one of us was still pretty confused – fun and profit? Leaving aside the ‘fun’ part, did I miss the days of the great Kentucky Taxidermy Rush?
Should I consider investing in raccoons?
It bothered me so much I actually stepped up to google, which, as always, was stranger than the funny pages:
This lens was created using material from the book all taxidermists should have
Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit
A Guide for those who wish to prepare
and mount animals, birds, fish,
reptiles, etc., for home, den,
or office decoration
By Albert B. Farnham, TaxidermistThis book is the complete a-z of how to taxidermyfrom home, you can purchase the book in ebook format for only $ 4.99 using this link Buy Now All purcases are processed through Paypal’s secure servers. Read through the lens to find out what the book has to offer. your purchase comes with a 60 day money back guarantee.
Not only did I find reference to a book entitled “Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit”, I found a website that teaches taxidermy by ripping off the tome in question.
The next related site involved transsexuals wearing dead rats as lingerie though, so I figured it was time to end the inquiry.
(Google “transratfashion” if your curiosity runs that way – I ain’t linkin’ it. Definitely NSFW.)