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List of XFL Champions. (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:53:32 -0400

List of XFL Champions. (Taken with instagram)

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Today’s Macabre Yet Truly Morbid Fact

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:46:18 -0400

Today’s Macabre Yet Truly Morbid Fact:

At the end of the 19th century, Paris’s morgue sat perched just behind Notre Dame cathedral, on the edge of the island in the Seine, l’Ile de la Cité. Two-thirds of the corpses dealt with by the morgue would have been fished out of the Seine – suicides, accidental drownings or murders. The morgue attendants would carefully study the dead person’s clothes, scars and wounds – often caused after they had hit the water, by a boat or by the hooks used to fish them out. Then the bodies would be displayed on 12 black marble slabs propped up in the morgue window for the public to view and decide whether they recognised any of them. This macabre showcase became one of the most popular pieces of entertainment in Paris. Locals and tourists peered in at the forsaken departed souls. People of all ages, including children, would visit the famous window of the dead – Émile Zola, in his 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin, described gangs of boys, aged from 12 to 15, “who ran the length of the window, only stopping in front of the female corpses.”

Earlier, in the 18th century, families would traditionally float a plank of wood on the river, bearing blessed bread and a candle for the dead. But nothing disturbed and captured the imagination like suicide – especially that of a beautiful young woman who might have taken her life because of a broken heart. When the British director Peter Greenaway made an eerie documentary, Les Morts de la Seine, retelling the tales of 23 drownings between 1795 and 1801, he learned that young women made up the biggest proportion of apparent suicides, appearing to favour drowning, while men opted for hanging. The true stories he recreated included bizarre findings, such as a naked woman in her 70s, dredged from the Seine clasping two leeks in her left hand.

hoarr: More people need to know about these Twisted Toyfare...

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:29:15 -0400

hoarr:

More people need to know about these Twisted Toyfare Theater Volumes. They were a precursor to Robot Chicken, and focused mostly around Spidey, Thor, and the X-Men (since DC was a bit pissy and sent a cease-and-desist to Toyfare for using their characters).

Fun gags. Fun writing.

operationfailure: 1. I loved Quintin Quire. 2. I own that shirt...

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:04:08 -0400

operationfailure:

1. I loved Quintin Quire.

2. I own that shirt (the one that looks just like that, the unofficial one Marvel sued to have pulled from stores).

3. I wish Marvel would have just left the characters Grant Morrison created alone after his run on New X-men ended.

"The prospect of the two of us trotting the globe, searching for cryptozoological creatures is too..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:40:40 -0400

“The prospect of the two of us trotting the globe, searching for cryptozoological creatures is too exciting to pass up. I shall put my entire life and career on hold and join you in this ill-conceived adventure. And if I am to die at the hand of a Sasquatch, or at the cruel, overwhelming power of nature itself, so be it.”

- Fake Werner Herzog, discussing hunting fabled creatures with Fake Garry Marshall in the latest installment of “The Great Undiscovered Project”, as found in the most recent Pod F. Tompkast. (via bigredrobot)

fake wener herzog sounds okay to me

(via cherrycreamsicle)

kcalogero: this is what my sister’s boyfriend does to her…

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:22:38 -0400

kcalogero:

this is what my sister’s boyfriend does to her…

Is Spider-Man A Chauvinist? What struck me as particularly...

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:04:14 -0400

Is Spider-Man A Chauvinist?

What struck me as particularly noteworthy was Spider-Man’s general attitude towards the Black Widow. The cover of this issue promotes Widow as a “female copy” of Spider-Man but rather than paint her as some kind of strong female character, Spidey spends the bulk of the issue worrying for the safety of the female flying along the New York City’s skyline. It’s incredibly off-putting but then I realize that good old Stan Lee takes a similar approach a few issues earlier in ASM #62 when Spider-Man does battle with the female Medusa over what is essentially a botched hairspray ad. The issue also features the very pro-feminist quote from Spider-man “But that’s the problem with women … they just can’t keep their mouths shut.”

laughspin: HOLY CRAP! Artie Lange is shooting an episode of...

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:41:36 -0400

laughspin:

HOLY CRAP! Artie Lange is shooting an episode of Louie!There’s no way this won’t be awesome! Update: Here’s a video:

twentypercentcooler: ramonvillalobos: Batman is in one of the...

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:21:01 -0400

twentypercentcooler:

ramonvillalobos:

Batman is in one of the most lethal maneuvers in all of wrestling. Luckily he has the fortitude, the strength of will, the desire, to be the best in the world. It is his destiny to overcome all odds. The Dark Knight does not quit. The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark Knight oozes machismo. This was fun to draw. In my head though, I’m reading all of this in a hardcore Alberto Del Rio accent.

ASK HIM!

hoarr: We are recording the 52nd episode of our podcast, the...

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:30:09 -0400

hoarr:

We are recording the 52nd episode of our podcast, the KGBcast, tonight. Do you have any questions for us? We will answer it “live”, and it’ll appear on the next show! Be fake-radio famous!!

Anyone?

Currently.

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:15:24 -0400

Currently.

notnadia: nprmusic: wnyc: The members of Here We Go Magic...

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:41:10 -0400

notnadia:

nprmusic:

wnyc:

The members of Here We Go Magic were driving in Ohio and picked up a hitch hiker. The hitchhiker was film freak director John Waters. Awesome. (from Gawker)

-Jody, BL Show-

“Blouse” is an important word to know.

Okay, John Waters is definitely giving Bill Murray a run for his money right now.

lemontreee: as a matter of fact, imdb has it wrong. pola iliescu was not considered to be the most...

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:06 -0400

lemontreee:

as a matter of fact, imdb has it wrong. pola iliescu was not considered to be the most glamorous film star in romania, she was rather mediocre.

Noted. But if somebody called me that once, I’d wear it as a nametag.

Under the Roofs of Paris

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:08:21 -0400

Under the Roofs of Paris

Pola Illéry Pola Illéry was an exotic silent film star in France...

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:59:26 -0400

Pola Illéry

Pola Illéry was an exotic silent film star in France and Romania during the 1920s and made a modest transition to sound films in the 1930s. She was known for portraying sexually liberated women and was considered the most glamorous film star in Romania.

Der Tiger von Eschnapur

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:09 -0400

Der Tiger von Eschnapur

"I’m (expletive deleted) starving."

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:04:01 -0400

“I’m (expletive deleted) starving.”

- Celebrity chef Mario Batali • Discussing the diet he’s currently on — he’s eating like he’s on food stamps (an average of $1.48 per meal, or $31 per week) in protest of potential cuts to the federal food stamps program. His family was nice enough to join him in what he calls a conversation starter about being hungry in the U.S. Unlike most people on food stamps, he knows ways to make the best of a bad situation, smartly sticking to foods like lentils, apples, rice, beans, peanut butter and jelly. But the problem is, eating good on a diet like this is tough, so many do not. Think his family’s experiment will be effective? (via shortformblog)

I’m the only one who can walk in both worlds.

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:39:34 -0400

I’m the only one who can walk in both worlds.