Monthly Archives: May 2008

Venture Brothers Shirt of the Week

This is an amazing idea and for die-hard Venture Brothers fans only. (click here to go to the web site)

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Speaking of Astronomy

View this as a slide show – click on the first image and then hover your mouse around the right edge of the pic that pops up to move to the next one.

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Martian Robots

This amazing photo shows the Phoenix lander, still protected inside its backshell and heat shield, stretched out below its parachute (at the top of the image). It was taken by the HiRISE camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Phoenix descended, … Continue reading

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My Trip To Vancouver Comicon

My cunning plan worked almost perfectly, with one fatal flaw – the comic convention closed at 5pm! When I woke up this morning I had a bold idea. I would take a sketchbook to the comic convention and get the … Continue reading

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HypoTheory

Created for the classroom, but good for anyone who is confused about the nature of science. I visit badastronomy.com regularly, and anyone who believes the moon landing was faked should too.

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Do You Have The Innsmouth Look?

I’ve started scanning in the old issues of The People of Innsmouth, the official newsletter of the official fanclub of The Darkest of the Official Thickets. Here’s the earliest (except for issue 1 which is lost to the depths of … Continue reading

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I’ll Will Spread UR Bad English All Over Teh Internets

Best turned me on to this site: passiveagressivenotes.com which I check regularly. We found two recently around town. The first was on the back of a store on Victoria Drive and Grant St in East Van. The guy is selling … Continue reading

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Cartoon of the Day IX

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Yes, the “Wilhelm” Did Make An Appearance

Very short, sort of spoiler free review of Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Jumped the shark a few times, but not really that much more than previous films, especially Temple of Doom. Kate Blanchette’s British accent … Continue reading

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Distilling the Fans into Equations

Speaking of super fans…. Being in a band is a weird thing. Being an artist is a weird thing. When you’re an imprint specialist at an embroidery place you don’t get emails from people out of the blue supporting and … Continue reading

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