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Showing posts with label crazy brits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crazy brits. Show all posts
How the corpse of a dead hobo won World War II for the Allies
It's a little too long to post here, but Operation Mincemeat really happened and it's a pretty amazing story of World War II espionage...masterminded by no less than Ian Fleming himself.
JUST FOLLOW THE LINK!
JUST FOLLOW THE LINK!
Alan Moore IS Rorschach
I've seen Alan Moore read a Rorschach scene from Watchmen before. Might even have posted it. This is a different one, though, and he still does an amazing job. Somehow British accent Rorschach works.
The other interesting thing is that, as bitter as Moore can sometimes be, he seems rather enthused about Watchmen in this. And he definitely gets into portraying Rorschach.
(Rorschach reading begins at 3:55, though the rest of it's good stuff too)
The other interesting thing is that, as bitter as Moore can sometimes be, he seems rather enthused about Watchmen in this. And he definitely gets into portraying Rorschach.
(Rorschach reading begins at 3:55, though the rest of it's good stuff too)
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Republicans come to save Hawaiians from their government-mandated health care. Airdate - 02/11/2010
Transformers "Fan" Art
So these artist collective websites where a bunch of artists post theme sketches every week seem to be catching on. Given the Transformers game a few of you are playing in, I figured this might have some general interest:
Eclectic Micks (Irish artists blog) becomes Eclectic Wrecks for the week, and has produced work like Kup (a.k.a. Shitpiece), pictured below:
Also cool: Comic Twart, who this week are doing The Rocketeer and probably couldn't have picked a nastier-sounding name if they'd tried:
And finally, proving that it's not just that all artists are horny, but that drawing sexy girls is just fun, there's Girls Drawing Girls, featuring... well:
Eclectic Micks (Irish artists blog) becomes Eclectic Wrecks for the week, and has produced work like Kup (a.k.a. Shitpiece), pictured below:
Also cool: Comic Twart, who this week are doing The Rocketeer and probably couldn't have picked a nastier-sounding name if they'd tried:
And finally, proving that it's not just that all artists are horny, but that drawing sexy girls is just fun, there's Girls Drawing Girls, featuring... well:
Patrick Stewart's Best Scene Ever
The dude just got knighted, so in homage to his well-deserved status...
His awesomely pervy scene on Extras:
His awesomely pervy scene on Extras:
Retired Boxer vs. Young Punk
A story to restore your faith in humanity...
To sum:
Douchbag (actual Facebook image)
+ tough ol' bastard
=
A burglar who broke into a house and threatened a pensioner with a knife got more than he bargained for when the victim turned out to be a retired boxer who left him bruised and bleeding.
Frank Corti, 72, who served with the Royal Engineers in North Africa from 1956-58, dodged the knife and punched Gregory McCalium, 23, twice in the face, giving him a black eye and a swollen lip. He then restrained the attacker until police arrived.
Speaking after the case, Mr Corti said: "I was scared when he first drew the knife, but my old training must have kicked in because I just punched him as hard as I could and he went down like a sack of spuds. If you can't defend what's yours, where are we at?"
McCalium had denied the charge and claimed he could not remember what happened.
To sum:
Douchbag (actual Facebook image)
+ tough ol' bastard
=
More Beatles Rock Band
D3 all up in your post: The video was taken down, but here's one that still works.
This is the opening cinematic, which I thought was just as cool as the gameplay trailer.
Beatles Rock Band party at my place Sunday, September 13th.
This is the opening cinematic, which I thought was just as cool as the gameplay trailer.
Beatles Rock Band party at my place Sunday, September 13th.
The face of Shakespeare?
Quite possibly. Read on!
ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2009) — Professor Stanley Wells, Chairman of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and one of the world’s leading experts on Shakespearian studies, has announced the discovery of a portrait of William Shakespeare, which he believes is almost certainly the only authentic image of Shakespeare made from life.
The newly discovered picture has descended for centuries in the same family, the Cobbes. It hung in their Irish home, under another identification, until the 1980s, when it was inherited by Alec Cobbe who was a co-heir of the Cobbe estate and whose heirlooms were transferred into a trust. In 2006 Alec Cobbe visited the National Portrait Gallery exhibition ‘Searching for Shakespeare’ where he saw a painting that now hangs in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington. It had been accepted as a life portrait of Shakespeare until some 70 years ago, but fell from grace when it was found to have been altered. Mr Cobbe immediately realised that this was a copy of the painting in his family collection.
The painstaking work of researching the picture has been carried out over the last three years by Mark Broch, curator of the Cobbe Collection. The research conclusively demonstrates that the Cobbe picture is the prime version of the portrait and establishes beyond reasonable doubt its descent to the Cobbes through their cousin’s marriage to the great granddaughter of Shakespeare’s only literary patron, Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton.
In addition to the Folger copy, several other early copies of the Cobbe portrait have been located and no less than three of them have independent traditions as portraits of Shakespeare. In two cases the traditions date back to within living memory of the poet—providing compelling evidence that the identification of the sitter as Shakespeare was correct all along.
The conclusion that the sitter is Shakespeare is strengthened by the fact that the original picture, the Cobbe portrait, was inscribed with a quotation from the Classical writer, Horace, taken from an ode addressed to a playwright. The original and its copies are being considered together as a group for the very first time. Additional scientific investigation has been carried out to support the research including examination by x-ray at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge, treering dating by Professor Peter Klein, Department of Wood Science, Hamburg University and infra-red reflectography by Tager Stonor Richardson.
Up to now only two images have been accepted as authentic representations of what Shakespeare may have looked like. One is the engraving by Martin Droeshout published in the First Folio of 1623. The other is the portrait bust in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon; the monument is mentioned in the Folio and therefore must have been in place by 1623. Both are posthumous – Shakespeare died in 1616. The engraver, who was only in his teens when Shakespeare died, must have had a picture, until now unidentified, to work from. Professor Wells believes it to be the one he has revealed today and that it was done from life, in about 1610, when he was 46 years old.
A third picture, the oil painting known as the Chandos Portrait which is in the National Portrait Gallery, has some supporters as an authentic image but, to quote Shakespeare’s most authoritative biographer, Park Honan, it "may date from the Jacobean era but its authenticity has been debated."
The Cobbe portrait, along with other relevant material, will go on show to the public at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon from 23 April, Shakespeare’s birthday, in an exhibition curated jointly by Mark Broch and Dr Paul Edmondson, Curator of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Professor Wells said: "The identification of this portrait marks a major development in the history of Shakespearian portraiture. Up to now, only two images have been widely accepted as genuine likenesses of Shakespeare. Both are dull. This new portrait is a very fine painting. The evidence that it represents Shakespeare and that is was done from life, though it is circumstantial, is in my view overwhelming, I feel in little doubt that this is a portrait of Shakespeare, done from life and commissioned by the Earl of Southampton and believe it could certainly be the basis for the engraving seen in the First Folio."
ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2009) — Professor Stanley Wells, Chairman of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and one of the world’s leading experts on Shakespearian studies, has announced the discovery of a portrait of William Shakespeare, which he believes is almost certainly the only authentic image of Shakespeare made from life.
The newly discovered picture has descended for centuries in the same family, the Cobbes. It hung in their Irish home, under another identification, until the 1980s, when it was inherited by Alec Cobbe who was a co-heir of the Cobbe estate and whose heirlooms were transferred into a trust. In 2006 Alec Cobbe visited the National Portrait Gallery exhibition ‘Searching for Shakespeare’ where he saw a painting that now hangs in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington. It had been accepted as a life portrait of Shakespeare until some 70 years ago, but fell from grace when it was found to have been altered. Mr Cobbe immediately realised that this was a copy of the painting in his family collection.
The painstaking work of researching the picture has been carried out over the last three years by Mark Broch, curator of the Cobbe Collection. The research conclusively demonstrates that the Cobbe picture is the prime version of the portrait and establishes beyond reasonable doubt its descent to the Cobbes through their cousin’s marriage to the great granddaughter of Shakespeare’s only literary patron, Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton.
In addition to the Folger copy, several other early copies of the Cobbe portrait have been located and no less than three of them have independent traditions as portraits of Shakespeare. In two cases the traditions date back to within living memory of the poet—providing compelling evidence that the identification of the sitter as Shakespeare was correct all along.
The conclusion that the sitter is Shakespeare is strengthened by the fact that the original picture, the Cobbe portrait, was inscribed with a quotation from the Classical writer, Horace, taken from an ode addressed to a playwright. The original and its copies are being considered together as a group for the very first time. Additional scientific investigation has been carried out to support the research including examination by x-ray at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge, treering dating by Professor Peter Klein, Department of Wood Science, Hamburg University and infra-red reflectography by Tager Stonor Richardson.
Up to now only two images have been accepted as authentic representations of what Shakespeare may have looked like. One is the engraving by Martin Droeshout published in the First Folio of 1623. The other is the portrait bust in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon; the monument is mentioned in the Folio and therefore must have been in place by 1623. Both are posthumous – Shakespeare died in 1616. The engraver, who was only in his teens when Shakespeare died, must have had a picture, until now unidentified, to work from. Professor Wells believes it to be the one he has revealed today and that it was done from life, in about 1610, when he was 46 years old.
A third picture, the oil painting known as the Chandos Portrait which is in the National Portrait Gallery, has some supporters as an authentic image but, to quote Shakespeare’s most authoritative biographer, Park Honan, it "may date from the Jacobean era but its authenticity has been debated."
The Cobbe portrait, along with other relevant material, will go on show to the public at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon from 23 April, Shakespeare’s birthday, in an exhibition curated jointly by Mark Broch and Dr Paul Edmondson, Curator of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Professor Wells said: "The identification of this portrait marks a major development in the history of Shakespearian portraiture. Up to now, only two images have been widely accepted as genuine likenesses of Shakespeare. Both are dull. This new portrait is a very fine painting. The evidence that it represents Shakespeare and that is was done from life, though it is circumstantial, is in my view overwhelming, I feel in little doubt that this is a portrait of Shakespeare, done from life and commissioned by the Earl of Southampton and believe it could certainly be the basis for the engraving seen in the First Folio."
Eerie Dust Storms
Sounds like they might be in Australia? Seems crazy to drive toward one of these things, but...
And one hitting a camp in Iraq:
And one hitting a camp in Iraq:
G.I. Joe teaser trailer
Here's the teaser trailer slated to run during the Superbowl. You have two options to watch it:
Hi-Def Quicktime
Or good ol', grainy YouTube:
Geek Notes:
*Definitely a "set-up" movie, as Destro (played by Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston) seems to be the main badguy. Saving Cobra Commander for the "to be continued" ending?
*Why the fuck ain't Destro in his pimp mask? This blog has a "smoove pimpin' Destro" tag and I refuse to use it for this!
*The action looks decent as it flies by impossibly fast, but I'm not wild about the acrobatics element. Apparently the Joes have some kind of next-gen armor that enhances their strength and agility. WTF, yo? Works for Snake-Eyes, not the others.
*As we all suspected...the Baroness and her breasteses look pretty cool.
Hi-Def Quicktime
Or good ol', grainy YouTube:
Geek Notes:
*Definitely a "set-up" movie, as Destro (played by Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston) seems to be the main badguy. Saving Cobra Commander for the "to be continued" ending?
*Why the fuck ain't Destro in his pimp mask? This blog has a "smoove pimpin' Destro" tag and I refuse to use it for this!
*The action looks decent as it flies by impossibly fast, but I'm not wild about the acrobatics element. Apparently the Joes have some kind of next-gen armor that enhances their strength and agility. WTF, yo? Works for Snake-Eyes, not the others.
*As we all suspected...the Baroness and her breasteses look pretty cool.
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