Saturday, August 4, 2007
Total Number of "F-Words" in HBO Series "Deadwood"
Total f---s in series: 2980
Cumulative series FPM: 1.56
Total f---s in Season Three: 1050
Average f---s per episode: 87.5
Cumulative Season Three FPM: 1.73
Total f---s in Season Two: 1099
Average f---s per episode: 91.6
Cumulative Season Two FPM: 1.76
Total f---s in Season One: 831
Average f---s per episode: 69.3
Cumulative Season One FPM: 1.23
What does this prove? To me, it shows that Hollywood equates the f-word with drama. It is getting boring. Hollywood and George Carlin are a little too obsessed with it.
What would be dramatic without it? That's what I'd like to know. Maybe we could get to the heart of the issue, the substance of conveying real-life drama though entertainment media that way.
The totals are from this site.
Caution: NSFW, as they do not edit the word out.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Seen it All Yet?
Nope. Here's one more: A college-aged guy who had each of his parent's footprints tattooed onto the soles of his feet. Bonus points for a location that is not likely to affect his ability to get a top-grade job, but it has its downside. The pain of the application was excruciating.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
The Craftsmanship of Vintage British Boats
...Can't beat the British for cool vintage boat design.
1935 Auburn Boattail Speedster
Sold at $445,500
Auction Co: RM Auctions
Location: Elkhart, IN
Date: October 15, 2004
Lot # 264. S/N 33026E. Black with black leather interior. Odo: 224 miles. Restored to the highest level by Eric and Vivian Lavine to be a 100-point car. Firsts at national CCCA and AACA, Meadow Brook, and Auburn Cord Duesenberg events attest to the level of the restoration. Full owner history. As good as they get. Cond: 1.
Article here.
English Flying Saucer not a Hovercraft
There seems to be a safety crane attached but the line is seen to be slack in parts of the video.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Reject the Rejection
Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA 34109
Dear Professor Millington,
Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department.
This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.
Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time. Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August. I look forward to seeing you then.
Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.
Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen
Good Easy Magic Trick
VideoJug
Horsehair
When I say "horsehair', the tail and mane of a horse as well as the "tuft' at the end of a cow's tail are sources that I think of. There probably are other animals that have the same type of slick, stiffish hair, but horses' tails are the only ones to have fibers long enough to weave with without spinning.
What properties does it have?
Being hair, it is a protein fibre, so it has more or less the same properties as other protein fibres. Being harder and stiffer means it takes longer to absorb water, and it takes considerably more work to felt (but it does). It can be dyed with dyes suitable for protein fibres.
What has it been used for?
In Scandinavia, peasants and fishermen have mostly used it spun for ropes, for fishing lines (possibly plaited), for milk sieves, fishing mittens, outer socks, horse reins and horse rugs. Unspun it has been used for flour sieves and brushes.
Upholstery fabrics with horsehair as weft has primarily been used by the wealthier classes, and (I guess) the same went for "stiffening fabrics" as in men's coats and crinolines, (which happens to mean "horsehair and linen").
What is horsehair used for today?
Brushes and stuffing are the most common uses today. Upholstery fabric is woven industrially in France and Great Britain.
- FiberArts.org
No Intimacy if You Eat Meat!
A new phenomenon in New Zealand is taking the idea of "you are what you eat" to the extreme.
"Vegansexuals" is the name given to people who not only don't eat any meat or animal products, but also choose not to be sexually intimate with non-vegan partners.
Their reasoning is that the bodies of non-vegans are made up of the dead animals they have consumed.
- Daily Mail
Monday, July 30, 2007
James Dean's Deadly Porsche
In September 1955, James Dean was killed in a horrific car accident while he was driving his Porsche sports car. After the crash the car was seen as very unlucky.
a) When the car was towed away from accident scene and taken to a garage, the engine slipped out and fell onto a mechanic, shattering both of his legs.
b) Eventually the engine was bought by a doctor, who put it into his racing car and was killed shortly afterwards, during a race. Another racing driver, in the same race, was killed in his car, which had James Dean's driveshaft fitted to it.
c) When James Dean's Porsche was later repaired, the garage it was in was destroyed by fire.
d) Later the car was displayed in Sacramento, but it fell off it's mount and broke a teenager's hip.
e) In Oregon, the trailer that the car was mounted on slipped from it's towbar and smashed through the front of a shop.
f) Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while it was sitting on steel supports.
120 Calories: The Many Faces
If your goal is to lose weight by burning off excess body fat, aim to eat 500 fewer calories per day than your daily caloric needs, and maintain or increase your exercise activity. Do not go below 1200 calories per day unless you are on a medically supervised weight loss program or after consultation with your doctor.
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