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GAME OF THRONES: 90’s Style Opening

•March 10, 2014 • Leave a Comment

The first book was released in 1995, so a fan decided to show us all just how lucky we are to have a show like this today. I have to admit, those authentic VHS tracking lines are pretty neat in a nostalgic way, and Queen’s “I Want it All” is a great mood setter — it certainly makes Hodor look like a sexy beast:

My apologies to Alfie Allen for the misspelled name – and to all the other cast members that didn’t make the video. I would’ve loved to feature Robb and Catelyn, Jorah, Sam, Renly, Stannis, etc. but it was already getting pretty long. ~ Hunterlsanders

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Findlay “Greasy Love” [music video]

•March 10, 2014 • Leave a Comment

I’m not being biased or anything, but what an awesome name Findlay is…

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Tags: Another wonderful accidental music discovery, Findlay "Greasy Love" [music video], I'm willing to bet we have a few things in common, Indie, Produced by Flood / Dougal Drummond & Kristian Gilroy, Video Director: Ruffmercy, Video Producer: Andy Soup

Ice Cream Dream

•March 9, 2014 • Leave a Comment

If candy and ice cream had their own food pyramid; I held it in my hands:

Hmmm, I think I’m going to call my tasty abomination the Vanellope Von Schweetz, inspired by her accidental masterpiece of a kart in WRECK IT RALPH:

It tasted exactly the way it looked — Sugarrushtacular! Cheers Ramiri for a good day out. Now, can anyone help me obtain these videogame inspired, Japanese sweets?

Puyo Puyo Tetris Gummi! Priced at 100 yen (US$1) per bag, the snack comes with gummi shaped Puyo Puyo blobs and Tetris blocks in lemon, grape, strawberry, orange, melon and soda flavors.

O M N O M N O M N O M N O M N O M N O M

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You gotta be sittin me…

•March 9, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: Best astronomy-related college prank ever, Chair Pull Prank with a Twist, The Delivery Prank

“The Power of Sheng” w. Super Mario 超級瑪莉 (Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO)

•March 8, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Speaking of predicting the future — This ancient Chinese musical instrument, the Sheng, was conceived in 1,100 BC, and the sound it produces can perfectly replicate digital 8-BIT coin-tosses and other synthesized electronic Super Mario Bros. blips, at least that is how talented player, Li-chin Li, has managed to make it sound:

Move over Amy Farrah Fowler, I predict Li-chin Li is going to make Sheldon swoon:

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Science Fiction Predicting Science Fact

•March 7, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Take a look at the relationship between science fiction and science, as accurately predicted by such visionary authors like Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Jules Verne, Philip K. Dick, and of course, H.G. Wells. So why does some science fiction do such a good job of predicting the future in the first place? — Learn something new today and start dreaming our world of tomorrow:

Here’s more info on science fiction author Isaac Asimov‘s future predictions, as presented by Cali Lewis and John P. from Geek Beat:

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NASA Noninvasive Medical Treatment Devices Coming Soon…ish

•March 6, 2014 • Leave a Comment

NASA believe that within this century the world will have medical machines capable of regenerating bone and muscle tissue. I have a lot to say on the matter of life imitating art and creativity preceding technology in general, but I’ll just sum this article up in one title — STAR TREK:

Click either image to be directed to the official NASA press article:

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Tags: medical technology, NASA Noninvasive Medical Treatment Devices Coming Soon...ish, The Star Trek Medical Tricorder

I had to write a poem about the ‘whiteboard’ in class today… Yes, the whiteboard.

•March 4, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Well, for an exercise, we were made to write about the whiteboard for five minutes and then turn our words into a poem. I thought the exercise was kind of funny and more so when I heard some of the other students read their hyper imaginative worlds, supposedly entirely based on the very same plain-Jane whiteboard. I’m still on the fence about what the bare definition of poetry is, but I guess those poets who spoke would probably have an opinion about mine too:

Shadows
Dappled light
Cream
Moving my hand to what isn’t there
Five minutes spending energy
This is a conundrum.

I see the whiteboard
The white board is the whiteboard
I see the whiteboard
The white board is the whiteboard
I see the whiteboard
The white board is the whiteboard
~ A day in the life of Bartholomew. Simpson.

Spent more time looking at paper than examining whiteboard
I hope my thoughts are validated
Twenty seconds left and still all I see
Shadows
Dappled light?
Cream.

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The University O’ Fuckland

•March 3, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Damn it! A few days ago I swore I had one more week left…

…Auck!

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Hatewatch: MTV’s “Are You The One”

•March 2, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Hate-watch

My sister coined the phrase “hatewatching” (pronounced: “You’s a hatewatchin”) after she entered the room and I couldn’t stop talking smack about what I was watching. It’s an adequate phrase, especially for this nonessential MTV drama “Are You The One”

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I’ve given up voicing my concerns and debunking the show’s creditability and have come to enjoy love triangles being disrupted and things getting broken. Personally, I don’t believe anyone can calculate love, thank fuck.

1. Dillan & Coleysia

The first match up, I liked because both Dillan and Coleysia seemed genuinely nice. Unfortunately I can’t say the same for the second match up or for any other couples in the house.

2. Chris T. & Paige