A collection of links
El dibujante profesional de comics Mike Wieringo esta haciendo una reinterpretación de los dibujos que hacia de chico. Ejemplo de Cosmic Girl:
Mike's own personal soapbox!
posted by Poncho at 5/31/2005 12:07:00 PM
Pueden customizar (palabra que no existe) una lápida para que diga lo que ustedes quieran:
Tombstone generator
posted by Poncho at 5/31/2005 11:13:00 AM
Debo admitir que nunca pense postear acerca de una gorra para baño... Pero que gorra para baño vende Blue Raven:
y es parte de una serie.
Design is everwhere...
BLUE RAVEN
via design*sponge
posted by Poncho at 5/31/2005 11:02:00 AM
Galeria de ilustraciones de la singaporeana Charlene Chua:
The Illustrations of Charlene Chua
via pixelsurgeon
posted by Poncho at 5/31/2005 10:40:00 AM
William S. Burroughs
"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on."
posted by Poncho at 5/31/2005 10:34:00 AM
Volumen total de música en mi computadora:
Curiosamente no me considero como alguien al que le guste mucho la música y pondría otras artes antes que esta. Sin embargo viendo los dvd's que me he visto obligado a quemar y haciendo cuentas tengo 40 gigas de música... weird.
El último CD que compré Cambió la pregunta a último cd que quise comprar, pero al regresar de ver su concierto en la Ciudad de México ya se habian acabado:
Titulo: Around the world in 77 minutes
Grupo: Triology
Canción reproduciendose ahorita
Nitro Microphone Underground. Straight from the Underground.
Cinco canciones que escucho mucho y que significan mucho para mi
Do the Gariya thing. Rappagariya
Where is my mind? The Pixies
Speed. Atari Teenage Riot
Living Dead Girl. Rob Zombie
Makes me wanna die. Tricky
Tres personas a quienes les paso el baton
1. Upiro
2. Loula punk
3. Carmen Mirada
posted by Poncho at 5/30/2005 05:15:00 PM
Si su día no es lo suficientemente estresante, pueden jugar este juego en flash, de un pajarillo que tiene que escapar ser aplastado por un elefante:
mi record personal son 27 segundos... y será mi máximo porque dejaré el juego por la paz.
elephant
posted by Poncho at 5/30/2005 11:45:00 AM
Y se resuelven algunas dudas que han existido acerca de entre otras cosas... su vida académica:
Dr. Doctor Doom,
I’ve been wondering for many years – how did you acquire the title of
"Doctor", which requires a PhD, if you were expelled from Empire State
University after your lab exploded during an attempt to contact the
netherworld?
Yours,
Curious in Chronopolis
Dear Curious,
While usually Doom would upbraid an underling for such impertinence, this is a recurring question, so for once he will deign to answer. You are correct in your apprehension: the fools at Empire State did not recognize his absolute genius, so he was indeed asked to leave before his desired studies were complete. But ultimately it turned out for the best, as he had quickly reached the limits of what I could learn in such a torpid intellectual environment. Doom’s mind is matchless, and once he had absorbed what pitiful scraps could be gained from an association with that wretched university, he was only too happy too leave. Doom’s studies were ever destined to lead him into the harsh and deadly realms of outer experience – subjects which certainly do not appear on the syllabus of any accredited university!
But in terms of his actual title, Doom earned his PhDs from the fine folks at the University of Phoenix, whose distance learning programs allowed Doom to complete his proscribed studies in Astrophysics and Advanced Mechanical Engineering without leaving the comfort of his castle. Also, although it is not commonly known, Doom possesses an MA in English Literature, meaning that he is qualified to teach literature and composition at most high schools and community colleges, should the need occur.
The Hurting
posted by Poncho at 5/30/2005 10:34:00 AM
Colección de conversaciones verdaderas de agentes de viaje en Estados Unidos:
dos ejemplos:
A woman called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-cola on one of those computer planes." I asked if she meant to fly to Pensacola on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever."
A businessman called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him he needed a visa. "Oh no I don't, I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express."
Si ese no es el perfecto comercial de Visa para seguir humillando a American Express... no se cual es.
why americans should never be allowed to travel
posted by Poncho at 5/30/2005 10:26:00 AM
Esta galería de fotos es realmente un "conocer el mundo sin salir de su casa" Por ejemplo la sección de Japón tiene secciones especiales para sus festivales:
Travel photo gallery and stock photographs - high quality photos by Frantisek Staud
posted by Poncho at 5/30/2005 10:13:00 AM
Thomas Hardy
"A man's silence is wonderful to listen to."
Samuel Butler
"Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds."
George Burns
"I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty."
William Ralph Inge
"Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter."
posted by Poncho at 5/30/2005 10:00:00 AM
Increíble galeria de insectos:
M. Plonsky Photography - Galleries
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 12:56:00 PM
Galeria de fotografías de... copos de nieve.
Snowflakes are temporary works of art. After just a few short minutes on the ground, a fallen snowflake will lose its ornate structure, its unique pattern that will never again be repeated. Photography allows us to preserve a few of these minute masterpieces and to examine their form up close. Below are some examples of snow crystal photographs from around the world.
Snowflake and Snow Crystal Photos
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 12:27:00 PM
La fotografía surrealista de John Cleary:
John Cleary Gallery - Current Exhibition
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 12:24:00 PM
Combinando las partes de abajo y arriba de los diferentes retratos se llega a resultados muy interesantes:
Eric Myer Photography
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 12:15:00 PM
Cientos de texturas divididas en metal, piel, madera, textil, etc
Texture Library
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 12:07:00 PM
Una página llena de la historia y modelos de corsetería:
You are cordially invited to enter
via Bibi's box
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 12:03:00 PM
Una excelente página de la historia del estudio de la anatomía humana y la influencia de las diferentes técnicas de impresión a través del tiempo:
The interior of our bodies is hidden to us. What happens beneath the skin is mysterious, fearful, amazing. In antiquity, the body's internal structure was the subject of speculation, fantasy, and some study, but there were few efforts to represent it in pictures. The invention of the printing press in the 15th century-and the cascade of print technologies that followed-helped to inspire a new spectacular science of anatomy, and new spectacular visions of the body. Anatomical imagery proliferated, detailed and informative but also whimsical, surreal, beautiful, and grotesque — a dream anatomy that reveals as much about the outer world as it does the inner self.
Dream Anatomy: Anatomical Dreamtime
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 11:57:00 AM
Colección de personajes extraños y sobrenaturales:
Angèlique Cottin -The Electric Girl
Angélique Cottin was a Normandy peasant girl of 'small stature' who had a bizarre affect on objects and people. Indeed, the phenomena which she 'produced' are very similar to those more normally associated with poltergeists. Angélique became known as 'The Electric Girl', and her case, though certainly not unique, was one of the first of its kind to be scientifically investigated.
The phenomena began in the town of La Perrière, France, on January 15, 1846, when Angélique was 14. It was eight o'clock in the evening, and Angélique, together with some other girls, was weaving silk gloves on an oak frame, when suddenly the frame began to shake as if it were alive. The girls couldn't keep it still no matter what they tried. They became distressed and called the neighbours, who didn't believe them and told them to carry on with their work. So they returned slowly, one by one, to the weaving frame, which remained still until Angélique came near, then it again began dancing around again. All the girls were afraid, but Angélique also felt a strange attraction towards the frame.
maybe that russian mutant thing is not so far off...
Mysterious People - strange powers, occult personalities, poltergeist girls, feral children, eccentrics
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 11:42:00 AM
Todos los que hemos utilizado herramientas para traducción en línea hemos encontrado traducciones como estas. Lo maravilloso de esta herramienta es que podemos ver como se va deformando una oración en inglés pasando por varios idiomas con resultados muy curiosos.
Original English Text:
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade
Translated to Japanese:
生命がレモンを与えるとき、レモネードを作りなさい
Translated back to English:
When life gives the lemon, make the lemonade
Translated to Chinese:
当生活给柠檬, 做柠檬水
Translated back to English:
When lives gives the lemon, makes the lemonade
Translated to French:
Quand les vies donne le citron, fait la citronnade
Translated back to English:
When the lives gives lemon, makes the lemonade
Translated to German:
Wenn die Lebensdauern Zitrone gibt, bildet die Limonade
Translated back to English:
If the life lasting gives lemon, the lemonade forms
Translated to Italian:
Se durare di vita dà il limone, la limonata forma
Translated back to English:
If to last of life it gives the lemon, the limonata shape
Translated to Portuguese:
Se ao último da vida der a limão, a forma do limonata
Translated back to English:
If to the last one of the life to give the lemon, the form of the
limonata
Translated to Spanish:
Si el pasado de la vida para dar el limón, la forma del limonata
Translated back to English:
If the past of the life to give the lemon, the form of the limonata
Lost in Translation
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 11:26:00 AM
8 Lecciones de la Venganza del Sith 
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 10:51:00 AM
El mejor encabezado que leí esta mañana.
THE Chernobyl nuclear disaster has spawned a generation of ‘mutant’ super-brainy children.
Kids growing up in areas damaged by radiation from the plant have a higher IQ and faster reaction times, say Russian doctors.
They are also growing faster and have stronger immune systems.
Radiation from the Ukrainian Chernobyl plant swept the globe and affected more than seven million people.
Professor Vladimir Mikhalev from Bryansk State University, has tracked the health of youngsters growing up in areas hit by the fallout since the 1986 accident.
He compared their mental agility and health to those in unaffected areas and found they came out top in tests.
The kids had been exposed to radiation in the atmosphere and their food supply.
por supuesto de una fuenta nada confiable, el Tabloide The Sun.
The Sun Online - News: 'Mutant' children are best
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 10:29:00 AM
John Blake
"The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else."
Katharine Whitehorn
"The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any."
Russell Baker
"People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately."
posted by Poncho at 5/27/2005 10:18:00 AM
50 fotos de la nueva película de Batman:
Coming Soon! - Latest News
via Welcome To Twitch. Spreading the News On Strange Little Films From Around the World.
posted by Poncho at 5/26/2005 11:00:00 AM
Euripides
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."
Peter Ustinov
"The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come."
posted by Poncho at 5/26/2005 10:58:00 AM
Justo la otra semana me preguntaba que hacia el buen Tommy Lee Jones estos días... y visitando Twitch Film para ver el poster de la nueva película de Guy Ritchie (sip, Mr. Madonna) veo que la compañía de Luc Besson va a distribuir la nueva película de Tommy Lee Jones, escrita por Guillermo Arriaga. Three Burials o los Tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada... 
******* tanto me tarde en postear esta nota, que ya hasta dos palmas de oro en Cannes se ganaron. Una para el buen Tommy Lee Jones y la otra para Arriaga *****
:::: | EuropaCorp | ::::
posted by Poncho at 5/25/2005 01:52:00 PM
Las fotos me recuerdan a la tendencia en Corea de fotografiarse haciendose el muerto:
Izima Kaoru
via Geisha asobi blog
posted by Poncho at 5/25/2005 01:40:00 PM
Multiples suicidios bien pensado de conejitos:
Bunny suicides
via andreaxmas.com | web & design
posted by Poncho at 5/25/2005 01:15:00 PM
Fotografía nocturna que parece salida de una película de David Lynch:
Lost America- Ghost Town Gallery
posted by Poncho at 5/25/2005 01:04:00 PM
Si vieron Sideways, Garden State y Million Dollar baby, y acaban de ver Star Wars les recomiendo mucho este comic de Neil Swaab, es el número 307
n e i l s w a a b . c o m
posted by Poncho at 5/25/2005 12:56:00 PM
Lenin
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
Tom Lehrer
"On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away."
Franklin P. Jones
"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger."
posted by Poncho at 5/25/2005 09:17:00 AM
Galería de ... monstruos inspirados en el monstruo del Dr. Frankestein:
FRANKENHOOKER.COM - Hosted Sites
via Geisha asobi blog
posted by Poncho at 5/24/2005 11:52:00 AM
Just Toilet Paper. Y es sólo eso, una tienda en línea dedicada a papel de baño:
Just Toilet Paper - Novelty Toilet Paper
posted by Poncho at 5/24/2005 11:40:00 AM
Flickr y Stumbleupon los programo el diablo... y si no un consorcio anti-productividad
encontrado en flickr:
fboosman's Gallery - a photoset on Flickr
posted by Poncho at 5/24/2005 11:23:00 AM
Las 100 mejores películas según la revista TIME. Estan la mayoría de los sospechosos comúnes (claro no estan LOS SOSPECHOSOS COMUNES, pero el tiempo decidirá a su favor creo yo) pero hay algunas sorpresas en particular asiáticas e hindues. Chungking Express es el primer éxito de Won Kar Wai, y lo que más me resulta curioso de este director es su método de no utilizar un script e irse inventando la película en plena filmación.
The epitome and apotheosis of art-house romance in the 90s, Wong Kar-wai developed a style like no other director —though, as his renown grew beyond China, dozens tried. It is atmosphere used to create the most fleeting or lasting emotion, a mix of longing gazes, swirling cigarette smoke, double-printed slo-mo images and the Colony's most gorgeous actors. Wong might have gone higher with the Eastern Western Ashes of Time, and deeper with that aching epic 2046, but we'll choose the more lighthearted Chungking Express as an admirable starter set. It's a set because the film tells two stories: one of young Takeshi Kaneshiro falling for ageless Brigitte Lin, the other pairing Hong Kong cop Tony Leung Chiu-wai with the elfin beauty Faye Wong. With his two essential collaborators, cinematographer Christopher Doyle and designer William Chang, Wong weaves a tapestry of longing and seduction that puts both the characters and the audience in the mood for love. The love story is a genre inexplicably ignored by both art-house and commercial directors. Isn't it lovely, then, that Wong Kar-wai is always in that mood? —R.C.
The Complete List - ALL-TIME 100 Movies - TIME Magazine
via Welcome To Twitch. Spreading the News On Strange Little Films From Around the World.
posted by Poncho at 5/24/2005 10:55:00 AM
Stanislaw J. Lec
"All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often."
posted by Poncho at 5/24/2005 10:27:00 AM
La galeria de D. Himes de fotografías de hielo... 
impresionante, en especial si se toma en consideración las herramientas:
Between February and March of 2003, I took about 1,500 photographs of ice forms. The forms were made by pouring water into household objects like bowls, vases, and balloons, and then freezing or partially freezing them in the fridge.
For lighting, I generally kept the room pitch black and used only a flashlight to illuminate the ice.
The photos were taken with a Canon Powershot S45. To get the close-up shots, I placed off-the-shelf magnifying glasses directly up to the lens of the camera.
otra prueba de que las herramientas no hacen al artista.
hirmes
posted by Poncho at 5/23/2005 04:45:00 PM
Contestando esta pregunta:
How Old Do You Think I Am?
a la imagen correspondiente.
tal vez mejor para liga de los viernes... pero para mi fue un Lúnes de perder tiempo
ageproject :: Home
tiene 20 años por cierto..
posted by Poncho at 5/23/2005 04:35:00 PM
Una página recolectando varias adaptaciones de la "última cena"
W.T.B.W.�„Last Supper
Geisha asobi blog
sorpresivamente faltaba esta via Boingboing
posted by Poncho at 5/23/2005 04:24:00 PM
Una exhibición que recolecta las obras recientes más famosas de irrumpimiento de derechos de autor... ( y ya que estamos en eso por qué casi siempre los "derechos de autor" (doble parentesis en inglés no lo son tanto, pero uso el lenguaje que me acomode para probar mi teoría) son los que menos benefician a los "autores"?)
The laws governing "intellectual property" have grown so expansive in recent years that artists need legal experts to sort them all out. Borrowing from another artwork--as jazz musicians did in the 1930s and Looney Tunes illustrators did in 1940s--will now land you in court. If the current copyright laws had been in effect back in the day, whole genres such as collage, hiphop, and Pop Art might have never have existed.
The irony here couldn't be more stark. Rooted in the U.S. Constitution, copyright was originally intended to facilitate the exchange of ideas but is now being used to stifle it.
The Illegal Art Exhibit will celebrate what is rapidly becoming the "degenerate art" of a corporate age: art and ideas on the legal fringes of intellectual property. Some of the pieces in the show have eluded lawyers; others have had to appear in court. 
Kieron Dwyer
"Consumer Whore"
Graphic, 1999
In 2000, a year after Kieron Dwyer made comic books, t-shirts, and stickers with his version of the Starbucks logo, the company sued him, obtaining an injunction that prevented Dwyer from using the parody until the case was scheduled to go to court over a year later. When the case was finally settled, Dwyer was allowed to continue displaying his logo but only in extremely limited circumstances. No more comic books, t-shirts, or stickers: he may post the image on the web but not on his own website -- nor may he link from his website to any other sites that show the parody. In short, Dwyer is permitted to use the logo as long as Starbucks can be confident that no one will see it.
muy completa y con ligas a las páginas de los autores:
Visual Art - Illegal Art - Copyright
posted by Poncho at 5/23/2005 11:57:00 AM
Don Juan Manuel
"He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have."
Jules Renard
"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."
Orson Welles
"I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."
posted by Poncho at 5/23/2005 09:49:00 AM
Robert Frost
"A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel."
posted by Poncho at 5/20/2005 09:30:00 AM
Una de las mentes detrás de Worth1000, el concurso o mejor dicho serie de concursos de manipulación de imagenes tiene varios tutoriales donados por los miembros muy interesantes.
ejemplo de como hacer gente invisible:
Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Are you Worthy™ | tutorial
posted by Poncho at 5/19/2005 01:18:00 PM
Intenet es un lugar curioso. Ya he hablado en multiples ocasiones de que si bien el/la internet no ha creado perversiones, si les ha dado rienda suelta.
ejemplo, un sitio dedicado a las manos (anormales según la página) de Paris Hilton
Hilton Hands
posted by Poncho at 5/19/2005 01:01:00 PM
Una morgue con fotografías de ciertas figuras históricas del mundo de la política y del espectaculo:
"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."
Josef Stalin died on March 5, 1953 of a brain hemorrhage. That's the official story. Some say that KGB chief Lavrenti Beria may have been responsible for poisoning the dictator. In any event, the funeral for Stalin, who killed so many millions of soviets, was attended by so many people that some were trampled to death in the chaos.
Stalin's body was embalmed and placed next to Lenin's in the tomb at Red Square. But in 1961, with Stalin falling into disgrace, the corpse was quietly removed and buried.
Celebrity Morgue
posted by Poncho at 5/19/2005 12:54:00 PM
La galería de ilustraciones de Akane Saiga:
Aka Under
via btang reblog
posted by Poncho at 5/19/2005 12:10:00 PM
Realmente como todo el mundo me habia olvidado de Kevin Smith (digo después de Gigli, y el efecto Ben-lo quien puede culparme) pero ahora regresa a sus raíces... (posiblemente arruinandolas en el proceso) con una secuela a Clerks:
The View Askewniverse - News - Clerks 2
via Welcome To Twitch. Spreading the News On Strange Little Films From Around the World.
posted by Poncho at 5/19/2005 10:40:00 AM
Mark Twain
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
John Lehman
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
posted by Poncho at 5/19/2005 10:14:00 AM
Davil Hill se ha dedicado a "coleccionar" y archivar las pantallas de las películas justo en el momento que aparece el título de dicha película:
Util? tal vez no, pero busquen el de sus películas favoritas. Tambien tiene una página de Monstruos de Universal
Y bueno supongo que pueden servir para estudiosos del arte de titular películas. maybe...
shillPages - Movie Title Screens Page
via metafilter
posted by Poncho at 5/18/2005 02:18:00 PM
Muchas imagenes creadas utilizando aparatos fotograficos de alta velocidad. Niñas brincando, pelotas de ping pong entre otras.
les presento el limón congelado siendo atravesado por una bala... (hey es ponchorama, que esperaban las bellísimas gotas?)
High Speed and Photoinstrumentation Photographs - Exhibit 3
posted by Poncho at 5/18/2005 12:46:00 PM
Wikipedia me salva de tener que registrar las muertes más inusuales y que por supuesto no quiero repetir.
Un ejemplo de una:
1977: Tom Pryce, a Formula One driver, and a 19-year-old track marshal both died at the 1977 South African Grand Prix after the marshal ran across the track beyond a blind brow to attend to another car and was struck by Pryce's car. Pryce was hit in the face by the marshal's fire extinguisher and killed instantly.
la más absurda y la primera en la lista:
456 BC: Aeschylus, Greek dramatist, according to tradition, died when a vulture, mistaking his bald head for a stone, dropped a tortoise on it.
tal vez sea mi fanatismo a CSI y la Ley y el Orden... pero sospecho que fue homicidio... El buitre fue incriminado por un rival literario...
List of unusual deaths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
posted by Poncho at 5/18/2005 12:37:00 PM
El problema a ser adicto a comprar cosas por internet... Por lo menos si las compras en la tienda el hecho de cargarlas te puede desalentar de la compra. Gracias Internet!
Muy recomendada la visita a la página si alguna vez han querido comprar algo inutil de ebay... this could happen to you!
Crazy eBay mom
via La ultima pregunta�-�Tecnolog�a - Cultura Digital
posted by Poncho at 5/18/2005 11:23:00 AM
O lo que es lo mismo. El principito leído por 100 personas de diferentes partes del mundo.
Der Kleine Prinz in 100 Sprachen: Weltkarte
via metafilter
posted by Poncho at 5/18/2005 10:08:00 AM
Laurence J. Peter
"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else."
posted by Poncho at 5/18/2005 09:45:00 AM
La página del ilustrador Souther Salazar:
tambien muy recomendado las colaboraciones con otros artistas.
please have a look
via drawn
posted by Poncho at 5/18/2005 01:21:00 AM
Sitio relleno de fotos de Chicago, también se puede buscar por barrio.
Chicago Pictures, Chicago Photos, Chicago Photographs, Chicago Images by Dawn Mikulich - Chicago Uncommon
posted by Poncho at 5/17/2005 01:47:00 PM
Una de mis dos páginas favoritas para saber que horas son en cualquier parte del mundo. Gracias a su interfaz gráfica esta es muy recomendable (la otra tiene como marcar por telefono de punto A a B: The World Clock - Time Zones
Time Zone Check - Time Zones of the World
posted by Poncho at 5/17/2005 12:05:00 PM
Secret Wall Tattoo es un proyecto que me hace darme de patadas en la cabeza porque nunca se me hubiera ocurrido a mí, y se me hace maravilloso.
La idea es simple, en todos los hoteles hay "arte" colgada de las paredes. El proyecto consiste en remover estas obras y crear nuevas en el espacio que antes ocupaba el cuadro. Creando Tatuajes Secretos:
de ahora en cada hotel que me quede, checare las paredes...
swt
posted by Poncho at 5/17/2005 10:34:00 AM
Revista electrónica que responde esa pregunta milenaria. Who are the interesting Motherfuckers?
Aqui su entrada de Toshiro Mifune(a very interesting motherfucker):
Toshiro Mifune, playing one of the seven samurai who've been hired to protect a farming village from bandits has just been knocked down by a rifle blast to the gut. Stunned, he pulls himself up, then runs at the bandit who fired upon him. The dude sees Toshiro coming at him sword first, and you can practically hear the thoughts going through his head. "I killed you, nigga! How can you still be standing? Goddamn! Argh!" The "argh" occurs when Toshiro runs that fool through with three foot long samurai sword. Is that balls or what? Mifune has his intestines practically falling out of his chest, but he still knows gonna take this bitch out!
As such, it should come as no surprise to you that the English translation for "Toshiro" is "ass" and for "Mifune" it's "kickin'!" The Japanese actor who starred in 130 films from 1947 - 1996 would've had no problem eating Clint Eastwood for breakfast and poopin' out Charles Bronson. Hombre was tough! But he was more than just tough, he was funny. And unlike a lot of western tough guys, he could act! Chuckie Bronson's range was between that of an an oak tree and a two by four (Motherfucker was wooden!) but Mifune could be clownish (as he was in "The Seven Samurai"), stoic (as he was in the "Samurai" trilogy) and tender (per "Red Beard.")
Who are the Interesting Motherfuckers? - Acid Logic ezine
posted by Poncho at 5/17/2005 10:20:00 AM
Los japoneses, y varios lugares de Asia (en particular recuerdo la película coreana "My boyfriend is blood type B) toman muy en serio el tipo de sangre de las personas, porque según unos estudios tiene relación con la personalidad de la persona.
In Japan, you are what you bleed. Blood type is a common way of defining temperament and personality, much like horoscopes in Western countries.
It all started in 1931 in Japan. Furukawa Takeji (1891–1940) proposed that there was a link between blood type and personality after working in the administration department of a high school and observing the temperamental differences between applicants.
Furukawa proposed that we humans are simple beings, only requiring two personality types. His report stated that people of blood type A were generally mild tempered and intellectual, while people of blood type B were the opposite, essentially dividing the population into the “good” and the “bad.”
Obviamente los de tipo B se quejan de que muchas personas los discriminan y no pueden conseguir ni novia (yeah I bet you that's the reason...)
ejemplo de tipo de sangre y personalidad:
Type O – The Warrior
Famous O’s
posted by Poncho at 5/17/2005 10:08:00 AM
Estadística se encuentra con diseño y crean un buen comentario político, que diría vvoi de New Art al respecto?
Icaro Doria is Brazilian, 25 and has been working for the magazine Grande Reportagem, in Lisbon, Portugal, for the last 3 years. He is part of the team (with Luis Silva Dias, João Roque, Andrea Vallenti and João Roque) that produced the flags campaign which has been circulating the Earth in chain letters via e-mail. Icaro gave us a small statement about the campaign, translated by Isabell Erdmann:
The magazine Revista Grande Reportagem is a Hard Journalism magazine, on the same line as the Times. The idea was to bring across the concept that the magazine offers profound journalism about topics of real importance to the world of today.
This is how we thought of the concept Meet the World.
We started to research relevant, global, and current facts and, thus, came up with the idea to put new meanings to the colours of the flags. We used real data taken from the websites of Amnesty International and the UNO.
The campaign has been running in Portugal since January 2005. There are eight flags that portray very current topics like the division of opinions about the war in Iraq in the United States, the violence against women in Africa, the social inequality in Brazil, the drug trafficking in Columbia, Aids and malaria in Angola, etc.
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posted by Poncho at 5/17/2005 09:40:00 AM
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