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wanted: master Lego model builder

Wired News: Starting Oct. 30, LegoLand, located in Carlsbad, California, will kick off its search at the Art Institute of California – San Diego. Applicants will be given 2,000 Legos and 45 minutes to impress a panel of judges.

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a day on the job

Someone came by ‘my’ desk and said, “Oh, you’re listening to music! I mean you’re listening to good music. That’s Cohen, isn’t it?” Pause. “I don’t know of a composer named Cohen.” “Oh. Then it’s . . .” Long pause. “Who is … Continue reading

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duelling fantasists

Forager 23: J.R.R. Tolkien vs. Robert E. Howard. (Linked by Justin Slotman)

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a cappella

Twenty years ago I made a lot of tapes to play in the car. When I was reminded of their existence a couple of weeks ago, I hadn’t heard most of these tapes since that first car died in 1989. … Continue reading

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anthropomorphize much?

Wasn’t there a movie in the Eighties whose tagline on the posters was “The most erotic thing in their world was money”? 2006: The Ananova story, if memory serves, was about a Russian newspaper being penalized(?) for a cartoon of … Continue reading

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identity theft?

I hate when that happens!

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Jack, Jack, Jack

I see that IMDB has accepted my correction that John Holbrook Vance is the same as one of the three Jacks previously listed; though it has not added his year of birth which I also provided.

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