Dude has 75% OF HIS SKULL replaced by 3D-printed replica. Gotta be a catch.
If you are to believe this story, some dude in the United States has had 75% of his skull replaced with a 3D-printed replica. The story itself is scant on details, which means that most of my excitement should probably be snuffed out on the cold dark ground of reality. Eh, what can you do! Let me bask in this until someone ruins it for me.
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Cosplay: RULE 63 LEELOO from ‘THE FIFTH ELEMENT’ is today’s nightmare.
Careful, those considering crossing the threshold. While safe for work, what you shall see is nowhere near safe for psyche.
New ‘STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS’ TEASER TRAILER: Oh my god, feel my nipples.
Oh Jesus Christ, my nipples are hard. Touch them. Feel their rigidity. Actually, don’t. They’re prone to cut you. Just watch this trailer instead.
Hackers steal over $12,000 worth of BITCOINS from broker Bitinstant. Future heist++
Man, I barely understand Bitcoins. I know that they’re the future, or something. What else could they be, seeing as they are a universal currency that is generated by computer mining, and whose creator may not even be real. So when I read about hackers stealing mad amounts of Bitcoins in a heist, I know the Future has won. The details however, are very fuzzy.
WEEKEND OPEN BAR: consult your medium
[WEEKEND OPEN BAR: The one-stop ramble-about-anything weekend post at OL. Comment on the topic at hand. Tell us how drunk you are. Describe a comic you bought. This is your chance to bring the party.]
I want you to consult your medium.
And I’m not talkin’ about that gargantuan-racked Gypsy babe you met at the bus stop. Do I think it’s righteous that she wore a revealing shawl and was jambox-blastin’ an Among the Living cassette? Yes. Do I think that she actually has psychic powers? No. Unless you like waking up in another state to find that you’ve been drugged, robbed, and’re wanted on an arson charge, you’re goin’ to want to stay away from her.
Trust me, I know from experience.
Anyways, the sort of medium we’re dealin’ with today ain’t of the supernatural variety. Well, not literally (we’ll come back to that). See, the word “medium” comes from the old-tyme Ancients’ expression for “in the middle.” As such, there’re a whole mess of ways to apply the term. Yes, that’s why when you go to Dunkin Donuts, the serving size of hot dirt-water that’s larger than the small but smaller than the large is called medium!
Ta-dah!
When takin’ a stroll across the Arts & Entertainment Dance Hall, we need to look at media as the ways in which creators express themselves. In a sense, any given medium is the means by which a transfer occurs from the mind of the Creator to the mind of the Viewer. It’s actually an alarmingly simple process: an idea is in the Creator’s mind, the Creator shapes some sort of artifact, the Viewer experiences said artifact, and now the same idea is in the Viewer’s mind! Voila!
Stephen King describes the process in On Writing:
Look — here’s a table covered with a red cloth. On it is a cage the size of a small fish aquarium. In the cage is a white rabbit with a pink nose and pink-rimmed eyes. In its front paws is a carrot-stub upon which it is contentedly munching. On its back, clearly marked in blue ink, is the numeral 8.
Do we see the same thing? We’d have to get together and compare notes to make absolutely sure, but I think we do. There will be necessary variations, of course…
I sent you a table with a red cloth on it, a cage, a rabbit, and the number eight in blue ink. You got them all, especially that blue eight. We’ve engaged in an act of telepathy. No mythy-mountain shit; real telepathy.
That’s right, you degenerate broads and bastard boozers clinging to the railing of Spaceship OL — every time you read a book or listen to an album or play a video game, you’re on the receiving end of some genuine telepathy! And when you find it in your soul to create some art? When you show someone the landscape you painted or the sonnet you penned? Yeah, you’ve got it — you’re on the transmitting end of the thought-transfer!
So what’s this all gettin’ at? Well, simply put, I want every goddamn one of you to declare your medium-allegiance. At the end of the day, in which art form are you most invested? Which mode of expression sweep-picks your heartstrings? What is it about this medium that gets your blood pumpin’ and spirit swirlin’?
[What is your medium of choice?]
Christopher Nolan’s SCI-FI FLICK ‘INTERSETELLAR’ dropping in November 2014.
Boing, boing, boing! That is the sound of my sad schlong dancing in my pants. The current ditty is is jigging to comes courtesy of the news that Chris Nolan’s next flick has an official release date. Should I live to see November of 2014, I will be able to bask in the (assumed) glory that is Nolan doing science-fiction on the largest of screens.
OL Original Story: The Sad and Short Earthbound Life of Tom Marshall [Part I]
Hello there my friends. I hope your weekend is starting off great. Today you’re in for a treat. I am posting the first part of an original story. I wrote this because my life can be dreadfully boring sometimes. So to fill the void I pass the time by inventing stories and playing them in my head like movies. If I’m lucky, I can translate them into words. So sit back, relax, and enjoy.
‘LOUIS C.K. – OH MY GOD’ HBO SPECIAL TRAILER: Meta-milking my giggle glands.
Prior to this trailer, I had completely forgotten that my Fat Bald Hilarious Inspiration was getting an HBO Special. Well, shit! I suppose that is why they drop these things. C.K. spends the entire promo deconstructing ridiculous comedy promos, and by the end of it I had my balls out. I don’t really know why my balls were out. One minute I’m laughing, red in the face. Next minute I’m on the floor, my balls sitting on my beefy thighs. Dude does something to me. Something special.
New ‘BORDERLANDS 2’ character teased at SXSW. Plays like Brick? Gross, but I’m excited!
There was a new Borderlands 2 character teased at SXSW. My excitement over this new character spells deeply my love for the title. (Maybe my favorite of the generation?) You see, it appears the character is going to be along the lines of Brick. This is a character who is pretty much useless, aside from being really good at getting me to hate his guts for yelling “slab!” over and over and over again. Jesus Christ, you much-muscled fuck face! Stop complaining, or get down here and help! Anyways. Will I play as him? Hell no! Am I excited? Hell yes! It’s Borderlands 2 news, you turkeys!
Cosplay: LILITH from ‘BORDERLANDS 2’ is the siren I’ll always heed. Get it?
Lilith cosplay. Hell yes. It’s remarkable how much I enjoy Lilith cosplay, despite the fact that I loathe her dumb ass in Borderlands 2. In fact, as The Dude can attest, I pretty much despise every original vault hunter in the sequel. They sit around Sanctuary, barking orders. Telling me what to do, chastising me when I fuck up. God forbid they ever lend a fucking hand.
