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Video: Chimpanzee and Bulldog, dressed as Ultraman and Godzilla, destroying miniature city

Posted: 16 Jun 2008 01:54 PM CDT

Apparently called Pankun & James.

Threadless T-Shirt Design: The triumph of CFLs

Posted: 16 Jun 2008 01:37 PM CDT

CFL FTW - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever

Cute Star Wars art, including R2-D2 with a mustache

Posted: 16 Jun 2008 01:35 PM CDT

I don't know what this is from, but I found it at Flickr.

10% off coupon for Fugitive Toys (designer vinyl toys)

Posted: 16 Jun 2008 01:29 PM CDT

Just got an email from Fugitive Toys, enter the code FT7441S for 10% off.

Movie Posters: The Birds, Rear Window

Posted: 16 Jun 2008 12:18 PM CDT

Part of an art exhibition called "Now Showing." See more in this gallery. The Birds is by Corey Holmes and Marian Bantjes.

*Find vintage movie posters at MoviePoster.com.

Read the new postcard stories written by J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman and others for charity

Posted: 16 Jun 2008 07:20 AM CDT

You can read the stories at this irritating flash-based site for Waterstone's. Via.

Patch may prevent wearer from suffering diarrhea

Posted: 15 Jun 2008 10:41 PM CDT

The BBC:

Their study involved 178 people who were given either a placebo 'dummy' patch, or one containing the toxin, then sent off to continue their journey through Mexico or Guatemala.

A fifth of those with the "dummy" patches developed moderate diarrhoea, four times more than in the treated group. The difference was even more pronounced in cases of severe diarrhoea.

Via.

d20 used by the ancient Romans

Posted: 15 Jun 2008 10:29 PM CDT

Not a joke. Here's the description from Christies:

A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with a distinct symbol on each of its faces
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) wide
Pre-Lot Text

THE PROPERTY OF A
MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR
Provenance

Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s.
Lot Notes

Several polyhedra in various materials with similar symbols are known from the Roman period. Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.

Via.

Coming Soon: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, The Movie

Posted: 15 Jun 2008 10:00 PM CDT

Animated, featuring Andy Samberg and Anna Faris, scheduled for March 2009. You can watch Faris talk about it here, if you can tolerate video that buffers. My son will be delighted since I've read the book to him a hundred times easy.

Posters for Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF)

Posted: 15 Jun 2008 02:50 PM CDT