Thug.
cephalapodophilia on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Wicked.
“Jonathan Schipper’s Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle is very reminiscent of Chris Burden, especially his 1985 piece ‘Samson’, a machine designed to destroy the gallery it is exhibited in: ‘a turnstile connected to a gearbox and a 100-ton jack, the latter pushing against the ends of two giant timbers wedged between the outer walls of the museum. Every visitor to the show, passing through the turnstile, pushes the museum’s walls a little farther apart.’”
— Not linking (notlinking?) to any content, I just thought this idea was awesome. From www.thingsmagazine.net, anyway.
“The argument “Jesus must have existed because so many things were written about him” makes me want to go to New York to meet Spiderman.”
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Theo Tsecouras (via bullshit)
I am best quote, the best quote ever
“Any container can be a diplomatic bag—there are no limitations on size or shape. The Soviet Union tested the limits of this rule in 1984 when it claimed that a nine-ton tractor trailer was a diplomatic bag.”
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The Straight Dope: Is there such a thing as a diplomatic pouch?
The whole concept of a diplomatic bag is a bit batty, but it makes for interesting reading.
“Nobody grasped you by the shoulder while there was still time. Now the clay of which you were shaped has dried and hardened, and naught in you will ever awaken the sleeping musician, the poet, the astronomer that possibly inhabited you in the beginning.”
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