A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 10

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Archie panel from the Spire Christian Comics era. Link

Picture 6-20Video -- Great commercial for an awful toy from the 1960s called the Swing Wing. It's a beanie with a pendulum. You put on your head and swing it around. I have a dim memory of seeing this on TV when it originally appeared. Link

Picture 8-13 MP3s -- "Hobo Conversations and Interviews - Conversations with Sidedoor Pullman Kid Hop-A-Long Chet Dante and Austin John." Link

Picture 9-10 Video -- shouting match between Bill O'Reilly and Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut. Link

200708061158 The art of Hannes Bok, 1950s science fiction illustrator. Link

200708061211 Polygon Pete uses ZBrush ("(It's like finding a box of infinite Sculpey!!!) ") to made 3-D drawings of Woodring characters. Link

Mark Frauenfelder

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