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How to Be a Retronaut
How have I never encountered this site before? It is utterly splendid. How to Be a Retronaut is run by historical consultant Chris Wild. The site’s tagline is “Ever get the feeling you’re living in the wrong time?” and it is an almost inexplicable collection of vintage/time-travel/steampunk/godonlyknows photos and minutiae, ranging from Victorian Star Wars…
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Trivia Thursday
In the classic political cautionary tale 1984, the most feared room in the Ministry of Love is this one, where the victim is subjected to his worst fear. In Battlestar Galactica (the newer series), President Laura Roslin attained her position by being the highest-ranking government official left alive after the Cylons attack the Twelve Colonies.…
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Victorian Star Trek
More here.
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Lady Clankington’s Cabinet
This is one of those things that I never really considered, but once I heard about am somehow unsurprised that it exists. Amused, but unsurprised. The Cabinet of Carnal Curiosities* is a site which offers steampunk sex toys, custom-made by one Lady Clankington. Due to her voracious desire for endless…adventure, her husband (an industrialist of…
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Muppets of the Caribbean: On Stranger Frogs
I mentally checked out of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise after the first one, but I may have to watch the latest sequel; Kermit’s enthusiasm is contagious. (Plus the movie is based on Tim Powers’ On Stranger Tides, which is kind of awesome. I love that all of the actors just sort of roll…
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Link Dump
Guns and Gardens – Series of instructional YouTube videos on how to DIY your way through the zombie apocalypse. Big Damn Wedding – A couple cosplayed Mal and Inara at their wedding. Lots of neat detail stuff. Hoth Realtor – Marketing the studio apartment inside a Tauntaun. The Lesser-Known Magi – Entertaining photo from the…
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Trivia Thursday
This supernatural spy novel by Tim Powers presents a secret history of the Cold War in which an agent for a secret British spy organization learns the true nature of several beings living on Mount Ararat. “DC Universe: Decisions” was a DC comic series which revealed the political leanings of several superheroes. Which one of…
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Game of Thrones: The Metal Edition
White Noise Lab did a metal cover of the Game of Thrones theme music, and YouTube user hettbeans merged it with the opening credits.
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Exactly.
From EatLiver.com, via Blame it On the Voices
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The Worst Couple in the Universe
(via Death Star PR)