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Inglourious Basterds – Posters Alternativos

2010-02-20T13:17:11-08:00

Inglourious Basterds Benefit

BENEFIT ART PROGRAM TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE

SA Studios Global’s Film Marketing Division has teamed up with Quentin Tarantino, Upper Playground and The Weinstein Company to present, THE LOST ART OF INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.

On February 18th, 2010 from 6p – 9p the world will get to preview and purchase the “Lost Art of Inglorious Basterds” at The Upper Playground Art Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. All proceeds from this program will be donated to The American Red Cross to help the victims of the Haiti Earthquake.

This creative team has assembled the following select group of accomplished artists, David Choe, Sam Flores, Estevan Oriol, Grotesk, Jeremy Fish, Patrick Martinez, Alex Pardee, Dora Drimalas, Munk One, N8 Van Dyke, Rene Alamanza, Morning Breath and Skinner Davis, to create their own poster art based off their interpretation of the Oscar Nominated film, “Inglourious Basterds” artwork.

Each print will be numbered and signed by Quentin Tarantino. Only six (6) of each amount will be made

The gallery will open will be open to the general public from 6p – 9p on Thursday February 18th, 2010 at Upper Playground Los Angeles located at 125 East 6th Street in Downtown LA. Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase the limited edition prints for $300. The prints are giclée print and are only available for purchase at Upper Playground, Los Angeles. Phone orders and web orders will not be accepted. Prints will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. The purchase of prints will be limited to one per buyer.

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The One Thing Internet Cant Ignoere

2010-01-10T18:25:23-08:00

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Calvin and Hobbes – Snowmen

2009-12-19T19:30:13-08:00

The Known Universe

2009-12-17T20:45:45-08:00

Luzes de Natal + Guitar Hero

2009-12-14T18:37:02-08:00

“To be, or not to be”

2009-12-12T06:30:49-08:00

Conan O’Brien entrevista o co-criador do USB

2009-10-10T17:06:19-07:00

via Reddit

Boy Lifts Book; Librarian Changes Boy’s Life

2009-10-02T18:25:57-07:00

Olly Neal grew up in Arkansas during the 1950s. He didn’t care much for high school. One day during his senior year, he cut class — and wandered into the school library.

As he told his daughter, Karama, recently, he stumbled onto a book written by African-American author Frank Yerby. And the discovery changed the life of a teenage boy who was, in Neal’s memory, “a rather troubled high school senior.”

The book was The Treasure of Pleasant Valley — and it had an alluring cover, especially for a teenage boy.

Neal remembers it being “risque — a drawing of a woman who appeared to be wearing something that was basically see-through. But the symbolism was really great for me at that age of 16.”

There was just one problem: If Neal took the book to the checkout counter, he was sure that the girls who worked on the counter would tell his friends.

“Then my reputation would be down, because I was reading books,” Neal said. “And I wanted them to know that all I could do was fight and cuss.”

Finally, Neal decided that he ought to steal the book, in order to preserve his reputation. So he did.

A week or two later, Neal had finished the book — so he brought it back to the library, careful to replace it in the same spot he had found it.

“And when I put it back, there was another book by Frank Yerby,” Neal said.

“So I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll read that, too.’ So I took it under my jacket,” Neal said.

“Later, I brought it back, and there was — by God, there was another book by Frank Yerby. So I took it.”

He read four of Yerby’s books that semester — checking out none of them.

But Neal’s sneaky behavior turned out not to have been so sneaky after all.

Attending his 13-year high school reunion, Neal ran into the school’s librarian, Mildred Grady. She had seen him trying to steal The Treasure of Pleasant Valley years ago.

“She told me that she saw me take that book when I first took it,” Neal said.

“She said, ‘My first thought was to go over there and tell him, boy, you don’t have to steal a book, you can check them out — they’re free.’

“Then she realized what my situation was — that I could not let anybody know I was reading.”

Grady told Neal she decided that if he was showing an interest in books, “she and Mrs. Saunders would drive to Memphis and find another one for me to read — and they would put it in the exact same place where the one I’d taken was.”

So, every time Neal decided to take a book home, the pair would set off to the city to find another book for him.

“You’ve got to understand that this was not an easy matter then — because this is 1957 and ‘58,” Neal said. “And black authors were not especially available, No. 1. And No. 2, Frank Yerby was not such a widely known author. And No. 3, they had to drive all the way to Memphis to find it.”

But the women’s efforts paid off: Neal went on to attend law school and later became a judge, retiring as an appellate judge of the Arkansas Court of Appeals.

When Grady died, her son asked Neal to tell everyone gathered for her funeral the story of how the librarian nurtured his reading habit as a teenager.

“I credit Mrs. Grady for getting me in the habit of enjoying reading, so that I was able to go to law school and survive,” Neal said.

via National Public Radio

Petition to Ban Water

2009-09-02T09:30:18-07:00

A Regra do Pénis Pequeno

2009-08-30T20:35:46-07:00

A Regra do Pénis Pequeno (Small Penis Rule) é uma estratégia utilizada por autores de forma a evitar processos por difamação.

Devido à necessidade de que, para instaurar uma acção judicial por crime de difamação, a personagem de ficção retratada seja inequivocamente assemelhada ao queixoso, o autor pode proteger-se deste tipo de processo categorizando a personagem com um pénis pequeno. Nenhum homem vai defender-se dizendo que que a personagem com um pénis pequeno é, na realidade, ele.