Who Watches the (Official) Watchmen (Movie Trailer)?
Saturday, 19. July 2008, 10:19:56
Everyone I hope!
By God, this is going to be an awesome movie!
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I Feel So Godlike (Semi-Required Sticky Post)!
Monday, 1. January 2007, 10:05:10
Some of you out there might be asking, "Why doesn't this guy update his Blog?" Well, I do ... but you have to scroll down a bit to see it, because this is a 'Sticky Post'. For those of you who don't know what that means (I know you're out there), it means that you'll see this post every time you come to my blog. But the newer ones (the updates) are just below. Just thought I'd let you know what was going on in case you were getting all confused (it happens). Why the 'Sticky Post?' I needed it to make my Cluster Map work (which I needed to feel God-like!
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At Present (A Short Story)
Monday, 21. July 2008, 19:05:02
Early evening was the time Norm felt most refreshed. After a bit of a sleep, and when the air had cooled somewhat, he felt more awake and alert than at any other time of the day.
Which wasn’t saying much, of course, at his age.
Still, whenever he saw Carol, he felt years younger. His love for her lifted his heart and bolstered his resolve to outlive her – by sheer force of will, if necessary – regardless of the aches, pains and infirmity that came with age. Damned if he’d go first and make her suffer through such a loss.
Of course, he couldn’t imagine what it would be like for him once Carol went, but he’d rather suffer the pain of outliving her, than leave her to deal with the pain his death would bring.
No doubt she harboured the same sort of unspoken resolution.
Of course, the ideal thing, he knew, would be if they went together, peacefully in their sleep. But that wasn’t likely to happen, and that was just the way of things.
It wasn’t anything to be feared, of course; death was a natural part of life. And they both had a firm belief in the afterlife and knew they’d see each other again in the next world. It was just that they’d be devastated until they met again, after so many living years where they were never apart.
He mentally shook his head. Thoughts like that had been coming more and more, and it was a rare day when the subject didn’t occur to him at least once.
Carol heard him shuffling. The tread on the slippers he got for his eighty-seventh last month was thick enough to rasp the carpet as he moved up the hall, easily heard in the quiet of their house.
Turning from the dining room table where she was enjoying a cup of tea and a good read, she took the box off the sideboard and met him as arrived in the room.
Although a little tremulous with age, her voice was, nevertheless, strong.
“Happy Anniversary, Dad”, she beamed, holding the present out.
“Happy Anniversary, Mother”, he smiled back. He knew he’d forgotten it again. And he knew – as always – that she didn’t mind.
They’d met almost seventy years ago, finding themselves with eyes only for one another very soon after. Married at eighteen (their birthdays surprisingly close together), it was a marriage that had lasted longer than a lot of people they’d known had stayed alive. Certainly, they’d outlived all their friends. And, sadly, one or two of their children.
Still, the love they had for one another had been enough to see them through the bad times as well as the good. And tantamount to that was the fact that Carol had never held any ill will at the fact that Norm always forgot their anniversary, despite the fact she never had.
Their eyes met as Norm began unwrapping his gift …
… until something inside it …
… shuddered.
They both froze.
With the near-telepathy that comes from two people sharing a lifetime together, they both knew that Carol was not responsible for …
… whatever it was.
Nevertheless:
“That … that’s that pewter tankard you had your eye on … ”.
Norm set the box down on the kitchen table.
They backed away.
Their hands met and – though cold with age and fright – they found solace and strength in that simple touch.
It was needed.
The box shuddered once more.
Norm knew that to wonder aloud what could be making such a skin-crawling sound would be redundant; Carol was wondering that as well. However, before they could consider a course of action …
… whatever it was inside the box thumped against the lid.
Instinctively, Norm moved between Carol and the box as the thumping from within grew louder and more violent. Whatever it was in there – whatever it was that shouldn’t have been in there – was coming out, and Norm wasn’t about to leave Carol in harm’s way.
Moving as fast as he could manage, he guided Carol further away from the table as the shuddering inside the box began making it jump and tip.
With Carol in front of him, they moved down the hall towards the front door. Norm had no idea what was in the box, but he knew in the pit of his stomach that they didn’t want to be around when whatever it was got out.
As they shuffled out of the hall and into the foyer, something behind them exploded with a crack of thunder as whatever it was in the box broke loose, an inexplicable increase in mass slamming into the table below – splintering it – as it leapt free.
Somehow knowing they’d never make it to the front door in time, Norm herded Carol towards the closer bathroom. Like all the doors in their old house, it was thick, and Norm desperately hoped it would keep whatever it was out.
No less worse than due to the fact it was in his mind, Norm’s skin tightened with the expectation of razor-sharp talons raking his back as whatever it was gained on them.
Carol went in ahead of him …
… then Norm, slamming the door behind him.
As quickly as he could, he turned and flipped the lock. The adrenalin that had enabled him to get them both up the hall had left him, and he sagged against the door, exhausted.
Whatever it was slammed against the door hard enough to bend it inwards, savagely knocking Norm back onto the tiled floor. Carol screamed as she heard the distinct snap of breaking bones on impact, then screamed again as another impact sent a vicious crack down the middle of the door.
In the seconds before whatever it was came upon them, Norm – through a haze of pain – realized that although it wasn’t in their sleep as he’d hoped …
… they would die together.
Copyright © 2008 by David Scott Aubrey
All Rights Reserved
996 Words
This short story is a work of fiction. Any and all names, characters and/or incidents are either products of my imagination or are used fictitiously. Where any such resemblance may exist to actual persons (living or dead), actual events or locales, it is purely coincidental.
Please don't assume that my characters speak for me or carry my own opinions on various matters in any way, shape or form (though some might - you never can tell).
Everyone I hope!
By God, this is going to be an awesome movie!
Bang, Zoom ...
Tuesday, 15. July 2008, 09:54:51
I'm a sucker for the whole exploration of space thing. Always have been.
As such, I just found this article about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Billed as NASA's first step back to the moon, the LRO is due to launch later this year from the Kennedy Space Center.
The orbiter will gather 'the most comprehensive data set ever returned from the moon' as it looks for safe landing sites for future missions.
The really cool thing about this mission, though (aside from the fact that they're finally taking steps to go back to the moon), is that NASA is giving people the chance to be part of it, by letting you add your name to a database that will be stored on a microchip embedded into the spacecraft. People who add their names get a certificate, which they can either print, or save as a .pdf file.
Although the Send Your Name to the Moon page says that the deadline was the 27th of June, 2008, said deadline has been extended to the 25th of July, meaning that - if you want to be in on it - as of this writing, you've got ten days left to go here and sign up.
I know ... it's just your name on a microchip on a spacecraft that'll orbit the moon for a while ... but it's probably the closest most of us will get.
'See' you there.
Sympathetic Ears (A Short Story)
Monday, 14. July 2008, 12:59:17
“There ya go. First one’s on the house … you look like you could use it”.
The haggard man blinked and shook his head, as if coming up for air from somewhere deep within himself. After looking at the beer for a long time as if it was the most welcome thing he’d ever seen, he looked up at Earl.
Earl was an innocuous sight at a little under five feet, though weighing in at nearly three hundred pounds. Santa Clause hair spilled out of his face and ran up to hide under a worn, woolen beanie. Like jolly old Saint Nick, Earl also had a kind twinkle in his eye.
“What’s the problem, stranger?”
The haggard man leaned back on his stool as if to get his brain around just why this man was being so kind to him. After all that had happened to him lately, he wondered what possible interest the bartender could have in …
… but then he managed a half-hearted smile and realized he was in the place to talk about his problems. Hell, the man behind the bar probably did nothing but listen to people’s problems, day in, day out; strangers pouring out their sorry tales to him.
It maybe even helped a little.
So the haggard man began, thankful the bar was empty, with the exception of himself and Earl; thankful it was so far off the main road that nobody was likely to come in while he let it all out, for that matter.
During it all, Earl merely listened, nodding occasionally as if he had, indeed, heard it all before. The haggard man took solace in this: If his problems weren’t as unique as he thought, he didn’t feel quite so alone with ‘em.
The beer flowed for a good hour or so, and the haggard man – though still haggard – felt at least a little less burdened, having unloaded his woes; no closer to a solution, but a little better.
The beer was obviously going some way towards that. And it awoke a hunger in the haggard man.
“Say, Earl”, for they were now on a first-name basis, “you got anything stronger than beer?”
The corner of Earl’s mouth moved towards the twinkle in his eye, and he began nodding again.
“Yep … I reckon there’s something stronger out the back …
… you wanna come out and help me look for it?”
As if it were the best offer he’d had in a long while, the haggard man climbed down none-too-steadily from his stool and headed for the doorway Earl was gesturing towards.
“Through here?”
Earl just nodded, moving towards the door himself, though pausing until the haggard man had gone through.
The room was dark – a pokey little storeroom – and Earl made no effort to find a light switch. What little light fell through from the bar illuminated only kegs of beer, shelves of something in glass bottles and wooden boxes …
… wooden boxes of something possibly better than beer … ?
“Look over the back there”.
Earl’s voice seemed close.
“What am I looking for?”
In a movie, the haggard man would have heard Earl say something like, “You’ll know it when you see it”, before he saw what he saw. Truth be told, even if Earl had shouted something like that at him, the haggard man wouldn’t have heard it: Blood was pounding in his ears in time to his heartbeat like some sort of wet bass drum.
A sudden inhalation stopped the tattoo as something stabbed into the space between the haggard man’s third and fourth vertebrae. An instant later, he was on the floor.
Knowing nobody would be by, Earl set to work. As he began cutting away, he looked up at the bottles, to the last thing the haggard man had seen ...
… and spoke.
“Yep … another Sad Sack tonight. Whining to me like he’s the only one in the world with problems. As if I’m supposed to listen to everyone else’s problems when there’s nobody to listen to mine … ”
As he settled in for a long night of talking about his problems to the only ones who would listen, Earl finished his grisly job and rinsed his trophies under the sink, before adding the haggard man’s ears to his collection.
Copyright © 2008 by David Scott Aubrey
All Rights Reserved
723 Words
This short story is a work of fiction. Any and all names, characters and/or incidents are either products of my imagination or are used fictitiously. Where any such resemblance may exist to actual persons (living or dead), actual events or locales, it is purely coincidental.
Please don't assume that my characters speak for me or carry my own opinions on various matters in any way, shape or form (though some might - you never can tell).
Search Term Sarcasm
Saturday, 28. June 2008, 03:29:54
Actual search terms people use to find their way to my blog. My replies. Let's get on with it:
Search Term
find email angelina jolie
Gasp - someone's cracked the secret celebrity code! That's right; all you have to do is enter 'find email' followed by the celebrity name of your choice into Google and you'll instantly be put in touch with your favourite celebrity! It's as simple as that! Can you believe it? I know I can't.
Search Term
can you see a dry socket
Since a mirror presents a technological hurdle to the person who entered this search term, we'll have to do this one old school. First, pop your eyeball out of its socket, being careful not to sever any of the nerves and suchlike. Gently pull the eyeball down until it's looking in your mouth. Make sure your other eye is closed (you don't want to give your brain conflicting messages when you're only concentrating on your mouth). Wait until the signals from the irreparably damaged eye stop being translated to your brain as white flashes and - through the haze of indescribable agony - you may just see what the inside of your mouth looks like. The dry socket is a region approximately ... appro ... hey ... hey, wake up, I'm talking, here. Hello? Hmm ... passed out from the pain. Oh, well.
Search Term
what is the cleanest part of a man's body
Oh, that's easy - his vagina! No, wait ...
Search Term
my cat meows loud in the middle of the night
This is perfectly normal behaviour in most felines, ranging from the humble housecat to the mighty lion. The simple way to stop your cat from doing this is to take your finger out of its arse. After that, ask yourself what a lion was doing in your house in the middle of the night.
And what your finger was doing up it.
Search Term
zippo keeps running out of fluid
That's because you're confusing 'lifetime guarantee' (which I've found to be horseshit, actually, because the one I bought years ago only lasted about six months before the flint crumbled into nothingness) with 'never have to follow the instructions to refill it'.
Search Term
house of sinanju toolbar
This would be an immensely funny (yet impractible) toolbar for fans of The Destroyer series of novels. Can you imagine? You move the cursor to 'Open' and Chuin's voice comes out of your computer speakers telling you, "The secrets of the glorious art of Sinanju are not available for a pale piece of pig's ear (though I have made an exception for Remo)". You go to 'View' and Chuin demands payment in gold before you see anything. You go to 'Edit' and Remo's hand comes out of the computer and tears your head off ...
What search terms have people used to find your blog?
Should Auld Computers Be Forgot ...
Friday, 20. June 2008, 00:39:08
Thursday, the 29th of May, 2008, and - unable to throw anything out - David Scott Aubrey banishes his sturdy old workhorse of a computer to a dark, dusty room full of cobwebs.
That's right, my old 1992 AST Bravo 5133 with 64 Mb of RAM, an Original Pentium processor and 1.8 Gb of hard disk space running Windows 98SE with a Canon BJC 210 printer is finally being put out to pasture.
But never fear, ladies and gentlemen, because it's being replaced by my new Intel Celeron 540 1.8GHz Processor, 80Gb Hard Drive, 512 Mb RAM, graphics accelerator 528 Mb Compaq Presario C731TU Notebook (which - in the olden-days - used to be called a laptop) running Vista Home Basic with a Canon Pixma MP610 MFC. And - from Paint Shop Pro 7 - I'm being slapped in the frontal lobes with the learning curve of Photoshop CS3 ...
... which is why I haven't been around for a while. It's just all so new and there's a lot to take in!
Microphone, webcam, voice control, ADSL, Office 2003 (up from '97) ...
... did I mention it was all just so new and a lot to take in?
(Yes, I know it's not Thursday, the 29th of may, 2008 any more ... but ... uh ... it's all just so new and there's a lot to take in ... ?
)Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
Thursday, 19. June 2008, 23:27:14
I don't know if this is news to anyone else (probably not
), but I've just found out that The Offspring finally have a new album out!
I've got all the main albums by these guys (with the exception of the 'Best Of' one - no point, really, since I have the others); enjoyed 'em immensely, too! Apparently, this one is kind of like Smash in style and has a more serious leaning in the subject matter (think Come Out and Play compared to Pretty Fly for a White Guy, for instance). From the full video of new song, Hammerhead they provide on their site, it certainly looks like it.
So, to sum up, I'm off to the music store ... !
Your Stars
Saturday, 24. May 2008, 10:22:25
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)
Trephination of the roof of your mouth will continue apace, so long as you stay focused on your secret goal of being able to lick the back of your own eyeballs ... and keep a tight hold of that metal ruler.
PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20)
No matter how much sugar you put in them, those frog shit tarts just don't taste all that sweet.
ARIES (March 21- April 19)
It won't be long now ...
TAURUS (April 20 - May 20)
Unfortunately, there was no guarantee the ziplock bag would hold that quantity of pus.
GEMINI (May 21 - June 21)
At least you enjoyed that sandwich before you realized what was on it ...
CANCER (June 22 - July 22)
Phlegm: Not just a condiment.
LEO (July 23 - August 22)
Yes, if you keep doing that, you will get your name in the paper.
VIRGO (August 23 - Sept. 22)
Patterning yourself after the guy who appeared in that show with the words 'Most Evil' in the title was never a good idea.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23)
Make sure none of that gets on me!
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 21)
If this keeps up, you won't even need teeth.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)
Remember all those jars with the snot in them? Now's the time, so grab the milk and tuck in ... !
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)
Learn how to wrap up a blog post.
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clean
2008-05-07 08:09:47I just add blogs I'm interested in to my RRS feeds (both your blogs are there). Of course, it's easy to fall behind when there's so many out there (395 yet to read)
Nerak
2008-05-06 16:59:27I stopped getting alerts for your blog. That just keeps on happening to me! :irked:
thatgirl
2008-04-28 16:19:08that not clean hmmm but ya might get umm yeah
2008-04-28 16:07:52Could always put my hands under the cats - one for each mitt
2008-04-28 16:05:25Well ... there you go. Ah, Victoria, I remember it well (moved from Broadmeadows when I was 4).
2008-04-28 16:05:00over a stove hmm no you cant sit on it, might burn self
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001 Straight to My Short Stories
- 001 Clean
Why can't he stop washing his hands - and will it do him any good in the end ... ?
- 002 Life Turned 'Round
Three witches show a man that - even in death - he has a second chance …
- 003 Bad Coffee
Bad coffee will be the death of him …
- 004 Give the Man a Hand
A pipe to live in … a jacket to keep warm in … and death.
- 005 Spare Ribs
Even with his chest blown open, he had to act to save the child …
- 006 Insomnia Squared
Would even the final sleep be denied him ... ?
- 007 Reading by Red Light
From his reading, a vampire comes up with the 'ultimate' idea …
- 008 Come In, Spinner
Mummy said spiders would KILL him, but little Jimmy knew better …
- 009 Strange Behaviours
Written with Brad Mengel
- 010 Bear With Me
A child imbues his stuffed toy with a life of its own … or was it there all along ... ?
- 011 Rotten Luck
Being buried alive was only the beginning ...
- 012 The Message
Computer-related horror ...
- 013 Zoo
Crikey ... !
- 014 Crack, Shatter and Plop
It could happen to you ... !
- 015 Canoodler's Comeuppance
Inspired by a Hungry Ghost!
- 016 Talkback
An eerie caller on breakfast radio ...
- 017 Sway
The bus trip from hell with the quoting psychotic ... !
- 018 Sidestep
A man steps between worlds ...
- 019 Pukka Tukka
A thoroughly distressing recipe ... !
- 020 Roaches
Weird compassion proves a man's undoing ...
- 021 Picking a Winner
Go on ... pick it ... !
- 022 A Little Pressure
When the dentist is too expensive ...
- 023 The Itch
Six Word Story
- 024 The Famished
Tasty? Smooth?
- 025 Pate
Mmm ... yummy!
- 026 The Red Pool
Wear wellies ... !
- 027 Oh, the Urbanity
Awful offal in a six word story ... !
- 028 Gobsmacked
To the point!
- 029 Offensive Content
Do ya really wanna know ... ?
- 030 The Big Fling
Responsible pet ownership ... ?
- 031 Foetor
Phwoar!
- 032 Dolourous
An' it please you ...
- 033 It Shouldn’t Have Happened to a Vet
With Apologies to James Herriot
- 034 ZZZ
Anyone else tired ... ?
- 035 All the Days of Our Lives
A man takes the phrase 'good lookin' out' too far ...
- 036 A Close Shave
An extreme solution to the five o'clock shadow ...
- 037 Suffocative
Gasp!
- 038 Sympathetic Ears
A man desperate for someone to tell his problems to ...
- 039 Let Them Eat Cake
Six word sickness ...
- 040 At Present
A final - unintended - gift ...
002 Shameless Self-Aggrandizement (Posts I'm Really Pleased With)
- The Rage of the Cage
"Yellow budgie-smugglers". HAW! HAW! HAW! Wrestling-related teabagging the way you demanded it … !
- Special Meat
Figuring out supermarket pricing ...
- The Brisbane Incident
A movie's influence can have far-reaching consequences ...
- Want Some Sauce With That, Sol (Comic Book Cannibalism) ... ?
Hungry, hungry heroes ... ?
- Say it Loud ... !
Decrypting idioms ...
- Inventions I Couldn't Live Without
Well ... I couldn't ... !
- Hell's Bells
Damnation at the supermarket ... !
- Google Funnies
The things you can find on the Internet ... !
- Waiting for the Sun (A Job Application)
Woe at the lay-by counter ...
- Spider-Flush, Spider-Flush, Oh, Man Where is the Toilet Brush ... ?!
The arachnid that wouldn't die ... !
- Things I Learned from Comic Books
Four-colour advice, the way you demanded it ... !
- Interview with the Ant
Making your skin crawl since 2006
- Search Term Silliness
And I thought I felt Godlike before ... !
- Big Brother vs The X-Men
Magneto in the shower ... ? What would Sir Ian think ... ?!
- A Facetious Reply to a Crap email 01
Yes ... the very first instance of me being a sarky bastard to a poor, delicate widdle spammer
- David's Odd Solutions
You're in luck, because I'm here to help ... !
- Doctor House Treats Superman
Phytocaliprineic goatstasia or a kryptonite knife in the back ... ?
- Twenty-Five Questions
Meme's Away ... !
- One of the Greatest Advertising Mistakes of Our Time
S'not what you think ... !
- Attacker Armed With Bicycle Pump Leaves Victims Horribly Mutated
Extreme ... !
- lolpats
Teh lolpats is funny
- The Lazy Designer and ... The Tarot
Foretelling nothing ... !
- Hello, Pain in the Arse Research Calling ...
Telemarketing Woes ...
- Blogs of Ancient Times - Uahgh
One of the first bloggers shows why he isn't writing anymore ...
- Self Portrait
Now with added signage!
003 A Miscellany of (Opera Community) Riches
- The New Aggressors
The non-aggressive Aggressor, Brad Mengel is back, writing about a fascinating sub-genre of popular fiction - the often violent world of the Serial Vigilante ... !
- Thoughts Lost on the Breeze
Caught by the lovely Bea as they fluttered by!
- The Incoherent Ramblings of a Disgruntled (but Hopeful) American Dissident
Duck and cover ... !
- House of Galadriel
An always entertaining Australian!
- Definition of a Blog
A CSS master, Randall has already made his presence felt on many, many Blogs throughout the OC (mine included)! Without a doubt ... a top Trinidadian!
- Harvesting Others’ Thoughts in My Kitchen Garden
Jagannath’s collection of interesting (and funny) news snippets from all over the Web always has something to give you a laugh!
- Sugar in Cyberspace
Indescribable ... but in a good way!
- Hello, World
Pretty as a penguin (go to her Blog, you’ll get the joke then), the multi-talented Tori is well on her way to achieving her goal of becoming a great librarian if her well-written posts are anything to go by!
- Waka’s Thoughts on Life and Love and All Things in Between
Musical maestro, funny bugger and all-around good bloke, Wakajawaka presents a hodgepodge of terrific stuff!
- Rune’s Painting Palace
Positive Chaos ... !
- Ramblings of a Little Pixie
Lu, the Mischevious Pixie, shares much funniness gathered from the Internet, her own cool photography and artwork and her love of animals
- Thoughts of a Mommy
The unofficial Opera Community sweetie ... !
- Random Thoughts of Mine
Marcus (who has one of the coolest avatars ever) is a thoughtful, intelligent man who provides the OC with interesting and amusing articles from all over the Internet, and a whole lot more. Super ... !
- All Our Todays
A Captain of poetry and a Marvel wordsmith!
- Teaching, Loving and Random Record Attempts
W*Stock is also a hampster-happy lady who’s never short on fun!
- Chronological Posts
In his own words, " ... mostly light-hearted and humourous material with an occasional serious post". And I quoted here because that sums it up better than I ever could!
- Summet or Other
With tips on avoiding clipboard people, a post that’s a Blog-oriented version of "The Ring" and much more besides, W*Stock’s ‘other half’ refuses to let work get him down!
- Food for Thought
Scott Cumming – Life as Art, Art as Life!
- Writer’s Block
Meet Mart, creator of superior short stories (many of which have recurring characters, too!) Always a great read!
- Surface Ripples in a Deep and Murky Pool
Photography, poetry and (as she says on her other site) “Information, Reflections, Ruminations, Remembrances”.
- Musings
Words from the wise (with a dash of wry humour)!
- Hungry Ghost’s Daily Diet
Beware the bon vivant spectre with the green thumb and a surfeit of the dramatic ... !
- I’m Trying
Dances With Lola ... !
- Princes Philosophical
Attracting yuppies since 2006, this likeable lensman also posts incredible photos, cultural critiques and much, much more!
- God Protect Your Soul
The prolific proclamations of an esoteric Azorean artist come via an island paradise from a lizard who isn’t really as wicked as you might think ... !
- A Canadian in Ireland
To be sure ... eh?
- Karen’s Considerations
Insert witty caption here then go visit her Blog! Go on ... go ... !
- Portugal and Everything Else in Between
Isabel’s incredible photos!
- Everything is Permuted
Words’ incredible photos!
- Through Andy’s Lens
Andy Wilson’s incredible photos!
- Quirk Life
Thoughtful ... !
- Karen's Chronicles
Go ... ! Go, go, go!
- Culture Surfer
Naomi brings culture wherever she goes ... !
- Wolf's Reign
Cois ... as indescribable as SugarWinx ... but still in a good way!
- Jezc
Always fun!
- Seashells on a Sunlit Beach
Timm has the soul of a poet
- The Clearance Aisle
Oh, Lord ... it's That Girl ...
- Observe the Absurd
Lee's back ... !
- Culture Surfer
Your Window on the World
004 Art and Related
- No Pink Ponies
Saiful Remy Mokhtar (aka Eisu) gives us a quality online comic about a (gasp) cute, nerdy woman and her comic book store
- Wikipedia Visual Arts Portal
A place to start to learn about art!
- Chris' Invincible Super-Blog
Chris Sims ... a man with a ... 'mild' interest in comics
- Art History Resources on the Net
Ancient to Modern!
- Chopping Block – Cartoons for Serial Killers
Because serial killers need a laugh, too … !
- Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog!
A collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw!
- Scorch
Ash Witter has created a hell of an online comic (sorry ... I stooped to wordplay)
- La Muse
Adi Tantimedh and Hugo Petrus present a quality online comic!
- Biro Art
Anyone who has ever doodled with a biro simply has to see this; the detail is astonishing – Phillip Blackman has well and truly taken biro doodling to the next level … !
- The Phantom’s Home on the Internet
No roughnecks!
- PolyKarbon
Comic book creation, tutorials, forums and much more … !
- Wet Canvas
Artist’s forums
005 Fun and Funny
- Will Type for Food
“And babies come out of the Kojak!” Literary laughs!
- The Dullest Blog in the World
But Extremely Funny, Regardless ... !
- Bland Canyon
Extremely funny observations (rants) on life by Australia's own, PetStarr!
- What Were They Thinking … ?
In the world of comics, some things just shouldn't be ... and you can find lots of ‘em here!
- The Super Dickery Galleries
In the world of comics, some things just shouldn't be ... and you can find lots of ‘em here!
- I Can Has Cheeseburger
An u can c the original lolcat siet, 2
- Lolcat Translator
English 2 lolcat – iz lawts ov fun
- lolthulhu
Cthulhu lovez the kitteh
- The lolcat Bible
An teh skyz an teh Urth were finishd, an all teh stufz in dem an Ceiling Cat was liek all tired an stuff. An on teh 7th dai Ceiling Cat got done makingks all dat stuf; an he restd … yay Caturday!
- Chuck Norris Facts
Obviously the toughest man on Earth ... !
006 A Miscellany of (non-Opera Community) Riches
- Celeb Pulp
Celebrity gossip blog updated 24/7 with the latest news of your favourite celebs!
- The Urban Legends Reference Pages
If you ‘heard the one about … ’, you can find out here if it was a myth, an urban legend … or real!
- Sir Jorge’s WWE Blog
Got a thing for blokes running around in their budgie smugglers and smacking each other? No? Jorge Orduna doesn’t, either. But the pure entertainment spectacle of professional wrestling ... ? That’s a passion he shares with you!
- The Astronomy Picture of the Day
Incredible Photos
- Crank.net
Links upon links upon links of really weird stuff … ! Hint: Look for ‘Illucid’ – they’re the most bizarre (and funniest)!
- The Australian Opinion Forums
A view of things from the Great Southern Land
- Ipswich Forums
For a little bit of local flavour ...
- ABC Archives
A little bit of Australian history from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ...
- On This Day …
Enter a date and find out what happened ... !
- Polite Dissent
Scott examines comic books, episodes of House (and much, much more) to see if they stand up to medical scrutiny!
- Crystal Links
Links to the strange, the bizarre … the unexpected!
- The Skeptic’s Dictionary
Cast a cold eye …
- Postami Flash Games
Fun time-wasters!
- Ripley’s Believe It or Not
I can hear the voice of Jack Palance …
- Damn Interesting
Because it is ... !
- Robert J Lang's Origami
This is such detailed stuff! Incredible!
- Blog X
Jorge Orduna gives us an extremely well-written, entertaining and daily-updated blog about music, clerks, casket sales, professional blogging, skateboarding and much, much more ... !
007 Scrawl Forth - The Opera Community Writer's Group
- The Scrawl Forth Forums
Write on ... !
- The Scrawl Forth Blog
Written on ... !
- The Scrawl Forth Members
Writing on ... !
- The Scrawl Forth About Page
A write off ... ?
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