from pictureisunrelated.com
Those are the scariest fishes ever… I would never swim in the waters near Greenland :)
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Edward Gorey must have been a fascinating person. By looking at his disturbing narrative illustrations, one would easily assume he was a twisted, deranged character; however, according to people who knew him, he was actually a wonderful man, an absolute opposite to the characters and settings he consistently conjured.
You see, Gorey’s graphic stories evoke the most ominous and terrific feelings, even though they could easily be mistaken for children’s books. The themes he addresses in his body of work are dark and gruesome, even as they are seemingly natural. Within this apparent paradox, we find the brilliance of a remarkable and influential 20th century illustrator.
For a good example of what I’m talking about, I’ll show you a famous alphabetized poem he produced, titled…
Roskilde Festival is one of the most famous music festivals in Europe. It lasts 4 days and thousands of people have fun and do some stupid things.
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You have to love the people who have nothing better to do than watch a television show and then write in to complain about how it is destroying American culture and morality. A show that once built a plot around the kind people who sit in darkened living rooms, switching out tape after tape of shows that they find offensive and therefore want to restrict other people from watching has itself received a striking number of complaints. That people have been complaining about The Simpsons since pretty much its very first episode is not surprising. What never fails to shock me to the point of rolling on the floor laughing is the kind of complaints that The Simpsons gets. There is a fascinating web site called GovernmentAttic.org that has compiled a list of complaints filed with the FCC against The Simpsons that contains more laughs than a season DVD of Family Guy and the series-length DVD collection of America Dad put together.
flw.quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistakeKen Krattenmaker, Landover Hill
from http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lounge/256680/funny-answers-by-kids/
London Marathon is also famous for its runners in costumes.
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