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Thursday, May 17, 2012

PSSST! Hey, buddy!

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Sorry for whispering, but I don't want to let this one company know that I've figured out how to get a free t-shirt!  I think there...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

30 Things "The Scream" is screaming, 9 (Is This Art?)

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Grape ape! Look , they're not all going to be winners, okay? Previous: Caption 8 Caption 7. Caption 6 Caption 5...
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I always knew Lucas made it up as he went along. (The Star Wars Blogathon)

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Andrew got the answer to yesterday's question right:  the Hoth scenes in The Empire Strikes Back were filmed (in part) on Hardangerjøku...
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You had me at "$11.99 for the next few days."

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Lenovo for SocialSpark . All opinions are 100% mine. Odds are, if you’re like me at l...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

I don't have much to add to this. (The Star Wars Blogathon)

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Question 78:   Why would Star Wars fans care much about the highest point in Hordaland? Hint: It has nothing to do with Wookies. ALS...
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30 things "The Scream" is screaming, 8 (Is This Art?)

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In response to Andrew's question yesterday, yes, The Scream is the most-stolen painting in the world.  Or not. I got that stat from...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

30 things "The Scream" is screaming, 7 (Is This Art?)

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Who actually bought The Scream , paying $119,900,000 for a painting that nobody might ever buy again for that price? According to The Econ...
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Kurt Russell almost was your Luke Skywalker? (The Star Wars Blogathon)

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I once went to watch my brother run in the Chicago Marathon ( an occasion that saw me using my high school literature class as a naviga...
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222 Words About "The Avengers." The Best Movie EVER?

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This is a Random Number Of Words review.  For more information about this, and a list of other such reviews, click here . At one point d...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

The WHAMMY! Question! (The Star Wars Blogathon)

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I know I missed yesterday; so we'll go 103 days or so.  Because I missed yesterday, nobody wagered their points, so here's what we...
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In which I manage to compare my life with a Dickens work and reveal a 38-year-long hang up. (Sundays with the Classics)

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I didn't actually read very much of Great Expectations this week.  It was a busy week, and during the week I mostly read Michael Offu...
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30 things "The Scream" is screaming, 6 (Is This Art?)

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Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah... That's right.  They formed a choir.  I was going to have more of those -- I planned on 100-- ...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

"Just like every cowboy, sings a sad, sad song," every Star Wars Reference has its predecessor. (The Star Wars Blogathon)

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The title of yesterday's Blogathon post referred to this little-known gem: That's Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues , and I...
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30 things "The Scream" is screaming, 5 (Is This Art?)

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" The Scream " sold for $119,900,000... but is it worth that much? We say things have value , or are worth something, but reall...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

They refused to play acoustic versions of the songs they'd refused to play in the first place. (The Star Wars Blogathon)

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Without very much ado: Question 74:   Name the two main characters, and the film they appeared in, by the director who is widely given cre...
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30 things "The Scream" is screaming, 4 (Is This Art?)

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The Scream sold for $119,900,000 recently to a guy who had $119,900,000 that he couldn't think of anything better to do with than buy ...
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

30 things "The Scream" is screaming, 3 (Is This Art?)

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The Scream was deemed to be worth $119,900,000 recently.  That's ridiculous, and so I'm posting 30 days' worth of things The ...
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Can you tell I've been driving a long time today and had time to think? (The Star Wars Blogathon)

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Question 73; nearly 3/4 of the way through this.  PT Dilloway was right that Star Wars helped revive the Wagnerian practice of leitmot...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012

You'll get almost as many points for being tardy to the party as you will for being right. (The Great 100-day, etc etc etc)

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George Lucas stole from Wagner? Probably. And so did J.R.R. Tolkien.  I was listening to Radiolab 's "The Ring And I...
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30 things "The Scream" is screaming, 2 (Is This Art?)

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The Scream sold recently for $119,900,000.  The average salary in the United States for a full time worker is  $41,673.83 . So in just ...
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