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{ Monthly Archives } June 2007

It’s That Line-Drawing Weird Voice Cartoon Thing

I remember this series of cartoons from childhood — but do I remember correctly? There wasn’t a dub, right? It was just “nonsense” to us english-speaking youngsters, right? And how did I see it? Zoom? Sesame Street? In any case, it’s great stuff. Related posts No related posts.

Chorizo: I am no longer confused.

Spanish chorizo: pork sausage smoked and cured with paprika. (Can be eaten without cooking.) Portugese chouriço: pork stuffed into tripe and smoked. (Can be eaten without cooking.) Mexican/Caribbean chorizo: uncured pork sausage. (Must be cooked.) In much of South America chorizo is the generic name for any coarse meat sausage. Wikipedia entry. Related posts No [...]

Nice Head

Creepy trio from some stock business people collection. The two in back are puppeteers who run the giant head/small face guy in front. What’s surprising is that the woman does his voice. The guy on the right is really good at making the giant head sneer. The shadow rising from below indicates that they all [...]

Encyclopedia of Life: coming soon

The Smithsonian, Harvard, and The Field Museum (among others) are launching an ambitious web project: www.eol.org, the encyclopedia of life. It will go beyond the simple cataloging of every known species (a task which the tree of life project hints at, but does not actually achieve); it will include, when appropriate, journal entries both old [...]