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OMG! That's so cute!

Hazel dormouse in its natural state.

I think I might have picked a baby Gundi pic, so it's probably even more cute.

Gundi!

Well, that was Stan Lee's default story - that he'd seen an ad in the paper, applied for the job and got it. It was an "inspiring" kind of story designed to inspire people. But Lee was at a con with Simon and essentially said he'd told the ad story so much that while he thought it was true, he really didn't remember it was true. Lee has a reputation as someone who'd stretch and/or alter the truth (not necessarily maliciously although I've heard accusations of such) to make a better story. Since Simon was the editor of Marvel at the time and Kirby the art editor, I'd tend to believe their stories over Lee (who was 16 years old at the time - although Simon remembered Lee telling him he was 17! ).

According to Joe Simon, Lee was brought to him by Lee's uncle, Robbie Solomon (then an editor at Marvel Comics), and told that Marty (Martin Goodman - owner of the parent company to Marvel, the publisher of Marvel Comics and whose wife Lee was related to) wanted Simon to "keep Lee busy".

Well it did apparently show at a festival in the US, so I guess you have plausible deniability on your side...

Well it'll be hard for any of us in the US to watch it as last I head it was in legal limbo due to some lawsuits that don't appear to be settled yet. :|

50s-70s (Silver age) Superman could push planets around without a problem (and without destroying the planet), so...

It also means that an elf baby remains a baby for like 6 years. They're in their "terrible twos" until they're 18. In other words, I imagine that compared to humans their progression is a curve to human's line; there's probably a combination of physically and culturally created factors that lead to an extended childhood period (possibly, from a practical point, just to keep the societal roles from collapsing with no position turnover for decades).

I dunno, doesn't seem like he's really getting any support in his own party without even looking at the Repubs.

Watched...well lets see... Penguin Pool Murder (1932) first film in the Hildegard Withers detective series. Thought it was pretty fun if you like 1930s-40s funny mysteries. Silent Hill: Revelation - a decent follow-up to the previous film. Fairly gory. Riddick - Riddick kills a bunch of stuff. Plus some humor and monsters. The Birds - Always an interesting film to watch; with so much attention given to Tippi Hedren its easy to forget how good Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright are. The superimposition effects still look good. Also this time around I saw two edits that I now wonder why Hitch edited that way...

As far as I know - no.

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Pornography is all about the locative-ablative, locative-ablative, innit?

what? blasphemy! Commando is awesome I liked all 7 films mentioned...

I don't like Canadian bacon either. Tastes nothing like bacon. Or Canadians, for that matter. A little truth in advertising would be nice...

A family of six could take a cue from Burma-Shave: If you Don't know Whose signs These are You can't have Driven very far

The Internet leads me to believe this is it:

Its a mistranslation of the song's actual title - "A Girl In The Saddle Of A Steed", IIRC

"Access" the "Deep Stash" at "Rest Spots". And they say there's no Romance in P:E...

Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.

I read that as "chicken stir fry with Confucius" which gave me a pause...

"Is that light supposed to be blinking?" "What's the worst that could happen?" "I don't NEED to read the instructions!" Raithe - couldn't find the exact Wilde quote so I had to go on second-hand info.

I always admire the classics like "I told you I was ill" or "Either those curtains go or I do". That said, I'd be tempted with an Airplane! quote like "Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue..." too.