It doesn’t quite have the same menacing connotation as “The Blob”… yet. LEWISTON – A 50- to 60-foot doughy mass is clogging a sewer line under the city’s main drag, and crews have been unable to budge it. “We’re not sure exactly what it is,” Public Services Director David Jones said Wednesday. “We’re just trying […]
Away, and back
…whatever “back” is.
Posted by Ben on March 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/away-and-back/
Well, that’s annoying.
Technical difficulties are cropping up now and again. You may notice the past rearing its ugly head. Hopefully it will all be over shortly.
Posted by Ben on February 9, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/well-thats-annoying/
Towel Elephant
You know you want one. Now learn how to make your own, in 15 easy steps! (The last step — “Display proudly — Enjoy your elephant!” — being, of course, the best.) (WikiHow: “How to Fold a Towel Elephant”)
Posted by Ben on January 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/towel-elephant/
Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age
…or when they were whatever age it is you put into the form. Some of it depressing, as you’d expect, in that it lists the enormous accomplishments by Historical Figures and Celebrities in their youth(s). Other bits are comical, such as the following two pieces, from which I can hardly pick a favorite: Jan Birkeland […]
Posted by Ben on January 28, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/things-other-people-accomplished-when-they-were-your-age/
The possibly gruesome fate of D.B. Cooper
Interesting enough for the subject matter — the mysterious skyjacker who disappeared from a plane1 with some gracious amount of money, never to be found again (the skyjacker that is; some of the money was found, maybe) — this article from the AP is probably best for the very last sentence: “Maybe a hydrologist can […]
Posted by Ben on January 26, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-possibly-gruesome-fate-of-db-cooper/
How to construct a warthog
Disclaimer: not actually instructions on constructing warthog.
Posted by Ben on January 26, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/how-to-construct-a-warthog/
So this is 2008.
How about that.
Posted by Ben on January 5, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/so-this-is-2008/
Secret recipe
The claim was that it just showed up one day, the idea by its lonesome, and nobody the lesser for it. I could’ve told you it was a lie; did, but you didn’t listen. An idea like that someone doesn’t just “misplace.” It’s only moved by force. By violence.
Posted by Ben on November 24, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/secret-recipe/
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Visit the Museum of Fantastic Specimens, in English. (via MAKE)
Posted by Ben on November 7, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/838/