A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
I want to call shenanigans on that first video. No way the top hairstyle of the 90's wasn't the fucking Rachel.
I find it amusing that the 'bed hair' 2010s style comes off like they had trouble getting her hair back to the way it looked before they spent several decades screwing with it.
The best one is the simple, cute 1910s style, IMO. Though that could be my crush on Aleksa Palladino from Boardwalk Empire talking.
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"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht
I've been listening to this in the background while coding today. It seems good so far. People looking for an intro to the Tanakh / Hebrew Bible / Old Testament might want to give it a look.
I leaned a lot about Islam and gained a heightened respect for it. Arguably his greatest and oft most ignored revelation is that his god is the same as the Christian god and the Hebrew god. Everyone just has different words for it.
Reading the Koran is pretty funny because you'll keep going, err, wait, don't I already know most of these stories?
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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I've been listening to this in the background while coding today. It seems good so far. People looking for an intro to the Tanakh / Hebrew Bible / Old Testament might want to give it a look.
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Kana, I think you managed to find the first ever photograph taken in the middle of someone saying:
"Ahhhh...Yeahhhh!"
No matter where you go...there you are. ~ Buckaroo Banzai
Everyone should subscribe to Matt Easton's channel. He's a dude that talks about swords and weapons and occasionally armor and such.
Unlike the horde of other dudes who talk about swords on youtube, he's very historically minded, usually provides primary sources for the things he talks about, differentiates between things he suspects and things he knows, and doesn't confuse real life with D&D or re-enacting. Plus he comes from a fencing background before he moved into historical European martial arts (HEMA), so he doesn't look like a ponce when he waves swords around.
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
It would be interesting if he would do some of those stances and swings with a shield
Not a buckler like most people I found on youtube but a real shield
You would find why most wounds were to the face and legs after you see that.
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In the wake of WWII, the Soviet Union tried to reinforce its control over cultural influence with a widespread ban on various types of music. This did not just include Western jazz or rock, but any music that had not been approved by state censors, including a great deal of traditional and folk music. The result of this policy was, of course, a thriving black market in bootleg records. Now, vinyl records were expensive and hard to come by for the average proletariat, which meant that in order to meet the demand within budget, these records were printed on plastic or other suitable materials...
It turns out one of the most common materials that could take a groove was the x-ray sheet. These sheets were obtained in one way or another from hospitals, cut into circles and given a spindle hole with a lit cigarette. They could then be grooved with a modified phonograph, creating a low-quality record that would probably wear out quickly, but only cost a couple roubles. Until the advent of magnetic tapes in the '60s, this "bone music" was one of the only ways for the average Soviet citizen to listen to non-Soviet music.
A guy at the church I went to growing up did a lot of mission work in different South and Central American countries. According to him, people without electricity would play records by taking a piece of cardboard and folding it twice so it makes a hollow triangle. Then they stick a needle through one end of the cardboard, and drill a hole in the record off-center to spin it with a pencil. I don't remember what they used as the turntable though.
Edit: Oh, basically this thing. http://www.coolthings.com/ggrp-sound-folding-cardboard-phonograph/
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that's one of the most heartwarming images I've ever seen.
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In the 1600s there was a witch trial in Iceland against a man called Jón Jónsson the younger. He confessed to using Fretrúnir on a woman who had spurned him. 'Fretrúnir' are fart runes. Yes, essentially a magic spell to cause unrelenting flatulence upon your enemy.
According to the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft, here's what they look like:
By the way, if you are considering using this against your own personal enemies, my understanding is that runic magic is supposed to take a lot of study to perform properly, and screwing it up often causes the spell to turn against its maker, so don't blame me if you get permanently gassy from it.
It would be interesting if he would do some of those stances and swings with a shield
Not a buckler like most people I found on youtube but a real shield
You would find why most wounds were to the face and legs after you see that.
Here's a really interesting video about how the vikings used their shields. The buckle bit in the middle let the whole shield pivot vertically, which they used to great effect to deflect incoming blows.
In the wake of WWII, the Soviet Union tried to reinforce its control over cultural influence with a widespread ban on various types of music. This did not just include Western jazz or rock, but any music that had not been approved by state censors, including a great deal of traditional and folk music. The result of this policy was, of course, a thriving black market in bootleg records. Now, vinyl records were expensive and hard to come by for the average proletariat, which meant that in order to meet the demand within budget, these records were printed on plastic or other suitable materials...
It turns out one of the most common materials that could take a groove was the x-ray sheet. These sheets were obtained in one way or another from hospitals, cut into circles and given a spindle hole with a lit cigarette. They could then be grooved with a modified phonograph, creating a low-quality record that would probably wear out quickly, but only cost a couple roubles. Until the advent of magnetic tapes in the '60s, this "bone music" was one of the only ways for the average Soviet citizen to listen to non-Soviet music.
A guy at the church I went to growing up did a lot of mission work in different South and Central American countries. According to him, people without electricity would play records by taking a piece of cardboard and folding it twice so it makes a hollow triangle. Then they stick a needle through one end of the cardboard, and drill a hole in the record off-center to spin it with a pencil. I don't remember what they used as the turntable though.
Edit: Oh, basically this thing. http://www.coolthings.com/ggrp-sound-folding-cardboard-phonograph/
I can't remember where I learned this, but I did the exact same thing (only rolled and not folded).
I think it was either Mr. Wizard or some science book that basically said "put a record on a top and spin it, then take your cone+needled and gently ease it onto the record..."
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All I see is an easy way to circumvent a patent.
I find it amusing that the 'bed hair' 2010s style comes off like they had trouble getting her hair back to the way it looked before they spent several decades screwing with it.
The best one is the simple, cute 1910s style, IMO. Though that could be my crush on Aleksa Palladino from Boardwalk Empire talking.
I've been listening to this in the background while coding today. It seems good so far. People looking for an intro to the Tanakh / Hebrew Bible / Old Testament might want to give it a look.
as a bonus, the speaker isn't an old white dude. Not that makes it any more (or less) correct but it's a pleasant change from the norm.
http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Wars/dp/B00H9ZL9JK/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1427155755&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=muhamad
I leaned a lot about Islam and gained a heightened respect for it. Arguably his greatest and oft most ignored revelation is that his god is the same as the Christian god and the Hebrew god. Everyone just has different words for it.
Well, they flesh out Mary, Mother of Jesus a crapload more.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
I'm listening to the first lecture of this and I am just amazed.
This is how I was taught, what I was raised with in my synagogue. Especially around the 20minute mark.
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"Ahhhh...Yeahhhh!"
~ Buckaroo Banzai
I bet he got full halfway through 1902
... but then he got hungry again a few months later ...
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Unlike the horde of other dudes who talk about swords on youtube, he's very historically minded, usually provides primary sources for the things he talks about, differentiates between things he suspects and things he knows, and doesn't confuse real life with D&D or re-enacting. Plus he comes from a fencing background before he moved into historical European martial arts (HEMA), so he doesn't look like a ponce when he waves swords around.
Not a buckler like most people I found on youtube but a real shield
You would find why most wounds were to the face and legs after you see that.
I always love those rare instances when someone gets the Ajax pun
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Watch me struggle to learn streaming! Point and laugh!
Man, now I want some rice.
I mean, look at how much fun he's having!
I've visited #1.
Edit: Oh, basically this thing.
http://www.coolthings.com/ggrp-sound-folding-cardboard-phonograph/
that was the Rachel, or as close as they could get it given the apparent constraint of limited time and no scissors
that's one of the most heartwarming images I've ever seen.
According to the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft, here's what they look like:
By the way, if you are considering using this against your own personal enemies, my understanding is that runic magic is supposed to take a lot of study to perform properly, and screwing it up often causes the spell to turn against its maker, so don't blame me if you get permanently gassy from it.
Here's a really interesting video about how the vikings used their shields. The buckle bit in the middle let the whole shield pivot vertically, which they used to great effect to deflect incoming blows.
I can't remember where I learned this, but I did the exact same thing (only rolled and not folded).
I think it was either Mr. Wizard or some science book that basically said "put a record on a top and spin it, then take your cone+needled and gently ease it onto the record..."
My 6 year old mind was blown.
Clearly the 1920's were the best. That one wheeled motorcycle is pretty awesome though.
some people still make those
they're incredibly dangerous
Doesn't make them less awesome.
I like that tumblr