domingo, agosto 02, 2009
Bart's Blackboard
I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers
in Homer the Vigilant, Episode 92, Season 5
domingo, julho 26, 2009
Strange Buildings - Part VI: Wonder Works - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
Wonder Works is an amusement park for the mind featuring over 150 interactive exhibits.
Its 55,000 square feet of family fun!
The entire family will enjoy this fun, educational and totally upside down attraction in Pigeon Forge!
Located at the north end of the Parkway, WonderWorks is filled with hands on activities and experiences that will delight and entertain all ages.
And the upside down reference...well, you’ll just have to see it to believe it!
Bart's Blackboard
All work and no play makes Bart a dull boy.
in The Last Temptation of Homer, Episode 90, Season 5
domingo, julho 19, 2009
domingo, julho 05, 2009
Darwin Awards - Pierced!
Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
Here's one of the most recent stories:
Pierced!
2008 Darwin Award Nominee - Confirmed True by Darwin
January 2008, Pennsylvania
A 23-year-old man with various body piercings decided to have some fun at work.
He wondered, "What it would feel like to connect the electronic control tester to my chest piercings?"
Several coworkers tried to convince him that it was a bad idea to wire himself up to the electronic device, but he ignored their pleas.
He proceeded to connect two alligator clips to his metal nipple piercings, one on each side, and hit the test button...
His coworkers were still trying to revive him with CPR and rescue breathing when police and rescue personnel arrived.
They were not successful.
More stories in www.darwinawards.com. Don't miss it!
domingo, junho 28, 2009
Bart's Blackboard
I will not charge admission to the bathroom
in Krusty Gets Kancelled, Episode 81, Season 4
domingo, junho 21, 2009
Strange Buildings - Part V: Basket Building - Ohio, USA
What started out as a dream by Dave Longaberger, Founder of The Longaberger Company, has been built into a giant basket to house the entire corporate offices of the company.
Dave believed the idea was one of his best and would draw attention to the company, while simultaneously helping to build the brand.
However, when he started spreading the idea of building a Home Office that was really a basket, he found that most people just thought that Dave was making a joke as Dave was a notorious practical joker.
Not only did the bankers, architects and construction companies not take Dave seriously, neither did many of the employees who worked for The Longaberger Company, but Dave persevered.
One of Dave's most admirable attributes was that when he had a dream and believed in it, he always found a way to accomplish it, and he did. Dave's dream was achieved on December 17, 1997 when the Home Office that is designed to resemble a basket finally opened for business.
In 1998, The Longaberger Home Office also received a Build Ohio Award for its synthetic plaster system.
The building is made of stucco over a steel structure, which helps create the look of an actual Longaberger Basket.
The Home Office continues to attract the attention of media from around the world, even as far away as Tokyo.
While the exterior of the Home Office is a marvel in itself, the building's interior is truly breathtaking.
A grand staircase, player piano and marble floors are just part of the beautiful décor of the building's seven story atrium. The majority of the cherry woodwork used in the Home Office was harvested from the Longaberger Golf Club in Hanover; dried in theirs facility; sawed and shaped at theirs Construction Woodshop; finished in theirs Construction Paint Booth and installed by theirs Construction Division.
The Home Office is a site worth touring whether you are on your way to Longaberger Homestead or any other Longaberger destination.
domingo, junho 14, 2009
domingo, junho 07, 2009
Darwin Awards - Clotheslined!
Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
Here's one of the most recent stories:
Clotheslined!
2008 Darwin Award Nominee - Confirmed True by Darwin
(13 January 2008, Florida)
Wearing only swim trunks and sneakers, a 37-year-old man raced his motorcycle toward the Manasota Key drawbridge.
As the bridge began to open, it was clear that he intended to "shoot the gap."
Bridge designers had anticipated such lunacy and invented the crossing guard.
The closing gates swept him off his Suzuki, over the side of the bridge, into the water, and out of the gene pool.
By a twist of fate the motorcycle continued up the ramp and made it across to the other side.
More stories in www.darwinawards.com. Don't miss it!
domingo, maio 31, 2009
Bart's Blackboard
No one is interested in my underpants
in So It's Come to This: a Simpsons Clip Show, Episode 77, Season 4
domingo, maio 24, 2009
Bart's Blackboard
Mud is not one of the 4 food groups
in Last Exit to Springfield, Episode 75, Season 4domingo, maio 17, 2009
Strange Buildings - Part IV: Le Palais Idéal - Hauterives, France
Ferdinand Cheval (1836 – 19 August, 1924), was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building Le Palais Idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture.
Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones.
For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. First he carried the stones in his pockets, then a basket and eventually a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night, by the light of an oil lamp.
Cheval spent the first two decades building the outer walls. The Palace is a mix of different styles with inspirations from the Bible to Hindu mythology. Cheval bound the stones together with lime, mortar and cement.
Cheval also wanted to be buried in his palace. However, since that is illegal in France, he proceeded to spend eight more years building a mausoleum for himself in the cemetery of Hauterives. Cheval died on August 19, 1924, around a year after he had finished building it, and is buried there.
In 1969 André Malraux, the Minister of Culture, declared the Palace as a cultural landmark and had it officially protected. Cheval's palace is open every day except Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
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