linking to oblivion 1:

29Nov05

They really had to take romance out of romance, didn’t they?The University of Pavia found a brain chemical was likely to be responsible for the first flush of love.
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If you remember this book from your childhood (or at least the art, I’m sure I do) here’s a neat comparison between the 1960s version and the [...]

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ganyan talaga…

26Nov05

Actor Pat Morita, whose portrayal of the wise and dry-witted Mr. Miyagi in “The Karate Kid” earned him an Oscar nomination, has died. He was 73.
Rest in peace, Mr. Miyagi.
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my mother just recently took out the old rosary clock we bought in the Vatican a few years back. I call it a rosary clock because [...]

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Look! Up in the sky!

22Nov05

there was a line Batman said to Superman during the first issue of Infinite Crisis that essentially summarized who Superman was in the last ten years or so:

whapakkk! sakit nun pare! sakit!
and it’s true. Despite several revisions, a costume change, a Spider-clone, de-powered, re-powered, married, Superman was still staid, boring, and obsolete. Problem was, DC [...]

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don’t know whether to laugh at the guy or to feel for him.

16Nov05

” I will pay ANY PRICE in gold to whoever can give information as to how I can get myself into a loving relationship. (AKA a girlfriend.)
The amount of gold I’m willing to pay has no limit. Simply post your advice here, and name your price. If your tip actually gets me a significant other, [...]

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“The fog horn calls, I think, it comes…”

06Nov05

A short horror(for lack of a better genre) story unlike anything I’ve read. Actually, I think this is my kind of horror story.
OUT there in the cold water, far from land, we waited every night for the coming of the fog, and it came, and we oiled the brass machinery and lit the fog light [...]

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