The first five minutes of The Dark Knight. If this doesn’t pull you into the theaters, nothing will.
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Before he was a noted author, Kurt Vonnegut was a POW in Nazi Germany. In this 1945 letter to his family, he relates the experiences that would become Slaughterhouse Five.
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13 Last Requests That Prove It’s OK to Laugh at Dead People. Either from a sense of humor or spite, these folks left a lasting impression.
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What is Guerrilla Marketing? An overview with links to a fascinating eight-part series.
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Foaming soap costs more than regular liquid soap, but the real difference is the container. And the secret is that the foaming soap you pay more for is regular liquid soap that has been watered down!
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The Ultimate Man’s Guide to Fireworks. But women will like it, too.
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Are your holiday fireworks harming the environment? Duh.
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The history of the Super Soaker. It all started when a nuclear engineer wanted to shoot a better water pistol.
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Space porn from Mars. Don’t get too excited; it’s completely SFW.
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Thought I would just mention this link as Toronto must now be included in that post from a while back about odd restaurants (similar to the one where you can have dinner in the sky). I think it is only a promotional event, but pretty cool nonetheless.
I tried to add it in the “suggest a topic/link” but that link wasn’t working :)
posted by Katie on 7-3-2008 at 9:09 am
I can verify that the foaming hand soap things works. I’d like to point out though, that when the article states that it’s just “watered down,” that’s not true. The level of foaming ingredients (the soapy stuff) is the same as a regular liquid hand soap. The difference is that the regular soap has ingredients to make it thicker, while the foam does not.
posted by adrienne on 7-3-2008 at 9:16 am
The guerilla marketing thing is annoying becuase they don’t give any explanation of the photographs.
posted by BassMan on 7-3-2008 at 11:05 am
I really hope that’s not how The Dark Knight starts.
posted by Johnny Cat on 7-9-2008 at 8:00 pm