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Links for the New Year

More fun stuff, from the Internet to my brain, shared for your general edification. >MythPunk: …refers to “a subgenre of mythic fiction” in which classical folklore and faerie tales get hyperpoetic postmodern makeovers. Coined by author Catherynne M. Valente, the … Continue reading

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Links for 12/19/11

A few odds and ends making their way from the internet to my brain in the last week: >A list of defunct auto manufactures and the cool cars they used to make, mostly from the nineteen-teens. Bless Wikipedia editors and … Continue reading

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Forget Sasquatch

I’m more interested in why that raccoon is riding a pig.

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Those Damned Fish, Again

Fish fall with rain over an indian Village: When a storm broke over an Indian village it wasn’t raining cats and dogs – but fish. People in the country’s southwest district Kerala are famed for turning local sea life into … Continue reading

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