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alnilam posted:I like this story and i LOVE finding irl wild animal skellingtons, congrats on your rad skull find Thanks! Northern California. e: I just measured it; about 4.75-5 inches. Olive! fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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I used to have a whole row of raccoon skulls on my retaining wall. Sadly, they didn't weather well.
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Oct 25, 2017 03:55
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ya, exactly. they seem to have been cranking out stuff that conforms to the twilight zone model, with a bit more horror thrown in, but it's style over substance. the thing is, they do every so often manage to tap into something primal. I saw a couple of episodes, "slippage" and "inside the closet," that worked for me despite being fairly incoherent when you try to examine the plots with any degree of care. "slippage" I think plays into the fear of being an outcast, experiencing a social death almost worse than a literal death; "inside the closet" pretty much deals with exactly what the title promises, on a very literal but effective level. what's disappointing is that they could have probably amplified the effectiveness of the episodes greatly with just a bit more attention paid to plot/storytelling, a bit more awareness of the specific anxieties they were addressing, and maybe throwing in a few layers every so often. the episodes seem like they're brainstorming horror concepts instead of fleshing them out (or else simply recycling material done more effectively elsewhere, I'm not sure how cynical I should be). nonetheless, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, it's pretty interesting/appalling how many of the anxieties on display have to do specifically with women I will say this, however: while the series has a number of deliberately comedic episodes, the majority play it straight, and I appreciate that. I had a hard time getting into "tales from the crypt" because it was way too campy / ironically self-aware. mixing comedy and horror isn't impossible but it is really hard imo, the horror aspect almost always suffers. |
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Oct 25, 2017 03:56
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I just got back from watching the new Blade Runner and it's beautiful and if you haven't seen it yet you need to see it.
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Oct 25, 2017 04:17
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Zeroisanumber posted:I just got back from watching the new Blade Runner and it's beautiful and if you haven't seen it yet you need to see it. agreed, saw it a few days ago and it is very good. lots of feelings. big moods.
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Oct 25, 2017 04:31
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Zeroisanumber posted:I just got back from watching the new Blade Runner and it's beautiful and if you haven't seen it yet you need to see it. yeah!
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Oct 25, 2017 04:40
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Oct 25, 2017 04:40
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hi. i went on a vacation. it was nice. i liked it. i'm going back again in a couple of weeks, for another vacation.
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Oct 25, 2017 05:06
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thinkin bout how spooky it is that there's at least one skull inside my face right now
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Oct 25, 2017 05:42
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Manifisto posted:Tales from the Darkside Another thing I remember from both Tales from the Darkside and 90s/00s Outer Limits is seeing more actors known for other stuff then you would expect. Not exactly A listers, but people you definately knew better from other shows. Like "oh hey, it's Jerry Orbach, that cool old detective Lenny Brisco from Law and Order!" on Darkside and just being suprised. Or David Hyde Pierce (Niles on Frasier) did an Outer Limits episode where he was some convict sentanced to mind jail or something. Bunch of others too, always took me off guard, and having watched lots of these as reruns, it was hard to remember if they did these shows or the ones they were better known for first. Edit: Part of this has to do with the kind of lower budget feeling, especially considering many of the storylines in both shows, then seeing someone recognisable. Twenty Four fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Oct 25, 2017
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Oct 25, 2017 05:43
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Olive! posted:animal skull You can clean it up real nice letting it soak in a solution of water and hydrogen peroxide. Boiling can work but can dammage it. Enjoy your extra skull! hamjobs posted:hi. i went on a vacation. it was nice. i liked it. i'm going back again in a couple of weeks, for another vacation. Nice! I want a vacation, not to mention multiple, but $$$ means thats probably not happening soon. Glad you got at least one in!
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Oct 25, 2017 05:55
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the next one is all house shopping. whee.
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Oct 25, 2017 09:07
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Olive! posted:thinkin bout how spooky it is that there's at least one skull inside my face right now me wondering where i can get me a cool animal skull too, then looking at your face with a hungry look and in my vision your head momentarily fades into a skull for a second liek in looney toons when they're really hungry and see the other guy as a turkey leg or something, and you're like "gee what is it" and I'm like "oh nothing" but also sharpening a knife |
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Oct 25, 2017 12:08
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Twenty Four posted:Another thing I remember from both Tales from the Darkside and 90s/00s Outer Limits is seeing more actors known for other stuff then you would expect. Not exactly A listers, but people you definately knew better from other shows. I enjoyed seeing JL Sebastian from the original blade runner appear in both the crazy postal worker + secret government scary LSD episode of x files, and also the Hamb sketch on Tim and Eric, both times it was an intense feeling of he looks familiar but he's not quite famous enough for it to be obvious at first and then i got it Still never actually looked it up to confirm so i could be wrong but h*ck if I'm gonna go look it up, I'm too busy posting!! |
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Oct 25, 2017 12:11
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Twenty Four posted:Another thing I remember from both Tales from the Darkside and 90s/00s Outer Limits is seeing more actors known for other stuff then you would expect. Not exactly A listers, but people you definately knew better from other shows. anthology shows have always been good for this. i went and saw blade runner and they showed an ad for philip k dick's philip k dick's the electric dreams of horselover fats for some smart cross promotion and it was oh yeh theres that dude from auf wiedersehen pet and theres malcolm's dad and there's the guy from ghost world
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Oct 25, 2017 14:31
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alnilam posted:I enjoyed seeing JL Sebastian from the original blade runner appear in both the crazy postal worker + secret government scary LSD episode of x files, and also the Hamb sketch on Tim and Eric, both times it was an intense feeling of he looks familiar but he's not quite famous enough for it to be obvious at first and then i got it heheh actually its JF Sebastian, JL Sebastian is his twin brother who died before the events of the movie *snaps fingers, ten CineD posters crawl out of garbage cans and poo poo like that and start to dance around you snapping their fingers and brandishing knives* hey everyone this guy said a blade runner thing but it was one letter off being correct |
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Oct 25, 2017 14:35
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Olive! posted:thinkin bout how spooky it is that there's at least one skull inside my face right now I've always identified as a skeleton blessed with a meat filling instead of a meatman reinforced with a skeleton. |
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Oct 25, 2017 14:47
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What's something cool I can make from scratch if I have a drill with various bits, a dremel with tons of attachments, hammer & nails, screws, and etc. but no "big" power tools like a drill press, router, table saw, band saw, lathe and so forth
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Oct 25, 2017 15:38
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Doctor Dogballs posted:What's something cool I can make from scratch if I have a drill with various bits, a dremel with tons of attachments, hammer & nails, screws, and etc. but no "big" power tools like a drill press, router, table saw, band saw, lathe and so forth a lot of things! I'd say the one big thing you're missing is a handsaw and possibly a cheap miter box. I do lots of little wood and metal projects without any power tools but a drill. H*ck I even used to use a hand-turned drill! If you want to get more intense, get a couple of decent chisels on top of the saw, and you'll have mostly everything you need to build almost anything. |
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Oct 25, 2017 16:15
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you could build a chicken coop, a bike hanging rack, a stool, a shoe rack, a table, or repair any manner of things, the possibilities are pretty broad |
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Oct 25, 2017 16:18
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Doctor Dogballs posted:What's something cool I can make from scratch if I have a drill with various bits, a dremel with tons of attachments, hammer & nails, screws, and etc. but no "big" power tools like a drill press, router, table saw, band saw, lathe and so forth 
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Oct 25, 2017 16:33
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It's good to go on walks. Whenever I'm working from the office or from home, I like to go for a 10 minute walk after lunch. I believe this is what the Germans all do.
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Oct 25, 2017 17:24
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Doctor Dogballs posted:What's something cool I can make from scratch if I have a drill with various bits, a dremel with tons of attachments, hammer & nails, screws, and etc. but no "big" power tools like a drill press, router, table saw, band saw, lathe and so forth At Michael's (a craft store chain in America) you can buy clock mechanism kits that contain everything you need except for the actual face of the clock, which can be any flat surface with a hole in the middle. I personally made my clocks with 1" thick circular slices of wood with the bark still on, which were also bought from Michael's. I drilled a hole in the middle, dremeled out a space in the back for the clock mechanism, painted the front with acrylic paints, sprayed the wood with a sealer of some sort, and assembled the clock.
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Oct 25, 2017 17:36
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Boo.
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<3 
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alnilam posted:me wondering where i can get me a cool animal skull too, then looking at your face with a hungry look and in my vision your head momentarily fades into a skull for a second liek in looney toons when they're really hungry and see the other guy as a turkey leg or something, and you're like "gee what is it" and I'm like "oh nothing" but also sharpening a knife
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Doctor Dogballs posted:What's something cool I can make from scratch if I have a drill with various bits, a dremel with tons of attachments, hammer & nails, screws, and etc. but no "big" power tools like a drill press, router, table saw, band saw, lathe and so forth You can make a a big impressive pile of attachments, hammers, nails, and screws. ---------------- |
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Oct 25, 2017 18:02
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Uxzuigal posted:Boo. *finger hovers over probe button* ...no, it's ok cda. let this one pass. it was just one boo. ---------------- |
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Oct 25, 2017 18:03
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cda posted:*finger hovers over probe button* ...no, it's ok cda. let this one pass. it was just one boo. Sorry cda, wasn't trying to scare you. Nice to see you still in "power". I am however dissapointed that you didn't probe me in the probe thread. I was looking forward to an awesome picture or something, but nah. Have you gone soft?
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Oct 25, 2017 18:07
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Am I being owned right now? I don't understand what's happening
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Oct 25, 2017 18:35
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blaise rascal posted:Am I being owned right now? I don't understand what's happening Booing is illegal except in ghostly and/or ghastly contexts. Heckling is also verboten. Joshing, however, is grudgingly tolerated. |
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Oct 25, 2017 18:36
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*thinks back wistfully to the days of old byob when I was owned pretty much constantly* sigh...
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Oct 25, 2017 18:57
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Olive! posted:look at me I found a skull Doctor Dogballs posted:I have no real tools or skills or ideas, what should I do? blaise rascal posted:thinly veiled advertisement for michael's, also shill for the clock industry skull clock  you're welcome
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Oct 25, 2017 19:08
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Manifisto posted:skull clock uh he said he had no tools, skulls, or ideas.
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blaise rascal posted:It's good to go on walks. Whenever I'm working from the office or from home, I like to go for a 10 minute walk after lunch. I believe this is what the Germans all do. I once lived a mile away from where I worked and I started walking to/from work and eating less, and I lost 70 lbs in a year. Walks are good. |
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Oct 25, 2017 20:49
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Uxzuigal posted:Sorry cda, wasn't trying to scare you. Nice to see you still in "power". I am however dissapointed that you didn't probe me in the probe thread. I was looking forward to an awesome picture or something, but nah. He was never hard 
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Oct 25, 2017 20:54
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my dog is barking at a neatly organized shelf of yarn. this has been occurring for approximately 20 minutes. there's nothing on the shelf, but neatly organized yarn.
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Oct 25, 2017 20:55
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hamjobs posted:my dog is barking at a neatly organized shelf of yarn. this has been occurring for approximately 20 minutes. there's nothing on the shelf, but neatly organized yarn. How rude of you to leave yarn just lying around
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Oct 25, 2017 20:58
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Matoi Ryuko posted:How rude of you to leave yarn just lying around how rude of me *not* to just leave it lying around so he could helpfully art all over the house while i'm packing poo poo up.
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Oct 25, 2017 20:58
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put the dog on the shelf and the yarn on the floor so the yarn can bark at the dog on the shelf
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hamjobs posted:my dog is barking at a neatly organized shelf of yarn. this has been occurring for approximately 20 minutes. there's nothing on the shelf, but neatly organized yarn. Definitely ghosts. Possibly some kind of knitting spirit or a wooltergeist |
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