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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Magpie Monday on Wednesday: Someone’s in the Kitchen….
Tasty tidbits to make hump day humpalicious! ◊ ANGRY WATERMELONS. Fans of watermelon might enjoy this Angry Birds watermelon carving from the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Are Angry Birds still “in”? And did anyone know we had a National Watermelon … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-Ethylphenol, Aaron Hamburger, Angry Birds, Anything But Vanilla, bourbon, cake, chicken and waffles, Cinnabons, citrus iced tea (recipe), coffee, Conjurer's Kitchen, cupcakes, Dexter (cake), Dexter (TV series), Everyday Food, food carving, Game of Thrones, Half-Baked Harvest, ice-cream sandwiches, Japan, Joy the Baker, ketchup, marshmallows, melons, milkshakes, Miss Cakehead, Mom on Timeout, National Watermelon Promotion Board, nectarine sorbet, Pastry Affair, pizza, potato salad, Putrescine, s'mores, Serious Eats, sugar skulls, tarts, Thug Kitchen, Tikkido, Up (film), watermelon, wedding cakes, Will Ludwigsen, Yoda
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Magpie Monday on Tuesday: Viewers’ Paradise & Science!
Fun film and TV bits (with special science guests at the end of the post): ◊ TRAILERS! Anne Fontaine’s Adore looks to be intense and uncomfortable, as well as intensely uncomfortable and uncomfortably intense. The subject matter may put off … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D-printed cast, Adore (film), AFI, Alisa Stern, American Film Institute, Andrei Tarkovsky, Ann Makosinski, Anne Fontaine, birds, Cameron Cook, cognitive decline, creepy, Dave Franco, David Lynch, Doctor Who, Dorothy Michaels, Dustan Hoffman, Evangeline Lilly, film trailers, Francesca Ramos, hawkmoths, Helen Mirren, Inland Empire, James Cameron, James Franco, Joan Crawford, John Hurt, King Cobra, Laika, Lee Daniels, morning breath, Naomi Watts, North Pole, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, plagiarism, Possessed (1931), puppets, reading, Robin Wright, Sharknado, sterility, stop-motion animation, sugary foods, The BoxTrolls, The Butler, The Doctor Puppet, The Hobbit (film), thermoelectics, Thuriel, Tootsie
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Video Friday
A couple of animated shorts that will (I hope) make you smile a little as you start your Friday. Chicken or The Egg, a student film by Christine Kim and Elaine Wu, is irrepressibly charming. Everything works so well! Via.
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Tagged animation, Candace Reckinger, Chicken or The Egg, Christine Kim, Elaine Wu, Jeff Lynne, Michael Patterson, Mr. Blue Sky, music videos, short films
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