Archive for September, 2008


Fun with Lavalife!

by Joel

September 25th, 2008

As some of you know, I’m on Lavalife, a huge online dating community.

Normally I wouldn’t admit that I even know what the site is, but I realize no one cares. In this day and age I think we could all use something to make dating a little easier.

Even if it means having to pretend I am a 6’2″ helicopter pilot with a scar.

Lavalife has been pretty decent. I’ve had a few dates because of it, found out that no one wants someone who claims to be a 6’2″ helicopter pilot with a scar and has a PhD in socisexyology, when in fact they are a 5’ 8″ web-geek, with only a BA in socisexyology. I always wind up paying for somebody’s dinner.

Maybe I’m looking for the wrong women. Maybe it’s time to refine the search. Narrow down the field some. Let’s take a look at some of the more unique searches on lavalife, shall we?

Vegetarians who Love to Hunt This is a very small group of women driven by their love of killing, and hatred for meat. Some are here because they checked every single box in the activities portion of the sign in. Some are just plain weird.

Investors with no Money They earn less than 20k per year, but they love to invest. There isn’t a check box for gambling, but I suspect that’s what the investments are from.

Habitual Smoking Fitness Freaks Working out between cigarettes is tough, running is best. They avoid swimming because the lighters don’t work underwater.

3 Foot Tall Basketball Players I couldn’t believe the amount of women online who claim to be 3’ tall. From the photos I can tell some are taller, unless they live in a tiny scale replica of our world. I think that it’s great these women are challenging the social norms and participating in a sport that favors the taller player. More power to them!

Those that prefer not to say what their ethnic background and body type is, but include a photo Very mysterious.

Old White Ladies who Love Rap If you refine a search down to it’s most basic elements you can find some pretty unique people. I looked for anyone over the age of 70 who lists rap music as their main source of inspiration. Oddly enough there is a bunch. But most seem to have accidentally filled in their age wrong, or they have incredible skin for a 103 year old gangsta.

Though fun, some of these searches can lead to scarred brain tissue. There are some mental images that are hard to shake. Use caution on Lavalife and be sure to fill in your form correctly. Unless you are a woman that’s attracted to a man that’s attracted to these kind of women. Then whatever floats your boat.

I am looking for a unique girl, but seeing what I have here, kind of makes me glad I can appreciate someone who is pretty normal (to some degree). If you want to find me on Lavalive I am the 3 foot tall buddhist that speaks Javanese and likes seal hunting.

Strange Anatomy

by Joel

September 24th, 2008

skeletonsI like old weird things. I especially love the look of copper plate prints, when they are used in scientific textbooks (Bonus points if they use the word “Plate”).

Today I’m going to put together some of my favorite sites on the net that show old medical illustrations. These are a great inspiration to me, and I hope you might appreciate them too.

Digatal Clendening Shows us a small selection of high quality images of skeletons, operating theatres and other assorted weirdness. One of the most comprehensive sections is this one. An assortment of categories with chronologically sorted images. For the ephemera i love I can’t seem to get away from this bit: Chinese Public Health Posters. Piles of weird images in there.

Dream Anatomy Has a giant collection of the more surreal side of the art of medical illustration. Made by the National Library of medicine, the collection is professional and unique. The images are broken down in to categories. One of my favorite is Body Part as Art showing cadavers playing instruments and dancing. You can see the entire gallery here.

There is more to see from them here as well. They have catalogued dozens of books and scanned in the images. This book is one of my favorites. It shows skeletons in a band as well as this hauntingly strange etching.

Title for best picture

by Joel

September 2nd, 2008

If I made a movie based solely on the 4 most frequently used words of the 10 top grossing films from the 2005 domestic box office.

  • “The of and War”

If I made a movie based solely on the most frequently used words of the 10 top grossing films  from the 1915 domestic box office.

  • “The of Golden West Chimmie Fadden”

If I made a movie based solely on the to 10 most frequently used words of the 401 top grossing films of all time.

  • “The Star Man Wars With Men II”

If I made a movie based solely on the to 6 most frequently used words of the  top rated horror films of all time

  • “The Dead of Dr. Man”

If I made a movie based solely on the to 6 most frequently used words of the  top rated sci-fi films of all time

  • “The Stars of Frankenstein Wars”