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If she wasn't a catfish, she'd probably be a hyperactive bookworm; but she's an energetic person interested in what is and what isn't a good read, a worthwhile piece of art or an out of the ordinary movie. Whether a subject is underwater, underground, above ground or up on cloud nine she'll find it and write it.

10 Things You Did Not Know About Van Gogh

We never see behind the picture. There are artists whose works were influenced by their personal lives and artists who didn’t allow the two to mingle. Well, Vincent van Gogh wasn’t one of the latter; everything that happened to him was reflected in his art. We know some things about artists that are more or…

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History Apps For Samsung Mobiles

We all know there are applications  that are entertaining, and there are applications that are besides entertaining, useful. As I was skimming through possible applications I could download from my cell phone, I stumbled upon… Photo source here. Many of us have probably wondered what happened today 1 year, 20 years, 3505 years ago… well,…

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Tim Burton’s Oyster Boy

Since I’m a Tim Burton nut (as I’m sure some of you are), I’m very interested in picking the brains of this most unusual director. So I though I’d give you some more (burtonian) food for thought. I’m thinking about your health so on the short movie menu today we have a main course that…

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Literature and Mathematics Combined In The Hell Book by Carlo Frabetti

Yes, yes, we all appreciate the people that read. We are awed at the mere sight of them and deep down inside, we all envy them… even if we don’t admit it. Source Indeed all books may look like an arch-enemy when you don’t have time for them. And your personal library may become your…

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Poetry As You Like It: In Riddles

I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils. O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers! This loaf’s big with its yeasty rising. Money’s new-minted in this fat purse. I’m a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I’ve eaten a bag of green apples, Boarded the train…

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5 Seasons Of Teenage Humor With Daria [Poll]

You remember Daria Morgendorffer. If you don’t, she’s in high-school and she’s smarter than everybody else.  What she is is just a normal reaction to the external environment. Oh and did I mention that she used to be on MTV? Now, I know what you’re thinking: Beavis and Butthead. I have only two words for…

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Fears Of The Dark: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid…

Six of the best cartoonists and graphic designers in the world united to create a terrifyingly animated horror movie, each in their own style. The action is divided and takes place in parallel. You see bits of each and every story; they entwine without any plot links. Though made from different fabric, they are interlace…

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Find Your Taste Buds For Poetry

It’s fairly powerful this concept of poetry. So powerful that it only takes one person to say in order for most people to run as far as they can. 2 vowels and 4 consonants: this is what we’re afraid of, bored of, appalled by and sometimes annoyed by. But why is that? Is it the…

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Vincent by Tim Burton

How many famous Vincents do you know? Vincent Price, Vincent van Gogh, Vince Vaughn you can complete the list with as many as you can find. Today I’ve set to add one more to your personal list of famous Vincents. Remember those cartoons in which the characters had a dilemma and it was sided by…

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Chew Your Pages Wisely: Firmin by Sam Savage

There are so many people that reviewed Firmin: Adventures of a metropolitan lowlife by Sam Savage, illustrations by Fernando Krahn. From the Guardian to your Sunday blogger, apparently no one  seems to grasp the full extent of this twisted little tale… or tail, if you prefer. Photo from LibrosyLiteratura. It’s a tale that will grow…

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