A member of the ultra-religious Rapture Ready board talking about the Twilight books:
I can’t belive people would take stupid vampire books this seriously!
Day: December 7, 2009
Sketchy Santas
A website dedicated to photos of shady Santas? Christmas comes early for us this year Cynics!
(via Slog)
Norman Rockwell’s Photo Realism
From PDN Photo of the Day:
Norman Rockwell’s rosy illustrations of small town American life looked so photographic because his method was to copy photographs that he conceived and meticulously directed, working with various photographers and using friends and neighbors as his models.
Just the Most Depressing Board Game
Bought this the other day and I think I already have to buy the expansion pack which just consists of a pack of debt cards:
In the 1992 version one who started College would receive $40,000 in debt. The current version places such a player $100,000 in debt. One still receives the same benefits for starting College as in the 1992 version.
A Ukrainian Family and Their Pet
Oh, please let his name be Stampy.
(via Arbroath)
The Gambler Who Blew $127 Million
From the WSJ:
LAS VEGAS — During a year-long gambling binge at the Caesars Palace and Rio casinos in 2007, Terrance Watanabe managed to lose nearly $127 million.
The run is believed to be one of the biggest losing streaks by an individual in Las Vegas history. It devoured much of Mr. Watanabe’s personal fortune, he says, which he built up over more than two decades running his family’s party-favor import business in Omaha, Neb. It also benefitted the two casinos’ parent company, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., which derived about 5.6% of its Las Vegas gambling revenue from Mr. Watanabe that year.
But it totally wasn’t his fault:
Today, Mr. Watanabe and Harrah’s are fighting over another issue: whether the casino company bears some of the responsibility for his losses.