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Akash: Half of the world. What is it ? The world is divided up into seas and continents. There are hot places and there are cold. There are many religions in the world. There are animals, insects, fish etc. There are gases, liquids, metals etc. There is man and woman. There is good and bad. There is happy and sad. The answer is non of the above or even closely related to the above. need help with this one and ASAP....

rick: wait, is the name of your font "big gay"?

sushiesque: currently, the name of my font is "this is a test". I've only done I, J, and H (in that order), and it gets bigger and gayer with each successive letter.

Quise: Ok I have a riddle for you all. "my presence is needed, even though many do like like me around, I can create life and sound but also cause fear..... what am I?

Jack Morava: You might like `The Crying of Lot 49' by Thomas Pynchon (nowhere near as good as Valis, tho). There's a huge wiki page about it... (:+{)}

chris: You should submit this to "Why a Tittle?" ! I'm a huge fan of your page.

obo: Wheeeee! http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/le_petit

infinityisalie: The Rather Difficult Font Game http://fontgame.ilovetypography.com/

name: eh, je cherche killme (yeah), ca fait un moment (yeah baby) qu il ne répond plus (yeah), j ai peur qu avec ses rhumatismes (roll over yeah baby) il soit rester coincé (yeah) dans sa chaise (yeah bab’) :)

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Vorticism. n. A British art movement of the early twentieth century, characterized by abstractionism and machine-like forms. Term coined by Ezra Pound.

Dazzle ships. pl. n. Ships painted with a camouflage pattern of contrasting stripes, also known as Razzle Dazzle. Used in World War I. (Also, an Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album.)

See my review of "Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939" at the MFA: "Oh, the places you (plural) will go."


Pronubial. adj. Presiding over or promoting marriage.

"Thy aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamas implores" in William Congreve's libretto for Semele. Unfortunately for Athamas, his fiancée has been doing ho activities with ho tendencies.

See my review of Handel's "secular oratorio" as performed by Opera Boston and Boston Baroque: "Women ended up on tables, a lot."

03 February 2008 |

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Hmm, would that be like "dazzle camouflage," as immortalized by Lynda Barry in her novel "Cruddy"? I always consider my holo-glittery-camo Roos sneakers as "dazzle camouflage."

Posted by: gus | 08 February 2008 at 12:25 PM

I have neither read the book nor seen the sneakers, so I can't say for certain, but it sounds like the latter may be "80s camouflage".

Posted by: sushiesque | 08 February 2008 at 12:58 PM

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