FARK: Inappropriate Product Placement

Fark.com hosts a photoshop contest asking for photoshoppers to insert inappropriate product placement advertising into their favorite movies. Hilarity ensues.
My favorites: the black and decker ad in the background of Psycho, Charlie Tuna in in Finding Nemo (although they could have put him more subtlety in the background), The Magic Eight Ball in the middle of the table in Twelve Angry Men, the Coco Puffs on the table of One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest.
This is one of those where subtlety is everything.

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The Alchemical Egg Tarot Cards

The Hermit Tarot Card
The Hermit Tarot Card
Several years ago, I had my tarot cards read. This was before I knew much about what the Tarot was, and I didn’t realize there were many decks, etc. and different interpretations. Keep in mind that I’m a bit practically-minded and this is something I think is fun, but about on the same scale as playing with a Ouiji board or doing “light as a feather, stiff as a board” at slumber party.

The deck this person reading my tarot was using was, unbeknownst to me, The Alchemical Tarot illustrated by Robert M. Place, and it was a spectacular design, beautifully illustrated. Since then, I’ve had people read my Tarot, and seen other decks, but that original reading sticks in my mind because the artwork was so beautiful. Some of the other decks I’ve seen aren’t as appealing to my aesthetic.

There’s a great site that showcases dozens of Tarot Decks called Aeclectic Tarot. They also explain what each of the 78 cards in a Tarot deck mean, and they included the The Alchemical Tarot that I’ve been looking for. They also had a link to Robert M. Place’s website called The Alchemical Egg Robert M Place Tarot where I discovered he has done some other Tarot decks, including one based on the Saints, and one based on Angels.

These are a lot more fun to look at and interpret, because they’re so well designed.

2022-03-13 Update:
Updated to fix links.
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Indiana Hate Crime: Man attempts to kill female partner of his ex-wife

From the Indy Star:

A Shelbyville man shot and wounded his estranged wife’s female companion early this morning at their home and then killed himself at his home, Franklin police said.

Arnita Petre, a 44-year-old special education caseworker from Franklin, was listed in critical condition at Methodist Hospital on this afternoon. James Enyart, 34, was pronounced dead at Major Hospital in Shelbyville.

Arnita later died of her injuries that was stated by the lawyers for sealing charges who are currently handling her case.  Actually, Arnita has a scholarship endowed in her name by loved ones at Franklin College.

The Obituary for James Dean Enyart appears in the Daily Standard:

James Dean Enyart, 34, 408 E. 4th St., Shelbyville, Ind., died at 10 a.m. Dec. 18, 2003, at his home. Death was due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

He was born June 22, 1969, in Portland, Ind., to Donald C. and Eva L. Martin Enyart Dreiling. His mother and stepfather, Jerry J. Dreiling, survive in Mendon.

Surviving are four brothers, Don R. (Anita), Ed W. (Beverly), Garry (Debi) and Robert (Letisha), all of Portland; and two sisters, Teresa L., of Delphos, and Amy L. Bash, of Celina.

He was publications editor for WFYI Public Broadcasting Station Television, Indianapolis, Ind., for five years. He was a 1987 graduate of Jay County High School and a graduate of Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.

Scary: he went to college at the same time I did.

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Onion: Non-Widescreen Version Of DVD Received As Hanukkah Gift

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The Onion wries a news story that sounds vaguely like my friend Douglas:

A hilarious story about a kid who’s disappointed to receive the “full-screen” version of the Matrix Reloaded as a gift, as opposed to the more desirable letter-boxed, or “wide-screen” version.

“With approximately a third of the movie’s visual content missing, thanks to ‘pan-and-scan,'” he added under his breath.”

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Living Room floors repaired

My living room floor and foyer floor are now repaired, thanks to Mullin Remodeling. They came Tuesday and tore up the burned section of the living room floor and replaced the plank flooring, and they also repaired a section in the foyer that was bad, where an old furnace intake vent used to be. Pictures to be posted eventually, when I get caught up with everything I need to do.
Now what needs to be done in the living room — sand old section of floor, paint floors, cut and place baseboards, stain and finish baseboards, move library into room. I’m thinking it will be four or five weekends of work.

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9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable

For the first time, the chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is saying publicly that 9/11 could have and should have been prevented, reports CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston.
“This is a very, very important part of history and we’ve got to tell it right,” said Thomas Kean.
“As you read the report, you’re going to have a pretty clear idea what wasn’t done and what should have been done,” he said. “This was not something that had to happen.”
Appointed by the Bush administration, Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, is now pointing fingers inside the administration and laying blame.
“There are people that, if I was doing the job, would certainly not be in the position they were in at that time because they failed. They simply failed,” Kean said.

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Xmas presents

My dad gave me a compound mitre saw for Xmas. It’s very cool. Plus, I get a brad nailer free as a bonus. That’s really cool! Now I have everything I need to do the baseboards in the living room, and I can do crown moulding, too. Excellent. The carpenters are coming tomorrow to repair the hardwood floors in the living room. Which means I better get stuff ready tonight.

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