Originally published at benchiladaland. You can comment here or there.

I really enjoy doing my Toys in the Bookstacks, and I must admit that I loved finding the books for this one. I don’t know as though I’ve ever done one that wasn’t intended to just be funny before.

The moral is simply that I made you something.

Love,

benjamin

Facing Death - Bird Feeding

THINGS THEY DON'T TEACH US IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS:

The actual anniversary was yesterday.

65 years ago the United States committed a war crime against Japan by firebombing ordinary citizens in Tokyo.

100,000 civilians died by explosion and fire, the largest number from any attack during the entirety of the war.

I wish I could be surprised that war crimes like this were ignored during/after the the hostilities ended, not to mention that as part of an agreement signed by Japan in 1951, nobody in that country could sue over it being a war crime. But I'm not surprised.

100,000 civilians dead, simply for the crime of being citizens in a country at war. Save for the usual warmonger cries of "they should have stopped their government" or "destabilizing a population is part of war," there was little-to-no significant military reasons for the attack.

This article is from five years ago, but it tell you what you NEED to know.

MARCH 10, 1945: The Firebombing of Tokyo

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Balls.

Stever Gerber.

You rocked.

I originally drew it for [profile] ericfmyers for my Hero A Day thing, but here it is again.

And now, a few words about the passing of Marcel Marceau,
















Thank you.
"Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of starlight spark and dart. A grain of sand holds power and might." -- Madeline L'Engle

Her books were some of the first I ever read where I thought, "Shit, this is a kid's book, I guess, but...wow, this is heavy."
I know what I need to start rereading when I get home.

Off you go, Madeline. Into the Tesseract with you, there are places to go.

[profile] auroracita wants to know the answers to FIVE QUESTIONS.

So here we go:

1. What would you choose to be your last meal?

Dead serious, human flesh, no question. Don't lie and say you've never been curious. I'd want that, and baked beans, and kim chi, and kohlrabi, and cheesecake, and root beer, and bacon and sushi and...

2. If you could have one great mystery of history solved for you, what would it be?

I have a number of them, but we'll just go with one.
Hmmm...
How about...Roswell. What the shit really went down? Even if there were no alien, that was some crazyass stuff.

3. What's your concept of the afterlife?

Don't so much have one. Becoming a bit of all things would make me perfectly happy.

4. What is the single greatest regret of your life?

Not sure that I really have one, truth be told. Maybe...good lord, who knows? I'm sure I could figure one out, but...
Remind me later, maybe I'll have thought of one.

5. Casket or cremation? Why?

Cremation. Better yet, just leave me in a never-visited bit of forest somewhere. Why should I give a shit about my body? Especially caskets. WHY DO WE PUT DEAD PEOPLE IN CASKETS SEALED IN VAULTS UNDER DIRT?! What, do we need me to be MiB or some shit?

If, through some fluke, I end up being buried, this had better be my tombstone:



I am still accepting requests.

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"If by some chance I end up getting buried and not incinerated then my gravestone should read something like: I Was Very Rich And Have Been Buried With Jewels And Stacks of Fifty Pound Notes, Please Do Not Rob My Grave. Whoever digs me up will be sooooo pissed when they find a mouldy skeleton holding a small tin of one pence coins (total sum: fifty p). Serves them right too, the horrible buggers." - [profile] jimmahgee
"Today is the anniversary of the death of Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez. He was the first combat casualty in Iraq. Jose Gutierrez was a young man of 26. Father to his younger siblings. Loved the United States and dreamt of the things he would do in this country after serving in the Corps. A true patriot through and through.

Oh yeah, I forgot. He came here from Guatemala *ILLEGALLY*

I dedicate this to Charlie Daniels, Tom Tancredo, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Minutemen who, as their type claim, won their right to their opinions from the spilled blood of the men and women in uniform like Jose Gutierrez."

-- [livejournal.com profile] donchep
1) For god's sake, quit saying "KILL YOUR TELEVISION" and help people learn when to turn it on and when to turn it off. The glass teat (Thanks, Uncle Harlan) isn't the problem, damn it.

2) When I die, you fuckers better have a party that I'D WANT TO BE AT! Dancing. Music. Booze. Awesomeness. I should put all of that in my will. That if you don't plan this party, nobody gets anything of mine and nobody gets to desecrate my corpse.

3) I have a headache.

4) Jesus, people have actually started calling me "Uncle Drinky" in Real Life(tm). I don't even drink THAT much. I don't think. So, apart from "Mr. 'chilada" (thanks [profile] man_size and [profile] froborr_dwiggy) what other nicknames have been generated for me on The Interwebs? What nicknames should be generated? Why do I love all of you so much?

5) Tell me something awesome. Make my soul be all "ROCKSTAR!" and shit.

6) Be here now. Motherfucker.

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Who is not drunk, shut up.

HELP US CREATE ULTIMATE LIFE!

So, there I was, listening to Lalo Schifrin’s lovely Theme from Enter the Dragon when I had a thought…

What would happen if we could somehow multiply Bruce Lee by Charles Bronson?

[profile] lovenmitt and I were discussing this, and decided that Charles Bronson might be superfluous to our needs.

As such, we have so far decided the following:

ON THE MALE SIDE:
We will be multiplying Leonardo da Vinci WITH Johnny Cash AND Bruce Lee.

ON THE FEMALE SIDE:
We will be multiplying Eleanor Roosevelt WITH Marie Curie AND Mother Theresa

Things we can’t figure right now: is there not enough whupass on the ladies’ side? I mean, sure, the resulting hybrid would be a radioactive lesbian who loved everybody, but…

[profile] schmess suggested Domino Harvey might put that extra OOMF in Der Uber Lady, but is that right? Bjork was discussed… 

And for the men, we would have an incredible singer that would both invent the helicopter AND kick your head clean off your neck…but…is something missing?

WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The limit is not three, but each Composite Entity must have the same number of parts as the other Composite Entity.

I will likely draw something from the Ultimate Results.

benjamin

PS - Chuck Norris is exempt from this, just as he is exempt from all other things.
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Optional Work: What would happen if I French-braided a PYTHON, a COBRA, and a RATTLESNAKE?
Would your eyes catch on fire IF YOU SO MUCH AS LOOKED AT IT?!

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