Friday Ephemera

Comment seems unnecessary. // The excremental cutting edge of gender studies scholarship. // Abandoned hotel, southern California? (h/t, MeFi) // A solar system music box. // Behold the Superplexus, a mere $30,000. // The age of Super 8. // A knack for packing. // A grandma and her cat. (h/t, Anna) // At last, a lens flare app. // “Saudi Arabia has no clear legal definition on the charge of witchcraft.” // Assorted murder weapons. // An evil use for magnets. // Die, gobstopper, die! (h/t, Coudal) // Dismal fantasy book covers. // Deluxe beads. // Dew. // Danger. // Wrecks. //

Comments

[rjmadden]

The gender studies link made my morning. First there was "Relocating Marie Bonaparte's Clitoris" then I saw this...

"Barbara Baird is head of the Dept of Women's Studies at Flinders University. Her research has considered the history and cultural politics of reproduction and sexuality. Her concern is to place the categories of race and nation at the centre of such research via the use of theories of critical race and whiteness studies alongside feminist and queer theories."

With this...
http://www.flinders.edu.au/sabs/womens-studies-files/staff/Baird.jpg

[JuliaM]

Those fantasy book covers have made my morning! :)

[JuliaM]

In fact, I'll be bookmarking it along with my other favourite site for that sort of thing:

http://judgeabook.blogspot.com/

[David]

rjmadden,

“First there was ‘Relocating Marie Bonaparte’s Clitoris’ then I saw this...”

Oh, I think we should give Ms Baird her dues. Not everyone could pull off the moustache-and-blouse combination.

[Anna]

"Dismal fantasy book covers"

Dismal? They're classics.

http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/huntersredmoon.jpg

This is my favourite.

http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/timespike.jpg

[David]

That sound you hear is Frank Frazetta putting his head in the oven.

[AC1]

I notice that http://baen.com/ gets a good number of "wins" in the book covers.

[Spruance]

Mauretanian Nouadhibou is incredible! Look up the place in Google Earth at 20°54'47.18"N, 17° 1'26.72"W and pan around - I hardly could believe it. But isn't there a thriving shipwrecking Industry in India? Why don't they scavenge every bit out of these ships?

[sk60]

"Comment seems unnecessary."

Very funny though. :)

[dw]

The shipwreck photos are great. The water looks amazing.

[ECM]

Huh, I guess this Sueprplexus thing is some sort of fad:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperplexusDotCom

[Fecal MacStool]

Barbara Baird - I like the cut of her jib, laddies.

[Sanity Inspector]

Ah, another poor soul addicted to StumbleUpon...