Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Cold Cuts

Temple of Al Khazneh at Petra, Jordan, ca. 1900

I have stood here in the noon-day sun.

Then I changed my camel for a horse because of all the substances in this world, the ONLY thing I am allergic to is camel hair. I was nearly blinded by my watering eyes. But some nice guy from India changed me his horse for my camel and I could finally make some speed without feeling like my face was sealing up. That damn camel hair is the main reason I can't become a Middle East nomadic tribal leader. You can't get away from those damn camels around the tents of the Bedouin.

This is an old cover but it represents all that is wrong with Rob Leifeld. Where is he lately? He's the one major comic artist who NEVER got better over time.

Tony Bravo lost in Burma in his soccer uniform while being chased by rebel troops in the jungle? Will Tony get himself out of this one, with the help of a smart ass Burmese kid before he is poisoned by the killer virus? I love this show because I just never know which crazy direction it will go in. I never want it to end but this is episode 12 and most of these new shows only get 13. It's a high tech spy show with a very real hero at it's center. More of you should be watching it. El Rey all day baby.

Still My Favorite Disney Girl

She seems sad these days. I bet she misses killing octopus.

Stuff That Creeps Me Out

The Euphonia, a mid-19th century gadget that could simulate human speech by pumping bellows-fed air over an artificial tongue set in a chamber of weird plates and valves. It had a woman’s face and coils of hair in ringlets, and spoke in a “weird, ghostly monotone."

By pumping air with the bellows and manipulating a series of plates, chambers, and other apparatus, including an artificial tongue, the operator could make it speak any European language. It was even able to sing the anthem God Save the Queen. The Euphonia was invented in 1845 by Joseph Faber, a German immigrant. A little known fact is that this machine greatly influenced the invention of the telephone.

Can it at least have a BODY so the disembodied head is not so freaky? Or cover it with a sheet or a hood?