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Brazil’s government agreed to release stunning photos of Amazon Indians firing arrows at an airplane so that the world can better understand the threats facing one of the few tribes still living in near-total isolation from civilization, officials said Friday. Anthropologists have known about the group for some 20 years but released the images now to [...] At this point in time we estimate the Milky Way contains about 500 thousand million stars, and that the universe contains roughly 100 billion galaxies. If we factor our galaxy as being average in size, we come to an estimate of roughly 100 million billion earth-like planets that may exist and be conducive [...]  May 28th, 2008 | Category: my workSomeone pointed out to me these nice photos on the flickr page for artoyz. I’ve included the rest into the artwork section of my website in the “3-d/toy” category here. May 27th, 2008 | Category: religion / beliefsI’m in agreement with most of what is said in this short video segment. While it is a compelling and logical viewpoint that a portion of what is reality can be attributed to an illusion woven by ego, I’d simultaneously make a debate for cases where “evil” has been documented to exist externally from [...] May 25th, 2008 | Category: my workJames “Ganyan” Garcia was kind enough to post some photos of the gallery show for us to share with others. If you want to see the rest, go to the artwork section of my website and click on the “events” category here. May 23rd, 2008 | Category: politics / economics“Spin” is a documentary directed by Brian Springer, analyzing the events of politics and media over a decade ago. The main draw to me was the marginal banter, advice, and events that occur off the air of broadcasting, yet captured and recorded by satellite feeds. Scientifically one can conclude that this speaks volumes on [...] This Thursday marks the premier of the new Indiana Jones movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The focal point of each Indy adventure wraps around something fantastic and educational about different cultures and their history. As the title of the new film implies, crystal skulls offer the main [...] The cyclone that lashed southern Myanmar (Burma) on May 2 and 3 left massive floodwaters that devastated the region, as seen in a May 5, 2008, image (top right photo) by NASA’s Terra satellite. On April 15, 2008 (top left photo), the same region was photographed with rivers and streams against a backdrop of green vegetation [...] May 17th, 2008 | Category: my workThis was a drawing I meant to color a while back, and finally had some time to do it. The magnificent flying saddle it is. A modern day marvel equipped with a back porch, front door, and nuclear fission rockets. Welcome mat not included. May 15th, 2008 | Category: musicDo you think you have what it takes to hang with the boys of Golimar? Watch this incredible video, dance along, and decide for yourself. A viral video involving Donga stems from a scene featuring a song called Golimar (Shoot the Bullet). The scene contains choreography and elements which appear to be very similar to [...] This episode deals with the tailspin of supply and demand. I had a different take on this episode, though. Actions that we take in life are never the real problem, they are only the symptom to a state of mind, myself included. What you have are people playing in a foolish way on both sides [...] The wraps have come off one of Westminster Abbey’s least known treasures, a medieval marble pavement foretelling the end of the world, while conservation experts consider how to preserve the ancient stones for the next 740 years. Few modern visitors have ever seen it, although since 1268 kings and princes, queens and cardinals have walked across [...] May 11th, 2008 | Category: my workI was sketching ideas on my own time, and came up with a something I thought would work well for a new project at work. I was trying to think of a style that I haven’t spent much time exploring. There are a ton out there, but one that caught my eye is [...] May 9th, 2008 | Category: animal kingdomWhat better way to celebrate Mother’s Day this year than to watch an incredible confrontation between 3 species of animals? Through all the twists and turns in this 8 minute epic, you will witness an amazing survival story of a young buffalo calf. Battle at Kruger is a viral video posted on YouTube in 2007 which [...] May 8th, 2008 | Category: my workThese drawings are from a project a while back. They are different variations of the main character, the farmhouse that his family lives in, and a drawing of the farmer scolding his dog. I looked at a bunch of Scottish cottages for the influence on the design style. Newer cottages are interesting, [...] May 7th, 2008 | Category: moviesLike all the other nerds around the world, I saw Iron Man. Comics for me were one of the first inspirations for wanting to draw and tell a story. To reference what influenced a large portion of writing in the first 45 minutes of the movie, check out Tales of Suspense #39. Clearly they [...] May 6th, 2008 | Category: paranormalHave you ever had a dream that seemed so crystal clear, and found the same event happening in conscious life days, weeks, or years later? Sometimes I wonder if the feeling of Deja Vu could be an after-taste of the same phenomenon. One thing is for certain, the logic of it has never [...] May 4th, 2008 | Category: my workSo they just recently released word of the Horton Toy Design I did for pre-order. I posted an earlier entry with all the details here. It’s being released by Super Rad Toys with distribution by Sideshow Collectibles sometime in the 3rd quarter of this year. We were asked to do our own interpretation [...] Heheh. My friend Ovi sent this out on our messageboard last week, and I thought it would be a good thing to share on this blog. The humor and the irony of the points made in this video had me rolling with laughter, especially the comment about mammon. At the same time, I [...] Tyrannosaurus rex just got a firm grip on the animal kingdom’s family tree, right next to chickens and ostriches. New analyses of soft tissue from a T.rex leg bone re-confirm that birds are dinosaurs’ closest living relatives. “We determined that T. rex, in fact, grouped with birds – ostrich and chicken – better than any other [...] |
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