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Transcript snip: Palin: Obama...Barack Obama has an ideological commitment to higher taxes. The lessons I believe we have taught our kids would start to erode. Those lessons about work ethic, hard work being rewarded and productivity being rewarded... Female yelling off-camera, in audience: And he's a ni***r! Palin: And...and......lessons about, um, the virtues of freedom and independence while being generous and compassionate with others. From Wonkette, via Daily Kos. (Thanks, Richard Metzger)....
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Posted by on under ball jointed dolls, south korean firm, boing boing, comic book heroes, goth boys, halloween images, strange photos, handmade objects, elfdolls, ohanesian, melbourne australia, th event, doll company, community organizer, hyperreal, elfdoll, compas, toy co |
Elfdoll is a South Korean firm that sells resin-based ball-jointed dolls (BJD) with hyperreal features. THese "blank" dolls are popular among collectors who mod them in fantastic ways with hair, outfits, and swapped body parts. Elfdoll recently opened a showroom in Los Angeles that has become a hub of BJD hackers in Southern California. The Los Angeles Weekly's Liz Ohanesian explores the BJD scene through some incredibly strange photos. From the LA Weekly (photos by Jackie Canchola): â??We think that we are not a doll company, we are artists,â?? says Elfdoll Foreign Trade Manager Yeounjoo Lim, best known to her customers and friends as Ms. Cholong... Ms. Cholongâ??s job is part curator, part community organizer and part salesperson, bringing together BJD enthusiasts for events where purchasing the handmade objects is only part of the fun. At the showroomâ??s October 25 party, hobbyists arrived with arms filled with pieces from their own collections reconfigured to fit Halloween images of comic book heroes, steampunks, fairies, Japanese-styled Lolitas and goth boys in drag... â??Other companies, when they market the dolls, they actually create characters for them,â?? says Chris Holz of Melbourne, Australia, a collector who happened to arrive in Los Angeles just in time for this event. â??The Elfdolls donâ??t have a background. Theyâ??ve got a name, but thatâ??s tantamount to just identifying the doll. When people buy them, itâ??s whatever they want.â?? Elfdoll: Don't Call It A Toy Company...
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Posted by on under boing boing, toothpaste tubes, colorful photographs, vigneau, goop, squid, teeth |
As an experiment, Steve Vigneau recently squirted more than almost two dozen expired toothpaste tubes into a bowl and stirred up the goop. He then brushed his teeth. Vigneau documented his experiment with some colorful photographs. 23 Tubes 1 Bowl (via Laughing Squid)...
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Posted by on under boing boing, boing photos, gorgeous photos, new york times, stunning images, drug war, photo essay, huey, new yorker, siberia, aar, afghanistan |
Aaron Huey takes gorgeous photos for National Geographic Adventure, the New Yorker, Smishsonian, and the New York Times. He recently hitchiked across Siberia on a National Geographic Expedition Council Grant. Huey's site is filled with stunning images, including a photo essay documenting the Afghanistan drug war (see above). Aaron Huey...
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Posted by on under boing boing, toothpaste tubes, colorful photographs, vigneau, goop, squid, teeth |
As an experiment, Steve Vigneau recently squirted more than almost two dozen expired toothpaste tubes into a bowl and stirred up the goop. He then brushed his teeth. Vigneau documented his experiment with some colorful photographs. 23 Tubes 1 Bowl (via Laughing Squid)...
Tagi: boing boing, toothpaste tubes, colorful photographs, vigneau, goop, squid, teeth
