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Friday, March 30, 2007
The Branding of America
I bet you were expecting some sort of anti-consumerism screed about the branding of America, the dumbing down of the public because of excessive tv-watching. You know, some kind of smarty mcsmartypants kind of attitude like that. And, usually, you would be right. But I have to tell you, I LOVE this idea as well as this one.So, let's recap. I hate the branding of America. Except when it is from the parts of popular culture that I like. posted by Kathleen Kotcher at 11:05 AM | Permanent Link
Which one is the dummy?
Madame Tussauds invites you to find the dummy and let me tell you some of these are pretty hard. I don't know what it says about their real appearance, but the Jessica Simpson and the J Lo ones are nigh on impossible.NOTE: They are not asking you which of the two photos is smarter. posted by Kathleen Kotcher at 10:55 AM | Permanent Link
Think About the Bumps on Your Head While Planning your Weekend!
This weekend at The Museum at Palace of Wonderswill be the kick off for the Sunday lecture series.
What can you learn about this weekend? Well, Charon Henning, who is also the most dangerous beauty alive, would like you to know:
This is not an April Fool’s Joke!
PHRENOLOGY!
Mistake of the Past & Doom of the Future!
By Professor Otto Knowbetter
Doors open @: 12pm
Lecture begins @: 1pm
Featured Speaker and noted Lecturer Alexander Kensington explains the 19th century science of Phrenology, The Original Scientific Biometric of Morality. The historic assumptions and findings of almost 10 years of empirical research in the early 19th century led medical men of the day to the conclusion that anatomy and “moral science” were connected enough to be observable and manifested on the surface of the subject’s skull.
The theories of Gall, Spurzheim and Combe will be explained and extrapolated to our present practice of profiling and its implications for the future. An authentic interpretation of character reading from examination of a living cranium will be demonstrated.
Food and drink available.
See you there!
