The Musings Of Mike: Archive

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Jan 27th

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Jan 26th

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Shooting the MGM lion

We’ve all seen the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion that has roared at the beginning of many movies. Here’s how it was shot! Shooting of the MGM Intro (1924) And here’s the MGM logo over time. via

Jan 26th

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Jan 25th

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Barbie Ban

In what it referred to as a “new phase” in its ongoing crackdown on “manifestations of Western culture,” Iran’s morality police has moved to shut down dozens of toy stores peddling in banned Barbies. The doll, once referred to by an Iranian children’s agency as a “Trojan horse” of Western influence, has been prohibited for sale in the country since the mid-90s. Iran attempted to introduce...

Jan 25th

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Jan 25th

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Jan 24th

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Banksy Art

Banksy works are displayed at Bristol’s City Museum and Art Gallery. This is a real revolution in the world of art! [via dailymail.co.uk]

Jan 24th

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Jan 23rd

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Nailed It

Dante Autullo, a Tim Taylor-esque fix-it father of four from Orland Park, Illinois, accidentially shot himself in the head with a nail gun, and didn’t realize it until the following day. While building a shed in his garage, Autullo hit himself in the head with his nail gun. Thinking the nail merely grazed him, and finding no serious wound, both Autullo and his fiance Gail Glaenzer went on...

Jan 23rd

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Jan 23rd

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Indonesian Atheists Beware!!

A man from Dharmasraya in the West Sumatra province of Indonesia was arrested today for blasphemy after he allegedly created a Facebook fan page for Minang atheists on which he expressed his personal disbelief in God, angels, the devil, and other “myth.” The page had garnered over 1,400 likes by Friday afternoon. The local police chief told The Jakarta Post Alexander Aan’s arrest was directly...

Jan 22nd

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Jan 14th

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Jan 14th

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Optical Illusion

There are lots of optical illusions of this kind in the Internet but I still love them. It’s simple, stare at the black dot in the middle of the picture and wait for few seconds. You should see a color photo. Then, blink several times and you will see that in fact, the pic is black and white.

Jan 14th

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