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posts from 2013 / 10 / 17
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@coaxmetal @grahamvsworld well that wraps that up I guess. I feel like such a little donkey.
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@coaxmetal it really… delivers.
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RT @bbaskin: Regardless of our government, I won’t respect for America until we, once again, socially allow MSG in our Chinese food.
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@grahamvsworld my only excuse is that I am burritoblind. To you, it’s a burrito. To me it’s a street taco with too much tortilla and filler.
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How have I never heard of The Alameda Weehawken Burrito Tunnel? FFS.
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“The moral of the story? Always take care over the email attachments you open, and the links you rkjhgjkfhbgkjbdfnd”
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N.C.E.
ESTABLISHING SHOT. EARTH FROM SPACE.
North America turns under view. The Earth appears as from orbit, only overlaying the geographic borders are political borders in stark dotted lines, as if they were part of the geography.
EXT. A DESERT VISTA
A tumble weed rolls by followed by two smaller tumbleweeds. A fourth surpasses them.
INT. A DARK BUNKER
The General paces behind a row of analysts in a dark war room the size of an NBA arena, but stylized like the bridge of The Enterprise. You know, from Star Wars.
EXT. A DESERT VISTA
ECU. A SIGN
A military looking sign on a chain-link fence topped with razor wire topped with barbed wire proclaims “NSA – FORT ENTERPRISE”.
INT. A DARK BUNKER.
Analysts at each station operate banks of keyboards. The keyboards are different colors and have differently colored CAPS LOCK LED lights. Each color indicates the language of the workstation each is attached too. The CAPS LOCK LED lights are lit on every keyboard. Arrays of monitors tower over each analyst but The General is tall enough to be seen above them as he paces.
ECU. THE GENERAL
The General: Did you phish them yet?
ECU. ANALYST HANDS, TYPING.
ECU, THE ANALYST NAME BADGE.
The name badge is blank.
Analyst 1: Sir, we’re trying.
ECU. THE GENERAL
The General: I gave you a direct order. Phish them again!
Analyst 2: I am sir. They haven’t clicked anything yet. We need more time!
The General grimaces.
The General: There is no time.
WIDE. THE DARK BUNKER
A third analyst approaches from the far side of the war room. His heels click on the gleaming floor in the silence. Analyst 3 reaches The General.
Analyst 3: Sir, intelligence just in.
The General: What is it lieutenant?
ECU. ANALYST 3.
Analyst 3: Sir, they’ve been warned.
ECU. THE GENERAL.
The General: Warned?
ECU. ANALYST 3.
Analyst 3: Sir, we’ve cracked their signal. The translators say it says “Be Careful about what you click on. And don’t open any attachments.”
ECU. THE GENERAL.
The General: Damn!
ECU. THE GENERAL’S FIST
The General’s fist clenches.
ECU. THE GENERAL
The General: Damn it all to hell!
EXT. A DESERT VISTA.
Sand wisps into the distance.
THE ENDOctober 17th, 2013 7:22am
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Memento Mori
60 BC - 40 BC
Found in Naples
Emblem mosaic depicting allegorical the transience of life, cd. Memento mori
The mosaic in the second style , formed the ‘ emblem in the floor of the triclinium , and in it we find an allegorical and symbolic, philosophical theme of the Hellenistic origin of the transience of life and death dell’incombere ( “memento mori” ) which, eliminating disparities in social class and wealth, the fate of equilibria. The summit of the composition is a level with his plumb line, a tool that was used by masons to control the leveling in construction. The axis of the lead is death (the skull), under a butterfly (the soul) balanced on a wheel (Fortune). Under the arms of the level, and opposed in perfect balance, are the symbols of poverty on the right (the bag, stick a beggar and cape), and wealth to the left (the scepter, purple and crown). It should be observed in using the wisdom of the artist weave of different colour to provide greater accuracy and characterization of some representations, such as the skull, or the level, where the shades allow you to notice the wooden part of the instrument and the elements of fitting in bronze.
(Source: National Archaeological Museum of Naples)
October 16th, 2013 6:03pm
