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East of Constantinople, West of Shanghai


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Nazis. I hate these guys

nazis-i-hate-these-guys1Today’s video comes complete with a rant.
A very short rant.

I hate those individuals that proudly proclaim their being “Grammar Nazis”.
First – and it’s a purely ideological thing – I find anything, but anything, coupled with “Nazi” and then displayed proudly to be highly offensive.
Secondly, I find these characters’ obsession with grammar, synthax and phrase morphology (whatever that is) a poor excuse for the fact that they are as creative as gnats, but more self-centerd.
And it’s interesting to discover (see link down below) that the term originally referred to those that make mistakes, not those that correct them!

But enough of this.
Here’s a very fun, and highly intelligent video, featuring Stephen Fry‘s voice and opinions (which I undersign fully).

Enjoy!


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In the Jazz Age…

A great montage of sequences shot in China and the Far East in the 1920s, set to some suggestive and atmospheric jazz music.
A treat from the YouTube collection of marvels by Aaron1912.

Enjoy!


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On my (old) radio – A Pail of Air

It’s nice listening to old time radio on a sunday.

So here’s another masterpiece – Fritz Leiber’s A Pail of Air, from X Minus One, a series that often adapted and broadcast stories from Horace Gold‘s mag, Galaxy.

The show was recorded in 1956.
Enjoy!


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On my (old) radio – A Gun for Dinosaur

Sunday!
Time to relax and listen to the radio.

Here’s a little masterpiece – the X Minus One adaptation of Lyon Sprague de Camp’s classic A Gun for Dinosaur.
The show was recorded in 1956.
Time travel and big game hunting – now those are manly pursuits!

Enjoy!