Monday, March 30, 2009

OOPArt?

No, OOPArt isn't another name for the art project you made by accident. This stands for "Out of Place Artifact," or an object that is discovered somewhere it shouldn't be. Hoaxes? Aliens? You decide.

Ouch ouch ouch!

Sure. A Spanish Tickler or a Strappado sounds very sexy, but actually these are some the most painful devices I could ever imagine. If your imagination tends to the morbid, the perverse, or perhaps just the curious, you might want to check out this one.

Defunct Occupations

What is an Arabber? A Fendersmith? I'll be damned if I know. That's because these jobs, due to technological or sociological advances, have gone out of style. And thanks to our friends at wikipedia we can learn about defunct occupations or old ass jobs