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Which form of bobsledding is best for spectating?

rinogo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:07:27 -0800

Which form of bobsledding is best for spectating? This weekend, northern Utahns have the opportunity of seeing the world cup of bobsledding/skeleton in Park City for free (http://bobsled.teamusa.org/news/article/28726) . If I only go to one event, which one should it be?

(I think I'd like to see skeleton most, but since that has already passed, what do you think would be most entertaining? Two-man tonight, or four-man tomorrow afternoon?)

Poster Art Filter: Looking for a poster spotted in The Sarah Silverman Program.

toekneebullard — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:40:51 -0800

I'm looking for a poster I saw on an episode of The Sarah Silverman Program. Here's a screen cap: http://i27.tinypic.com/e0o0n5.jpg Can anyone help me find what it is, or who the artist is? Thanks!

Bone shopping?

Panjandrum — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:56:11 -0800

Where to buy a human skeleton? I'd like to buy a full-sized anatomically correct model human skeleton. A fake human skeleton, please, as I find the real ones to be expensive in both pecuniary and ethical terms. The problem is, the models I've been browsing online vary widely in terms of price and quality. I'd like to find one that is detailed and accurate enough to recognized biological landmarks (i.e. a teaching model), but, like everyone else, I don't want to pay a lot for that level of quality. I'd like it to be unlabeled as well. Does anyone have any advice/experience on what medical supply company/model/price range I should be looking at?

Bonus points if you can come up with a good name.

Where can I find this skeleton/DJ T-Shirt?

kuperman — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:38:40 -0800

Where can I find this amazing DJ-themed t-shirt, showing a skeleton with a vinyl heart and tone-arm collarbones, as seen in this YouTube video (which is completely awesome of its own accord)?

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio

Cat Pie Hurts — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:13:14 -0800

What to do with a very, very dead mouse? I have a mouse skeleton in a bucket, and just throwing it out feels wrong, somehow. I want to preserve it, if possible, but I don't even know where to begin. I envision the little skeleton encased in something akin to amber. Is there some resin that I could use to do this? Health issues to be aware of?

Backstory: About 8 months ago, we had a mouse problem in my apartment building. My cat would be a real sport and help me track the little monkeys down. I would do a catch and release in a forested area nearby. During this time, I had a covered bucket under my kitchen sink that I used to use for cat food storage. This week, I opened the bucket and was pretty surprised to see tufts of fur, dead maggots and a perfectly hunched mouse skeleton. Smelling the enticing aroma of cat food, the poor little guy must have squeezed into the top of the bucket, fell in and slowly starved to death. This makes me rather sad, so I'd like to do something to..um..honor the little mousie (and maybe make a neat little creepy thing, too).

Skeleton stripper

twine42 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:53:07 -0800

Help me find an animated short where a human stripper dances for aliens, and ends up stripping off her own skin until she dances as a skeleton... Although similar, it's definitely not this.

The animation had the camera swinging round a circular stage, catching silouettes of the alien watchers. From memory it was to 'the stripper' music.

It was probably shown on UK's Channel Four about ten or so years ago.

ZomBay Critical Mass

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:51:17 -0800

AquaticNecromancyFilter: Combined, the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley employ about 3500 uniformed police officers. Do they outnumber the army that could be raised by dark magic from the floor of the San Francisco Bay? Approximately how many entire sets of human skeletal remains are there in that body of water, considering disasters, shipwrecks, bridge jumpers, tidal movement of sediment, etc.? Yes, I'm sure a reanimated skeleton warrior with a missing digit or patella could probably still serve well in the zombie army, but I'm going for an approximate head count, here, so that the skeletons can mix and match parts to create as many complete horrors from the deep as possible.

Amazing baroque skeletal art... Artist?

symbioid — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:21:22 -0800

I saw this link from some blog. It's some baroque skeletal sculpture and it's amazing. The page's author doesn't seem to know much about it, but damn I would love to have a piece like this. Does anybody here know anything about this or this style? http://self-improvement.readigg.com/description/16213.html In particular, I'm curious about this image:

http://readigg.com/img/sk/13.jpg

Any info is appreciated.

Where can I find free muscle-group and skeleton diagrams online?

stungeye — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:18:48 -0800

Infographilter: Where can I find free muscle-group and skeletal diagrams online? My wife is enrolled in a personal-trainer course and needs to learn the major muscle groups, and the human skeletal structure.

Hi-res diagrams we can print on a inkjet-plotter would be ideal.

Name my homemade PVC skeleton

Wild_Eep — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:59:09 -0800

Clever-naming filter: We need a punny name for a home-made halloween decoration. It's a full size human skeleton made entirely of white PVC tubing, but we can't come up with a funny or clever name for it. It'll be on display at the local zoo for the "trick or treat at the zoo" event.

L'il help?

Interactive virtual skeleton?

robbie01 — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:42:37 -0800

Weird question of the day: is there a preferably free utility (for Mac or PC) or website that allows you to interact with a realistic virtual skeleton and allow you to position it in various poses?