Lyndon Gregorio, the brains behind the strip Beerkada , really knows how to flatter a soul. Check out this piece he made, based on an actual event that happened at the recent Toy Con. Thanks, Lyndon!
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Upon invitation, I went to the taping of the ‘superhero episode’ of GMA 7’s art-for-kids show Art Angel , where I taught the kid level basics of drawing a superhero. I think it will air this Saturday, I’m not sure. I don’t know if I want to watch it, though. There was no make-up person on board, and so I was on-cam with an oily cast across my gloriously wide forehead.
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A major blast was the superlatively well-attended (read: jampacked) 3rd Toys and Hobbies Convention held at the Megatrade Hall. Thanks so much to Azrael for inviting me again. Unfortunately, I can only take so much mental input these days, so I had to leave by 6pm, missing the chance to see the Cosplay competition. Bummer.
Vending machine emits poison gas
Reuters News Service
An exploding vending machine turned the coolant Freon into phosgene, a poisonous gas used as a chemical weapon in World War I, and forced the evacuation of 10 people from a Texas hospital, officials said Thursday.
A food service employee was working on the refrigerated soft drink machine at the Park Place Medical Center in Port Arthur when a small explosion and fire occurred inside it Wednesday morning, Port Arthur Fire Marshal Mark Mulliner said.
"When Freon gas from the cooling system came into contact with the heat from the fire, it changed composition to a phosgene gas," Mulliner said.
Phosgene irritates the lungs, eyes, mouth and nose and, in strong enough concentrations, causes fatal amounts of fluid to build up in the lungs.
I'm so glad I don't have airconditioning at home. Article is taken from the Houston Chronicle .
Mutation Found in 'Muscle Man' Toddler
LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
Somewhere in Germany is a baby Superman, born in Berlin with bulging arm and leg muscles. Not yet 5, he can hold seven-pound weights with arms extended, something many adults cannot do. He has muscles twice the size of other kids his age and half their body fat. DNA testing showed why: The boy has a genetic mutation that boosts muscle growth.
The discovery, reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, represents the first documented human case of such a mutation.
Many scientists believe the find could eventually lead to drugs for treating people with muscular dystrophy and other muscle-destroying conditions. And athletes would almost surely want to get their hands on such a drug and use it like steroids to bulk up.
The boy's mutant DNA segment was found to block production of a protein called myostatin that limits muscle growth. The news comes seven years after ...
I received a call for auditions a few weeks ago to New Voice Company’s November production of Cabaret , the Sam Mendes (American Beauty) version, which is supposed to be a darker and raunchier take of the classic musical. I’m normally averse to musicals, but something in me just wanted to take the chance even if I was sure I wouldn’t make the grade. Anyhoos, last Saturday was full day for me, so I wasn't able to go.
Darn, I miss acting.
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I had a blast watching The Chronicles of Riddick , despite the major “riddick-ulous” holes in logic. This is the kind of movie where moviegoers would do well to just sit back and enjoy the lightshow. Needless to say, I enjoyed watching Vin Diesel do his macho thing. Then there were Thandie Newton, Judi Dench and Linus Roache who added generous servings of sugar to the eye candy.
Speaking of Vin Diesel, I just found out that he used to be an avid plyer of Dungeons and Dragons . One of the recent issues of Dragon Magazi...