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If you love zombies and running (I’m looking at you, Stacy Conradt), you’ll love this: marathon through the woods while being actively chased by volunteer zombies. If that’s your thing (and I think for a lot of you it might be), then you need to be in Baltimore this October.
This Baltimore event is called Run For Your Lives, which sounds about right. Runners will wear flags (which represent life) while jumping and leaping over obstacles throughout a 5K course (unless you get lost, that is) while zombies chase them down and try to rip off their “life.” If you cross the finish line without any remaining flags, you’re dead (and ineligible for the prizes at the end of the race). Don’t want to run? Don’t worry! You can sign up just to partake in the fun afterparty and live music fiesta after the race!
This event is in Baltimore on October 22. You can get more info and sign up on the Run for Your Lives website and watch the promo video on YouTube. I think multiple cities should organize their own zombie 5K events so we can have that long-awaited zombie apocalypse.
Edgar Allan Poe died 160 years ago, but did not have a proper funeral, especially for such a respected author.
Poe’s cousin, Neilson Poe, never announced his death publicly. Fewer than 10 people attended the hasty funeral for one of the 19th century’s greatest writers. And the injustices piled on. Poe’s tombstone was destroyed before it could be installed, when a train derailed and crashed into a stonecutter’s yard. Rufus Griswold, a Poe enemy, published a libelous obituary that damaged Poe’s reputation for decades.
But on Sunday, Poe’s funeral will get an elaborate do-over, with two services expected to draw about 350 people each _ the most a former church next to his grave can hold. Actors portraying Poe’s contemporaries and other long-dead writers and artists will pay their respects, reading eulogies adapted from their writings about Poe.
Instead of digging up and reburying Poe, a mockup was constructed and will lie instate for visitation and a wake before the funeral this weekend in Baltimore. Link -via Digg
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Amazing one-man Looping Song by an Indie Musician
The description of this video says he made it all in one take- and it really makes a great song in the end. Give it a minute for the looping to kick in. |
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The Big Bang explained in Two Minutes
Here’s a really nice concise explanation on how the big bang worked – has nice accompanying CGI that helps in the explanation. |
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The Sophisticated Hunting Methods of Wild Owls
Amazing, specialized hunting machines – that poor lemming never had a chance. |
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Pit Bull Viciously Attacks News Anchor With Love and Slobber
News anchor Randene Neill is repeatedly and savagely licked, almost to death, by a pit bull named Ginger. So much for the pit bull’s nasty reputation. |
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Monkeys in a swimming pool
They’re actually great little swimmers, and they stay underwater too. |
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