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[Hippoman]

SUDDENLY RAILS!

This is a month or so old, but my friend (pictured in the background) introduced me to an awesome used bookstore on the University of Michigan's campus. The shelves are close-packed and mazelike... walking through it was like wandering into a literary labyrinth, full of cloth and leather-bound books, many of which were more than 100 years old. It was amazing.

I snagged some heavily illustrated books on North American Mammals, Mesoamerican and Asian History, and the first few anthologies of Foxfire Magazine (an old periodical that detailed archaic methods of farming, metal smelting, brewing, crafts, and folklore).



I also stopped by the U of M Art museam, and found a rather cool contemporary assemblage sculpture:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This was done by a Cambodian sculptor, and depicts a Khmer Aspara Dancer, made using the pieces of hundreds of detonated assault rifles. Many traditional Apsara Dancers has been killed in an act of "cultural clensing" by the Khmer Rouge, and the statue was done to honor them, as well as to make a statement about the importance of continued disarmament efforts; she's also standing on a pile of shattered guns, and is breaking the one in her hands in two.

I just read that.
By U of M do you mean University of Minnesota?

[Urist McMalaclypse]

By U of M do you mean University of Minnesota?

... on the University of Michigan's campus.

[Solifuge]

Ding Ding! We have a winner.

[winner]

Speaking of the foxfire magazine, I have and old book titled "the foxfire book" which I presume is by the same people since it dates from the seventies and has the same subject matter.

[ToonyMan]

Picture Updates

Spoiler: my hair looks like an afro for some reason (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: mustache progress, looking pretty good (ignore dem lips) (click to show/hide)

I'm starting to grow in sideburns so let's see if I can make a beard out of that by next year.

[JoshuaFH]

That first picture looks scary. Like, out of a horror movie scary.

[ToonyMan]

That first picture looks scary. Like, out of a horror movie scary.

I don't think I'm in a horror film.

[JoshuaFH]

That first picture looks scary. Like, out of a horror movie scary.

I don't think I'm in a horror film.

The glowing eyes don't help your argument.

[mendonca]

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

If you need a new hobby ....

[ToonyMan]

That first picture looks scary. Like, out of a horror movie scary.

I don't think I'm in a horror film.

The glowing eyes don't help your argument.

Oh, I never realized that.  Looks like the monitor screen perfectly fit into my pupils.

I should take pictures of this sick new house my Dad has, it's cool.

[Huesoo]

You are incredibly sexy.

[MaximumZero]

Warning: Topless photo

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I miss my long hair, but most other people don't.

[Dakk]

Holy shit its a bear

I feel thy pain sir, I miss my long hair myself. I had to settle for shoulder-lenght max when I got on lawschool, just as to not give off any hippie vibes to my teachers. Now that they know I'm more competent then 80% of all their students I think I can start to let it grow back.

Also, Toonyman looks exactly the opposite of how I pictured him. I aways thought he was black, for some reason I just did.

[MaximumZero]

I would make for the smallest bear ever. Possibly one of the fuzziest, though.

[SethCreiyd]

I admire the patience necessary for long hair.  I made a couple half-hearted attempts but gave up when my hair reached the afro stage.

Spoiler: SethCreiyd (click to show/hide)

That was me a few years ago.  My hair is brown and I have a beard now.