Am I the only one who thought naming a country "Costa Gravas" was hilarious?
I'm a big girl. Just tell me.
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Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Jon B. - Jan 12, 2010 6:58:59 am PST #11808 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 12, 2010 7:01:38 am PST #11809 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Am I the only one who thought naming a country "Costa Gravas" was hilarious?
I completely missed that was the name of the country, but it is hilarious.
sumi - Jan 12, 2010 7:08:16 am PST #11810 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, that was hilarious.
BSG fans: TV Shows on DVD has news about an individual Blu-ray of season 2.
Polter-Cow - Jan 12, 2010 7:22:38 am PST #11811 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Am I the only one who thought naming a country "Costa Gravas" was hilarious?
The grave coast? Or the similarity to the name of Costa Gavras, who I have never heard of?
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2010 7:26:00 am PST #11812 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I read it was Costa Gavras, after the director.
smonster - Jan 12, 2010 8:03:55 am PST #11813 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Weren't we discussing zombie origins in here?
From a letter to the Economist (scroll down) [link]
A grave letter SIR – When I was a medical student one of the most popular lectures was given by an expatriate Haitian professor who explained the pharmacology that created real zombies (“Invasion of the living dead”, December 19th). Unrepentant troublemakers in small Haitian villages were sometimes dealt with by a shaman, who would prepare a powder from the skin of a blowfish mixed with ground glass. This was surreptitiously placed on the doorstep of the home of the victim, whose bare feet rubbed and absorbed the toxin.
The active ingredient of this poison was tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin which can paralyse and reduce breathing and heart rates to undetectable levels while preserving consciousness. The victim fell ill and “died”, to be buried in a wooden coffin. The night of the funeral, the shaman exhumed the “corpse” and took it away to his home. If the victim was fortunate (or maybe not) the toxin wore off, but the shaman then kept him stupefied with “zombie cucumber”, or jimson weed, which contains the hypnotic drug scopolamine. Zombies were used as slaves by the shamans, but occasionally escaped and returned to their villages. Imagine the power this gave to the elite: anyone who crossed their path could not merely be killed, but punished in the afterlife as well.
Dr Philip Early Fresno, California
Jon B. - Jan 12, 2010 8:10:44 am PST #11814 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Or the similarity to the name of Costa Gavras, who I have never heard of?
Oscar winning director! "Z" won for best foreign language film and "Missing" for adapted screenplay. The latter was about an American journalist who disappeared during Pinochet's coup in Chile and his parents' search for him. When Chuck first started, they used to throw in film references fairly frequently. I hope they keep it up!
Morgana - Jan 12, 2010 2:18:11 pm PST #11815 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I was explaining to my mother that it was as if they were saying "The country of Steven Spielberg is holding democratic elections!"
Juliebird - Jan 12, 2010 5:58:13 pm PST #11816 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Jacob's recap of The End of Time Part 1 is making me sniffle over Donna again.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 12, 2010 6:34:35 pm PST #11817 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I burst out sobbing (seriously and uncontrollably) watching my DVRd "Journey's End" tonight over Donna's fate. So. Damn. Unfair!