{"id":11485,"date":"2011-08-12T07:35:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T11:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=11485"},"modified":"2011-08-10T10:17:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T14:17:26","slug":"the-link-dump-who-came-in-from-the-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=11485","title":{"rendered":"The Link Dump Who Came in From the Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/disalmanac\">Disalmanac<\/a> &#8211; Twitter feed and accompanying <a href=\"http:\/\/disalmanac.wordpress.com\/\">blog<\/a> with amusing &#8220;on this date&#8221; information, such as, &#8220;Today in 1788, New Hampshire became a state. You don&#8217;t want to know what happened to the Old Hampshire. Trust us. It&#8217;s pretty gruesome.&#8221; <i>(Hat tip to Empress Pam)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalgraffiti.com\/news-10-creepiest-abandoned-prisons-earth\">12 Creepiest Abandoned Prisons on Earth<\/a> &#8211; Lots of haunting photos.  Urban explorers are made of sterner stuff than I will ever be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2011\/07\/14\/adorable-naked-mole.html\">Adorable Naked Mole Rat Snacking on Fruit<\/a> &#8211; It is too adorable.  Shut up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sadetsyboyfriends.tumblr.com\/\">Sad Etsy Boyfriends<\/a> &#8211; Tumblr site documenting the plight of boyfriends being made to model Etsy merchandise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.life.com\/gallery\/62471\/inside-haitian-vodou#index\/0\">Inside Haitian Vodou<\/a> &#8211; Interesting photogallery at Life.  (Some graphic animal-sacrifice photos.)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Life-White-Trash-Zombie\/dp\/0756406757\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1310135054&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;sr=8-1\">My Life as a White Trash Zombie<\/a> &#8211; Novel (the first in a series) about a zombie who works in a morgue.  The author discusses her &#8220;big idea&#8221; at <a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2011\/07\/08\/the-big-idea-diana-rowland-2\/\">Whatever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/culturenews\/8667987\/Rare-spider-silk-textile-to-come-to-VandA.html\">Spider Silk Textile<\/a> &#8211; Article about an insanely time-consuming fabric made of spider silk. <i>(Hat tip to pdq)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/infographic-jason-voorhees-body-count-friday-13th-movies\/\">Jason Voorhees Body Count<\/a> &#8211; Infographic of everyone Jason has killed in the <i>Friday the 13th<\/i> series.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1440215693\/ref=as_li_tf_til?tag=shadmano-20&#038;camp=14573&#038;creative=327641&#038;linkCode=as1&#038;creativeASIN=1440215693&#038;adid=1W1PQGSP95EYYR7WHZQR&#038;\">Creepy-Ass Dolls<\/a> &#8211; As this book&#8217;s description puts it, &#8220;There&#8217;s a reason they were kept in the toybox.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geeks.thedailywh.at\/2011\/08\/05\/ringbearer-of-the-day\/\">Ringbearer of the Day<\/a> &#8211; A <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_Weddings\">Four Weddings<\/a> contestant had &#8220;Gollum&#8221; as their ringbearer.  This is equal parts hilarious and disturbing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disalmanac &#8211; Twitter feed and accompanying blog with amusing &#8220;on this date&#8221; information, such as, &#8220;Today in 1788, New Hampshire became a state. You don&#8217;t want to know what happened to the Old Hampshire. Trust us. It&#8217;s pretty gruesome.&#8221; (Hat tip to Empress Pam) 12 Creepiest Abandoned Prisons on Earth &#8211; Lots of haunting photos. 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