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Doctor Octopus (person) by disarmed42 - Everything2.com
Doctor Octopus (person) See all of Doctor Octopus, no other writeups in this node. There have been two Doctors Octopus in the Marvel Comics universe. The better known of the two, Dr. Otto Octavius, first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #3, written by Stan Lee with art by Steve Ditko.Dr. Otto Octavius was a brilliant nuclear physicist who had invented a four-armed device that he used to manipulate radioactive elements. The arms telescoped to varying lengths and were incredibly stron...
Go deep inside a Masonic temple with The Armed for a fascinating concert film
It’s a truism that most musicians, when agreeing to be filmed in live performance, hope for nothing more than to capture the electric you-are-there frisson generated from a concert. Yet anyone who’s listened to a recording or seen footage of a show they attended knows that’s an impossible ask—and the best concert films generally try to use the cinematic medium to their advantage, creating something different from but as vital as the difficult-to-replicate sensation of watching a great artist ...
Hit the Road
New York Film Festival 2021 I Am the Cosmos By Demi Kampakis NYFF 2021: Hit the Road Dir. Panah Panahi, Iran, Kino Lorber A family of four embarks on a road trip. In the car are Mom and Dad and their two sons: one very rambunctious six-year-old and the youngster’s big brother, a bespectacled and noticeably pensive young man. Mom seems occupied with pressing thoughts while Dad, a scruffy and heavy-lidded bear with curmudgeonly charm, snoozes in the back. Riding in the trunk is Je...
Henry Every
Henry Every (b. 1653), also known as Henry Avery, Benjamin Bridgeman, ‘Long Ben’ and (incorrectly) John Avery, was one of the most savage and successful pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy. Capturing a treasure ship of the Mughal emperor in 1695 with a cargo worth over $95 million today, he promptly disappeared and was never seen again. Thanks to his jackpot capture of the Ganij-i-Sawai, Every gained the nickname ‘Arch Pirate’. It has long been said that Every’s huge success inspired ma...
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Superhost
The vacation rental industry is just weird. We go into homes owned by other people with security cameras through which they can watch us and act like it’s no big deal. This inherently discomfiting situation was unpacked well in Dave Franco's ambitious "The Rental" last year and it returns as the center of Brandon Christensen’s effective "Superhost," a story of two vloggers who stumble into the wrong rental. It’s slight even in its short run time, but it’s anchored by an impressively unhinged ...
Amanita Muscaria, the Real Life Mushroom We Know From Disney Movies
In the deep dark forest sits a talking frog. It’s waiting to play a role in a very old story: the tale of a princess who will lose her golden ball and will beg the frog to help her retrieve it. But right now, the frog is biding its time, enjoying the damp and the murk. It sits, its enormous eyes alert, its green skin glistening, on a really recognizable mushroom. As soon as I describe it, you’ll recognize it from illustrated fairy tales the world over. It has a bright red cap, circular, wi...
Valkyrie
A Valkyrie is a figure in Norse mythology depicted as a warrior woman on horseback, a wolf or boar, and armed with a spear, who decides the fate of warriors in battle and carries the dead to Odin’s Valhalla. Valkyrie means "chooser of the slain", and those chosen will fight beside Odin at Ragnarök. Valhalla is Odin’s Hall of Heroes where the spirits of fallen warriors battle each other all day, return to life and health at evening, and spend the night drinking. It was one of f...
Asgard in Orkney - Petroglyphs, Ancient Races And A US Connection
Within the rolling green hills of Scotland lie thousands of ancient stones covered with mysterious glyphs. And, somehow, a near identical stone can be found hidden in the great Appalachians of North Carolina in the United States, near a mountain summit. How can it be that the same symbols appear in both Prehistoric Scotland and North Carolina ? These symbols whisper a cryptic message to us from a forgotten time. Scholars and amateurs alike can only stare in wonder, scratching their hea...
The White Lotus Eaters
Like many, I’ve been completely sucked into Mike White’s dark satire, The White Lotus on HBO. In the penultimate episode of the first season, "The Lotus-Eaters," the hotel manager of the Hawaiian resort, Armond, recites four lines of part of Tennyson’s poem, "The Lotos-eaters." Here is the part in full: Hateful is the dark-blue sky, Vaulted o’er the dark-blue sea. Death is the end of life; ah, why Should life all labour be? Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little whi...
How Cats Became Divine Symbols in Ancient Egypt | HISTORY
Aug 17, 2021 How Cats Became Divine Symbols in Ancient Egypt Felines served a useful purpose in ancient Egyptian households and were eventually associated with deities. By Elizabeth Yuko ...
SAINT-JOHN'S-BREAD - JewishEncyclopedia.com
SAINT-JOHN'S-BREAD: Fruit of the carobtree. It is not mentioned in the Masoretic text of the Old Testament, though Cheyne assumes that in three passages (II Kings vi. 25, xviii. 27 = Isa. xxxvi. 12; Isa. i. 20) ("carob-fruit") should be read instead of ("Expositor," July, 1899). In the New Testament St.-John's-bread is called swine's food (Luke xv. 16); and it is mentioned as such in the Mishnah. The law regarding the edge of the field that may not be harvested applied to the caro...
Coins, the Overlooked Keys to History | The New Yorker
Clip source: Coins%2C%20the%20Overlooked%20Keys%20to%20History%20%7C%20The%20New%20Yorker Skip to main content Under ReviewCoins, the Overlooked Keys to HistoryA delightful new book argues that numismatics—the study of coins—is the "beautiful science of civilizations." By Casey Cep July 28, 2021https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?&display=popup&caption=Coins%2C%20the%20Overlooked%20Keys%20to%20History&app_id=1147169538698836&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fbooks%2Funder-review%2Fc...
Walrus Symbolism, Dreams, and Messages | Spirit Animal Totems
Skip to content Spirit Animal Totems and the messages they bring you Home | Water Animals | Walrus Walrus Leave a Comment / Water Animals ...
Excerpts from Color and Meaning - John Gage
Now, focusing on this passage, some interesting ideas come up for me. -zas There’s the Titan Moon of Jupiter Titian Shade (Titian was a Painter - a copy of the article linked there is also retained in Evernote as well, here. ) -zas
L names - Lore as a name - vs lore as tale
and Llewelyn the Lion ! Is there an onomastics reading of Llewelyn in No Country For Old Men ?Consider the pun of Wales (Welsh) as whales (animal) -zas Jun 2021
Edward's Syndrome - Everything2.com
Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Edward's Syndrome (thing) by BioTech Fri Nov 02 2001 at 16:00:15 Edward's Syndrome (also known as trisomy 18 or trisomy E) is a congenital disorder caused by a baby having an extra copy of chromosome 18 (in other words, the baby has three copies instead of the normal two). Characteristics of the disorder include widespread defects in internal organs throughout the body and malformed physical features of the face and skeletal s...
Tawny as 2001:A
toowanay Tatoowen tawny as yellow tawny as brown tawny as port - door, portal, monolith? taw·ny /ˈtônē/Learn to pronounce adjectiveof an orange-brown or yellowish-brown color. "tawny eyes" nounan orange-brown or yellowish-brown color. "pine needles turning from tawny to amber"Definitions from Oxford Languages Feedback