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Category Archives: Our Fancies
Our Fancy – “Something Wicked This Way Comes” Audiobook by: Ray Bradbury
Enjoy Bradbury’s 1962 dark fantasy novel for children – and children at heart – in audio format. It may skip a chapter here and there, (a YouTube user seems to have issues with chapters 3, 8, 10 and 12), but what do … Continue reading
Our Fancy: Japanese Puzzle Boxes
Japanese puzzle boxes were designed a century and a half ago – mainly to store workman’s tools. Some are now being crafted by Kenji Nakazato in Hakone, Tokyo at the Izumiya company as extraordinary, decorative novelties. An original Super Cubi … Continue reading
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Tagged box, coins, craftsmanship, Hakone, hidden compartments, Izumiya, Japanese, Kenji Nakazato, MARC WEBER TOBIAS, mutiple, puzzle, steps, Super Cubi 324-step Yosegi Muku, Tokyo, tools
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Our Fancy- Double Or Nothing: Ulf Hannerz
If you’re taking a break from Candy Crush Soda Saga, you’re going to love this! And don’t forget to grab yourself a ‘reading treat’ – Swedish Fish will suffice! Ulf Hannerz was just 14 years old when he appeared on … Continue reading
Our Fancy – Universo Fractal (Fractal Universe)
As the YouTube description states, Fractal Universe V.2 is a movie made entirely from the use and combination of formulas and fractal algorithms. It also gets into destruction and recreation and how that’s just life. Fractals are pretty cool – … Continue reading
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Tagged algorithms, binary, code, Colombia, Fractal Universe, fractals, Guatemala, Lisandro Sabio, math, South America, Universo Fractal
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Our Fancy – The Peanut Butter Solution: List of Ingredients
List of Ingredients: 1 really ripe banana 5 dead flies 1 rotten egg 3 licorice leaves A fistful of kitty litter 3 Connie Crisps 3 Crosbie Crackers 9 spoons of soil, a glass of pepper’s fizz and a spoonful of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cooking Magic, Entertainment, Our Fancies
Tagged a glass of pepper's fizz, a spoonful of peanut butter, abandoned, art, but not too much, child labour, concoction, factory, fire, fist full of kitty litter, five dead flies, ghosts, haunted house, haunted mansion, homeless, kidnapping, magic, movie, nine spoons of soil, one rotten egg, paintbrushes, ripe banana, soccer, The Fright, The Peanut Butter Solution, three Connie Crisps, three Crosbie Crackers, three licorice leaves
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Our Fancy – Time Trap
A short film which brings back great memories of working in the weld shops. Keep on truckin’, boys! Written and Directed by: Michael Shanks – altered by Hystoria
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Tagged animated, animation, CGI, independent, indie, Michael Shanks, short film, Time Trap
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Our Fancy – Red Skelton & Vincent Price in “Freddie’s Masterpiece”
Brought to you by Pet Evaporated Milk. First food for babies, first choice of good cooks! And Pet-Ritz frozen pies! Imagine… apple pie like this every time. Yes. Every time! -altered by Hystoria
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Tagged Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Charlie Chaplin Studios, David Rose Orchestra, Desilu Production, Freddie's Masterpiece, Hollywood, Johnson's Wax, Leonardo di Vinci, Pet Evaporated Milk, Pet-Ritz, pies, Procter & Gamble, Red Skelton, Richard Bernard, The Red Skelton Show, variety show, Vincent Price
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Our Fancy – The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station – 1896
One short film had a particularly lasting impact; yes, it caused fear, terror, even panic. It was the film L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de la Ciotat (Arrival of the Train at La Ciotat Station). Although the cinematographic train … Continue reading
Our Fancy – Aspects of Collective Behavior: Fads, Mass Hysteria, and Riots
What is the difference between collective behavior and group behavior?Learn this and the idea behind the terms: fads, mass hysteria, and riots. – By Jeffrey Walsh -altered by Hystoria
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Tagged anxiety, chaos, cinnamon challenge, collective behavior, crazed, crowd behaviour, deindividuation, delusions, deviance, dynamics, epidemic hysteria, fads, fear, group behavior, groups, influence, irrational, mass psychogenic illness, memberships, negative news, norms, popularity, race, riots, rumours, threat, vandalism, violence
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Our Fancy – Home Sweet Home
Do enjoy this award-winning CGI animated short. “…a house which escapes from its suburban foundations and sets off on an epic journey.” Published on Dec 27, 2014 by Home Sweet Home Team
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Tagged animated short, award-winning, CGI, escape, film, Home Sweet Home, house, journey, suburban, suburbs
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