fearman's definitions

necrocam

1. Internet movie made on a shoestring in the Netherlands about a group of three beautifully morbidly obsessed (or perhaps just eternally curious) teenagers who vow that the first of them to die will have the process of his/her decomposition broadcast on the Web from a camera installed in his/her well-lit coffin. Darkly witty, even if its reputation seems to exceed its availability.

2. Any similar setup in real life (or real death, I suppose). Unclear at the time of writing if anyone has actually done this, although there is at least one fake version on the Web. In theory there may or may not be cybernetically accessible environmental controls, more than one camera, et cetera.

I managed to download Necrocam a few years back. Gross, but intriguing.

Pamela says she wants necrocam coverage when she dies. Everyone to their own taste.

by Fearman April 10, 2008

Charlton Heston

The gentleman who appeared in the original Planet of the Apes movie, and recently handed in his firearms.

Ain't nobody shot the ducky like Charlton Heston.

by Fearman April 10, 2008

homeopathic intelligence

The sort of intelligence possessed by narcissists who spend half the time guffing about how mentally developed they are and spend the other half making the same stupid mistakes ... again and again and again. From the so-called Law of Infinitesimals followed in preparing homeopathic doses, which alleges that the more medicine there is in the medicine, the less medicine there is in the medicine, and vice versa.

Sarah told me how stupid all her classmates are, and then went off to shell out for another month of mildew under her cowboy landlord. She has plenty of intelligence, does ol' Sarah, but I'm afraid it's mostly homeopathic intelligence.

by Fearman April 10, 2008

whaling

Industry practised by Japan, Norway, Iceland and Russia, which affords Greenpeace a badly needed opportunity to do something useful.

The Japanese have resumed whaling again. Whether Greenpeace will get off their anti-GM backsides and hop in the dinghies again is another matter.

by Fearman April 11, 2008

make me one with everything

What the mystic said to the pizza chef.

"Make me one with everything", the mystic said to the pizza chef. Need I say more?

by Fearman April 11, 2008

bicycle

Machine with two wheels, two pedals and a light built for a Christmas tree, used for turning calories into scar tissue.

Here's a bicycle with three gears: pedals-clanking, chain-free, chain-snarled-up.

by Fearman April 11, 2008

jenga

Game played using wooden blocks three times as long as they are wide. The blocks are stacked in a square tower with three side by side in each floor, aligned at right angles to those above and below. The players take it in turns to remove one block per turn from the tower. The loser is the one who makes the tower topple.

I love playing jenga. Especially the satisfying crash when it all comes down.

by Fearman April 11, 2008