Very Polish Posters Straight From Poland

This is a Polish poster site. I have not seen all posters, but have seen many of them, and so far, I've been impressed with most of them. My favorite thing about the site, was how they designed the American movies posters. It's so amazing, some of these designs threw me off, I would have never guessed what movies they were supposed to be if not for the translation for the name of the movie. Their design style is nothing like the original American style movie poster. I barely even recognize Charlie Brown. It's very foreign like. Some of them are actually creepy, it made me wonder if the artists actually saw the movie before designing the posters, because some of the designs seem way off track.

There is an English translation for the posters. So basically, there poster covers fir movies, theaters, music, circus and other posters.

You can also browse through artist names. This site also sells books. I recommend you check the site map as well.

You can probably guess what most of the posters above are. The one with the elephant is for a circus poster and the lady on the low right is a Madam Butterfly opera poster.

As for Tootsie, I prefer the American style ;-)

Polish Poster Gallery
http://www.poster.com.pl/

YouTube- William Shatner Sings

Well, here is Leonard Nimoy's buddy who also enjoys having a songs of his own songs.

Check him out in the Mike Douglas show in 1969. This is part 1 of 2. In part 2 he sings part of " Transformed Man"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5lTlkWPsqo

Mike Douglas Show Part 2



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mj5qKOP2tc

YouTube - Leonard Nimoy sings!

I knew that Leonard Nimoy had a music record, but I never have seen a video of him (besides an episode of Star Trek) actually singing. What a haircut!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQtyJZhV2lQ

Do You Know "GI" Joe's Name?

I remember, Joe was very popular in mid 70's when I was a kid. According to what I've read, it's the most popular doll for boys ever. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that this doll first appeared in 1964. I always thought it was first produced in early 1970's..

Also I finally learned what exactly is in the name. Originally, people thought it stood for "Government issue". But it was not Hasbro's name for it. His real name is "Galvanized Iron." Some people still think it stands for Government Issue though. As for how the name came to be, was due to the movie "The Story of G.I Joe" (1945). I've heard of this movie (but never seen it), and have wondered in the past if there is any relation to the doll and the movie. Now I know the answer!

GI Joe
http://gijoelocator.com/

A Soviet Motor A Day

I mostly can tell the differences between western and eastern cars. But motorcycles is another story for me. I am totally clueless. Some the cycles do look nice. This site is about Soviet cars and motorcycles. Some of the cycles do looks a bit different from the western cycles. The site is both in English and Italian.

http://www.autosoviet.altervista.org/index3.htm

YouTube - The Most Strange And The Most Nice Police Cars

Wow, these are some awesome police cars!!! Too bad the U.S police want only American. least that what I read long time ago. The foreign ones that they do have, are confiscated cars. Anyhow, that's what I read.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEhwslYepG0

Guess My Nickname?

Origin for nicknames. Have you ever wonder why Peggy is a nickname for Margaret and Bill for William? There is an explanation on how the nicknames started. I have seen a more detailed site with more deep explanation, unfortunately I cannot find that site. I still hope to find that site. There was a really good information. But Wikipedia has part of the explanation that I was looking for under "Nicknames for People" The most unusual nickname that I find amusing is "Dick".... Even famous actors use it. The first two links below explain the origin of the nickname.

Onpedia
http://www.onpedia.com/encyclopedia/nickname

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickname

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Here are a few out of many lists around the web.

The White House Presidential Nicknames!
http://whitehouse.georgewbush.org/kids/nicknames.asp

US List Of Presidential Nicknames
http://knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/List_of_U.S._Presidential_Nicknames

List of Baseball Nicknames
http://wapedia.mobi/en/List_of_baseball_nicknames

List of U.S. State Nicknames
http://www.bambooweb.com/articles/l/i/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames.html

Slang, Jargon, and Nicknames for Crystal Meth / Methamphetamine
http://www.kci.org/meth_info/slang_names.htm

Soccerfile
http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/nicknames2.html

Criminal Nicknames
http://www.factacular.com/subjects/Criminal_Nicknames

NFL Names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_nicknames

Football Mascots
http://www.footballbabble.com/football/nfl/mascots

"As Seen On TV" - True Or False?

You know those annoying "As Seen On TV" commercials? Do you sometimes wonder if the product is the "real thing", or just one of those non-sense? Sometimes I see a product that says "not sold at stores", and I do see it at the store.

Anyway, for those who are curious about certain products, here are the results that of the reviews. I am not familiar with the site, but i hope the reviews are accurate.

As Seen On TV Reviews
http://www.as-seen-on-tv-reviews.net/

No Post Today Bec..

HELLO,


I prepared a post for today, but I'm having major problems with the script. I spent about 3 hours trying to fix it.. It's 2:44 AM now and I'm too tired to look for something else to post... Hopefully, I'll be able to fix it later on


Im hitting the ZZZ land now.


Note: This post got switched with the post below. the (list) post below should have been above this post, but I don't know how to fix it so far. I had just finished the "nickname list" post.

What Is Your Nickname?

Origin for nicknames. Have you ever wonder why Peggy is a nickname for Margaret and Bill for William? There is an explanation on how the nickname started. I have seen a more detailed site with a deeper explanation, unfortunately I cannot find that site. I still hope to find that site. There was a really good information. But Wikipedia has part of the explanation that I was looking for under "Nicknames for People". The first two links have explanations. The rest are some links that I picked up from the web. Pardon me if there are grammatical mistakes. It's after 2AM and my brain isn't exactly where it should be.

A day after, with the help of a friend, I was able to finally fix this post that I had intended to post yesterday. Yeah! This should be today's post, but it got switched with the post in which I said that I have problems with this post...So these two posts have been switched (I don't know how to fix that, but it's no biggie).
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Here are a few out of many lists.

The White House Presidential Nicknames! (funny)
http://whitehouse.georgewbush.org/kids/nicknames.asp

US List Of Presidential Nicknames
http://knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/List_of_U.S._Presidential_Nicknames

List of baseball nicknames
http://wapedia.mobi/en/List_of_baseball_nicknames

List of U.S. state nicknames
http://www.bambooweb.com/articles/l/i/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames.html

Soccerfile
http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/nicknames2.html

Criminal Nicknames
http://www.factacular.com/subjects/Criminal_Nicknames

List of NFL nicknames
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Nicknames

Football Mascots
http://www.footballbabble.com/football/nfl/mascots

Crystal Meth / Methamphetamine
http://www.kci.org/meth_info/slang_names.htm

2005 Award for “Best Celebrity Nickname”
http://www.pr.com/press-release/1923