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Thea Bobbi Wood, 48 hrs old. My latest step grandchild. I am afraid to touch her head. There are soft places where I can see a pulse underneath. Terrifying. What is she feeling?
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Title: Terrified Refugees fleeing in boats from Mont Pelee
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Publisher#: Underwood & Underwood
Year: 1902
Height: 3.5"
Width: 7"
Media: albumen print
Color: b/w
Country: Martinique
Town: St Pierre
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A joy ride that turned out to be too spectacular and too fast for comfort. Picture clicked at Lavasa.
John Smyser’s Terrifying Toronado exhibition car, which, terrifyingly enough, is best remembered for hurtling the guardrail at Irwindale Raceway and scaring the bejesus out of the fans in that section.
By all accounts, Smyser was a very good Top Fuel racer. With Nando Haase driving, his 392 Chrysler-powered Radar Wheels entry won the 1965 Hot Rod Magazine Championships in Riverside, Calif., and he and Harry Hibler were runner-up to Tony Nancy at the 1970 March Meet.
The Terrifying Toronado had its street roots in Olds’ peculiar attempt at a muscle car. With gobs of horsepower under the hood and chain-driven front-wheel drive for better traction, it should have been a huge winner, right? After all, while the GTOs and Mustangs were melting the hides trying to glue their tires to the road, the Olds would hook up just fine, thank you very much. The car was so highly praised that it won Motor Trend’s prestigious Car of the Year award in 1966. Smyser’s car was a ’66 – the first year in a production that ran through 1992 – and shared the same engine as the production car, a 425-cid V-8 powerplant.
Noted speed merchant Don Ratican (of Ratican-Jackson-Stearns fame) built the two Olds engines that, while they retained the stock displacement, were pretty racy, packed with Mickey Thompson pistons with Grant rings, a Racer Brown camshaft, heads ported and polished by Valley Head Service, and, naturally, a 6-71 supercharger.
The front engine turned the front 10-inch-wide Casler slicks on Halibrand wheels through the conventional Toronado automatic transmission and differential while the rear-seat-mounted second engine used a dual-disc clutch and a Schiefer aluminum flywheel to funnel power via direct drive to a conventional Olds rear end.
While the wheelbase remained at the stock 119 inches, the track was widened 8 1/2 inches in front and 2 1/2 inches in the rear, presumably for stability and tire clearance. The rear engine sat in a subframe that was easily removable for repairs (maybe they knew something ahead of time?). The car tipped the scales at a portly 4,500 pounds.
Despite its pedigree, the car may have been one of the more ill-conceived and certainly most ill-handling race cars ever built. Or maybe it was just too far ahead of its time.
The Terrifying Toronado was unveiled at the 1966 AHRA Winternationals at Irwindale and made its first run the following week at the ‘Dale. On its fateful lone pass, Smyser lost the handle early, with the car first darting left for the centerline, then hooking up hard and plunging back to the right into and over the Armco. As the famous photos show, it didn’t make it much farther than the guardrail and fell comfortably short – easy for me to say because I wasn’t sitting in the stands – of the chain-link fence.
It ran a few other times that year but never performed well enough to merit much attention. The car’s final outing came about a year after its debut, at the 1967 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, where the car again ran afoul of the laws of physics. During Saturday qualifying, Smyser made an exhibition pass but again the car got all terrifying on him and busted through the right-side guardrail at speed at three-quarter-track. Fortunately, there were no grandstands that far downtrack. Regardless, it became clear that the Terrifying Toronado was just too terrifying to continue, and the car was retired.
You might remember a couple months ago we trapped 3 little baby kitties in my backyard. Tiffany (so named cause she was so tiffed off) was the meanest and most terrified kitty ... at first just picking her up literally scared the poop out of her and she'd try to tear you limb from limb as the poop was coming out.
Then I found that letting her "aunt" in with her (Callie Muffin) calmed her down and she became social with me -- but not with anyone else- and only if Callie visited first.
About a month ago I was able to get a quick photo -- but only because I was alone in the house
Now she's sweet with most everyone and making progress daily. She runs to the door of the cage when you walk over and loves to be held -- and loves to play. She's not spayed yet - Kathy doesn't want to push it while she is making such great progress - but I finally see a Forever Home in her future. It wasn't long ago I thought I'd either have to let her run in my house or put her back outside.
“No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.” (Oscar Wilde)
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HALFs, first developed for reaching inaccessible materials became terrifying enemies on the battlefield, its hardened shell and twin mining claws more well suited to tearing down mountains make quick work of any frame that strays into their range, their lack of a ranged weapons is more than compensated by the nimble way it can sprint, kick and even pounce from quite amazing distances to land bodily on foes.
Tales tell of HALFs springing from piles of rubble and destroying entire companies of frames before the echo of the first gunshot has faded
I’m not an avid fan of Timbuk2 bags. I’m just a RABID about it! And NO, I don’t have a horrifying or terrifying story to tell. Just a complaint or two! But first, let’s get on with the background and, on the last part, the complaints.
Background – The Realization
Part I – The Blind Date – Love at First Sight or Fated to Meet?
Last quarter of 2008... I did not know that there was such a bag named Timbuk2. I have an Oakley AP Pack which I use, but found it too large and heavy to lug around every day. I needed an everyday bag, and needed one badly... So, I decided to look around for a replacement and considered a Crumpler messenger bag but found it too flashy to bring. I am a boring person and I don’t want flashy stuff.
After days (or months?) of searching, I stumbled upon a bag store, Bratpack, in the mall. In it were bags of quality and of different brands! A sales staff showed me two Timbuk2 Ballistic Messenger Bags, one with a Navy/Blue/Navy and the other, an Army/Spinach/Army color combination. I said, No, I am not interested in funny-colored bags and that am looking for a plain black bag. She was adamant that I get even the blue one! So to get her off my back, I dared her to show me a Black/Black/Black Combination. And voila! As if fate willed it, there was one Black/Black/Black Small Messenger Bag lying innocently at the bottom of the box! Exactly the one I was looking for!
Guess what happened next! No further questions asked and no hesitations, I paid for the Black Messenger bag up to my last peso. Hey! The bags ain’t cheap, but are - read my lips - FAR MORE WORTH IT! Good thing, my girlfriend was with me and was able to give me some money for my fare that day!
I enjoy using it every day, even for my travels. In the plane, I sling the bag on my shoulder while it lies secured on my lap, and yet still won’t be a nuisance to my seatmate. Furthermore, as my work is with an online game provider, and I have to attend events that require me to have a bag that I could just sling on my back securely since I keep the event prizes in my possession. The bag’s cross strap solved this concern for me!
Part II – The Romance – Love's grown deep
With my established interest with Timbuk2 Bags, I check the T2 site daily with regards to New Additions and Promos - too bad I am in the Philippines and cannot get to your Weekend Sales in the SF Factory, poor me!
One day, I stumbled upon a local Promo and joined the contest. End result, I won a Medium Commute Messenger Ballistic Fabric. I now have 2 bags! My sister and one of my brothers alternately use the Classic Messenger while I ended up using the Commute. Rain or shine, the Commute was faithful to keeping my laptop and other paraphernalia clean and dry!
To add, when my girlfriend needed to change her bag (She used to have an Oakley Pouch). She did not hesitate to get a Metro Messenger for herself.
And now, on to the complaints...
Complaints: No Divorce Necessary - and never will!
1. You make such perfect bags that, my sister and brother are already using one of my bags and I am having such a hard time “borrowing back” my Black Messenger, it’s MY BAG after all!
2. I can’t stop people from staring at my Commute Messenger – it’s as if they’ve just seen the best bag in the whole world!
3. Do you offer Psych Evaluation to people addicted to your bags? How about rehab? If you do, please add me up, here’s my Contact Information:
Kent
Due to everyone using both lanes for both directions on a two lane road we got into a five hour traffic jam. The subsequent drive was evidently terrifying along the mountain roads, but I didn't notice.
Lakshmi-Narasimha, popularly called Ugranarasimha, meaning Narasimha of terrifying countenance, is hewn out of a rock in-situ. According to an inscription found here, it was executed in 1528 A.D. during the rule of Krishnadevaraya. Originally, the icon bore a smaller image of Lakshmi sitting on his lap. This gigantic image, 6.7 meters in height, was mutilated and the figure of Lakshmi was entirely damaged and vandalized in 1565 A.D. Narasimha with an articulately chiseled and well delineated mane and large bulging eyes and broad chest still retains His awesome charm. He is seated on the coils of the snake Adisesha, who rises behind him with seven hoods, which serve as a canopy. The entire image is set within a Makara torana, or arch, with a lion-mask above the hoods of Adisesha.
The whole statue of Narasimha and Lakshmi was cut in a single boulder. While other kingdoms further southwards used Schist, a soft stone as the medium of their constructions, the Sangamas decided to go in for granite as the building material for their temples. The hard granite was available on the site in plenty and was economic. Granite, being hard, was not suitable for the delicate filigree work that could be carved on Schist. What the artists had to sacrifice on the delicacy of the work was compensated by the massiveness of the sculptures. The statue of Ugra Narasimha is a perfect example of what they achieved in volume which they could not in delicacy.
Venue : Ugra Narasimha, Hampi, Karnataka, India.
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The bobbit worm, aka sand striker, is a study in how terrifying nature can be. These creatures can be found primarily in the Atlantic Ocean, but can also be found in the Indo-Pacific. These predators, aka nightmare fuel, lay in wait for passing prey to happen by. Then they attack, with ferocious speed and power. These terrifying creatures are not currently evaluated by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
First the Stats...
Scientific name: Eunice aphroditois
Weight: Up to 16 ounces
Length: Up to 10 feet
Lifespan: Up to 5 years
Now on to the Facts!
1.) These worms can have up to 673 segments!
2.) They use a protein-based mucous coating to line the walls of their burrow. This keeps it from caving in.
3.) Even though these worms have 2 rudimentary eyes, they instead rely upon 5 antennae to detect movement of prey.
4.) Bobbit worms have been around for around 20 million years, basically unchanged.
5.) They can be found in warmer waters at depths of up to 141 feet.
But wait, there's more on the bobbit worm!
6.) The bobbit worm attacks with such force that often times their prey is literally cut in half.
7.) They have a primary pair of mandibles and 4 - 6 pairs of maxillae (jaws or jawbones).
Did you know...?
Their name hails from a myth that the female worm cuts off the male's penis after mating and feeds it to her young. This is false as worms have neither penises nor vaginas, for that matter.
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One of the greatest monsters in science fiction film history is, undoubtedly, the terrifying Id Monster from Forbidden Planet. A perfect example of the "less is more" school of filmmaking, the Id Monster is only seen briefly in the film, an invisible creature only revealed against the crackling discharge from an electrical fence and the explosive force of blaster fire. It is the stuff of nightmares brought to life in startling Eastmancolor on the big screen. Originally intended as a simple "B" picture, Forbidden Planet quickly grew into something much more, with a budget that ballooned to nearly $2 million in the process (part of that money was spent on creating the most expensive film prop ever made to that time, the classic Robby the Robot). One of the most exciting sequences in the film is the attack of the Id Monster, a rampaging beast that exists only to kill. Bringing the creature to life was the task assigned to animator Josh Meador and his team, on loan from Disney Studios. Previously, Meador had worked on such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Bambi. In conceiving the Monster from the Id, Meador came up with a different animation technique, one that bypassed the traditional method of animating on clear sheets of celluloid. In order to create a more textured creature, Meador had each frame drawn in graphite on animator's paper, then each frame was shot using high contrast film. Meador then extracted a negative image of each frame, which was composited over the positive image. The result was a unique creation that, once seen, is not soon forgotten. Here is one of the key frames used in the filming of the movie, a wonderful image of the Id Monster pressing against the electrical fence in all his bestial, slavering glory. The piece, with an image area of approximately 11" X 9". An unknown hand has written "The IDD [sic] from 'Forbidden Planet'" directly below the monster, and below that, the art is signed by Bob Trochim, a Disney Studios animator.
Opening scene
It is late in the 22nd Century. United Planet cruiser C57D a year out from Earth base on the way to Altair for a special mission. Commander J.J Adams (Leslie Neilsen) orders the crew to the deceleration booths as the ship drops from light speed to normal space.
Adams orders pilot Jerry Farman (Jack Kelly) to lay in a course for the fourth planet. The captain then briefs the crew that they are at their destination, and that they are to look for survivors from the Bellerophon expedition 20 years earlier.
As they orbit the planet looking for signs of life, the ship is scanned by a radar facility some 20 square miles in area. Morbius (Walter Pigeon) contacts the ship from the planet asking why the ship is here. Morbius goes on to explain he requires nothing, no rescue is required and he can't guarantee the safety of the ship or its crew.
Adams confirms that Morbius was a member of the original crew, but is puzzled at the cryptic warning Morbius realizes the ship is going to land regardless, and gives the pilot coordinates in a desert region of the planet. The ship lands and security details deploy. Within minutes a high speed dust cloud approaches the ship. Adams realizes it is a vehicle, and as it arrives the driver is discovered to be a robot (Robby). Robby welcomes the crew to Altair 4 and invites members of the crew to Morbious residence.
Adams, Farman and Doc Ostrow (Warren Stevens) arrive at the residence and are greeted by Morbius. They sit down to a meal prepared by Robbys food synthesizer and Morbius shows the visitors Robbys other abilities, including his unwavering obedience. Morbius then gives Robby a blaster with orders to shoot Adams. Robby refuses and goes into a mechanical mind lock, disabling him till the order is changed.
Morbius then shows the men the defense system of the house (A series of steel shutters). When questioned, Morbius admits that the Belleraphon crew is dead, Morbius and his wife being the only original survivors. Morbius's wife has also died, but months after the others and from natural causes. Morbius goes on to explain many of the crew were torn limb from limb by a strange creature or force living on the planet. The Belleraphon herself was destroyed when the final three surviving members tried to take off for Earth.
Adams wonders why this force has remained dormant all these years and never attacked Morbius. As discussions continue, a young woman Altaira (Anne Francis) introduces herself as Morbius daughter. Farman takes an immediate interest in Altaira, and begins to flirt with her . Altaira then shows the men her ability to control wild animals by petting a wild tiger. During this display the ship checks in on the safety of the away party. Adams explains he will need to check in with Earth for further orders and begins preparations for sending a signal. Because of the power needed the ship will be disabled for up to 10 days. Morbius is mortified by this extended period and offers Robby's services in building the communication facility
The next day Robby arrives at ship as the crew unloads the engine to power the transmitter. To lighten the tense moment the commander instructs the crane driver to pick up Cookie (Earl Holliman) and move him out of the way. Quinn interrupts the practical joke to report that the assembly is complete and they can transmit in the morning.
Meanwhile Cookie goes looking for Robby and organizes for the robot to synthesize some bourbon. Robby takes a sample and tells Cookie he can have 60 gallons ready the next morning for him.
Farman continues to court Altair by teaching her how to kiss, and the health benefits of kissing. Adams interrupts the exercise, and is clearly annoyed with a mix of jealous. He then explains to Altair that the clothes she wears are inappropriate around his crew. Altair tries to argue till Adams looses patience and order Altair to leave the area.
That night, Altair, still furious, explains to her father what occurred. Altair takes Adams advice to heart and orders Robby to run up a less revealing dress. Meanwhile back at the ship two security guards think they hear breathing in the darkness but see nothing.
Inside the ship, one of the crew half asleep sees the inner hatch opened and some material moved around. Next morning the Captain holds court on the events of the night before. Quinn advises the captain that most of the missing and damaged equipment can be replaced except for the Clystron monitor. Angry the Capt and Doc go back to Morbius to confront him about what has occurred.
Morbius is unavailable, so the two men settle in to wait. Outside Adams sees Altair swimming and goes to speak to her. Thinking she is naked, Adams becomes flustered and unsettled till he realizes she wants him to see her new dress. Altair asks why Adams wont kiss her like everyone else has. He gives in and plants one on her. Behind them a tiger emerges from the forest and attacks Altair, Adams reacts by shooting it. Altair is badly troubled by the incident, the tiger had been her friend, but she can't understand why acted as if she was an enemy.
Returning to the house, Doc and Adams accidently open Morbius office. They find a series of strange drawings but no sign of Morbius. He appears through a secret door and is outraged at the intrusion. Adams explains the damage done to the ship the previous night and his concern that Morbius was behind the attack.
Morbius admits it is time for explanations. He goes on to tell them about a race of creatures that lived on the planet called the Krell. In the past they had visited Earth, which explains why there are Earth animals on the planet. Morbius believes the Krell civilization collapsed in a single night, right on the verge of their greatest discovery. Today 2000 centuries later, nothing of their cities exists above ground.
Morbius then takes them on a tour of the Krell underground installation. Morbius first shows them a device for projecting their knowledge; he explains how he began to piece together information. Then an education device that projects images formed in the mind. Finally he explains what the Krell were expected to do, and how much lower human intelligence is in comparison.
Doc tries the intelligence tester but is confused when it does not register as high as Morbius. Morbius then explains it can also boost intelligence, and that the captain of the Belleraphon died using it. Morbius himself was badly injured but when he recovered his IQ had doubled.
Adams questions why all the equipment looks brand new. It is explained that all the machines left on the planet are self repairing and Morbius takes them on a tour of the rest of the installation. First they inspect a giant air vent that leads to the core of the planet. There are 400 other such shafts in the area and 9200 thermal reactors spread through the facilities 8000 cubic miles.
Later that night the crew has completed the security arrangements and tests the force field fence. Cookie asks permission to go outside the fence. He meets Robby who gives him the 60 gallons of bourbon. Outside, something hits the fence and shorts it out. The security team checks the breach but finds nothing. A series of foot like depressions begin forming leading to the ship. Something unseen enters the ship. A scream echos through the compound.
Back at the Morbius residence he argues that only he should be allowed to control the flow of Krell technology back to Earth. In the middle of the discussion, Adams is paged and told that the Chief Quinn has been murdered. Adams breaks of his discussions and heads back to the ship.
Later that night Doc finds the footprints and makes a cast. The foot makes no evolutionary sense. It seems to have elements of a four footed and biped creature; also it seems a predator and herbivore. Adams questions Cookie who was with the robot during the test and decides the robot was not responsible.
The next day at the funeral for Chief Morbius again warns him of impending doom facing the ship and crew. Adams considers this a challenge and spends the day fortifying the position around the ship. After testing the weapons and satisfied all that could be done has, the radar station suddenly reports movement in the distance moving slowly towards the ship.
No one sees anything despite the weapons being under radar fire control. The controller confirms a direct hit, but the object is still moving towards the ship. Suddenly something hits the force field fence, and a huge monster appears outlined in the energy flux. The crew open fire, but seem to do little good. A number of men move forward but a quickly killed.
Morbious wakes hearing the screams of Altair. Shes had a dream mimicking the attack that has just occurred. As Morbious is waking the creature in the force field disappears. Doc theories that the creature is made of some sort of energy, renewing itself second by second.
Adams takes Doc in the tractor to visit Morbius intending to evacuate him from the planet. He leaves orders for the ship to be readied for lift off. If he and Doc dont get back, the ship is to leave without them. They also want to try and break into Morbious office and take the brain booster test.
They are met at the door by Robby, who disarms them. Altair appears and countermands the orders given to Robby by her father. Seeing a chance Doc sneaks into the office. Altair argues with Adams about trying to make Morbius return home, she ultimately declares her love for him.
Robby appears carrying the injured Doc. Struggling to speak and heavy pain, Doc explains that the Krell succeeded in their great experiment. However they forgot about the sub conscious monsters they would release. Monsters from the id.
Morbius sees the dead body of Doc, and makes a series of ugly comments. His daughter reminds him that Doc is dead. Morbius lack of care convinces Altair she is better off going with Adams. Morbius tries to talk Adams out of taking Altair.
Adams demands an explanation of the id. Morbius realizes he is the source of the creature killing everyone. The machine the Krell built was able to release his inner beast, the sub conscious monster dwelling deep inside his ancestral mind.
Robby interrupts the debate to report something approaching the house. Morbius triggers the defensive shields of the house, which the creature begins to destroy. Morbius then orders Robby to destroy the creature, however Robby short circuits. Adams explained that it was useless; Robby knew it was Morbius self.
Adams, Altair and Morbius retreat to the Krell lab and sealed themselves in by sealing a special indestructible door. Adams convinces Morbius that he is really the monster, and that Morbius can not actually control his subconscious desires.
The group watch as the creature beings the slow process of burning through the door. Panicked Morbius implores Altair to say it is not so. Suddenly the full realization comes, and he understands that he could endanger or even kill Altair.
As the creature breaks through Morbius rushes forward and denies its existence. Suddenly the creature disappears but Morbius is mortally wounded. With his dying breath he instructs Adams to trigger a self destruct mechanism linked to the reactors of the great machine. The ship and crew have 24 hours to get as far away from the planet as possible
The next day we see the ship deep in space. Robby and Altair are onboard watching as the planet brightens and is destroyed. Adams assures Altair that her fathers memory will shine like a beacon.
This sunset was eerie red.
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dreamscape.
no breath will lend
honestly, this freaked me out. never doing something like this again.