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Tag: History

Home is where the go-kart is
February 20, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Home is where the go-kart is

Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Founds by Dr. Frances Larson
February 18, 2017November 25, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found by Dr. Frances Larson

Door Candles
February 17, 2017November 8, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive Invention: The Door Candle (a warmer door handle)

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
February 11, 2017January 19, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

Kip in the Bucket saying
February 7, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Kip in the bucket

The Jailer - Terry Gilliam in Monty Python's the Life of Brian
February 5, 2017April 11, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

In Praise of the Jailer from Monty Python’s Life of Brian

In Praise of Shadows by Tanizaki
February 4, 2017December 26, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

In Praise of Shadows by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki

Show your tooth colours - saying
February 3, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Show your tooth colours

Ninja Gaiden - NES
January 22, 2017March 28, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

Ninja Gaiden: Awesome NES Fun… But Bloody Difficult!

Screw-Jack by Hunter S. Thompson
January 21, 2017January 20, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Screw-Jack by Hunter S. Thompson

Spell the Beans
January 20, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Spell the beans

Extinct Boids - Ralph Steadman
January 14, 2017November 16, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Extinct Boids by Ralph Steadman

NMS - Issue #46 July 1996 Edition
January 8, 2017April 4, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

NMS Issue #46: DKC 3 Exclusive, N64 Special, & Super Mario RPG

Iron in the Soul - Jean-Paul Sartre
December 31, 2016May 20, 2018 Mr. Wapojif

Iron in the Soul by Jean-Paul Sartre

Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness - Kenzaburō Ōe
December 10, 2016December 13, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzaburo Ōe

Cat got your dung
December 5, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Cat got your dung?

Jean-Paul Sartre - The Age of Reason
December 4, 2016December 4, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Moonshake Books: Sartre’s the Age of Reason Reviewed!

If This is a Man - Primo Levi
December 3, 2016January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

If This is a Man by Primo Levi

In praise of fog
November 28, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

In Praise of the Fog (Earth’s bad breath)

The BOOMerang
November 24, 2016November 8, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive Invention: The Utterly Bonkers BOOMerang!

Let your hare down
November 21, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Let your hare down

Hipster or Viking beard?
November 18, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive Recipe: Beerd (like beer, but with more beards)

Blood is stupider than water.
November 15, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Blood is stupider than water

Moby- Dick, or the Whale
November 6, 2016February 11, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Moby-Dick or the Whale by Herman Melville

Better the deviled eggs you know
November 4, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Better the deviled eggs you know

Bonbon Fire Night
November 2, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive New Event: Bonbon Fire Night – Now With More Agony!

Jiro Dreams of Sushi
October 27, 2016October 27, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Jiro Dreams of Sushi: 91st Birthday for Sushi’s Pre-Eminent Genius

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
October 22, 2016January 17, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Jean-Paul Sartre - The Reprieve
October 15, 2016January 18, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Reprieve by Jean-Paul Sartre

Alive - The Andes Plane Crash
October 8, 2016January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Alive: The Andes Flight Disaster by Piers Paul Read

Atlas Obscura: An Exploer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
October 1, 2016April 28, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders

Hell hath no fury like a woman's scones
September 20, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scones

Life at the Limit - Sid Watkins
September 18, 2016October 6, 2023 Mr. Wapojif

Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in F1 by Professor Sid Watkins

The Who
September 17, 2016April 20, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

Keith Moon & The Who: Smothers Brothers Show 1967

Stephen Malinowski - Pachelbel Canon in D
September 16, 2016December 30, 2025 Mr. Wapojif

Pachelbel’s Canon in D: A ChromaDepth 3D Detailing

Flatland - A Romand of Many Dimensions
September 3, 2016March 12, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

John Hersey - Hiroshima
August 27, 2016April 3, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea by Steven Callahan
August 20, 2016May 29, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan

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