ThinkGeek :: DIY Blood Typing Test Kit
ThinkGeek has the coolest stuff. This one is kind of gross, but kind of neat, which pretty much sums up everything McMichael's is about. It's a home blood type test kit. If you don't know your blood type, maybe you should. I'm not sure why, I've never been asked. But I think it's one of those things that you should probably know if someone does ask. Plus, the kit is only $8.99.
Here's the link: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/8f3d/.
As for me, would I ever share that with all of you? Oh, probably not. Negative. :)
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Neanderthals and Michael Crichton
One of my favorite movies is the 13th Warrior, starring Antonio Banderas and (be still my beating heart) Vladimir Kulich. I would watch the movie for those two alone, but it's a rare movie that I can watch over and over and over again, and not grow tired of the story. It's the combination of real history and fiction, the historical fiction genre, that I love so much.
I'm one of those people that always reads the book before watching the movie, then complains about how inaccurate the movie was (I know, how annoying, right?). But I didn't even know this movie was based on a book at all! Apparently, it was based on Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead. Now, I know I should read the book, but it may be too late! I am really worried it will ruin the movie for me!
In the movie, the story of the "wendol" is never fully developed. They are menacing, true, but who were they? I assumed a tribe of humans that believed they were bears. Had I read the book , I would have known that they were intended to be a surviving band of Neanderthals. And you know, I heart Neanderthals.
The book itself was based on the epic poem, Beowulf, and the true accounts of Ahmad ibn Fadlan. The Beowulf part I figured out while watching the movie, since Vladimir "Heart-Skips-A-Beat" Kulich plays a king called "Buliwyf". So, yeah, obviously Beowulf, duh. But Ibn Fadlan's true stories of his travels in the 10th century are available in an English translation, as Ibn Fadlan's journey to Russia: a tenth-century traveler from Baghad to the Volga River. I feel like I'm following the White Rabbit down a trail of books.
I suppose I have just convinced myself that both Eaters of the Dead and Ibn Fadlan's Journey to Russia, must be added to my wishlist and consumed immediately. But they better not ruin the movie for me!
I'm one of those people that always reads the book before watching the movie, then complains about how inaccurate the movie was (I know, how annoying, right?). But I didn't even know this movie was based on a book at all! Apparently, it was based on Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead. Now, I know I should read the book, but it may be too late! I am really worried it will ruin the movie for me!
In the movie, the story of the "wendol" is never fully developed. They are menacing, true, but who were they? I assumed a tribe of humans that believed they were bears. Had I read the book , I would have known that they were intended to be a surviving band of Neanderthals. And you know, I heart Neanderthals.
The book itself was based on the epic poem, Beowulf, and the true accounts of Ahmad ibn Fadlan. The Beowulf part I figured out while watching the movie, since Vladimir "Heart-Skips-A-Beat" Kulich plays a king called "Buliwyf". So, yeah, obviously Beowulf, duh. But Ibn Fadlan's true stories of his travels in the 10th century are available in an English translation, as Ibn Fadlan's journey to Russia: a tenth-century traveler from Baghad to the Volga River. I feel like I'm following the White Rabbit down a trail of books.
I suppose I have just convinced myself that both Eaters of the Dead and Ibn Fadlan's Journey to Russia, must be added to my wishlist and consumed immediately. But they better not ruin the movie for me!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Facebook Fan Page
I've done it! I've finally started a Facebook Fan Page!
I don't really have a way to interact with most of you, other than the standard "Your order has shipped" automated emails. But I'd like to know what you really think of the skull and fossil replicas. What would you like me to carry? Do you have ideas for new inventory?
On the Fan Page, you can leave reviews, start discussions, post to the wall, add photos of your skulls... anything you'd do on your regular Facebook page.
You can also cut & paste this link into your browser: http://www.facebook.com/pages/McMichaels-Fossil-Replicas/369695098461?ref=nf
See you soon!
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