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Stephen King’s Lawnmower Man and Lawnmower Man 2 by Wikipedia

Posted 09 September 2008 | By | Categories: Media, Watt Wilby Wilby, Wikipedia | Comments Off on Stephen King’s Lawnmower Man and Lawnmower Man 2 by Wikipedia

The Lawnmower Man (film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Lawnmower Man Starring Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan Release date(s) Flag of the United States March 6, 1992 Budget $10,000,000 (estimated) Gross revenue $32,101,000 (USA) The Lawnmower Man is a 1992 film which uses elements from the writings of Stephen King, […]

OK TO GO by Claire Evans

Posted 03 September 2008 | By | Categories: Claire Evans, Media, Universe, Video, Watt Wilby Wilby | No Comments

OK TO GO from universe on Vimeo. Chain of Hyper Space scenes from films. Collaboration with Mike Merrill. Part of the thing which is so appealing about Hyper Space scenes in films is the idea that something fantastic and unknown lies at the end of them. In fact, here are the primary uses of Warp […]

Tree Table Fable by Zac Shaw

Posted 03 September 2008 | By | Categories: Furniture, Media, Zac Shaw | No Comments

I’ve always thought that furniture was great. Now, I know it is. Zac Shaw is making some kick ass furniture at the Rhode Island School of Design because he wannas: “I’ve attached pictures of one of the tables I made this summer so that you have an idea of what I’ve been up to. I’ll […]

Blog 12: Be True to Your Blog (The story of how mike got glared at by Brian Wilson)

Posted 03 September 2008 | By | Categories: Blog, Reality™ Products, Text | 2 Comments

So, I was just blogging the blog-o-sphere yesterday when, all of a sudden, insane celebrity Brian Wilson went to Amoeba records for one of his scheduled “social interactions”.  My friend Ben F. Nyberg sent me a text message saying “hey! mike! you’re great. brian wilson’s at amoeba. *some text missing*”.  So, wouldn’t you know, *some […]

Blog 11: Dog Blog

Posted 19 August 2008 | By | Categories: Blog, Reality™ Products, Text | No Comments

I thought about becoming a teacher for awhile. I even tutored! And there’s one thing I learned from teaching kids and it’s that they are always asking for help writing essays. I decided that I wanted to help kids write essays. There’s three basic essay forms: explorative, debatatory, and predatory. So I thought I’d tackle […]

Blog #10: A Nostradamus-like Blogdiction of the Future™!

Posted 01 August 2008 | By | Categories: Blog, Reality™ Products, Text | No Comments

Obama could be another simulacra humanoid robot sent to continue this country’s government’s ongoing hate crime against humanity, but as a young, charismatic, hopeful, African-American politician he has also become a symbol for change to those who believe in him, as well as the lead singer for Barack-O-Rama and the Obamas. That’s right, Clapton & […]

The story of Madeline

Posted 29 July 2008 | By | Categories: Media, Stories by mike!, Watt Wilby Wilby | 1 Comment

Madeline wore a smile on her… papery face. She stood calmly, legs firmly planted in place. “Where do the people go when they’re not around? Do they go on adventures or just out of town?” She thought about this, among other things, While at the dentist, for instance, Replacing her fillings. There was no simple […]

The Grid, a blogicle by Claire Evans

Posted 22 July 2008 | By | Categories: Claire Evans, Media, Watt Wilby Wilby | 1 Comment

From Claire’s blog Universe: The Large Hadron Collider is finally turning on. A quick step backwards: the LHC is a particle accelerator, the largest of its kind, underwritten by all the wild money in science, a ringed tunnel some 27 kilometers long, deep underground, crossing the French-Swiss border at four points. It’s been over twenty […]

Blog #9: The Man Who Sold the Blog

Posted 22 July 2008 | By | Categories: Blog, Reality™ Products, Text | No Comments

I haven’t blogged since I heard that China was allowed to sell ivory. I’ve been trying to kill elephants to sell ivory for years, but everyone keeps telling me how illegal and dangerous it is for me and all of the people in the poaching business. Also, I just recently learned that it’s illegal in […]

Veggies by JM

Posted 12 July 2008 | By | Categories: JM, Media, Watt Wilby Wilby | 1 Comment

I’m in this chair, afraid to move. Someone says we should walk around the cemetery, and although “outside” is an attractive concept, I’m more concerned with the vortex of quicksand in front of me. Transfixed by my toe tornado, I peer in to get a closer look, but don’t see anything. I feel like I’ve […]