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The Green Machine

The Green Machine tells the story of Jonathan Morton (Matt Folker) and Cecily Fairyskate (Jen Friedman) and their adventure to save the town of Greenville. While reading the town’s paper, Jonathan and Cecily begin to suspect that a magine, a so-called “magic engine,” is behind a series of mysterious occurrences in Greenville. After journeying to Greenville to investigate, they discover that tragedy has befallen the town in the form of the Rainbow Demon and the Green Machine.

For more information on the cast and crew of The Green Machine download the publicity packet in PDF format.

The Shredder

Recently at my place of employment, our shredder broke, and I had to purchase a new one. My criteria going into the purchase were to find a shredder that did a fine cut and was around $50-60. I ended up buying the Ativa DQ81M*.

Shred IT!

The Ativa DQ81M was in the price range, did 8-sheets a go in a diamond cut and also came with one feature I hadn’t expected. To see the mystery-shredder-feature watch this movie of my use of the shredder.

Did you notice anything odd? It is okay if you didn’t. Behold, I have a second movie for you to watch, of Bob and I shredding in the dark.

What did you see? You saw a light, not from my Mini Mag-Lite, but from on the shredder itself.

Think about that.

I have my own conclusions as to why a shredder would come equipped with a light, but rather than expound on them, I wanted to pose the question to the wider Protozoic forum. So:

  1. Why would a shredder need a light?
  2. Are there any further-reaching, perhaps darker, implications of shredders with lights on them?

Recipe: Blue Crab Stuffed with Squirrel Meat
(A Maryland Eastern Shore Traditional Dish)

There are a lot of great crab recipes on the web and I thought I would add to the mix by providing a recipe for a little known Maryland crab dish. While it goes without saying that Maryland is for crabs, I have a funny feeling that all you Shoreheads out there are going to particularly love this one.

Blue Crab Stuffed with Squirrel Meat

Ingredients:






  • Blue Crab
  • Squirrel
  • Old Bay Seasoning
  • Butter
  • Cream
  • Salt
  • Instructions

    1. Choke* the crab (discard the dead man but keep crab meat see step 6).
    2. Clean, gut and de-bone squirrel (keep the giblets and skin but discard the gizzard – see steps 4 and 6).
    3. Mince squirrel meat and season liberally with Old Bay brand seasoning mix.
    4. Stuff crab shell with squirrel meat and wrap the shell in the squirrel skin.*
    5. Heat oven to 450°C and cook crab stuffed with squirrel meat for 15-20 minutes or until done.
    6. Mince giblets and crab meat. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and 5 teapoons of butter (vegans may substitute extra virgin olive oil or EVOO if desired with no decrease in flavor).
    7. Bring 1/2 cup of water or 1/2 cup of cream to a boil and add giblets-crab mince. Boil for approximately 15-20 minutes until a
      thick creamy sauce clots on the surface. Add ice water as necessary to help the sauce congeal and skim from the surface.
    8. Remove crab from oven. Dispose of squirrel skin. Pour the gibblet-crab sauce you’ve skimmed over crab shell and serve with lager or cola.

    • Choke – Old Eastern Shore dialect for picking a crab.
    • Don’t eat the skin! The skin is only used to cover the crab shell and seal in flavors.

    Note: Dragon helped me transcribe this recipe.

    Interview with Dennis Dragon of the Surf Punks

    Formed in 1976 and borrowing elements from punk and surf rock, the Surf Punks were a completely singular if not unique musical phenomenon. Irrevent, funny and totally original, the Surf Punks would release five albums, Surf Punks (1976), My Beach (1980), Locals Only (1982), Oh No! Not Them Again (1988) and Party Bomb (1989). In the following interview, Dennis Dragon, drummer and founder of the Surf Punks, talks about the band.

    Dennis Dragon 1985

    Dennis Dragon 1985 – Click on image for a bigger version.

    For more information on Dennis Dragon’s current work, visit his website by clicking here.

    Interview follows.

    With all the information out there on the internet, surprisingly there isn’t a whole lot about the Surf Punks. Additionally, your albums are quite hard to come by. “Surf Punks” on Day-Glo is next to impossible to find, and compact discs of “My Beach” go for 90+ dollars on Amazon used vendors. Do you think any Surf Punks albums
    will see rereleases?

    Since Epic Records owns the rights to the “My Beach” album, the ball is in their court. I personally have a few unopened copies of our original Day-Glo record and would consider selling some if the price is right. I have recently re-acquired the rights to “Locals Only” and will probably re-release that one at some point.

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    Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon – Nude Shot of Diana???

    In the 9th episode of the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, “Quest of the Skeleton Warrior”, the kids have to retrieve the Circle of Power to save Dekion, an enslaved Celestial Knight. On the way the party has to face their greatest fears. Hank’s is that he’ll be a bad leader, Sheila’s that she’ll be alone, Presto’s that he’ll be without his glasses, Eric’s that he’ll be the laughing stock, Bobby’s that he’ll be treated like a baby and Diana’s – well, Diana’s is that when she grows old her tit will flop out.

    Sure, the actual nipple isn’t colored in, but it is clearly there for all to see. And to think, with all the hubbub created by the National Coalition on Television Violence around the “The Dragon’s Graveyard” episode, Diana’s droopy dug went right out her animal-skin top and under parental radar.

    So, big shout out to the horn-dog animators behind the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, because now along with “puffy pussies”, “presto pizzazz” and “really free mp3s”, “Dungeon and Dragons’ cartoon nude pictures” will be among the top search terms for our site.

    Thank goodness most of our potential new readership won’t be surfing in and looking at any of the content we actually spend time on or want people to see.

    Nude blooper pics of Diana follow. Click individual pictures for a bigger wilted boob.

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    Interview with Takaharu Saito, Filmmaker

    Takaharu Saito is a filmmaker residing in Sendai, Japan. His works include A Memory (2001), Portrait of a Day (2003) and ONE/S (2004). In the following interview, he talks about his latest film, Pre/sense (2006).


    From Pre/sense

    Mr. Saito has been kind enough to allow us to host his movie. Please take the opportunity to download and watch the movie by clicking here.

    If you have trouble watching the film, please download Quicktime 7.

    Interview follows.

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