Bart King's Blog, page 231

September 1, 2011

New Water Balloon World Record!

Pick it up at about 0:25.


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Published on September 01, 2011 18:32

I am often asked...

...how I keep my slang lingo so up-to-date and convincing. The answer? I read! One of my favorite authors is the erudite Fab 5 Freddy, a man who is a font of fresh and fly word flavors.



From here.


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Published on September 01, 2011 14:05

It's over. It's ALL OVER!


From here.
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Published on September 01, 2011 06:59

August 31, 2011

Oh, that Roald Dahl!

The author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory received LOTS of questions about his books. And he came up with some pretty interesting responses. Witness Roald Dahl's letter to a class of kids about his book The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar:



From here.
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Published on August 31, 2011 08:25

August 30, 2011

Atticus Finch, reader

Gregory Peck ("Atticus Finch") and Mary Badham ("Scout") on the set of To Kill a Mockingbird .
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Published on August 30, 2011 16:01

"Dude— gnarly bookshelves, yo."





Taylor Hamilton made bookshelves out of skateboards.



And for that, I applaud him!
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Published on August 30, 2011 13:13

August 29, 2011

"Identifying Bart"



Miles Histand is a friend of mine who took artistic license with a book (Identifying Wood) and transformed it into something amazing and horrible.



Thanks, Miles! (His quote: "Creativity swells when faced with such a big target.")





The original book is below.





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Published on August 29, 2011 13:13

Everybody's a comedian.


From Dexter7.


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Published on August 29, 2011 12:04

Of Sisters and Mooses


Story here!


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Published on August 29, 2011 09:35

August 28, 2011

"I'm going out for a bike ride...and NOTHING can stop me!"



By calcamac.This kid decided that Hurricane Irene was no obstacle to a pleasant pedal through the 'hood. And for that, we salute you, New Jersey bike kid!
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Published on August 28, 2011 14:40