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True Stories Told Live. Fray Day is happening this weekend, worldwide. Quite possibly at a location near you. The one for L.A. is happening tonight & you may just find a certain Hanttula.com author there.

If we lived in a world where billboards would tell it like it is. { click through list for about 75 of them. }

It appears that sales of Hanttula.com merchandise have been...sluggish. This simply will not do. While a "Circus of Disemboweled Plush Toys" messenger bag may seem frivilous, I can assure you it is as important as the very air you breath when compared to this little...

Grand Illusions!

Everyone thinks it oh-so important to have real diamonds { you know there is a reason why DeBeers spends so much money on advertising. } But, soon you'll be able to have gem-quality diamonds for almost nothing. Good news if you're in the market for some jewelry, bad...

There's something so inspiring about a person laboring over a creation for the sheer joy that it will bring a viewer. I think this is the case with this guys use of combination of Escher & Lego. { link from Brett }

Why fork out $5,000 for a Segwey, when you can build your own for $2,000? OK, maybe you can't build your own, but this guy did & seems to have done a bang up job of it. { includes videos of the "scooter" in operation. } { on an unrelated note, I wonder if Monster...

I'm told Summer is over. While it doesn't yet feel like Fall (here in L.A.), I am starting to think about Wintertime activities; like snowboarding & building my own igloo for snow camping.

My new favorite game: Alien Hominid! { Fight the FBI & eat human heads. }

Few things give me goosebumps. The trailer for Return of the King is now one of them.

If, for some reason, you wanted to play Q*Bert online, you could play a version of it here.

{ ...AND MY ROBOT ARMY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. }

Loyal readers, you may not know this... but we at Hanttula.com have been known to... shall we say, show an appreciation for the tipple. Bearing that in mind this flask shaped bar aid would be a fantastic Christmas present for your favorite Hanttula.com contributers....

I walked down to the store to buy a delicious treat. They were out of Promax Bars, so I had a Kit Kat instead. Ain't life grand?

{ It's Friday, time for a game } Amplitude: mix music through a Tempest-like interface, resulting in cool... excuse me, phat beats that you can lay down to your computer. Rock on amigos. { yeah, i know the Tempest thing is a stretch, but you'll see what I mean. If you...