February 2012
111 posts
PROJECT GUTENBERG'S 1811 DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR... →
guiapedante:
Para que sepan de qué habla esa panda de rufianes la próxima vez que vayan a buscar opio al puerto.
criminalwisdom:
A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence.
ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS. Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
BUNTER. A low dirty prostitute, half whore and half beggar.
FIRE PRIGGERS....
“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the...”
– Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson (1991)
La Tabla Esmeralda: Emilio Carrère en su Torre →
latablaesmeralda:
Bajo el Madrid de los Austrias, se esconde, culebreante, una ciudad subterránea y tenebrosa, refugio de criminales y espíritus pavorosos. Allí, el escritor Emilio Carrère nos presentó las peripecias de Basilio Beltrán, un anti-héroe muy español y algo bobo. Pero esta obra tan original e insólita…
Amazing!
vjtorres:
Still so awesome, #Showtimekick
turnthelightanh:
How to punch harder →
circuitry:
I’ve started practicing krav maga recently, and the “basics” package comes with a good deal of classic boxing. I have realized that it is quite difficult for a beginner to throw a proper, by-the-book punch. It’s interesting. It seems incredibly simple when you watch a pro boxing fight, yet mastering the actual technique is far from easy —so many factors to take into account at the...
WAKA FLOCKA: A Shared Gun, Just for the Asking →
criminalwisdom:
“Somebody said, ‘Get the Waka Flocka.’ Two men broke off, crossed East 161st Street, entered the lobby of an apartment building, approached the bank of 207 mailboxes and opened one. Waka Flocka is the name of a rapper. But to these men, the phrase described something else. The community gun.”
(Source: Warren Ellis)
