Band name: The Hounds of Decision
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Frightening, this time of year
Common name for a bird: Mall Raptor
Red-tailed hawk, spotted outside Barnes and Noble this morning .
The dark side
Alternate movie title: The Moon is New
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The thing that seems to be missing from the advertising blitz for the film coming out this week is a depiction of the celestial body of the title, which as all skywatchers know would be one off of which the sun’s rays fail to reflect. This is the closest I could find.
I am looking forward to analogous images for Eclipse and especially Breaking Dawn.
Hoss-fightin’ hosses and such
Role-playing game handle: Horse de combat
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While the illegal sports of dogfighting and cockfighting are better known, the blood sport of horsefighting is also practiced in some parts of the Far East, despite a fair amount of outcry.
Combat by proxy is not limited to vertebrate species. There are enthusiasts of fighting crickets in China
Perhaps one could redirect this interest to virtual depictions of blood sports in the context of video games, so that actual animals would not suffer. There is already a series of Alien vs. Predator games which one could consider to be a variation on this idea, albeit one that is a little easier to market.
The sun shone brightly on the nightmare
Common name for creature: Greater Pelicosaurs
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Ow. I sympathize, because I cut my finger last night opening a medicine bottle.
Poor Poor Thing 